By- Bethanie Jones My goodness, I know better. Sometimes I wonder if my big heart is a blessing or a curse. I keep seeing all of these memes on social media about how beautiful fall is because it teaches us how to “let go”. Doesn’t that just make it all sound so easy? Read a…
By: Bethanie Jones Every morning on my drive into work I make it a point to notice the sky. It provides a moment of quiet reflection, and it’s a great way to start the day. The sky lets us know what kind of mood Mother Nature is in. It lets us know where she’s been…
By Bethanie Jones I was in a Desiree Rumbaugh workshop when she came over to assist me getting into an inversion. It was a forearm balance, the kind I hate. It is the kind of inversion that you can’t fake by slapping yourself into a wall or building a barricade of blocks around you. This…
By: Jolynn McFerren Why do I teach kids yoga? Well, I have three children and it was convenient to bring them with me when I first began teaching yoga. It’s also extremely playful and children are much less inhibited than adults—willing to experiment and be silly and have fun, thus making the art of teaching…
By Bethanie Jones We talk about the breath a lot in yoga. We watch it, we don’t judge it, sometimes we forget to do it when things get tough and sometimes it’s completely peaceful and at ease. We learn through yoga that by controlling our breath we can slowly learn to control our minds. We…
By: Bethanie Jones It’s 4 a.m. and I’m wide-awake. My mind won’t shut off. I feel scared and confused and wildly anxious. I have to be up in an hour to go to my meaningless corporate job and put on a happy face. I stare at this blank screen, knowing I want to write but…
by Bethanie Jones Life comes at you fast man. Your dog gets sick, so does the baby, grandma flies into town and your mother in law’s all over you. You can’t catch a break at work, there’s not enough hours in the day and if that alarm goes off one more stinkin’ time you may just…
by Bethanie Jones I found myself chasing happiness today .You know what I mean, the kind of “I just need one more thing to be happy” sort of thoughts. The self deprecating ones, the ones that tell me I’m not enough. “If only I had more money, lost those last few pounds, had a nicer…
by Bethanie Jones The dog days of summer are here and the studio is buzzing with tanned faces and smiles. Maybe you are new to the community or maybe you have been coming for some time. You can’t help but feel the sense of ease and comfort when you enter. The soft aroma of…
By Cathy Bratka Lately I have been trying to focus on the practice of gratitude, and yes, it is a PRACTICE. The practice is as follows: wake up in the mornings and mindfully take your thoughts to all the things you are grateful for and do your best to carry this through your day. This…
