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Live Vibrantly – September

Asana: Go to a public yoga class 1-3 times a week. On the days in between practice what you love and one thing that is challenging for you. Share your progress on my Facebook page. The Planet: Come on out for California Costal Cleanup Day. Join me for free yoga and cleanup on Ocean Beach or help out on another water way near you! Inspiration: “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Harold Whitman

Live Vibrantly – August

Asana: I have been working on building strength and holding plank is really helping. How long can you hold it? Practice every day and increase by 10 seconds or 2 breaths. Let the community know how you feel by posting on Namastacey Yoga San Francisco! The Planet: Reuse containers by refilling your household cleaning products. In San Francisco check out Rainbow Grocery and Green 11. Inspiration: I am inspired by all of the stories our friend, Jeannie Page is collecting in The Yoga Diaries. Check them out and contribute one of your own!

The Pebble In Your Shoe

You know that little ache in your body? The one you have learned to live with and work around in your yoga practice and in other physical activities, that thing you just manage to deal with or rather choose to forget about in your life? Yeah, that one. We all have them; it’s part of being in a body. But do you know what? You don’t have to live with it anymore. Those little tweaks and aches are messages telling your body that something is out of alignment. Perhaps you are stronger in one area and weaker in another. Maybe you have an old accident or injury, or perhaps even an emotional trauma about which you may have forgotten; a trauma that is still having a residual effect on your body, like when you fell off your bike as a child or your first heartbreak. Perhaps it’s simply the fact […]

Guru Purnima

Today’s full moon is the brightest of the year and has been celebrated in India for centuries as the auspicious moon in honor of the teacher. The word “guru” means “the weighty one” or “the bearer of light.” In the yoga tradition it is a principle (tattva), rather than a person, that describes the supreme intelligence of life. The Guru Tattva (Principle) is anything that brings the light into our lives, that reveals the shadow, that pushes against us for our awakening. Today I honor all of the life experiences that have crossed my path and guided me toward my truth. Those experiences and persons who have helped me, inspired me, and showed me kindness as well as the ones who have challenged me, hurt me, and pushed against me. I honor the bumps in the road, the missed turns, and the backtracking, the discomfort and dissatisfaction for it has […]

Live Vibrantly – July

Asana: Find time each day to do a long Downward Dog. Start with 1 minute and work your way to 2 or 3! For me this is like a meditation, it is calming and grounding and helps me center in the middle of a busy day. Let us know how you feel by posting on Namastacey Yoga San Francisco! The Planet: Sign the petition to Ban Fracking in California or get involved with another environmental cause to raise awareness. Inspiration: Check out this photo…