new downtown yoga class

Starting in September, I will be teaching yoga again at Rejuvenate in the Sun Trust Building. I'm glad to be back on the schedule at this innovative spa/studio, and their yoga room has the best view of downtown Atlanta!

Wednesday nights, 6 to 7 pm, Rejuvenate, Sun Trust Building, Lobby Floor.
Parking garage underneath the building.

check out the Rejuvenate site

lululemon free yoga

i taught last Sunday's free yoga session at the lululemon Morningside showroom. It is such a fabulous resource - free yoga! every Sunday, 10:30 to 11:30, with guest teachers from studios all over Atlanta.

The room was packed and the vibe was upbeat. I am going to try to fit it into my schedule when possible -- I often have private clients on the weekend. Bring your mat, come early for a spot, and enjoy quality, FREE, yoga!

directions to lululemon atlanta

sage naturalceuticals, organic body+beauty boutique in atlanta

This Saturday I was walking around my neighborhood, Castleberry Hill, and I stopped into a little store I've been meaning to visit: sage naturalceuticals. Cindy, the owner, has made a bright, welcoming shop full of organic products: haircare, skincare, bodycare, perfumes, and soy candles. I bought a John Masters Organic detangler, citrus and neroli (smells aaamazing). Next I'm going to try a Pacifica solid soy perfume. And if I need a gift soon, I'm definitely buying a Skeem candle, blended soy in gorgeous silkscreened glasses that can be reused. Stop by the store- there's lots of testers to try - or shop online - I highly recommend it!

Sage Naturalceuticals

design your own eco-yoga mat

yogamatic.com

now you can design the graphics to inspire you on your yoga mat! As a designer, this is right up my alley. You upload your image, a .jpg or .tif file, and it is printed on an eco-friendly yoga mat.

Brilliant!

anti-aging, upside down

Aging: flip it and reverse it.

After years of combating gravity, all the organs, especially the heart and the rest of the circulatory system, grow sluggish, which results in less nourishment to our cells and leaves us vulnerable to heart disease, fatty deposits in the blood vessels, varicose veins, and other effects of aging.

Though the effects of gravity are inevitable, we can do a great deal to counteract their impact. Like the original yogis, we can cleverly beat gravity at its own game by turning the body upside down. This simple action benefits the whole body. Early yoga masters stressed the importance of inversions and said that Headstand and Shoulderstand could conquer old age. Entry-level inversions: downward facing dog, or a half-headstand on the wall, or simply lying down with the legs up against the wall.

I was terrified of headstand for many years. For a while I even thought my head was too pointy to balance on. I would get into position against a wall, but I was scared to kick up -- I always thought I'd come crashing down. Then, a few years ago I had a breakthrough. I think partially it was due to better arm/core strength - the head is no factor, and also a moment of alignment enlightenment. Now I'm working on balancing unsupported, anywhere. My friend Alison, who lives out in Colorado, does a headstand on top of every mountain she climbs. Soon, that will be my peak ritual too. Hiking + headstand: beats any anti-aging remedy.

yoga shown to positively affect your genes

Researchers have discovered how meditation and yoga improve health, reports The Washington Post. "It's not all in your head," said Dr. Herbert Benson, president emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. "What we have found is that when you evoke the relaxation response, the very genes that are turned on or off by stress are turned the other way. The mind can actively turn on and turn off genes. The mind is not separated from the body."

"We all are under stress and have many manifestations of that stress," Benson added. "To adequately protect ourselves against stress, we should use an approach and a technique that we believe evokes the relaxation response 20 minutes, once a day." - from YogaJournal.com

It always seems when we are "too busy" for yoga, that is when we need it the most. I am going to design a 20 minute yoga routine and post it here on my blog in the next few weeks. Surely we can carve out 20 minutes to rejuvenate and refresh amidst a chaotic day.

free yoga this sunday

this sunday, august 10th, 10:30 - 11:30 am, I will be teaching a FREE yoga class at Lululemon Atlanta! Bring a mat, bring a friend!

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