Above and Beyond Yoga and Salt Therapy recently won their 6th Nappie Award in August, this one for best yoga studio in Mobile. But according to Shoshana Treichel, studio founder, “Winning isn’t getting ahead of others; it’s getting ahead of ourselves!”

Treichel has been teaching yoga since 2007 and practicing since 1993. She and her husband, Jake, moved to Mobile in 2014 with the United States Coast Guard. She wanted to bring the health and happiness that comes from yoga to the people of the Gulf Coast in a way that was approachable, empowering and most importantly, fun.

When it came time to name the studio, Treichel remembered her time organizing every detail of a reception honoring visiting Director Nancy Spielberg after the showing of her documentary film. The film was a post WWII movie about overcoming adversity and reaching above all obstacles for the impossible. The name of the film was Above and Beyond. The name encompasses the very essence of the journey to open up and thus led to Above and Beyond Hot Yoga Center.

Treichel has a professional team of instructors. They all strive to go above and beyond to help each person access and develop the strength, grace, health and focus that resides in each of us.

“From the beginner interested in finding out more about yoga to advanced practitioners who have practiced extensively, we want to encourage each one of our students, wherever they may be on their path,” says Treichel. “Our expert instructors are committed to providing guidance with every step of your yoga journey.”

In addition to a variety of yoga classes, Above and Beyond is the only studio in the region that offers Halotherapy in the Himalayan Salt Therapy Room. Halotherapy is a for all ages and aids in detoxifying the respiratory system, helping skin conditions, promoting better breathing, sleep and overall health and wellness. “It can help alleviate symptoms of allergies, asthma, COPD, snoring, sinusitis, bronchitis, colds, flu and is a wellness therapy for those who live in the polluted air of urban cities,” says Treichel. “We’ve had doctors sending post-Covid patients to us for halotherapy to help their recovery process. And we see clients coming in for preventative measures as well.”

The studio also holds events, provides teacher trainings and is putting together details for a two-week yoga retreat in India in March 2023. Attendees will join Treichel and Nrithya Jagannathan (director, KYM Institute of Yoga Studies) for time in the mountains around Rishikesh, at the beach in Kochi, on to Mysore and ending at the world renowned Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai where Treichel attended and graduated from a three-year program. Stay tuned for more details and an itinerary.

“Many of us step foot on the path to spiritual enlightenment expecting it to lead us onward and upward, hoping to become something better than we are, and ready to gather all of the important things we need along the way, says Treichel. “What a surprise it is when we eventually realize that this path isn’t taking us onward, but inward, that we’re not gathering things so much as letting them go, and that there was never anything more to aspire to than the truth of what we already are.”

Location: 878 Hillcrest Rd., Ste. C, Mobile. 251-639-9030. For information on class schedules and other events visit ABHotYoga.com. For more information on the India retreat, contact [email protected].

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Above and Beyond Yoga India Retreat - start: Mar 01, 2023 09:00AM

Two-week yoga retreat with Shoshana Treichel and Nrithya Jagannathan (director of KYM Institute of Yoga Studies). Spend time in the mountains, at the beach and at the world-renowned Krish... Read More »