Feeling short on time today? Or, maybe you don’t want to spend precious moments in the car traveling to your favorite yoga class? Bored with your yoga DVD? Can’t justify spending the money for in-home private instruction? Traveling too many days this summer to get into a regular routine? We all have excuses as to why we don’t get on our yoga mat more often than we’d like. Well, enough! There’s a new alternative on the rise, online yoga classes ---making yoga accessible to everyone, … [Read more...]
lululemon opens in Arlington, VA
It’s official! The lululemon athletica Grand Opening Party in Market Common Clarendon is on Saturday, June 9th Hope to see you there! … [Read more...]
Listen, Learn, Laugh
I woke up at 2:30am today and somehow in the midst of trying to fall back to sleep “listen, learn and laugh” popped into my head. I started to think….these are three simple actions that really allow us to enjoy what’s going on in life, in the present moment. “Listen, learn and laugh”. It sounds so simple, right? The challenge is to keep it simple and by doing so life unfolds right in front of you. Listening to others is certainly a trait worth cultivating. Listening can lead to learning … [Read more...]
Happy June! Did You Know…
June 1 is the start of meteorological summer for those of us North of the equator? The following has been copied directly from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer. Summer is a season of the year that is defined as beginning in June, and ending in September in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, summer begins in December and ends in March. Summer is defined by convention in meteorology as the whole months of June, July, and August, in the Northern Hemisphere, and the whole … [Read more...]
“I Can’t Do That! I’m Too _______ ”
As a yoga teacher, I hear so many reasons why someone “thinks” they can’t do a pose. My arms aren’t long enough, I’m too round in the belly, I’m too tall, I’m not that flexible, my boobs are too big…you name it, I’ve heard it. Yoga embraces imperfections. Yoga “introduces you to you”, just as you are. We each have our own list of imperfections we see in ourselves both on and off the mat. The challenge of yoga resides in learning to embrace where you are in your body, mind and life and work … [Read more...]
Nose Breathing –why?
Almost all yoga breathing is practiced inhaling and exhaling through the nose. Often I’m asked why? Below is my very short response. For a more thorough answer, please see the related articles I’ve included at the end of this entry. On a basic level, as you inhale through the nose, it purifies the air upon entry into the body - filtering pollutants such as dust, pollen and bacteria. When the breath exits through the nose, we tend to exhale a bit slower than letting it exit through the … [Read more...]
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