Hatha Yoga Classes in Austin, Texas
Yoga Retreats in Texas, Costa Rica, and Mexico

Hatha yoga classes in Austin, Texas as well as yoga and meditation retreats in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mexico and Texas are taught by Charles MacInerney.

Hatha Yoga Retreats: Charles offers 8-10 retreats each year including yoga and meditation retreats, Raja yoga retreats. Retreats are held in Texas as weekend retreats and in Guatemala, Costa Rica and Mexico as 8-day retreats. These Yoga vacations are led by Charles who is often assisted by several yoga instructors from around the U.S. and abroad. Charles has led over 70 retreats since 1991 and they continue to grow in popularity.

Yoga Classes: Charles teaches on-going yoga classes at a variety of studios in Austin that are open to the public, and has worked with over 12,000 students since 1989. Charles prefers to teach smaller and more intimate size yoga classes. Most of his yoga classes have between 8 and 20 students. In addition, Charles offers private classes to assist yoga students in creating their own hatha yoga practice, improve hatha yoga posture, refine yoga asanas, pranayama, and more.

Yoga and Writing Retreats: Charles offers 3-4 retreats each year combining two of his greatest passions... yoga and writing. Charles has teamed up with Patricia Lewis to co-facilitated over 30 yoga & writing retreats since 1995. In 2007 Charles completed his training as a workshop leader in the Amherst Writers and Artists method and is an affiliate. He now leads his own retreats in addition to continuing to collaborate with Patricia Lewis. Retreats are held in Texas and Massachusetts as weekend retreats and in Guatemala and Mexico as 8-day retreats.

Yoga teacher training: Charles is registered with the Yoga Alliance at the E-RYT-500 hr. level (the highest currently offered) and in partnership with fellow yoga instructors Donna Belk and Ellen Smith, offers a highly respected, internationally known 200 hour Yoga Alliance approved Yoga teacher training called the Living Yoga Program.

The Texas Yoga Retreat: Charles, Ellen & Donna also founded TexasYoga.com which was created to help build and support community among Yoga enthusiasts. Twice each year they hold a large retreat in Austin, Texas called the Texas Yoga Retreat. Our next retreat will be held on October 22-24, 2010.

Interviews: Charles is quoted in the November 29, 2009 issue of the Chicago Tribune "Meditate to melt stress, improve health". He has previously been quoted in the Wall Street Journal in an article on Yoga for Athletes. He is featured in the June 2004 Yoga Journals "Ask Our Expert"column ("Protecting the Knees in Pigeon Pose" and "Setting the Pace for Your Home Practice"). In addition, he has been interviewed for 3 Yoga Journal articles: "Thinking Outside the Mat: How Yoga Can Inspire Your Creative Process" in the October, 2002 issue; "Heart to Heart" in the December 2002 issue (and given credit for the asanas); and his Yoga and Writing retreats are featured in the "Well Being" column of the December 2003 issue of Yoga Journal. In this same issue he was also consulted, and one of his students was interviewed for an article on Yoga for overweight students titled "Living Large". Charles was quoted in the October 2005 issue of Texas Monthly. Charles has also appeared numerous times on a variety of TV news reports. For information on other media coverage, please see Charles' Biography.

Public Speaking: Charles is also an accomplished public speaker, trainer, and facilitator. In 1991 Charles founded Expanding Paradigms and he continues to provide services to conferences, businesses, hospitals, government agencies, and school districts. Please visit his business web-site at: ExpandingParadigms.com.

We hope you can join Charles for one of his ongoing Hatha Yoga classes held in Austin, Texas. If you do not live in Austin, Charles also regularly offers workshops and yoga retreats in Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Texas and the U.S. These retreats draw students and teachers from around the country, Canada, Mexico, South America, & Europe.