April 2022 Welcome spring! The days this week have had such welcome pockets of sun and warmth, so inviting after...
From the beginning of Source Yoga, I have had a strong desire to use the platform of our business to make a difference. Of course I know that yoga in itself makes a difference in the bodies, minds, and hearts of those that practice. But I also have always known that I wanted to expand that beyond the confines of the studios and into the greater community around us. A couple of years ago, I was looking at how I wanted Source Yoga to give to our larger community. From our very first year in business, we offered Thanksgiving donation classes, giving the proceeds to local service organizations, and donated regularly to many local schools and other non-profits. We have offered scholarships for workshops and events provided by our “Source Yoga Scholarship Fund,” but I kept asking myself, “How can we continue to make an even bigger difference?”
Over the years, I have had students ask me if we would offer a Yoga Teacher Training at Source Yoga, and my answer was always no, not right now. And it was a clear no. It was actually more of a no way. I was 100% clear that was not...
September, 2022 Dear friends, I was talking on the phone with a friend the other day, and after a couple of...
I received an email from a student recently asking for help looking for yoga classes for her parents who live...
February 16th, 2022 If this last two years has taught us anything, it’s that we really don’t know what the future holds. We have been happy that so many of you have gone with the flow and adapted with us. We have LOVED the opportunity to be with...
October 2022 Recently I read 2 novels that were written since the start of the pandemic. I recommend both –...
I stood at the front of the room, my breath a bit shallow, a little nervous to look at the...
Image credit: Anna Thurston March 2021 I always delight when I hear about Source Yoga community members taking their yoga off their mat. It’s really why we are doing this, isn’t it? Not to have a “better” Warrior 2, not really to be more flexible, not to be a perfect...
Only a week later, my inner yoga teacher shows up again; she too, has gone on retreat. She reminds me of the definition of the word mindful, as used by Jon Kabat-Zinn, the originator of MBSR in the West. Mindfulness is about paying attention in a non-judgmental way. I can pay attention mindfully, I like to think. I have a much harder time paying attention without judgment. So my inner yoga teacher says: What if your discomfort isn’t something for you to analyze away? What if you don’t need to do anything about your discomfort? What if you just noticed it?
I know many of you have been following my journey with my dad. I wanted to let you know that...
I’ve meditated at the pool with my kids, believe it or not. (Don’t worry—they are old enough to swim on their own, around lifeguards.) Several times this summer, I was at the wading pool and sat quietly in the water. Closing my eyes, listening to the water falling around me, the sounds of the water splashing, feeling the sunlight warm on my eyelids. Swaying gently when other kids are running in the water around me. I’ve meditated at the wave pool, and it’s a beautiful image now, the ruffled waves coming into and crashing, the pull of the water as it receded. I’ve even taken time to meditate on the ferry. Those seconds stretch into minutes, the minutes into time without measure.