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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 […]

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…

Live Vibrantly – June

Asana: Greet each day with 12 Sun Salutations. The Planet: Invest in To-Go-Ware for summer picnics and stop using throw away utensils. Inspiration: Read the manifestos from the Manifesto Movement of May.