I don’t really make New Year’s Resolutions. In fact, I shared with my classes last week, that in the spirit...
December, 2022 “Doing those deeply unfashionable things – slowing down, letting your spare time expand, getting enough sleep, resting –...
I completed my first yoga teacher training in September, 2000, at Ghost Rach, New Mexico. This was an intensive training,...
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?
May, 2023 As a yoga instructor who has been teaching since I was 25, and who prefers a slow and gentle...
Rachelle Koren has been teaching at Source Yoga on and off for about a year. She brings a true passion for yoga and personal growth to her classes, and loves helping people slow down.
This holiday season, the words I kept repeating to myself were “good enough.” Good enough, as in, who needs perfect? I recently read Big Magic, by Elizabeth Gilbert, about living a creative life. In one section, she writes about her creative process
September 2023 I have been really enjoying the end of summer. Mine is a late August birthday, so I try...
“Mindfulness, cultivated even for a few minutes, draws the heart toward itself. It invites the intimacy we yearn for and...
Rebecca Ray has been a part of the Source Yoga Community since 2006, first as a student, then as a...
I have been really enjoying teaching in recent weeks. It can be a balancing act wearing both hats of teacher and studio owner, but I wouldn’t change it for the world.
April 2023 “This is one way of speaking about mindfulness, or being present: coming home to ourselves. When we bring...