Sunday, October 26, 2008

yoga for a cause: karma weekend nov. 1-2

The Upstate Yoga community has come together for a Karma Yoga weekend: Yoga for a Cause to benefit the Harvest Hope food bank. The fall is normally a time when food bank shelves are thin, and that is even more the case now.

As the economy has worsened, we naturally turn our focus to our own lives and pocket books, and perhaps increase our fear in doing so. Doing something for others takes the perspective off ourselves in a freeing, healthy way and can develop compassion for those around us.

Several yoga studios will be holding classes the weekend of Nov. 1-2 for donations only. All proceeds will benefit those in need in our region.

Visit http://www.northmainyoga.com/ or http://www.upstateyogis.com/ for class schedules.

Thanks to the following studios for participating in the area's first joint yogi cause: North Main Yoga. 90 Degrees Yoga. It's Yoga!. Yoganize. Yoga Place

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About Me

I owe my passion for yoga and its transformative nature to my teachers, namely Max Strom. I have been teaching since December, 2006. I teach an all-levels vinyasa flow class, which focuses on the breath as the key to change and healing. As my teacher, Max, says, we just add the poses to the breath. I have completed a 30-hour teacher training with Max in Kansas City and another 54-hour training with him in Greenville; a 230-hour, 9-month intensive with Max's students and owners of North Main Yoga studio, Brian and Liz Delaney; and a Yin Yoga teacher training with Shala Worsley from the Asheville Yoga Center. Most recently, I have begun studying Thai Yoga Massage privately with Asheville therapist Lia Pardy. In April, I will enroll in the Asheville School of Massage & Yoga to pursue my massage therapist license.