Seattle Yogini

Thanksgiving Yoga Classes

Catch me teaching yoga in different time slots from Wednesday (11/25) through Saturday!  You can easily register for classes or the workshop at www.mlcyoga.com

• Wednesday:  7:30 - 9pm  Level 2 (Ongoing Practice)
• Thursday:  Studio's closed!
• Friday:  10:30 - 12 pm    All Levels, Topic = Twists
• • Join us the Friday after Thanksgiving for a practice designed to help you deal with the big meal. Twists improve digestion, increase circulation (nervous and blood flow), and tone the muscles of the back and abdomen. They really help you get moving!
• Saturday:  10:30 - 12 pm    All Levels, Topic = Tapas
• • Tapas refers to discipline and effort. In this special post-Thanksgiving class, we will focus on the tapasya of asana (yoga poses) with a strong practice to generate heat, cleansing, and a refreshed perspective in the body and mind. Plenty of time will be set aside for a soothing Savasana, ensuring that the tapas are balanced with peaceful relaxation.
• Saturday, 2 - 4 pm   Workshop = Yoga Nidra
• • Yoga Nidra is the "sleep of the yogi". It is a state of deep physical and mental relaxation akin to Savasana but much longer. This is the ultimate healing opportunity, offering the time, space, and support needed to reach a level of quiet that facilitates true healing - of the body, mind, emotions and psyche. Kelly will lead students through a process that relaxes the body, quiets the mind, and reaffirms the presence of inner healing potential within each participant.

I look forward to seeing you in class!  Namaste

Maple Leaf Community Yoga video

Hello!  Since returning from the UK, we have been very busy preparing Maple Leaf Community Yoga for the holidays, with special classes, workshops, and prop sales.  It's been wonderful to brainstorm new offerings, but it has taken up every bit of creative, mental, and emotional energy...and I still have to publicize December's fun!

Tonight I wanted to share this lovely video about our studio, the power of yoga in real people's lives, and the (non-) effects of the "economic downturn" on our corner of the yoga world.  Remember when I wrote about our decision to opt out of the recession?

Okay, without further ado:

Please leave a comment on youtube about this video (you can navigate there by double-clicking on the image above).  Does it inspire you?  Does it motivate you to get out your sticky mat?  Are you a student who wants to chime in?  Let us know how yoga at MLCY has affected you...especially during this financially challenging year.

A great big hug of thanks to: Erica (one of our fabulous teachers!), Jim , Christian & Josh (kind students who shared their experiences), Sandra (a colleague shown teaching at Yoga Centers in some of the footage) , Marchella for the beautiful music, and the cameraman, Joel.

London and Edinburgh in Pictures

At the tale-end of my trip to London to assist Aadil, Rob joined us.  He and I had planned a week's holiday in Edinburgh to honor our anniversary.  The trip began with a lovely day in London.  We did some sight-seeing on Monday:  we peeked into Chaumet and purchased a beautiful little necklace for me, I took him to Liberty so that I could pick up a gift for my assistant, who kept things running smoothly at the studio while I was gone for those three weeks.  Then we took the tube to the Tower of London to check out the armouries in their exhibit, "Henry VIII:  Dressed to Kill".

The slide show below starts at the Tower of London, and then goes into Edinburgh.  It was a beautiful week, and we look forward to returning and soaking up more of Scotland some day.

There's music, so adjust your volume as needed!