MY VILLAGE YOGA was founded on the idea that the benefits of yoga should be shared with everyone throughout the Cleveland community, regardless of age, gender, body type, race, religion, or socioeconomic level.

A 2014 certified  yoga instructor and yoga therapist since February 2020, MY VILLAGE YOGA’s Founder, Kimberly Archibald Russell, began practicing prenatal yoga  in 2000. As principal yoga instructor, Kimberly specializes in adapting themes, poses and sequences to provide an enjoyable and beneficial experience youth to seniors, flexible to inflexible, beginner to experienced.

MY VILLAGE YOGA focuses on the primary benefits of regular yoga practice including improved overall health, increased strength, flexibility and balance throughout the life cycle.

In the early years of her yoga practice, Kimberly rarely saw people of color at the studios around Cleveland.   It was then that her dream was born, to teach yoga in her Cleveland neighborhood. That dream is now a reality.  

As Kimberly introduces yoga to new populations, she reiterates that yoga isn’t just about the poses. Your yoga experience will be unique to your body and your life experiences.

MY VILLAGE YOGA partnered with the following Cleveland agencies:

• Antioch Baptist Church, Family Health & Wellness, Angela Vannoy, Wellness Chair

• RTA Health Fairs, Rhonda Branche, Benefits Manager

• Lexington Bell Community Center, LuAnne Peters, Director

• Shaker Blvd Day Care, Sharita Perry, Teacher

• CEOGC, Gayle Powell, Teacher

• Making A Difference, Angela Flowers, Founder

• MOTTEP High School Program/Cleveland Dialysis Centers, Linda Kimble, Director

• CMSD/ZenWorks Yoga, Sonya Patel, Founder

• Garden Valley Neighborhood House, Janice Ridgeway, Program Director

• NEON Health Services Inc., Cynthia Berry Penny, Employee Wellness Coordinator

• Cleveland Public Library, Martin Luther King, Jr. branch, Toni Parks, Manager

• Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, Cheryl Vance Thomas, Women's Ministry Chair

• Cleveland Foundation, Jaelen Hollinger, Human Resources

• St. Philip Neri Family Center, Autumn Winfield, Director of Operations

• McGregor Home, Kisha Flonnory, Activities Director

• Black Child Development Institute, Gloria Blevins, Cleveland Chapter President

• Birthing Beautiful Communities, Ti’Jai Monroe, Program Coordinator

• Greater Cleveland Drug Court Program, Latoria Eason

• Women In Transition at Corporate College, Kendra Willis, Program Administrator

• Black Diamonds Cleveland, Linda Lanier, Conference Chair

• Greater Cleveland MomsFirst, Natalie Clark, Employee Wellness

• Kidney Foundation of Ohio, Molly DeBrosse, Client Services and Community Manager

• University Settlement, Allison Woods, Adult Wellness Program Manager

• Northeast Ohio Recovery Association, Anita Bradley, CEO

• Stand Tall Academies, Roscoe Morgan, Program Director

• Strengthening Our Students (S.O.S.), Dyeatra Carter-Williams, Exec. Director

• Pointe Of Freedom Recovery Services, Najah Muhammad, Program Coordinator

• St. Martin de Porres Family Center, Karnese McKenzie, Director

• The Community Builders, Erika Jarvis, Community Engagement Manager

MY VILLAGE YOGA has shared FREE community yoga since 2014 at the following locations:

• PNC Fairfax Connection, 8220 Carnegie Ave., 44103

• Thurgood Marshall Recreation Center, 8611 Hough Ave., 44106

“Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured, and endure what cannot be cured.” Quote by B.K.S. Iyengar