This summer I’m participating in my first bingo card challenge at The Mat Yoga Studio. The studio hosts different challenges periodically over the course of the year, and while they are a great way to take more classes – if that happens to be a goal – there are even more…
I took my first outdoor yoga class last year, and in a big way! It was Dallas’ All Out Trinity festival, which included a one-hour yoga session on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, along with cycling events and a race. One side of the bridge was closed off for us yogis for…
My To-Read shelf, my physical to-read shelf, got a little out of control at the end of 2016. I normally like to keep this shelf visually manageable: one bookshelf maybe about 1/2-3/4 full of books from which I can pick the next read based on my mood. As I read…
The start of a new year is exciting. It’s full of promise and idealism for all the things that we might accomplish. I used to think of these new goals at my birthday, preferring instead to think of it as a “new year” for me. But over the last couple…
Over the last year I’ve actively looked to take my yoga practice deeper. I’ve been drawn in by mentions of the 8 Limbs of Yoga (of which, asana, the physical practice, is number three of the eight), the Yoga Sutras, breath work and the idea of living a more “yogic…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared September as National Yoga Month in 2008, drawing awareness to the incredible health benefits that yoga provides. And this year, as I have actively become more in tune with the local community, I am loving seeing so many events and studios…