Thoughts on Embodiment
Late Summer, The Secret Season
Think back to how you felt as Spring gave way to Sultry Summer. We were excited by the salt air and warming water, the sand between our toes, and the late evenings that stretched out like a satisfied cat in a pool of light. Schedules were abandoned and children found...
Contentment and Activism; a meeting of the inner and outer worlds
I spend a fair amount of time contemplating the world that the classical and tantric texts arose from so that I can find context for the teachings and uncover how they might fit into my post-modern mind. Lately, I've been wrestling with the practice of Santosha. Taken...
The gift of not knowing: How to practice at home
From Song of Myself by Whitman The smoke of my own breath, Echoes, ripples, buzz'd whispers, love-root, silk-thread, crotch and vine, My respiration and inspiration, the beating of my heart, the passing of blood and air through my lungs, The sniff of green leaves and...
Letting the air back into the room
I'm sitting in my parked car outside of the studio, fingers curled tightly around my phone, staring at my partner who is trying desperately not to jump out and run from our conversation. Once every three weeks we talk to a therapist via the phone to help us navigate...
Reclaiming Our Wild & Authentic Nature
“The Peace of Wild Things” BY WENDELL BERRY When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great...
Transition to Spring
Welcome to Spring time energy! This is the real New Year for me as I shake out the winter aches and tap into the rising sap of creative life force. Spring is a powerful and sometimes violent time of year. Life is explosive! Here are some thoughts on ways we can...
SPRING SALE 2017
200 HR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
Our Mindful Vinyasa Program will help you discover your own voice as a teacher and empower you to share your love of yoga with others. You will refine your understanding of the science and art of yoga through the study of anatomy, physiology, and philosophy. We only...
Mission Yoga introduces ” THE ADVANCED STUDIES PROGRAM”
As we continue another year of Mission Yoga's mindful vinyasa teacher trainning we are excited to bring to our students the 'Advanced Studies Program.' The Mission Yoga Advanced Studies Program is a portion of our 2015 training program designed for those who are...
Holiday Wine and Chi
We had an amazing group of people in attendance at our Holiday Wine and Chi on December 8th. The pot luck offerings were especially delicious, thanks so much to all who contributed! Click here for the root vegetable minestrone recipe. As supper wrapped up Kelly Jean...