Tough Love Comes to Candler Park

Yoga studio relocating from Poncey-Highland.

by Patch Staff The Tough Love Yoga studio is relocating to Candler Park with a planned reopening of Dec. 15. Formerly in the gallery space of Young Blood Boutique and Gallery in Poncey-Highland, Tough Love Yoga will be located off DeKalb Avenue in the same retail district as Radial Café, called Candler Connection. The studio will be divided into two practice spaces, both with cork flooring. The space also will feature plenty of natural light, including a large sliding garage door. “Opening up a yoga studio has been a dream of mine for so long,” Tough Love Yoga founder, Neda Honarvar said in a statement. “Tough Love Yoga’s main mission is to bring yoga to people of all levels and backgrounds.” Known for Tough Love’s hard rocking Metal Yoga …

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All You Need Is (Tough) Love

The yoga studio starts donation-only community classes in Historic Fourth Ward Park

“Part of yoga is to give back. The basis of my training is 'drink so you can pour;' you do this so you can serve others.” This sentiment comes from Neda Honarvar, owner of the city’s adored Tough Love Yoga, but shared by yogis everywhere. Tough Love has officially started donation classes (read: pay what you want), a series happening every Thursday evening through October 20, and hopefully continuing after. The basic karma yoga classes are outdoors in Historic Fourth Ward Park around the scenic amphitheater and are taught by Tough Love Yoga apprentices Ashley Bohanon and Samantha Ownby. Donations go to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, where Bohanon works as a web content editor. “We’ve always wanted to have a community class, but just …

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