About Us
Mission Statement
It is our mission to provide a variety of beginner friendly to advanced yoga practices to bring balance to the mind, body, & spirit within a welcoming community. Yoga is for everyone!
"If we believe that we were created by God — whatever our understanding of God may be — then we see love as a divine gift...At the core of love is recognizing the uniqueness and the individuality of a person."
Armin A. Zadeh, The Forgotten Art of Love
inscape [ in-skeyp ]
noun
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event
The journey
missy jones - founder of inscape yoga
i started practicing yoga in 2014. i received my 230 hour Certification in July 2018 from Asheville Yoga Center, and my RYT 200 from the Yoga Alliance in August 2018. i received my 500 hour Certification in August 2020 from Asheville Yoga Center.
After working for decades, first as a waitress, various desk jobs and night school, eventually progressing to a paralegal degree / career, i found myself tired, burned out, and frustrated. Yoga became my safety net, my bliss. As my practice continued, it became my passion. i felt driven to learn more, do more, give more back.
With the loving support and encouragement of my husband, family members, and countless friends and mentors in and out of the yoga community, i decided to take my shot, turn in my notice at work, and pack up my cubicle. So many people to thank, so little space. You know who you are - Thank You!
The last three years of this journey have been both brutal and beautiful. Brutiful, as Brooke shared in one of her yoga classes. To leave a state job, with decent pay and good benefits, that i had served in for over 10 years, and start over from scratch, was both terrifying and exhilarating. It still is.
my goal for opening inscape yoga is to help others find the inner peace, self awareness and confidence, physical fitness, and wealth of love and friendships that the yoga community provides. Along the way, if i can inspire and help others find the will to pursue and fight for their dreams, persevere, take their shot, it will all be worth it!
Instructors
Becky Gilmore
Becky, originally from Pittsburgh, PA, started practicing yoga after suffering the loss of a dear friend. Yoga helped her with the grief and offered her a way to start healing. Her yoga teacher offered a welcoming and inclusive class where she quickly realized she wanted to train to be a yoga teacher herself.
She completed her RYT 200 Tea
Becky, originally from Pittsburgh, PA, started practicing yoga after suffering the loss of a dear friend. Yoga helped her with the grief and offered her a way to start healing. Her yoga teacher offered a welcoming and inclusive class where she quickly realized she wanted to train to be a yoga teacher herself.
She completed her RYT 200 Teacher Training in 2015 at Yoga on the Square in Pittsburgh, PA. Her training was in the style of EmbodiYoga, a powerful slow flow focused on alignment that strengthens the mind and body. The training was rooted in the study of anatomy and somatics, and this served as a complement to her work in the field of orthopedic occupational therapy, supporting the merging of physical medicine and mental health and wellness. Becky enjoys being a life long learner in these fields.
Becky works as an occupational therapist in physical rehab at a local hospital. She provides therapy for patients populations with diagnoses such as stroke, Parkinson’s, and hand and upper extremity injuries/ post surgeries. She enjoys teaching yoga to all levels and believes strongly in tailoring classes to every body. Since her initial training, Becky has completed continuing education in yoga for neck and shoulder pain, an immersive chakra activation training, and aerial yoga teacher training. She teaches Hatha, Vinyasa, Power, Beginner, Yin, Restorative, Chakra and Aerial yoga classes.