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Why We Love Infrared Hot Yoga (And Think You ...

Flow's infrared hot yoga takes the best elements of traditional hot yoga and adds an extra layer of comfort and care. The gentle warmth from infrared panels envelops you in a cocoon of relaxation, making each pose feel like a comforting embrace. Unlike traditional hot yoga, where the air is heated, infrared heat targets your body directly, offering all the benefits of warmth without feeling stifled.

Why We Love Infrared Hot Yoga (And Think You Will Too!)
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Small Kindnesses

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Small Kindnesses

Another Bump in the Road

Another Bump in the Road

When I stepped onto the rock, it never occurred to me that I might be swept off of it. Initially, I tried to hold my ground when the wave hit, but then the water rushed over my head and I realized how helpless I was to its sheer force. I remember reaching for the rocks, trying desperately to find something to hold onto and failing. I didn’t feel my body hit the rocks though I know it did. I had no choice but to surrender and ride the wave, and I was filled with a sense of both panic and calmness. I didn’t know if I would come up – I didn’t even know where up was.

 

Ten Attributes of a Great Yoga Teacher

Ten Attributes of a Great Yoga Teacher

What makes a great yoga teacher?  Do I listen to these voices in my head and let them inform my teaching?   Or do I hear these voices and move out anyways, making myself vulnerable and taking a risk?  This is not easy work.  Sure, it gets easier with time, but I often find the more experience and knowledge I gain, the more I can use information to cover up my vulnerability, my fear of being judged by a room full of people.  Fear of sharing my deepest self with others and being rejected.  

 



Step Up

Step Up

Step to the top of your mats.

This is what the instructor says at the beginning of most every yoga class.

I hear this so much that it’s automatic to simply step to the top when I’m told. I can be finishing a conversation, coming up from a seat or coming down from a stretch. It doesn’t matter. Everything stops, my mind clears, and I step to the top.

But last week I heard something else.

Step to the top of your mats, the instructor announced. And when I did so, my mind, on its own accord, suddenly responded in silence, Reporting for duty!

I’ve never really had a thought surprise me. I usually know what I’m thinking about. But on that day my response was as automatic as my step to the top. And even though no one could hear my mind speak out, everyone else reported for duty, too.

Compassion Over Judgement

Compassion Over Judgement

One of the most valuable lessons I have learned from Sri Dharma is observing him love all beings unconditionally - without judgement. I strive to love in the same way. It isn't easy and it requires constant monitoring of the ego. It is also another way to practice being present. You notice your thoughts as they are forming; you choose silence over speaking; and you think before you act.

Gradualness

Gradualness

Could Rumi have imagined how nutritive such words would be halfway around the world, nearly a millennium away? (Probably, yes, he could.) These words, these concepts, this invitation runs deep and true. Right to the essential center of our silky souls, where not even the 24-hour news cycle, the never-ending to-do list, the iPhone, the fitbit, the juice cleanse, or the craziest of New Year’s resolution could touch it.