Just had to share this!

Reading Health magazine tonight and ran across this little tidbit!
"Women who did 22 yoga poses several times a week for 12 weeks reported more desire, increased arousal, and better orgasms, according to a study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine."

Nuff said! I hope to see you all on the mat as new yoga class sessions start in September! :) While it is not stated in the quote I shared, I would guess that there are parallels for men that practice yoga and their sexual wellness too. After all, when we start to be more present and aware, we truly live in the here and now and can fully experience each moment.

We are physical, emotional, spiritual, and sexual beings. It's all part of life and the human experience. Yoga as a practice can assist us as we seek to "yoke" or bring all the aspects of our being into a sense of wholeness.

Namaste

The Good thing is....the bad thing is.....

Hey all!
The good thing is.....I have official dates all set for fall yoga! I am really excited to get back to a routine and to seeing some faces that I have missed over the summer.

The bad thing is.....it is now mid-August and summer is slipping by fast! My summer yoga class on Monday's has one more class left after today (next Monday August 24th at 4:30pm). Even if you are not registered, remember that you are welcome to pop in and pay a drop in fee of $10/class. I hope that you have all had an opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors and all the splendor that Mother Nature provides by getting out to do some gardening, hanging out in a lawn chair, or doing some evening stargazing. Enjoy these last days of summer. I will look forward to seeing all of you in yoga class again in September!! See the side panel with class dates, locations, times and cost.

Peace!

What are you thinking about?

So many of us have the same thoughts that loop through our minds all day long. We have a tendency to look for and to ruminate about negative things, as an effort to figure out a way to keep bad things from happening to us. So, a nice experience quickly fades from memory, but a negative experience will hang out in our minds as we re-play it over and over again. What a bummer.

What if we made an active decision to think about what was good? This is at the essence of a gratitude practice, but in addition to just counting our blessings, maybe we can re-train our minds so we see the good in the everyday, the commonality among people, the effort behind actions we don't understand. We can be so quick to criticize others and create distance. If we step back and re-think things, and remind ourselves that everyone is just out there doing their best, then maybe some of the harshness and judgments fall away. It's true, all of us as people are imperfect and we make mistakes all day long. Yet it is also true that we are getting so many things right. Take time to see the small acts of kindness going on all around you, the ongoing efforts of so many despite huge odds, and be thankful to be a part of this amazing journey called life.