Red Roots Yoga

Rooted in Wisdom. Awakened by Love.

Personalized yoga, meditation, sound journeys, and custom wellness sessions with Steve Johnson in Northeast Ohio. Explore a practice that brings movement, breath, sound, and stillness together—at your pace.

Meet the Founder

I’m Steve Johnson, founder of Red Roots Yoga, a yoga teacher, musician, and father of four. I share a practice rooted in traditional wisdom and shaped for real life—one that welcomes the whole person: body, mind, heart, and spirit. Fatherhood keeps me grounded in the everyday work of patience, presence, and connection, and in making room for practice within a full life.

I think of my approach as three rivers flowing together: Yoga, Ayurveda, and Tantra. Yoga brings movement, breath, meditation, and self-inquiry. Ayurveda informs attention to individual needs, daily rhythms, and the seasons. Tantra brings a reverence for life itself, inviting us to explore awareness, energy, mantra, and the sacred within ordinary experience. Together, these rivers guide the way I teach and the experiences I create.

My studies include Rod Stryker’s 300-hour ParaYoga training, Baptiste Yoga with Tami Schneider, and certifications in Yin and Chair Yoga. As a musician, I also bring a deep appreciation for sound, rhythm, and the ways listening can become a practice of presence. I continue to study and practice the traditions that inform my work.

At my home studio in Northeast Ohio, we begin with you: your intentions, experience, comfort, and what you need that day. A session might be strong and dynamic, quiet and restorative, or a thoughtful combination of movement, breathwork, meditation, sound, and wellness rituals. The breadth of my offerings gives us room to create a connected experience around you.

My intention is to help you build a practice that supports lasting change beyond our time together—greater steadiness, self-understanding, and connection in everyday life. Whether you’re beginning, returning, or ready to go deeper, you’re welcome here.

Lineage & Influences

Three streams of study inform my teaching: ParaYoga with Rod Stryker, Baptiste Yoga with Tami Schneider, and Yin and Chair Yoga with Steph Ball-Mitchell. Each contributes a different way to meet the body, breath, and mind.

The lineage artwork brings these streams together as a visual expression of Red Roots Yoga. It honors the teachers, traditions, and influences that inspire an integrated practice—and my commitment to ongoing study, personal practice, and service.

Yoga

Bhakti Flow Yoga

Bhakti Flow Yoga

60- and 90-minute sessions

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Bhakti · Devotion in movement

A heart-centered yoga flow bringing accessible movement, breath, devotional intention, and moments of mantra or music together. Explore devotion as a living practice, with options that meet your body and experience.

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Woman reflecting and writing in a notebook

Yogic Self-Inquiry

30- and 60-minute sessions

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Jnana Yoga & Svadhyaya

A space to pause, ask meaningful questions, and explore what is beneath your thoughts, choices, and recurring patterns. Through conversation rooted in Jnana Yoga and svadhyaya, we reflect on topics you bring—or themes emerging from your intake that we agree to explore together.

Explore motivations, relationships, purpose, spiritual practice, or everyday challenges. My role is to listen, offer questions, and help you develop your own discernment.

Guided yogic reflection and education; not licensed counseling or psychotherapy.

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Steve playing guitar for Kirtan

Kirtan

Devotional chanting & music

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Bhakti · Sacred song

A heart-centered practice of mantra, music, and call-and-response chanting. Sing, listen, or join in your own way as live guitar and devotional song invite connection and presence. No singing experience is needed.

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Ayurveda

Abhyanga · Ayurvedic oil ritual

Abhyanga Full-Body Ritual

60 minutes · $90

A one-hour full-body ritual inspired by the Ayurvedic tradition of Abhyanga, using oil and attentive, rhythmic touch to support rest and a sense of grounding. Pressure, areas of focus, oil preferences, and boundaries are discussed before your session.

Touch is optional and requires your consent. Share any oil sensitivities and your comfort preferences in your wellness intake. Date and time are confirmed with Steve.

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Vata · Pitta · Kapha

Doshic Cleansing & Balancing

60- and 90-minute sessions

A yoga-based practice shaped around your constitution, the season, and how you feel today. We begin with an in-person intake to discuss your needs, then bring together movement, breath, relaxation, and optional dosha-specific oils and body treatments.

Leave with practical ideas for food choices and daily rhythms to explore at home. Cleansing is approached as a traditional wellness theme, with no fasting or detox regimen required.

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Chakra-inspired practice

Chakra Cleansing & Balancing

60- and 90-minute sessions

Begin with an in-person intake, then explore the chakras through accessible yoga, breath awareness, meditation, mantra, and sound. Each practice is shaped around the themes and needs you want met that day.

Optional oils and touch are included only with your consent. Take home simple practices for continued reflection and balance.

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Tantra

Journeys

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Join Red Roots Yoga with your email to explore Lunar Journey, Kundalini Rising Journey, and Stories of Ganesha. Interest signup is not a paid enrollment or reservation.

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Lunar practice · Coming soon

Lunar Journey

A contemplative journey through lunar themes, gentle movement, breath awareness, meditation, and reflection. Explore cycles of rest, renewal, and intention through a practice adapted to you.

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Tantra-inspired practice

Kundalini Rising Journey

A grounded introduction to Kundalini through the existing Kundalini Foundations session: movement, comfortable breath, meditation, and traditional energy awareness. An invitation to explore with discernment and at your own pace.

120 minutes · $140

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Story & contemplation · Coming soon

Stories of Ganesha

Meet Ganesha through stories from Hindu tradition, guided reflection, and contemplative practice. Explore beginnings, wisdom, devotion, and the obstacles we encounter in everyday life, with respect for the traditions that carry these stories.

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Lunar practice · Coming soon

Lunar Journey

Cycles of rest, renewal, and intention.

Tantra-inspired practice

Kundalini Rising Journey

Movement, breath, meditation, and traditional energy awareness.

Story & contemplation · Coming soon

Stories of Ganesha

Beginnings, wisdom, devotion, and the obstacles we encounter.

Signature Series

Each 60-, 90-, and 120-minute Custom Wellness session includes a tea ceremony and an in-person intake within your session time. We will talk about where you are that day, what you feel your needs are, and what you want met, then shape the experience around you.

Candlelit singing bowls and mala beads

Gandharva’s Dream

120-minute signature experience

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Immersive sound · 120 minutes

A celestial journey through immersive sound, guided imagery, and deep rest.

Inspired by the celestial musicians of Hindu tradition, this atmospheric experience layers live instruments, guided imagery, spacious listening, and quiet rest. Settle into a supported position and let the changing soundscapes invite imagination and ease.

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Hanuman meditating peacefully at sunrise

Hanuman’s Heart

120-minute signature experience

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Bhakti · 120 minutes

An immersive journey of devotion, movement, and sacred song.

A heart-centered bhakti experience bringing devotional movement, breath, storytelling, mantra, and call-and-response kirtan together. Sing, move, or listen in your own way before settling into meditation and a quiet closing. No singing experience is needed.

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Hanuman artwork: Easy-Peasy.AI, CC BY 4.0; displayed with a shaped crop.

Colorful elemental artwork surrounding a golden center

Elemental Harmony

120-minute signature experience

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Dosha & chakra · 120 minutes

A journey through doshic balance, chakra awareness, and restorative sound.

Begin with a tea ceremony and in-person intake, then explore dosha-informed yoga and breath, optional oils and body treatments, chakra meditation, mantra, and immersive sound. A connected two-hour experience shaped around where you are and what you want met.

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