Week of 9/8/2019 Intention this week: Santosha: Joy in Doing. The past few weeks we have delved deeply into the body-the pelvis, the...

Week of 9/1/2019. Intention: Tapas/Self-discipline. Spiral learning is a concept that over a period of time we will come to memorable...

Week of 8/25/2019 Intention for the week: Balancing. For the past few weeks in our classes, we have been beginning as usual with our...

Week of 8/19/2019 Intention of the week: Satya as Authenticity. This week, again, in yoga training, I was inspired by a verbal exchange...

Week of 8/12/2019. This week's focus: Aparigraha. If you are one who watches television, and especially reality television, you might...

Week of 8/4/2019 This week's theme: Meditation. Why do we begin each yoga session with meditation? Meditation helps us to arrive for...

Week of 7/28/2019. This week's theme: Svadhyaya, or "self study." A quote from Kimberly Puryear from Asheville Yoga Center, "Yoga is a...

Week of 7/21/2019 This week's focus is Santosha, or "contentment." From Deborah Adele in "The Yamas and the Niyamas: Exploring Yoga's...

Week of 7/14/2019 This week's focus: Standing Poses. Standing poses are the foundation for most of yoga's other poses. It's where we...

7/7/2019 This week's theme is: Satya (Truthfulness) /Authenticity. Being in training this past weekend, the memories came flooding back...

The main type of breathing in yoga is the ujjayi breath (ooh-JAI-yee.) We will learn or review the technique this week. Quite often I...

This week's focus is the head/brain/thought. "The 7th Chakra, Sahasrara/Crown (Thought) is the energy center at the top of the head...

Our feet, ankles and legs work hard for us day in and day out. They bear the weight of our bodies constantly shifting, and help us keep...

6/8/2019 The theme this week is a popular one: Hips, with a side of pelvis. This is an area of the body which is often requested to be...

6/1/2019 This week's theme: Shoulders and arms. Moving slightly up the body from the heart and thoracic of last week's focus, this week's...

5/5/2019 This week’s theme: Intention. Why do we come to class? We may come for physical reasons such as building strength, increasing...

5/11/2019 This week's theme: Grounding. It seems that Eastern medicine is just catching up to the benefits of the thousands-year-old...

4/14/2019 This week's theme: Help can only come if there is room for it to enter. Is our mind overly focused on worry, fear, or the...

4/21/2019 This week’s theme: Alignment. Sometimes our bodies speak to us through our practice. Using svadyaya, or self-reflection,...

4/28/2019 This week’s theme: Beginner’s mind. Sometimes the weight of our responsibilities can leave us feeling “used up” and...