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...
Spring and the Little Things
Hard to believe that as I started drafting this post we (here in North Texas) were one week out from another freeze. As I wrap...
Studio Class Challenges
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...
Cozy
After living somewhere with winter months, I have long joked that I tend to hibernate in the winter. I went out, for the most part,...
Self Love and Listening
Yoga is touted as having many benefits – physical, mental, emotional – and I have heard of studies done on these and while I am...
Recently I had a week where my regular practice schedule was off. It’s one thing when it’s off due to travel (but quick note – with The Mat continuing to offer virtual classes, taking a class while away is still a possibility!). But this particular week it was just with…
The other month I wrote about a piece of advice for going on a yoga retreat: be open to trying new things. The Mat’s 2022 yoga retreat in Costa Rica this past summer was my first time attending a yoga retreat (though it had definitely been something I’d wanted to…
“Root to Rise.” I’ve heard this – or some variation of this – a fair number of times in class over the years, and it’s something that’s really stuck with me for a variety of reasons. As I hear it in class, I see it as building a strong foundation…
Last month I participated in my first yoga retreat, and as I sat down to write about it this month, there was one thing I kept coming back to: What was it that I took from the retreat? It was not just the yoga – which practicing twice a day…
Late this summer, The Mat Yoga Studio will offer another 300-hour yoga teacher training. It was nearly three years ago that I went through the 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training at The Mat, which was an incredible journey that took me far beyond the things I’d learned a few years prior in…
Starting something new can be daunting. Even more so when it’s done in front of or around others (or is this just me?). When I’ve started something new, I find myself wondering if I’m doing it “right”, which when it comes to yoga, doesn’t necessarily mean I’m doing it right…