In celebration of Yoga Day USA today, I am ecstatic to report abellaYoga's donation-based yoga class raised over $1,000 for Soles4Souls. The class was held in the historic ballroom of Gadsby's Tavern Museum in Alexandria, VA ---the exact place where Presidents such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson once danced. 35 people showed up for the 80 minute power vinyasa flow. It truly was a spectacular turn out. Prior to the event, I was thinking I'd be thrilled if 20 people show up for this … [Read more...]
Do Yoga Today!
The abellaYoga Soles4Souls donation page is live! A small donation is a great way to do some karma yoga today. Karma yoga is yoga of service. Service is helping others. Donating helps others! If you are attending the free class I am teaching on January 23rd (Yoga Day USA) in Alexandria VA, please make your donation in advance via www.soles4soulsfundraising.org/abellayoga. All event details are also available here. So why wait til Jan 23rd, Yoga Day USA, to do something good? Do some … [Read more...]
My New Year’s Resolution
I always set business and personal goals for each year but I can't recall every really setting a "core" resolution that I felt whole-hearted about. Thanks to my good friend Michelle, who moved from Del Ray Alexandria, VA to Santa Cruz, CA nine months ago, I have a New Year's Resolution that my life will revolve around for the next 210 days. Here's how it went down and how I came to select a 2010 resolution: On Christmas Eve, Michelle called to say "I'm going to surf 200 continuous days in … [Read more...]
One Pair of Shoes
Open your closet. How many pairs of shoes do you wear in a week? How many pairs of shoes do you have that just sit there idle? What if you only had one pair - for all occasions? Oh, my! Which pair would you pick? Most of us can’t imagine only having one pair of shoes. Further, can you imagine not owning any? Yet there are many people around the globe who would be grateful for just one pair. For this reason abellaYoga is raising money for Soles4Souls. Soles4Souls is an international … [Read more...]
Things I Want to Share
This posting is simply three great, yet very unrelated, things I’ve stumbled upon over the last week. I hope you get the same joy out of the randomness of this as I do. Shanti (Peace). As I wait for a dear friend (new Mom with baby!) to show up at Busboys & Poets in Arlington, VA, I read… “I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better … [Read more...]
Yoga on the Mountain Bike Trail
My husband surprised me last month with a new GT Zaskar mountain bike. The bike is way more advanced than I am. Let’s just say it would be a disservice to simply ride it on the local paved bike trail –my comfort zone for riding. Recently we’ve been hitting Wakefield Park in the Alexandria/Annandale, VA area to force me out on the new bike so it can be used for its true purpose – mountain biking. Wakefield is an extremely popular multi-use park filled with trails for all levels of cyclists. … [Read more...]