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Weird Flex Yoga

Unconventional Approaches to Yoga

Pop-Up Yoga Classes Throughout the Mid-Ohio Valley

Helping Make Self-Care Fun and Accessible

Zero Judgement Zone

There are lots of ways to stretch and breathe in a yoga practice. At Weird Flex, we're just celebrating some of the less common or less traditional ways. Here, you'll find classes like:

-Adaptive Yoga (adapting the poses, breath and movement to all bodies and abilities)
-Beginner-Focused Practice (slow-paced, full of explanations, modifications, open dialogue and absolutely zero judgement)
-Grounding and Empowerment Yoga (with a focus on calming the nerves and resetting stress responses)
-Alpaca and Metal (music) goat yoga
-Metal Yoga (lighthearted yoga with a metal theme and music)
-Yo-Goth (yoga with a goth theme and music)
-Restorative True Crime Podcast Yoga
-Spooky themed classes (all year long)

-All the themed classes, honestly
..and more! We hope you'll find a home here with us! All classes can be signed up for online, through the link in an event info. If you have questions about ANY of the classes, please ask, any time! We're here to help! No refunds are offered on classes, but your spot can be transferred to a friend, for the same class.

10/13/2026

We walk the line between giving permission and giving direction.

We give space.

In Weird Flex classes, it’s okay to do a back stretch if your body asks you to, instead of a hip stretch. When you know your poses, you can do what you want. It’s your time. And we aim to teach poses, while listening to our own bodies.

In our classes, you can ask to troubleshoot a pose if it’s causing pain, instead of just “going into child’s pose” (fun fact, child’s pose isn’t always a resting pose for everyone, anyway). Sometimes a class environment can feel like there’s no time or space to really explore a pose. So you bury the discomfort and move on, not feeling seen. We see you, here.

Sometimes it’s hard to hear a teacher, so you try your best to follow what’s happening around you, while keeping the peace with everyone but yourself. Not in our classes. We celebrate speaking up while we embody our personal agency.

Sometimes we have injuries or surgeries we’re recovering from, and don’t feel like we can do all of the poses, but don’t want to be an impingement to class, so we stay silent. But not in our classes. In a Weird Flex class, we know every pose has variations and adaptations to help you find the shapes your body needs. Speaking up empowers everyone.

It’s not a bother to advocate for yourself. It’s a divine right. We may not do things the traditional way around here, but we’re madly in love with the self-reflection, observation, and the agency we all deserve to own.

Our Slow-ga (slower paced) classes really give us the chance to pause in a pose, give our bodies attention and assessment, and really think about what we need, want, appreciate and deserve.

Last night’s Yin/Slow-ga Book Club (at First Chapter Bookstore!) was all of this and so much more. Can’t wait til next time!

Up next is Vampire Spa Restorative Yoga- (another slower paced class). Join us while we do different sheet masks and patch masks for each different restorative pose, while listening to vampire tales, and “reverse aging”. We still have a few spots left. We’d love to see you there!

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10/07/2026

When the class says “No more resistance bands, today” 🤣 I LOVE our Family, so much.

We took on chair yoga, mummy style this week, trying out incorporating resistance bands and yoga straps into our practice. As you can see, it went well! 😅

I completely forgot to take a class photo Sunday morning, but we ALSO had the honor of taking over the loft at the Bizarre Bazaar Tattoo Convention before our cemetery class, doing a yoga class geared toward stretching and strengthening the backs, necks and arms of our favorite tattoo artists. Can’t wait til next year’s Bizarre Bazaar!

In chair class this month, I really enjoyed bringing awareness to my leg positioning with the bands and the yoga blocks countering each other, and I loved the way my seated cat/cows felt more fluid in my spinal movement, when I engaged my arm muscles with more intent.

In cemetery yoga, I beyond loved getting to troubleshoot some poses on the spot, when a student had a request for an adaptation. Learning adaptations of poses in my own training was what helped me fall in love with yoga, and made it so personal. And getting the opportunity to share that passion with someone is an absolute dream for me.

So in love with our photos from Misty, Jane and Rachel, and all of the memories we made this past weekend. Thank you gang, and thank you all for showing up for yourselves and each other!

Up next, we have a class favorite: Slowing it down for Yin/Slowga Book Club on Monday, at First Chapter Bookstore in Parkersburg. Like our restorative book club classes, you’ll have the opportunity to slooowwww down your practice while you read. With the yin option, you’ll get to choose if you’d like to be more engaged in your stretch, OR choose a more restful, restorative option. So. Much. Fun.

The following week, we’re reverse aging as we hold a restful, restorative practice, listen to vampire tales, and do a different beauty treatment with each pose, at the Parkersburg Art Center!

Please join us as we relax, together!

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09/30/2026

Still riding the serotonin high from this week’s Goat and Baby Cow yoga class!

The cutest little yoga friends, and the best company! ErbNRoots blew us away with their hospitality, gorgeous barn, and friendly, furry loves.

Everyone got to feed the goats and be turned into playgrounds 🤣, and we all got to stretch and laugh, together.

It’s amazing the core workout you can get while holding our goat treats out in bird/dog pose, or drawing the goats toward you in a thread the needle stretch 🤣

And it’s amazing how strong these babies are when we let them climb up on our legs while we’re standing, holding treats overhead! SUCH a fun time, and we can’t wait to go back!

Thank you ErbNRoots for being amazing hosts and guides, for letting us hang out with your babies, to Jane, Rachel, Shannon, Brittny, Moriah and everyone for the AMAZING photos and videos of our night together, and to everyone for showing up for yourselves and each other.

Also, Goats seem to like Dolly Parton, and deep base in slower metal songs…so keeping that research in mind for future plans.

If you’d like to catch us this coming weekend, we have THREE chances to stretch together!

On Sunday, we’re starting the final day of Bizarre Bazaar Tattoo Convention with yoga for tattoo artists (and tattoo getters)! Class is free for all attending artists, and $15 for everyone else.

Bizarre Bazaar Tattoo Convention

At noon on Sunday, we’re also doing a community (donation based) cemetery yoga class at Oak Grove cemetery in Marietta.

Cemetery Yo-Goth (Community Class)

And on Monday, a special mummy themed (yoga straps and resistance bands-focused) chair yoga practice at Artsbridge in Parkersburg.

Chair Yoga-Mummy Edition!

Join us for all the things at app.ubindi.com/Michelle.Waters

Thanks gang! See y’all again, soon!

09/26/2026

I had no idea every single person in our broom making class was an expert broom maker. Amazing!

After a fun strength and balance class at our favorite bookstore ( First Chapter Bookstore ), filled with snuggly kitties, wild lil lizards and great company, we all made brooms/besoms together, to honor the equinox. The broom handles and brush were foraged from local sources, which was an awesome bonus, and great way to tie in the state of the seasons.

I always look forward to our classes together. Doing “sneaky fitness” classes keeps me engaged and excited for self-care, and I’m so grateful to all of you.

Thank you so much to Erin, Shannon, Rachel and Moriah for the absolutely fantastic photos of our time together. So glad for these memories! And thank you to everyone for showing up for each other and for yourselves, and being a part of our Weird Flex Family.

If you’d like to be part of our upcoming classes, we still have a few spots left for goat and baby cow yoga on Monday (10/28)!

Baby Cow & Goat Yoga @ Erb'n Roots

The following weekend, Sunday, 10/4 will bring community cemetery yoga (donation-based).

Cemetery Yo-Goth (Community Class)

And Monday, 10/5 will be a special “mummy themed” chair class, incorporating straps and resistance bands!

Chair Yoga-Mummy Edition!

You can sign up for all classes, here: app.ubindi.com/Michelle.Waters

And while Friday, 10/2, was intended to be a tea leaf reading class, we’ll need to postpone this one for now. HOWEVER, the trip to Murphys farm field of screams (Coolville) is still happening that night. Let me know if you’d like to join us, and we’ll keep an eye out for ya!

09/21/2026

Absolutely wild to just exist, sometimes.

Like, to gather with friends, hike a lil hill, and rest under shooting stars while we share ghost stories in a private cemetery, on a random weekend in late September.

Listening to the cicadas, hearing fox calls and bird songs in the dark, feeling the chill of autumn creep in all around us, and find a reset with our bodies and our selves.

Unreal.

How is this real life?

I love this gang. So much.

Incredibly beyond thankful to Cindy, for sharing her family’s private property and cemetery with us.

So happy to have met Viva, and been able to partner with her for her Dark Discoveries Tours ghost stories. It’s a really fun pairing and I love working with her! Everyone loves her stories and her whole vibe. She’s definitely part of our family.

Extremely grateful for the photos Viva, Rachel and our whole family shared, and the support we all have for each other. Can’t wait to practice with you all again!

Our apple picking class got postponed today, due to rain. But we’ll head back in the future.

On Monday, we’re doing a gentle yoga practice and making our own decorative brooms to take home. Just in time for autumn to begin, and for us to welcome in a new season. Still have maybe 2 spots left, if you’d like to join us.

And then we get to do a fun class with Bebe animals, the following week.

For real…HOW. How is this real life? We’re so lucky, guys. So lucky.

09/17/2026

Our most recent class was Practical-ly Magical ✨

We really dove into our own personal power, and got to choose lots of different ways to incorporate “shenanigans” into our movement, our thoughts, and our breath.

We got to play, to shake off some stresses, and leave it allll on the mat. We got to make a circle of trees while we supported one another, and we even got to make magical, mid-day margaritas and have a lil tarot chat after class.

Days like these are what I live for.

Thank you to THE Historic Oakland Estate for being the best host, to Candice, Jane, Miranda and Rachel for the sweet photos, to folks for bringing their cards and sharing their wisdom, to the Holpps for bringing their kickass blender, and to everyone for being awesome and trusting the process. It’s honestly what real magic is made of.

Up next, we’re teaming up with Dark Discoveries Tours for a spooky, late night, restorative yoga class in a private cemetery on Friday,

stretching in Hidden Hills Orchard on Sunday (PLEASE NOTE, we will not be picking apples due to a u-pick schedule change, but we WILL get a back of pre-picked apples),

and making our own decorative brooms after class at First Chapter Bookstore on Monday!

Absolutely stellar weekend coming up, that I hope you’ll all join us for!

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09/10/2026

So cool to get to talk with Phyllis Smith about Weird Flex things. Check out our full interview at the link in the original post 🙌✨

09/08/2026

Sunday’s and Monday’s classes really hit home for me, in different ways:

On Sunday, we got to celebrate a band that has meant a lot to me, listen to their music, make silly lyrical references in our poses and movements, and even rest to Infinite Baths. It was an absolute honor to get to reflect on 10 years of Sleep Token with my Weird Flex Family. Thank you so much to Rachel & Candice for the sweet photos, and to Rachel for the awesome “Tomb” pillow!

And on Monday, we kept the same class flow, but converted it to a chair practice. One of my favorite things to do is convert a pose or class flow into a different approach. It’s amazing how a pose’s sensations and experience can completely change when the angle rotates, and gravity plays a new role. The creativity of it all lights me on fire.

One of our students mentioned last night that she started showing up for our classes because our class photos have people that look like home, like “our people”, like they belong. It’s my favorite feeling in the world, to know we’re building a self-care family that feels like home.

And just a reminder to allll of our family, YOU showing up for yourselves is a beacon to everyone who is wondering if they have a place where they can belong. Thank you for continuing to show up and shine your weird with us.

So in love with our Weird Flex Family! Gah

If you wanna join in our next classes, on Sunday (9/13), we’re celebrating the release of “Part 2” with a “Practical-ly Magic” class at noon. The following Friday (9/18), Viva from Dark Discoveries Tours joins us for another restorative yoga class. This time it’s in a private cemetery!

Hope to see y’all there!

Practical-ly Magic 2

Dark Discoveries Restorative Yoga: Private Cemetery Edition

09/04/2026

SO FUN to get to sit down with Phyllis Smith of WTAP Television , for the Women of the MOV series she has pioneered. We could have talked for hours (but we kept it under an hour, I promise)! Be on the lookout next week, when the conversation about Weird Flex will go LIVE. If you’ve ever wanted to pick my brain about my reasons for teaching, here’s your chance to be a fly on the wall. Honored to have been included in this project!

09/02/2026

I’m so sorry that folks get intimidated by photos and videos of people doing “perfect yoga poses”, and think that has anything to do with what yoga really even is.

So many times I hear people saying yoga isn’t for them, because yoga folks can’t stop posting fancy headstands and balancing poses, without context, and saying “you should join us”.

There was a meme that went around a bit recently, of a teacher doing an elaborate balancing pose, with her saying folks could join her in the pose if they wanted. And then the video flashed to a cat, puddling on the floor and rolling to their back.

HILARIOUS!

And some of my students sent it to me, which made my day!

To me, to our group, the yoga lies in having the comfort and the confidence to say “absolutely not” or “absolutely not, today”. And to know you won’t be shamed, or asked to just “push through the discomfort”, or be told you’re not trying hard enough.

Folks, life is hard enough. We don’t need to show up for self-care and be told it has to be harder than the capacity we have for that moment. Puddle on the damn floor. Tell me absolutely not. Listen to your body.

You’ve shown up for yourself, and this is your practice. Listening to yourself, deciding what feels best, choosing kindness for you, and communicating your needs are ALL important parts of yoga.

On Monday, we went to First Chapter Bookstore and held a restorative (super restful and supported) yoga class while we read our favorite books. Yes, any book at all. I brought my Shadow Work journal and worked on that. Folks bring all sorts of stuff to read, and nobody peeks over your shoulder. We just rest, together.

One of our students told me this was parallel play, and I LOVED this. It is!

Knowing we have that level of comfort with each other, to rest next to one another and read together, it’s everything. It’s so special. And it’s yoga.

There’s no entry level knowledge needed, no code for how to act. We just rest together, in a few different poses. Or not. It’s your practice.

Yoga to me in this class was also having the time to really take in how awesome it is, to see our family resting-really taking time to nurture themselves. That gratitude of getting to witness that is so emotional. Such a gift.

Yoga is also getting settled into comfort, using the blankets and the props because they feel loving and supportive. Yoga is noticing your neighbor needing them too, and grabbing an extra set while you’re up getting your own.

Yoga is gently reaching your hand out to your side so the shop cats can stroll by and nuzzle you while you read.

Yoga is hearing the halfway mark of a pose, and letting yourself really melt into your shape. And your shape never, ever has to look like your neighbor’s shape. It’s always a valid shape.

So much of yoga is about feeling: Feeling comfort, feeling love and grace for yourself, finding your own boundaries, deciding you want to get kitty nuzzles (or not)…so many little decisions that all start with showing up. But it’s hard to share photos of these things.

So instead, I share class photos and write about them.

I was so happy to get to really notice our class on Monday. With restorative (and yin), slower-paced classes, there’s extra moments where I have the luxury of really looking around. It’s not a time of judgement, ever. It’s really a time of extreme gratitude, for me.

So grateful to get the chance to take our students in and see how cool it is to witness self-care.

Loving these photos from Candice, and our first Chapter team. Thank you to everyone for showing up for yourselves, and parallel playing, together. 💜

Up next is a class honoring one of my very favorite bands, and their 10 year anniversary. Join us for a donation-based Sleep Token-themed, gentle yoga class, this coming Sunday at 2pm, in Marietta, OH.

The Offering: 10 Years of ST

The next day, we’re bringing our practice to the chairs! I looove chair yoga, and look forward to this class every first Monday at Artsbridge (in Parkersburg, WV).

Chair Yoga

I sincerely hope you’ll join us! Follow the link in the events, or hop over to app.ubindi.com/Michelle.Waters to sign up, directly.

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