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Emily currently resides in her hometown of Baltimore, MD where she teaches yoga to middle school students at The Crossroads School, full-time.

Emily Fleming (M.A.T., ERYT500, RCYT, RPYT, YACEP) is a dynamic educator and yoga practitioner based in Las Vegas, NV whose sankulpa, "Soft Heart, Courageous Truth" guides her teachings. Having begun her yoga practice at age 16, Emily brings more than 10 years of experience in addition to certification (M.A.T., RYT500, RCYT, YACEP) to all who embrace her teaching. A graduate of Colby College ‘12 a

nd National Louis University ‘14, where she received her Masters of Arts in Teaching, Emily first stepped into the classroom as a Teach For America corps member teaching Special Education at a charter school in Chicago, IL. Her journey to serving in this capacity speaks to her steadfast belief in the power manifested through following your heart. Not only was Emily the first to create her role as the school’s Yoga and Mindfulness Teacher, but she also developed a comprehensive three-year curriculum. No matter the setting, Emily uses yoga as a pathway for exploring human values and character traits while uplifting humanity. Emily is the founder and owner of Emily Fleming Yoga. The company offers self-care courses for educators, a suite of mentorship programs, and consulting services for K-12 schools and organizations looking to establish and offer yoga and mindfulness programs to their communities. Believing that yoga is one of many ways in which society can create more opportunities for children to thrive in education, the range of Emily’s experience as an in-school yoga and mindfulness teacher and leader is extensive. She offers an upward of six years of hands-on practice working with K-12 students and staff, both in-person and virtually. A student of life and a dedicated holistic wellness professional, Emily fervently commits herself to personal growth for the benefit of humanity. In addition to offering herself honestly and holistically, Emily holds multiple certificates of completion including a 200-hour hatha yoga training through Earth Heart Yoga, and her 300-hour Rasa yoga teacher training with Sianna Sherman. Additionally, Emily completed her 95-hour children's yoga training through Little Flower Yoga and has studied extensively with Elena Brower, participating in her “Art of Attention” teacher training since 2014. Whether she’s serving as a mentor, teacher, consultant, yogi, or even a “friend”, Emily empowers all whom she encounters to find and nurture their authentic voice so that they may act confidently from the heart and stand firmly in their being.

08/27/2026

After a brief pause, I’m excited to be offering this virtual series once again this fall!

In this series, we’ll focus on all the ways that pregnancy allows us to tap into the qualities that make us S.T.R.O.N.G in body, mind, and spirit!

What are those qualities, you ask?

S - Strength (Week 1)
T - Trust (week 2)
R - Releasing & Receiving (week 3)
O - Opening (week 4)
N - Nurturing (week 5)
G - Grounding (week 6)

Each 75-minute class will include an opening meditation, a group check-in, and a thoughtfully designed asana practice, designed to leave you feeling strong, supported, and at ease.

Register now for the whole series or drop-in to sessions individually.

You get access to the 6-week series for just $90 (!!!) if you sign up by 9/8.

Link in bio to learn more and sign-up!

📸: Tasha Sojka Photography | MD Maternity + Newborns

08/22/2026

⭐️On Resistance, On & Off The Mat…⭐️

Resistance requires discernment to understand what’s really underneath it.

Is the resistance arising from stagnation or doing something new? If so, is it meant to be moved through?

Or is it arising from exhaustion, or discomfort, or fear? If so, is it meant to be listened to and honored?

Oftentimes, my resistance to getting onto my mat arises from stagnation. I haven’t practiced in a while. I’ve been sitting a lot. That’s my cue to get myself to my mat - because I know I’ll feel better when I move through the stagnation in my body.

But sometimes, that resistance arises because my body and mind need rest or to do less. And on those days, the best thing I can do is listen and respect that.

And sometimes, that resistance arises because of fear, before or during my practice: maybe I’m practicing in a new studio with a new teacher. Maybe I’m recovering from an injury. Maybe I’ve never done this posture before, or it’s been a while. Can I do it? How will my body respond?

Resistance isn’t necessarily bad - it’s showing up to get us to pay attention, to keep us safe, to listen, to get off of autopilot.

On the mat or off, if we meet resistance with discernment, the path forward becomes clearer.

It’s not always about pushing through it, and it’s not always about letting it be: it’s about figuring out what’s really underneath it, honoring that, and proceeding from there.💚

Photo: Carolina Torres

08/11/2026

Ahimsa applies to YOU, too.

It’s not just about not harming others beings - it’s about not harming ourselves as well.

The words we say to ourselves - they count.
The ways we treat ourselves - they count.

Ahimsa is not just an external practice, it’s an internal one too.

Here’s your friendly reminder that like it or not, ahimsa applies to you, too, not just those around you.

How will you practice ahimsa towards yourself this week? Share ⬇️

Photo: julie hove andersen | photographer

07/24/2026

I’m a better teacher when I actively take classes in-person.

Why?

1. It’s helpful to hear how others sequence, prep and cue postures. It’s helpful to set my own narrative down and experience how someone else uses their language to guide me. There’s usually always a small tweak in language or a sequence that I walk away ruminating on, and integrating into my own teaching because it just made sense in a way I wouldn’t have thought of.

2. It prompts me to practice postures I otherwise wouldn’t, like revolve triangle. Gosh, that pose is not my favorite, so I don’t do it when I practice on my own, and I hardly ever teach it, but when I go to class, it may be in the sequence, so I breathe my way through it.

3. It sparks my creativity, and reminds me of poses I’ve forgotten that I love, but that haven’t made their way into my teaching or practice recently. I find that I often teach a lot of the same poses, so remembering poses I haven’t practiced in a while allows me to shake up my sequencing.

4. It allows me to embody my practice. I get to feel into the practice - the areas of ease, the spaces of resistance - and how it all lands in my body.

5. It’s an opportunity to receive, without having to be “on” or feeling pressured to reciprocate, and that space to just BE in my body and breath enables me to give from a full cup when it’s my turn to take the seat of the teacher.

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Yoga teachers: how does your teaching benefit from your own studentship?!

Share in the comments!

📷: Carolina Torres

07/23/2026

The collab you’ve always wanted but never knew you needed…

I’m so exciting to be partnering with STITCHED for this FREE class in-store at their Tivoli Village location!

Join me for a 60-minute beginner-friendly yoga flow in-store, and leave feeling stretched and refreshed.

All participants will receive a yoga mat, a 20% off coupon to Stitched, and we may have a few other surprises for you, too.

Pre-registration required at the link in bio!

07/07/2026

I’ve had a number of conversations in the last few months where the person who I’ve been talking with has said: “I’m not good at yoga”.  Hearing statements like this always makes me frustrated, because yoga, as a practice, isn’t about being “good” or “bad”. It is simply about showing up, moment after moment, and beginning again.   Yet, we live in a culture that glorifies flexibility. Open this very app, and you’ll see so many teachers contorting their bodies into strange and complicated shapes.   Yoga has become “aspirational” and it’s hard not to compare ourselves, or to buy what that teacher is selling because we think it will help us be able to do that shape.   News flash: yoga isn’t about the shapes.   Yoga isn’t as much about what we do on the mat as how we show up *off* of it.   I hate that we’re in a place where we think being “good” at yoga means we have to be bendy and practice for an hour a day, 7 days a week.

You know what actually makes us “good” at yoga?  - showing up, despite everything going on in our lives - practicing presence - letting go of ego / expectations around our practices - meeting ourselves and our bodies where we are in the moment - practicing acceptance and kindness - moving, breathing, and acting with intention - begininning again  Notice how none of those were about the shapes we do / don’t put our bodies into.   I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I don’t care about how flexible you are in your body. I care more about how you show up and how you treat yourself (and others) in the process).   The mat is a mirror for our lives.  The mat is a space to build, to explore, to learn, to unlearn, to grown.  
The mat is one *optional* part of our yoga practice, but it alone is not *the* practice.

Photo: Irena Stein

06/24/2026

Baltimore folks! Don't forget to join me for Golden Hour Slow Flow @ Juniper Farm next Tuesday 6/30 at 6pm.

I'll be back in Baltimore for a bit, so this is your only opportunity to practice with me in person until who knows when, and I'd love to see you!

Learn more and register here: https://emilyflemingyoga.com/calendar/goldenhourslowflow

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