YOU ARE NOT BROKEN: ONE WELLNESS MYTH WE MUST LET GO OF FOREVER
What if we approached our suffering as if we were already whole. What if we saw our suffering as part of a life that is already complete. Nothing less. But also nothing more. Our experience is just our experience. Plain and simple. And in every moment it is ever changing.
ON LUMA'S CLOSING: A MESSAGE FROM VALERIE
Over the last eight years my business partners, staff and I have worked together to manifest our vision to provide accessible holistic services to a population that is ever stressed by the demands of modern life. We had a lofty and inclusive mission from the beginning. We asked a lot of ourselves along the way.
ZOOM YOGA SUCKS — WE NEED TO GATHER
While we have done all that we can to make the most of practicing yoga amidst a global pandemic, as these months roll on I think I am not alone when I share that I am growing weary of Zoom. As teachers we remain committed to you and to our classes; but we miss you. And for me at least, Zoom is just not cutting it.
I KNOW YOU’RE WONDERING, AND THE ANSWER IS YES.
If I know one thing it is that we are being called. If you haven’t already, let this really sink in:
Through our actions and through our choices we are literally saving lives.
SHELTERING TOGETHER: GIVING THE GIFT OF MASSAGE
A simple warm touch can provide profound benefits, including calming cardiovascular stress & providing a release of oxytocin, which is associated with feelings of love, bonding, and wellbeing.
HOME PRACTICE: TIPS FOR BEGINNING
For those of us introduced to yoga in a gym or yoga studio, the idea of a home practice can seem quite daunting. You’ve had the opportunity to feel the way a group of people practicing yoga together builds an energy that carries you.
TAPPING THE WELLSPRING WITHIN — PERSONAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE NEW YEAR
Are we engaging with self-care as a coping mechanism for lifestyles that are beyond our capacity to sustainably manage?
CO-CREATING SAFER YOGA AND SPIRITUAL COMMUNITIES
It never occurred to me when I started practicing yoga in 1993 that a yoga space could be anything other than a place of safety. I want to share with you a story that illustrates, and possibly illuminates, why I feel it can and should be- more than ever.
TRANSFORMATION IS COMING… WAIT? WHAT?
“Come into the present moment and appreciate a sense of connection and interconnection with all things. OM.”
Parched, we drink it in. Do we even really hear it anymore?