
Precision Alignment Yoga Series
At the Art Center, we are proud to be the home of Precision Alignment Yoga™! This style of yoga uses a variety of props and our newest additions, the Great Yoga Wall in order to help students practice each posture safely and effectively. Instructors Betty Larsen and Sharon Coogle individualize instruction to increase students’ ability while respecting physical limitations. We offer courses from beginning to intermediate yoga, and at a variety of times throughout the week to suit your needs.
Class Descriptions
Precision Alignment Yoga™ Intro / Level 1:
Instructors: Sharon Coogle & Betty Larsen
Improve strength, balance, flexibility; increase range of motion while learning fundamental yoga poses. The safe, effective practice of this gentle, anatomically based style of yoga uses props such as blocks and chairs to make yoga accessible to all. Personalized instruction respects individual physical conditions.
Precision Alignment Yoga™ Level 1:
Instructor: Sharon Coogle
For students with some yoga experience, an opportunity to increase strength, flexibility, balance and mental acuity through asana practice that integrates movement with mindful breathing. Additional benefits include improved emotional well-being and possible mitigation of anxiety, insomnia and chronic pain.
- Wednesday 10:30 am-12:00 pm · Instructor: Betty Larsen
- Thursday 10:00 am-11:30 am · Instructor: Sharon Coogle
- Thursday 11:45 am-1:15 pm (Especially for Men) · Instructor: Sharon Coogle
Precision Alignment Yoga™ Level 2:
Instructor: Betty Larsen
Go more deeply into the practice and philosophy of yoga. Precision Alignment Yoga™ Level I or comparable experience is recommended.
- Wednesday 12:30pm–2:30pm · Instructor: Betty Larsen
Precision Alignment Yoga™ Basic/Recuperative
Instructor: Sharon Coogle
This class is designed for people who have postponed starting a yoga practice for years or for those whose practice has lapsed due to illness, injury, or simply to life’s demands. The safe, effective practice of this gentle, anatomically based style of yoga uses props to make yoga accessible to all. Come up the steps to the studio slowly, sit comfortably and enjoy the empowerment and rejuvenation that yoga may offer. Personalized instruction respects individual physical conditions.
- Tuesday 12:30pm-1:45pm · Instructor: Sharon Coogle
Precision Alignment Yoga™ Level I & II
More challenging than Level I, this class prepares students to undertake the greater demands of
Level II. Additional benefits include improved emotional well-being and possible mitigation of
anxiety, insomnia and chronic pain. Expand practice on our Great Yoga Wall.
- Tuesday 9:00am-10:30am · Instructor: Sharon Coogle
Registration Information
Skill Level:
- Beginner – Intermediate – Advanced
Session Length & Date:
- 2025 Quarter Sessions – 8-week Course
- Intro & Level I
- Wednesday 10:30am-Noon
- Instructor: Betty Larsen
- Thursday 10:00am-11:30am
- Instructor: Sharon Coogle
- Basic / Recuperative
- Tuesday 12:30pm-1:45pm
- Instructor: Sharon Coogle
- Level I & II
- Tuesday 9:00am-10:30am
- Instructor: Sharon Coogle
- Level II
- Wednesday 12:30pm-2:30pm
- Instructor: Betty Larsen
- Level I
- Tuesday 10:45am-12:15pm
- Instructor: Sharon Coogle
- Especially for Men
- Thursday 11:45am-1:15pm
- Instructor: Sharon Coogle
Instructor Name:
- Sharon Coogle & Betty Larson
Class Fee:
- $80.00
Please contact the Art Center for information and series registration at 706-632-2144.
About the Instructor
Sharon Coogle & Betty Larsen
Betty Larsen trained with BKS Iyengar in Pune, India, and continued her studies with leading Iyengar instructors and at the Iyengar Teacher’s Training Institute in San Francisco. She is a certified senior instructor with 44 years of teaching experience. With her husband, John Charping, Betty founded the Southern Institute for Yoga Instructors in Nashville and developed Precision Alignment Yoga™, based on BKS Iyengar’s teachings. She has offered classes at BRMAA since 2013.
Although Sharon Coogle started her yoga quest in 1979, she commenced serious study in 2005 under the tutelage of certified Iyengar instructors. In 2013 she undertook teacher training with Betty Larsen, believing Precision Alignment Yoga™ provides the maximum physical safety, the greatest wisdom of the human body and the most fun of all yoga traditions. She became certified through the Southern Institute for Yoga Instructors (SIYI) and began teaching in 2015. Continuing her education under several Iyengar Yoga teachers, she received Advanced Certification from SIYI in 2023.
Call (706) 632-2144 for questions regarding this course and registration. Payment is required to register for BRMAA courses. You may pay via PayPal above, over the phone, or visit The Art Center located at 420 West Main Street, Blue Ridge, GA 30513 to pay in person.