100 Days of Yoga: I Don’t Know What Bleepin’ Day it is!

Jan 10, 14 100 Days of Yoga: I Don’t Know What Bleepin’ Day it is!

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In the last few weeks I have lost count and I don’t seem to be able to keep track of how many days I have been doing my yoga challenge. With the business of December, I don’t have any bandwidth for the information. I try to count–I admit it, sometimes during Shavasana, but I can’t really hold onto the thought. Somewhere between 50 and 70 it just stopped mattering. I am just showing up every day as a practice. It feels a little like free-falling and maybe a little crazy. Yoga is definitely a part of my daily practice. I can’t imagine not having it. I had been “banking” some classes–my goal has been to complete 100 classes in 100 days–and I will be out of town for 6 nights in early January. I had 2 classes “banked” when we had an ice storm and the studio was closed for a day and I missed a class. Then I missed a class the next day because I got there without my yoga top and had to leave. I couldn’t picture doing hot yoga in my sweater. I actually had tears as I drove home. I love yoga and in that moment it felt like a loss. I wonder about being too attached to my yoga practice, but I figure it is early days. I am happy I have found exercise that I love, and happy I like the studio and have a place to practice that gives me joy.  And it does. It is a lovely place. I need to start counting the days. I will need to pay attention in order to make my 100 classes– or I will need to do some yoga while I am at Disneyworld. I am planning to take my mat. I think that practicing some yoga on my own would make it more my own. If I count that practice toward my 100 days of yoga, my goal will be easier. Maybe easier is perfect for me...

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Moksha Yoga: Falling for a Brand

Dec 02, 13 Moksha Yoga: Falling for a Brand

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I just completed a 30 day challenge at the Moksha Yoga Hamilton studio.  I don’t know if I have ever fallen so hard for a brand before.  This brand has stolen my heart. It all started when I found myself suddenly at loose ends with my exercise program, as I had stopped one thing and was looking for something else.  I decided to sign up for 21 days of yoga at Moksha Yoga for $30. (I think the price may be even better now)  I didn’t really plan to join, but it seemed to be a great thing to do and then I would have 21 more days to figure out what I wanted to do next. That was all well and good, but then they gave me a little card with prizes to be won and I figured out that if I attended 21 times in 21 days, my first month was free.  Hmmm!  That would be awesome!  And I like a challenge.   Jordan, the woman who led my first class, gave me great information about lying down on the mat when I was too hot.  She helped me to feel safe and welcome and like I belonged there. I won’t talk about my yoga journey here.  You can read that here if you want to.  Right now, I want to talk about my experience with the Moksha Brand.  After the first day, I felt like coming back the next day.  I also learned that I never wanted to leave hot yoga again without showering first… UGHH!  I came back again and again.  Each teacher was welcoming, kind, loving, and seemed genuinely excited by my journey.  This summer we went to a French Immersion Family Language School in Sancerre, France.  While we were there, my family talked about the skill the teachers had of acting genuinely impressed by our French, which drove us forward and helped us try things that felt new or foreign without feeling self-conscious.  The teachers at Moksha have this...

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