How much yoga training is enough?
…Yet, I’m still a yoga student- practicing regularly under the guidance of truly senior teachers, a title few in this impacted industry (there’s that word I hate again), can claim. Frankly, the more I learn about the Art and Science of Yoga, the more questions I have…generally pretty profound contemplative questions with no clear answers, but today, I ask a pretty mundane one: Is 200 hours really enough for someone to be teaching yoga!?
What is the future of the yoga industry?
First off, let me say that I hate thinking about yoga as an “industry.” This word is rooted in capitalism and I’m not sure the true eight-limbed path is congruent with a system that prioritizes financial gain over all else. That said, we live in a society in which “money=value” and yoga teachers deserve…
Classes Available ONLINE Only through April 4 Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Due to the latest updates regarding COVID-19, Lotus Blossom has decided the most responsible thing to do is to limit exposure by offering our classes ONLINE ONLY through Saturday, April 4 (when we will re-evaluate the situation). Your health and safety is of utmost important to us. By staying home, we hope to limit the spread of this new virus. Of course, we are focused on
A Note to Our ClassPass Users
Lotus Blossom Yoga will be terminating our arrangement with ClassPass as soon as our user agreement allows. In the meantime, we are reducing ClassPass spots in all of our classes. Unfortunately, after nearly a year of giving their system a try, we have found that the partnership undermines the sustainability of our studio. We're happy to discuss this with you in more detail if you're interested; just reach out and ask.
Occasionally We May Need to Cancel...
It’s not unusual at this time of the year for colds to go around like horses on a carousel. Unfortunately, one third of our small teaching staff is on this not-so-fun ride today. It’s an opportune time to share our values when it comes to substitute teachers.
Why I chant at the end of my prenatal yoga classes
Lokah Samastah Sukinoh Bavantu
Recently, a student who has practiced with me in a previous pregnancy, asked why I was no longer chanting these beautiful words at the end of my Lotus Blossom class. As mainstream yoga becomes more and more physically focused, teachers like me sometimes worry that chanting in Sanskrit may alienate some practitioners and as we build the program at Lotus Blossom, I was erring on the side of caution.
How To Get Quality Rest for a Dream Pregnancy
You spend about a third of your life sleeping. If you are fortunate enough to make it to the ripe old age of 90, that’s 30 years asleep! Unless you are a parent. Take off a couple years worth for each kid, and another few months if you were the one who carried and nursed the baby. Sleep, of course, is a hot topic among new parents- maybe the hottest. It starts in pregnancy due to a combination of hormones, stress, and a little one pressing on body parts you didn’t know you had. Here are some tips for getting better rest while you await the birth of your sleep destroyer...er, I mean bundle of joy.
Lotus Blossom Yoga Welcomes Four New Teachers
Hillary and I love teaching prenatal yoga and wish we could be available to meet the demands of our students who would like to attend weekend and evening classes. Unfortunately, family commitments limit our availability. If only we could clone ourselves! (Even if science could make that possible, I’m not sure I’d be comfortable with that idea, so we will do the next best thing.) Starting Tuesday, September 3, we welcome four wonderful, talented teachers to the Lotus Blossom family: Adrienne, Lisa, Casey, and Rebecca.
What’s your style?
Looking at the schedule of a yoga studio reveals a plethora of yoga styles: vinyasa, yin, Iyengar, restorative, slow-flow, prenatal….Wait, prenatal?! Is that actually a style of a yoga? It makes sense on a schedule to label a class as prenatal because, of course, it targets a very specific audience. However, prenatal is not in itself a style of yoga. I may be getting into semantics here, but prenatal is really a sub-heading of any style of yoga: A prenatal class may be vinyasa, yin, Iyengar, restorative, or any other style for that matter.