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10 Reasons to Rock Your Yoga World With Pair Work

When I first started practicing Hatha Yoga 26 years ago, my teachers always included at least two or more opportunities to pair up with a fellow yoga student in class in order to explore a given posture more deeply.  I've always been comfortable working in pairs.  If there was someone [...]

2017-02-26T01:14:48-08:00February 26th, 2017|friends, Health, Teaching, Yoga, Yoga Adventure|

Long Dark Nights of Winter

Winter Solstice comes early to Little Renaissance.  Every year, we celebrate a Hatha Yoga Winter Solstice Retreat on the first weekend of December at Little Renaissance.   We celebrate early before the busy-ness of the holiday season takes hold. Winter Solstice is a time of quiet firelight, a time to [...]

Yoga: I Love Light

Whether he is in Japan or back at home, every morning Don wakes up at 4am and does his yoga practice.  At the end of his yoga practice and meditation, he recites the following mantra: I am a child of light I love light. I serve light. Light is in [...]

2016-11-21T06:13:50-08:00November 21st, 2016|Health, nature, retreat, Teaching, Yoga, Yoga Adventure, Yoga Retreat|

Desert: A Healing Place

After coming back from Japan, I made a quick escape to the desert with Rick. We spent a few days in Palm Springs, California with friends Linda and Steve.  I had no idea how much I would appreciate this escape when we planned this trip months ago.  Linda and Steve [...]

2016-11-20T08:22:27-08:00November 20th, 2016|Health, Hiking, nature, Photography, Travel|

Boosting Your Immune System With Yoga and Wholesome Food!

I am writing from Japan.  Japan posts soon to start coming (so exciting to be here!), but first a follow up on two fabulous in-city one-day retreats that I just offered with MJ Conboy of MJ's Plant Smart Kitchen this past weekend.  The retreat's focus was on building and boosting [...]

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