About Create Power Yoga
Create Power Yoga is a welcoming yoga studio in East Providence, Rhode Island, offering hot power yoga and unheated yoga classes for all experience levels.
Since opening our doors in 2014, we've been passionate about creating a space where people can build strength, improve mobility, and feel more connected to themselves and their community. Whether you're brand new to yoga or have been practicing for years, we invite you to show up as you are, explore what's possible, and make your practice your own.
Our Story
Create Power Yoga began with an unexpected change of plans, a little persistence, and a shared belief in what yoga could offer.
In 2013, our owner Petra was teaching yoga while her partner Billy was navigating a departure from the Navy. Yoga had become an important part of Billy's life as he managed chronic back pain, and he saw an opportunity to build something meaningful around a practice that had helped him.
Petra wasn't quite as convinced. In fact, her first response to opening a yoga studio was a firm no!
But after a few unexpected turns, an opportunity presented itself. On January 1, 2014, Create Power Yoga officially opened its doors.
What started as an unexpected adventure has grown into something much bigger than either of us imagined: a community shaped by the students, teachers, and relationships that have become part of our lives.
Through the years, our belief in the power of movement, connection, and showing up for one another has only grown stronger.
Want the full story? Petra shares the twists, turns, and lessons behind opening Create Power Yoga in her personal account on Substack.
What makes Create Power Yoga different?
We believe yoga should help you feel better in your body and more connected to your life outside the studio.
At Create Power Yoga, our classes are about more than learning poses or working up a sweat. We focus on building strength, improving mobility, developing resilience, and helping you move with greater confidence.
We challenge you to grow, but never at the expense of listening to your body. Every student brings different experiences, abilities, and goals to their mat. Our teachers encourage you to explore your practice, make choices that support your needs, and discover what works for you.
Whether you love the energy of a hot power yoga class or prefer the slower pace of an unheated practice, there's room to find your own path here.
And perhaps most importantly, there's the community.
We believe the relationships we build are just as meaningful as the movement itself. Over the years, Create Power Yoga has become a place where people come not only to practice yoga, but also to connect, support one another, and feel a sense of belonging.
You don't have to be flexible, experienced, or have everything figured out to practice with us. Just come as you are. We'll meet you there.
Why Is an Origami Crane Our Symbol?
In Japanese tradition, there's a legend that folding 1,000 origami cranes will grant you a wish. We've always loved the idea behind this tradition: that creating something meaningful takes intention, patience, and action.
That's why we chose the origami crane as the symbol for Create Power Yoga.
There's something meditative about folding a piece of paper into a crane. The process asks you to slow down, pay attention, and stay present. The beautiful crane that emerges is simply a reflection of the journey.
We see yoga in much the same way.
Yoga is a journey of unfolding the mind while folding the body. The strength, flexibility, and physical changes we experience are wonderful, but they're only part of what the practice can offer.
What matters most is the process: showing up, exploring what's possible, and actively creating the life you want to live.
And just like folding a crane, it's something we practice one step at a time.