April 9, 2024 - Seeing the eclipse yesterday was absolutely awe-inspiring. It was amazing. And, it makes me consider the value of awe in our lives.

April 1, 2024 - Today we look at the practice as a fresh beginning, referring to the 1st sutra of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - "Now, We Begin the Practice of Yoga."

3.21.24 - We open the hips as a way to go with the flow of ourselves and of life.

March 12, 2024 - Having an intention for practicing can be helpful. You might not notice any type of difference from your practice immediately. With an intention you are setting the direction and purpose of your practice over the long-term.

Mar. 11, 2024 - Today's class is based on a poem "Tenderly" by St. John of the Cross.

Tenderly,
I now touch all things,
knowing some day we will part.

Feb. 20, 2024 - In Bhakti Yoga, the yoga of Love, there is a sutra that says "It reveals itself in an able vessel." What this means is the love reveals itself if you are open to it. Isn't that nice. :-)

Feb. 15, 2024 - One of the great things about practicing yoga is that you can leave behind everything else. Taking time to experience a foundational idea of yoga from the Sutras of Patanjali, to "calm the fluctuations of the mind." Today we'll take time and let go of all the other stuff. It's lik...

Feb. 14, 2024 - Today is a good day to open your arms like wings of the heart. :-)

Feb. 13, 2024 - What is great about a yoga class is that you can get what you need from the experience, whether it's physical, mental, or emotional.

Feb. 12, 2024 - One things that is great in terms of the yoga practice, is how it helps you maintain the spaciousness of the body.

Feb. 8, 2024 - It is great to think about living every moment of every day with a yoga perspective. In reality, that isn't really something is achievable, or maybe even possible. Instead, it's wonderful to spend this one hour doing the practice, and thanking yourself for it. :-)

Feb. 7, 2024 - It can be difficult to "control" what is going on in the mind, because the mind is complicated.

Feb. 6, 2024 - One of the things about yoga is that it opens up to the unknown about yourself, exposing ourselves to our ourselves.

Feb. 5, 2024 - Nice to think of yoga as sunshine, even on cloudy days.

Feb. 2, 2024 - The joy of yoga is that it is a deep, subtle experience.

Feb. 1, 2024 - There is cool idea in yoga that to rise up in a posture, you need to root down.

Jan. 31, 2024 - Today we practice some different ways of doing yoga, but still finding "yoga" while doing them.

Jan. 26, 2024 - In the yoga philosophy there is the idea that you have light forever inside of you, and the practice is about recognizing and illuminating that light.

Jan. 25, 2024 - I really appreciate all the good practices we learn from doing a yoga practice.

Jan. 24, 2024 - It's cool to look at your feelings, like anxiety, as energy you need to move and release.

Jan. 23, 2024 - It's cool to think of the yoga practice riding on top of the rhythm of the breath.

1.22.24 - It's cool to practice focusing on your body as something to you escape into and meditate on.

Jan. 18, 2024 - It's cool to think of the yoga practice is a set of tools that you can pull out from your toolkit when needed.

Jan. 16, 2024 - There is definitely a power in positivity and connecting to the love in your heart.