Namaste Friends! It is always amazing to me how dreams do come true. For so long I have wanted to have my own studio, and now I have this sweet space. And then, life presented an opportunity to create my own yoga teacher training. My dear friend and assistant Lisa Schlelein and I put our nose to the grindstone and created what…
Namaste Friends! This morning I witnessed a sad moment in time and it made me stop and think about how important it is to send love and blessings to the many troubled souls that are walking this planet. In my little bubble, life is good. Sure, I have the occasional hiccup that throws my life out of balance, but nothing like…
Namaste Friends, Diwali (sometimes Divali or Deepavali) is upon us! Arguably one of the most important festivals in India. It is referred to as “The Festival of Lights”, the most significant spiritual meaning is “the awareness of the inner light”. Central to Hindu philosophy is the assertion that there is something beyond the physical body and mind which is pure,…
Karma Yoga Center. Namaste Friends! I hope the wind hasn’t blown you away! Often times the high winds can aggravate us, especially if our dosha constitution is vata. In the practice of Ayurveda, (Sanskrit for the science of life), it is determined that there are three main dosha constitutions: vata (air), pitta (fire), and kapha (earth). Vata is the…
Namaste Friends! Karma has got a lot on the menu this fall…including a -soon -to -be Menu! Look for our Dharma Cafe to open in the coming months. We are so excited to bring Starla Mercer, our new nutritional Chef into the fold. We will have smoothies, raw cuisine, gluten-free edibles, soups, salads, coffees, teas, and so much more. But first check out these events: …
Namaste Friends! This has been a crazy week! My five year son Boden had a serious asthma attack and we spent several nights at Children’s Hospital trying to get his breathing under control. As a yogi mom, I was watching his strained breath from a different perspective than perhaps the handful of amazing doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists did with their trained eyes…
Namaste friends! Wow! This is such a beautiful time of year, no? These blogs usually come at you via our beautiful and eloquent leader, Katrina, but she took a well-deserved day off to spend more time in the mountains, so this one is compliments of Lisa. 🙂 We had a wonderful but short trip up to the Yoga Journal Conference…
Namaste Friends! First let me tell you how much fun Lisa (bff) and I had on our road trip to Bhakti Fest out in the Mojave Desert. Bhakti means devotion or spiritual love. The festival was inaugurated two years ago on Sept. 11th to help bring good, loving energy back to that day, that nine years ago dropped the world to…
Namaste Friends! September is upon us and we have many events planned for this month which officially changes seasons from summer to fall. One event not to miss is the Gong Bath on Friday, September 17th. We purposely planned to host the gong bath just before the fall equinox because it serves the body good to cleanse the system of…
Namaste Friends! Lately I have noticed an inordinate amount of fiery communication going on around the community. Ironically, we are in a celestial phase that encourages us to keep communication to a minimum. Mercury is in retrograde until Sept. 12th. It has slowed its orbit significantly as it does three times a year (this year four times). This planetary shift affects us on a cellular level…
