Our story

Planted in Chardon.

On October 20, 2018, Freia, David, and their daughter Anya opened the doors of a sage-green building with a greenhouse, and planted a studio the way you'd plant a tree: for the people who'd sit in its shade years later.

Meet the teachers & healers

Freia, David, and Anya Ramsey laughing together in matching Taproot Yoga shirts

Freia, David & Anya, the family in family-owned.

The sage-green Taproot Yoga building with its attached glass greenhouse

The round Taproot Yoga sign standing among spring trees

The place

A green building, a greenhouse, and room to breathe.

The studio sits on the edge of town with evergreens at its back. There's a bright practice space, quiet rooms for healing work, a little shop of mats and salves, and yes, a real greenhouse, strung with prayer flags.

The name is the promise: a taproot grows straight down, unseen, so that everything above it can stand steady. This building is where Chardon comes to grow theirs.

Come see it in person

What we believe

Three things we'd never compromise.

Every body welcome

Beginners, chronic pain, seventy-somethings, kids, classes meet you where you are, not where Instagram is.

Rest is medicine

The antidote to a fast, loud life is connection, mindful movement, and genuine rest for the nervous system.

Community first

Free summer yoga on the Chardon Square, sliding-scale workshops, a full calendar of community events, the door stays open.

The circle

The teachers & practitioners of Taproot.

Who Are the Yoga Instructors at Taproot Yoga Chardon?

Our yoga instructors are experienced practitioners dedicated to helping students deepen their practice through customized instruction. Many offer private, one-on-one sessions tailored to your needs and goals, with personalized guidance and support for practitioners at every level.

Instructor expertise: experienced yoga professionals dedicated to student growth.
Customization approach: private instruction that adapts to your specific needs and goals.
Support model: expert guidance throughout your yoga journey at Taproot.

That focus on the individual sits at the center of how we teach. As BKS Iyengar put it, growth begins with the person, and from that personal growth, community follows. Our instructors carry that spirit into every group class and private session.

"Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth society and community develop."

~ BKS Iyengar

The founders

Co-founder

Freia Ramsey

Yoga therapist (C-IAYT, ERYT500), teaching since 1997. Art, psychology & Ayurveda woven into everything she leads, from group classes to teacher trainings.

Yoga therapy with Freia

Co-founder

David Ramsey

Energetic medicine, healing touch & spiritual direction, decades of study in religious traditions and therapeutic bodywork, offered with warmth and zero pretense.

Book energetics with David