No matter the years that have passed since I finished school, I still think of a new start – like a mini-new year – around August. Summer starts to feel like it’s winding down, but there’s just something about this time of year that still feels like starting something new.…
Along with shopping lists and dinner plans, holiday parties and decorations, this time of year brings travel. From lines at the airport to hours in the car, we travel to visit friends and family or return to our homes. It can also mean that with travel and holiday parties, entertaining…
It’s August. Which means at the end of this month this year, like so many others, I’m going back to school. After a fashion. I’ll go back to my 200-hour teacher training studio, though with a summer full of classes and study groups, it’s not like I ever left. My…
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…
Last month I attended a workshop on Mantras and Malas at The Mat Yoga Studio, where I had the opportunity to create my own mala beads. Through Instagram and online articles, I’ve seen mala beads in so many pictures, adding to pictures of serenity. But what exactly are mala beads? What’s…
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…