Artist at Yogi Joy tanner stands in a yoga pose on a rock against a backdrop of green rolling mountains and a blue sky with clouds .

JOY TANNER YOGA

Joy is a certified yoga teacher RYT 500. She completed her 200 and 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training from the Asheville Yoga Center in Asheville, NC. Her personal practice began 15 years ago when she was experiencing back pain from her studio work as a potter. She realized that she hadn’t been taking care of her body and overworking instead of listening in to what her body needed. Throughout these years of deep immersion into her personal yoga practice she has become more aware and in tune with her body, mind and spirit.

  • Learn with Joy

    Joy currently teaches yoga classes with a focus on strength, alignment and stability. She incorporates pranayama (breathwork) and meditation into her classes. She invites students to tune into their own bodies and make the experience their own as they move throughout the experience.  Joy’s sweet and welcoming nature creates an experience that will energize, strengthen and revive as well as nourish and relax her students.  She teaches from the heart with themes that inspire and empower in order to cultivate an awareness that can be found on the yoga mat and taken out into everyday life. Joy teaches all levels slow flow yoga, strong vinyasa flow, gentle yoga, restorative yoga, breathwork and meditation. Reach out if you would like to sign up for a class or a private class session with Joy. See below for more information:

  • Weekly In Person Yoga Classes

    Join me for my Strong Vinyasa Class at Mineral City Yoga in Spruce Pine, NC

    Mondays at 8:30 -9:30 am

    Visit Mineral City Yoga to sign up! 

  • Online Yoga Classes

    Winter Online Offerings:
    Slow Flow Yoga
    This will be a slow paced yoga flow with breathwork and meditation, and is open to all levels with modifications offered.

    February 14th @ 9 -10:15 am ET
    February 22th @ 5 pm - 6:15 pm ET
    March 8th @ 5 pm - 6:15 pm ET
    March 14th @ 9 - 10:15 am ET

    Register for classes at the link. I will send you a Zoom link the day before class.

    Sign Up for Online Class Here 

  • Private Yoga Classes

    I am offering private yoga sessions at my studio in Bakersville or online if you would like to learn some specific movements for your body, learn breathwork practices or meditation. I will meet you where you are to help you develop awareness of your body through a variety of practices. All levels are welcome, including beginners.  My current sliding scale rate is $60 - 90/hour. No one is turned away due to cost; I want to help you and I am willing to find a way we can work together. While one session with me can be very helpful, a class pack of 4-8 private sessions can really give you a chance to gain awareness of your body and develop a practice that you can take home and work with regularly. I have special rates for a combo class pack, and I offer group sessions with 2 students, if you and a friend want to share a session with me. Please email me for details, I’d love to work with you!

    Sign up for Private Sessions here! 

  • Upcoming Yoga Workshops: Restore and Renew March 6, 2026

    Winter is almost over and spring is just around the corner Before the ground thaws and the pace of life quickens, we invite you to pause, slow down, and go inward. Treat yourself to a deeply nurturing experience of self-care in this two-hour Restorative Yoga class with Joy Tanner. Restorative yoga offers a soothing, gentle, and therapeutic approach using props such as bolsters, blankets, and blocks to fully support the body in passive poses, allowing for prolonged relaxation and deep rest. This practice helps dissolve stress, calm the nervous system, and guide the body into a natural “rest and digest” state. The experience is complemented with breathwork, guided meditation, and a blissful savasana to finish. Now is the perfect moment to restore, renew, and honor your body, mind, and spirit before spring blooms Everyone is welcome!

    Restore & Renew
    A Restorative Yoga Class with Joy Tanner
    Friday, March 6
    6:00 – 8:00 pm

    Mineral City Yoga 
    537 Altapass Hwy, Spruce Pine, NC 28777

    Sign up Here!