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What “Ahimsa Yoga” Means to Me
07 Apr 2009 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • wellness • yoga
When I was new to yoga and freshly enamored of its health benefits and the sense of harmony it endowed upon me, I happened to have lunch with a yoga teacher who I greatly admired. Seeking clues to the “right” way to practice yoga, I asked him how often he himself practices. Without hesitating, he [...]
Yin Versus Yang Yoga
26 Mar 2009 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • yoga
Inherently we are all a combination of Yin and Yang energy. Yin being the mellow, moon, “female” energy, and Yang being the “male”, sun, aggressive energy. These two qualities are innate in every person we meet, every activity we undertake, even in the foods we eat. The whole world lies on a continuum of Yin [...]
Yoga of Food Workshop: Saturday, March 7
05 Mar 2009 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • events • wellness • yoga
One of my favorite women, Carolyn Cohen, and her very cool partner, Vincent Peterson, are hosting a workshop at IO on Saturday. I highly recommend your attendance at this mini-retreat called YOGA OF FOOD (March 7, 1:30 – 4:00 PM). Be there or be square. Leave more well-rounded, more balanced, and in the company of [...]
A Tropical Hut of One’s Own
13 Feb 2009 ~ 3 Comments ~ Categories: blog • wellness • yoga
Ah, the importance of time alone, time away from it all… I cannot stress it enough. I just returned from a yoga retreat with one of my all-time favorite teachers, Peggy Orr, at Haramara in Sayulita, Mexico. Haramara is rustic elegance at its best. And, for me it was out of this world. Literally. So [...]
A Different Kind of Power Lunch
15 Jan 2009 ~ 1 Comment ~ Categories: blog • body • yoga
Partly for my own selfish reasons, we’ve introduced noon “Power Lunch” yoga classes to our regular schedule at International Orange. With ten years of yoga practice under my belt, I’m in a place where a shorter, more concentrated class packs a vital punch, especially in the middle of my workday. Most standard yoga classes range [...]
IO Wellness Workshops
08 Jan 2009 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • mind • yoga
The time has come for us to dive deeper into our commitment to beauty and wellness from the inside out. With that, I’m thrilled to introduce our upcoming IO Wellness Workshops for 2009. Since 2002, we’ve offered exceptional yoga and movement-based workshops at IO, but this year we move beyond our old paradigm and expand [...]
Wallet-Friendly IO Spa Yoga Lounge Memberships
30 Dec 2008 ~ 1 Comment ~ Categories: blog • body • face • yoga
We’ve offered IO Spa and Yoga Memberships since we opened in May 2002 but now more than at any time since we’ve been in business, personal wellness is even more critical and needed. Stressful times require special measures to keep us healthy, happy and sane. As an antidote for these times, we introduce our new [...]
Holiday Gifts That “Do a Body Good”
22 Dec 2008 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • products • yoga
This year my family agreed only to give one another gifts that fit the following criteria: You can eat it. You can read it. It’s homemade. It does a body good. These gift-giving guidelines were a good and worthy challenge. Needless to say, I’m still working on a photo collage for my brother (oops, don’t [...]
Say YES to Yoga for Stress Relief and Problem Solving
10 Dec 2008 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • yoga
They say we all hold our stress somewhere in our body – our hips, our neck…our brain. Maybe all these places. What happens when I get on my mat and practice yoga, is that the stress energy starts to dissipate. I reconnect to my physical self. I remember again that the breath moving in and [...]
Why I “Practice” Yoga
05 Nov 2008 ~ 2 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • yoga
I had a sports-loving male friend who used to tease me “What’s all this yoga practice for? When’s the game?” In those, my early days of “practicing” yoga, it would vex me. “He doesn’t get it,” I’d think. “Practice is just a word we use to say that we’re going to yoga. We’re not trying [...]
