A Time for Yoga 2013: Same Meditation, New Delivery

As part of our celebration of National Yoga Month, in conjunction with yogamonth.org, we hold a free community event simultaneously with other participating studios around the country. This practice involves an active asana class, followed by a meditation somehow connected to peace.

We received such positive feedback regarding our meditation last year that we have decided to release it for those of you who wanted to hear it more than once a year or were unable to join us this year.


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Call in sick to your life...

You know how the more stuff you have to do, the more likely you are to get sick? We know it is because we tend to get more stressed, take care of ourselves less, and have more strain on our systems, but we feel as though we have no alternatives. Everything seems like it has to get done ASAP. Yet once you get sick, suddenly it just doesn't seem to matter anymore...

The Rise of the Yoga "In-Crowd"

As I was reading this recent Huffington Post article, I realized how much it answers the question of why I put everything I've ever had at risk to open a yoga studio. Many people think I'm crazy, stupid, or brave for opening my own yoga studio in this economy, particularly in a sub-region without a lot of existing yoga 'culture' nestled in one of the oldest yoga communities in the US, the SF Bay Area. Motzenbecker's article discusses one of the most ironic elements to a culture that hypothetically celebrates unity: "Yoga has begun attracting a crowd that promotes exclusivity and division. I'd like to underline the point that people in the yoga community can be some of the harshest and meanest critics out there." The fact is, I opened our studio due to the prevalence of that "crowd" in the studios I frequented.

Time for your seasonal resolutions...

As we start transitioning into Fall, I feel like I am on a roller coaster click-clack-clicking its way up the lift hill. In another week or two I'll begin the inevitable fast-paced descent, this curve is Halloween, then a few quick bumps and small hills into a banked curve of Thanksgiving, then a lazy slope until suddenly I'm into the double corkscrew twists of Christmas and New Years. From now until February, actually, several close friends and family members will have birthdays, including my own, and I know from experience in a couple of days I'll be so busy trying to catch my breath for the next few months, I'll have no idea where I am or what day it is. As a result, when NYE hits I'll have grandiose plans for how to spend the next year with little momentum to put them into effect. That's why I'm starting now...