Yoga Oasis
Yoga studio offering adult and kids classes, workshops, and teacher trainings.
About Yoga Oasis
Yoga Oasis is a Tucson yoga studio offering adult and kids classes, workshops, and teacher trainings. Its website presents several ways to practice, including in-studio classes at Central and East locations, outdoor sessions at North at Westward Look, and virtual options through yo On Demand and a Zoom live schedule. The studio also provides information for people who are new to yoga or new to Yoga Oasis, with resources covering getting started, class descriptions, rates, and unlimited membership.
The studio's offerings extend beyond regular classes into specialty programs and events. The website highlights prenatal yoga with Christine Reitmayr, Yoga for Recovery with Teya, and 12 Step Yoga with Enrique. Weekly Happy Hour Flow classes are offered at the Central or East location. Other listed programs include a three-week Low Back Love series with Jenn Choi Bemis, featuring yoga poses, isolated exercises, fascia release, functional strength, and mobility work, along with Fall Friction with Gianna Purcell, an all-levels practice combining asana, pranayama, mudra, and meditation. The schedule also includes workshops such as The Shape of Grace with Christina Sell.
Yoga Oasis also has a role in yoga education through its teacher training program. The website lists a 200-hour fall teacher training in a weekend format led by Darren Rhodes and Sam Rice, designed to help participants study yoga in preparation for teaching. Scholarships and payment plans are available for that program. The studio's broader events calendar includes retreats and visiting teachers, including a December retreat at Azure Palm Hot Springs in California with Darren Rhodes and Jenn Choi Bemis.
The staff brings a range of personal histories and teaching perspectives to the studio. Darren Rhodes serves as studio director and instructor. His introduction describes a childhood shaped by his mother's yoga practice and teaching, as well as his father's meditation and scholarship. Aja-bri Haymore describes yoga as an art form and a way to explore creativity. Alexandra Roush is listed as an administrator and instructor, with a practice rooted in yoga asana and meditation. Allison Johnson began practicing in 2009 and came to Tucson and Yoga Oasis in 2013. Her teaching aims to create an atmosphere that combines physical challenge, music, peace, and self-reflection.
Other instructors emphasize accessibility, alignment, support, and self-awareness. Annie Smith began practicing at 17 and says one of her primary goals is helping students feel that yoga is accessible to them. Barb Pautler's classes focus on detailed instruction and alignment while remaining lighthearted, playful, and challenging. Britt Nigon describes Yoga Oasis as an important part of her connection to the yoga community and hopes her classes offer both joy and challenge in a safe, supportive structure. Christine Reitmayr, who moved to Tucson in 2011, credits the local yoga community and her teacher training at Yoga Oasis with shaping her practice. Colleen Iuliucci uses conscious alignment and breath to help students connect with themselves. Bronwin Rhodes is listed as an administrator.
For those exploring Yoga Oasis, the studio offers ways to begin in person, outdoors, or online. Visitors can review the class descriptions and getting-started information, choose among Central, East, North at Westward Look, and virtual options, or explore the events and teacher training calendars. The website also lists gift cards and books and posters, extending the studio's offerings beyond classes.