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A little story from the Zen Buddhist tradition goes something like this:

A monk once asked Basho: “What is the essence of your practice?”
Basho replied: “Whatever is needed.”

The end!

The simplicity of this story belies all the nuance, complexity, missteps, commitment, and discipline that’s part of doing what is needed. Practice can be a time to show us what is really important (do I really need to clench my jaw during downward dog?!) and give us a chance to refine where and how we spend our energy.

Join me for practice in April, and let’s explore what is needed, on a moment-by-moment basis.

4-WEEK APRIL SESSION
WHATEVER IS NEEDED: YIN & YANG YOGA
Mondays 5:30-6:30 pm CT
April 7, 14, 21, 28
$60 (includes 7-day replay)

Each day of class, you will be emailed a unique Zoom link to gain access. Feel free to hop onto the Zoom 5 minutes early to say hi and chat!

Shortly after each class, a link to the recording will be sent out, which will be available for 7 days.

There’s a few lines in a poem called What Carries Us by Emily Jungmin Yoon , that have been sticking with me:

In this era of brevity in this era of metal in this
era of abbreviation, yes, I’m trying to make you

think of me longer.

It’s become trite to say that life moves too quickly, but it doesn’t make it any less true or easier to deal with. As we find our unique ways of navigating, what is it that supports you when times are unpeaceful? How do you find an inner sense of stability, even when the ground is moving and the winds are blowing? What carries you?

Join me for practice in March, and let’s explore what carries us in, on our yoga mats.

4-WEEK MARCH SESSION
WHAT CARRIES US: YIN & YANG YOGA
Mondays 5:30-6:30 pm CT
March 3, 10, 17, 24
$60 (includes 7-day replay)

Each day of class, you will be emailed a unique Zoom link to gain access. Feel free to hop onto the Zoom 5 minutes early to say hi and chat!

Shortly after each class, a link to the recording will be sent out, which will be available for 7 days.

NOTE: REGISTRATION FOR THIS SESSION IS NOW CLOSED. To get notified about upcoming sessions, please sign up for my newsletter here.

The inspiration for the name of this session comes from this quote by one of my teachers, Michael Stone:

“Reawakening love and intimacy for one’s self and beyond requires practice. This is not because love is something far away from us but because we forget. We forget that intimacy is near. We forget how to relax with others. We forget we are whole. Realization is a kind of remembering rather than an achievement or virtuosic accomplishment. Practice awakens the dormant and often invisible interiors of mind, body, and heart in order to establish a more tender, responsive, creative, and active self.”

More than ever, we need to remember what’s important. Practice helps us realign to what’s meaningful for us, here.

4-WEEK FEBRUARY SESSION
INTIMACY IS NEAR: YIN & YANG YOGA
Mondays 5:30-6:30 pm CT
February 3, 10, 17, 24
$60 (includes 7-day replay)

Each day of class, you will be emailed a unique Zoom link to gain access. Feel free to hop onto the Zoom 5 minutes early to say hi and chat!

Shortly after each class, a link to the recording will be sent out, which will be available for 7 days.

NOTE: REGISTRATION FOR THIS SESSION IS NOW CLOSED. To get notified about upcoming sessions, please sign up for my newsletter here.

Humans are meaning-makers, and the stories we tell ourselves tend to be the ones that affirm our beliefs about the world and ourselves. They tend to be stories that prop up our sense of identity and worth. This makes sense: we need some sort of stability in the chaos.

Then again, these stories can also bind us.

Our yoga practice is about seeing through those stories, and realizing what they are: just stories. With great tenderness and compassion, we season our stories with a proverbial grain of salt, in order to make room for the unknown. Yes, this can be destabilizing and scary. And, it can also be freeing.

Let practice help with deepening our capacity to settle into the unknown.

4-WEEK JANUARY SESSION
THE STORIES WE NURTURE: YIN & YANG YOGA
Mondays 5:30-6:30 pm CT
January 6, 13, 20, 27
$60 (includes 7-day replay)

Each day of class, you will be emailed a unique Zoom link to gain access. Feel free to hop onto the Zoom 5 minutes early to say hi and chat!

Shortly after each class, a link to the recording will be sent out, which will be available for 7 days.

NOTE: REGISTRATION FOR THIS SESSION IS NOW CLOSED. To get notified about upcoming sessions, please sign up for my newsletter here.