Moving Into The Back
In addition to teaching Nia classes for the city of San Jose, I was asked to teach a Gentle Yoga Class. I have taught three sessions and we have one more before the year is over. This last session...
View ArticleUpward Salute
As with all workouts, it is important to warm up before beginning. In a Nia class our warm up is one or two songs. When I was young and was first learning to exercise the way to warm up was to...
View ArticleNever Cease
I teach Nia which is a cardio dance available to any age. At both the low end of the age spectrum and the high end of the age spectrum, if you can safely move about the floor and follow basic...
View ArticlePOPCORN, A Thing Of My Past
My niece was here visiting for a week, but because she is family she doesn’t really get treated like a guest. It is my stance that she is here visiting ME (and my husband) so I drag her along to all...
View ArticleA Breathe Of Fresh Caffeine?
Wow, you might not believe I have more “stuff” going on. More on that later. I am sure I will write a post or two. You know I always share, it just takes some time sometime. So, instead –...
View ArticleSometimes I Call It The Star Pose
I like this pose, Utthita Hasta Padasana (Extended Hands and Feet Pose). It is an easy pose. It is one of those asanas that can be used in so many places in a yoga routine. It can be used in the...
View ArticleThe Good Things Of 2014, Onto 2015
This year we were lucky to have a visitor for our Goodie Jar reading. My niece was visiting and she helped us relive the moments that made us smile. I am a smart enough aunt to know that I have an...
View ArticleHotdogs Making Me Laugh
I had started writing a different post, a post about a yoga pose I am enjoying lately and wish I could do in my classes. But as I was cooking dinner my husband came into the room laughing and saying...
View ArticleLegs Up The Wall Pose
There are poses and moves that I love to do that I don’t get to do in my classes. Some of the poses or moves require a wall. While there are walls in the venues where I teach, they are not always...
View ArticleFolding Is An Art
Many of you who attend yoga classes regularly might already know this, but then again, maybe not. Sometimes there is not always time in any type of group exercise class to get the tips and tricks that...
View ArticleThe Base Of Many Asana
As you may know, there are thousands of yoga poses. Some of those may be variations or modifications, but still, there are a lot of yoga poses. I think of them in four categories; standing, sitting,...
View ArticleSpecial Offer – Free Is Always Special!
FREE YOGA THE WEEKEND OF FEB. 27 and 28, 2016 Mind Body Zone in Fremont is having a weekend of FREE yoga classes. The schedule is as follows (note only the classes listed below are free): Saturday,...
View ArticleDon’t Be A Hoarder
In reviewing some of the things that actually make yoga yoga, I have been posting about the Eight Limbs of Yoga. The first two limbs, the yamas and the niyamas are restraints and observances,...
View ArticleWrist Relief
So this past Monday was a Holiday, it was Fourth of July, on holidays often gyms, yoga studios, and fitness places have different schedules. Such was the case with the YMCA on Monday. Some Y’s were...
View ArticleYoga At Home
I like to go to yoga classes because when I do yoga at home by myself, I tend to turn it into creating a yoga class. I will start thinking about poses I can do with my students and I will start...
View ArticleAdding A Challenge To A Pose Mastered
I teach two gentle yoga classes. Gentle yoga doesn’t necessarily mean beginner yoga. It can if the class is a beginner yoga class, but “gentle” doesn’t mean beginner. The way I make the yoga class...
View ArticleGuidance – Not A Personal Attack
In the two Nia Intensives I have attended, one of the things we cover first is the Energy Allies or more commonly known as the Four Agreements. As I attend many classes and teach many classes I am...
View ArticleOut With The Old, In With The New
I have posted information about the programs that I teach under for the City of San Jose. At different times they had two versions of a “gym-like” program (Group Ex and then SJCITY Fit) where people...
View ArticleMy Husband Laced My Shoes
This interesting picture was posted on my Facebook feed a long time ago. I have always been meaning to post about it. I don’t know who posted it or who created it. I just thought it was so interesting...
View ArticleClasses Are Still Happening
Sigh. I usually don’t post about the latest things going on in the news because that is not what my blog is about. Usually. I don’t USUALLY post about current events because I often feel that is just a...
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