Monthly Yoga Theme

Love.

May 2, 2012 Compassion

To conclude April’s focus on Love and Compassion, where we at Evolutions focused on heart-opening poses, discussions, and meditations, I will share a very simple little story that came up a few times in classes. The month before, I found myself getting all out-of-sorts about this and that. With a lot of different projects going on and [...]

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“Positivity”

March 14, 2012 Monthly Yoga Theme

This month at Evolutions we are focusing on the theme of “positivity.” Interestingly, I’ve heard myself say things in classes that might sound anything but “positive.” I suppose this is because acknowledging shadow is one of the most powerful ways to appreciate light. “Recognize that one day your body will be unable to do this pose” [...]

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Fluidity

February 11, 2012 Bramacharya

This month at Evolutions we are working with the idea of fluidity. Yoga is unique among workouts, activities and meditations in how deeply it can help us experience fluidity in the body. The more we practice this flow on our mats, the more easily we can cultivate it in our lives, as we move from [...]

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Vitality

January 18, 2012 Monthly Yoga Theme

This month at Evolve Yoga we’re focusing on the idea of vitality. When I first began thinking of how I’d weave this theme throughout my classes, I considered making our yoga practice quite vigorous to increase our blood flow, working with poses that are particularly strength-building–all that good stuff. And then I got sick. And felt anything [...]

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Preemptive Compassion

December 17, 2011 Monthly Yoga Theme

One of the hallmarks of Samarya Yoga is the work of making yoga philosophy “real”–something we can use every day, in and out of class, not sharing teachings that feel esoteric or untouchable. One of the blessings about my job is that I’m constantly looking at my daily life for personal examples to bring to my yoga [...]

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Prana-Vayu & Abundance

November 18, 2011 Monthly Yoga Theme

I began teaching at Evolve Yoga (part of Evolutions Body Clinic) last month, and am really enjoying getting to know the community and having the opportunity to teach new students. One brilliant choice the staff at Evolve makes is to collectively focus on a theme each month, to provide some cohesion to the yoga classes [...]

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