January yoga dates are official!!!

See the sidebar for the current yoga class sessions as well as the new dates and times for yoga in January 2015.  Mark your calendars now to continue your yoga practice in the new year.

Classes will continue to run on Monday's (Advent UMC in Eagan 4:30-5:30pm), Tuesday's (Glendale UMC in Savage 4:30-5:30pm) and Thursday's (All Saints Lutheran in Eagan 7-8pm).

As always, you can do make-up classes at any of the 3 locations.

A fun opportunity!

If you are looking for holiday gift ideas for yourself or for your loved ones, you may want to find time to attend the Dynamic Journey Massage and Wellness holiday open house on Saturday November 29 from noon-4pm. Stop in for info on massage and other holistic healing options (and maybe even some info on upcoming Yoga Moodra class offerings).

Ask me for more details, or just plan to stop in at the open house: Dynamic Journey Massage and Wellness, 1103 W Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville.

Be thankful

Yes folks, while the commercial machine will try to convince us that it is the Christmas season (thus, you should start buying lots of stuff!) it is still November and next week the calendar says it is Thanksgiving.
How will you cultivate gratitude? What if we approached each day with a sense of awe and wonder about all that we have been given? Each day is an opportunity to be thankful. Don't wait until Thanksgiving to open your heart to your gifts and the blessings of the day. Be THANKFUL.

A quote to share

Just started reading Jon Kabat-Zinn's book entitled "Full Catastrophe Living."


Here's a quote to ponder:
"We are all subject to old age, illness and death. The real question...is how do we live our lives while we have the chance?"


In other words, stop waiting to live. Enjoy today and THIS moment. Make it count.

Travel Light!

How much baggage are you carrying around? How much heaviness do you feel? Physically and materially, are you surrounded by "stuff?" Each day and each moment brings us opportunities to start fresh and release what no longer serves us. Clean out a closet if you need to lighten your load from a material perspective. If you have a lot on your mind and heart, take some time to examine your thinking and let go of worry since it's wasted energy and won't change outcomes!

Whether there is chaos internally or externally, yoga can help you find new clean space. Breathe and remember that each moment is a gift. Enjoy today and decide to travel light.

What kind of yoga is this??

From time to time, I get students asking me what "style" or type of yoga I am teaching in class. While many yoga instructors adhere to just one teaching style, I feel that my classes are a blend of both Vinyasa and Iyengar traditions.

My first teacher when I was a beginning yoga student was trained in Iyengar. We held poses and really focused on alignment and form. Later, when I completed my yoga training through Yogafit, I was taught "how to teach" a vinyasa flow style of yoga. What I appreciated most about my yoga training was the emphasis on safety for students in class. As a result, even though we were learning a vinyasa style flow (matching breath and movement) we also spent a lot of time in poses and we took time to learn proper alignment. After all, proper form is not about getting perfection in a pose, but rather an effort to keep joints stable and the body safe in the various postures/asanas.

I have never had any formal Iyengar training, but the idea that yoga should be accessible to all and that props can help students achieve and get into postures safely is an idea that I have tried to incorporate in my classes. My hope is that my classes are "do-able" for students and that they leave realizing that yes, they CAN do yoga!