I’ve always liked the idea of sun salutations. Maybe it stems from an interest in mythology and the stories behind celebrating the return of the sun after the shortest days of the year – culminating with the longest day of the year in summer. Maybe it’s from the idea of…
I started this post a few times working through some different topic ideas, but they didn’t quite seem to fit. But as I found myself thinking about the then upcoming Mother’s Day holiday, I landed on this idea of offering yoga as a gift. Giving a yoga class – or…
I’ve seen a few reasons supporting scheduling fitness/studio classes in advance, often by way of motivation and sticking to a workout. And I can understand that. But something occurred to me earlier as I thought about a then-upcoming weekend and thought on which yoga class to take. And that was…
In this month’s newsletter, The Mat Yoga Studio teased at this year’s spring challenge (beginning in April). And while it was just a hint with more details to come, my interest definitely perked up. I have looked forward to studio challenges in years past, and of course, continue to look…
Yoga is touted as having many benefits – physical, mental, emotional – and I have heard of studies done on these and while I am certainly not an expert here, I have written from time to time about my personal experiences with the benefits that I have found from my…
I don’t know why, but accountability seems like such a heavy word. Doesn’t it? Probably why it can be so effective: the fact that one will have to tell someone else if they’ve completed the thing s/he said they would complete. Or didn’t. Who wants to admit to not completing…