Several times throughout the year Yoga Serves members help out at the warehouse doing various tasks such as sorting cans, restocking the pantry, shelving products, salvaging products, repackaging bulk foods, packing food boxes, cleaning out coolers, and sorting produce.
The Inn at The Rustic Gate – Fall Yoga Retreat 2011
Highlights – Yin, Energy Flow, Ashtanga and Partner Yoga classes; massages; an evening bonfire; a cougar spotting; hiking and biking trails through the woods; and gourmet, locally-sourced, vegetarian meals “I went on the retreat at the end of my first year of yoga, and left with a renewed enthusiasm for my practice and feeling more connected to The …
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National Trails Day – Stewardship Workday
National Trails Day is a nationwide event celebrating local trails and assisting with their restoration, creation and maintenance. At Barton Park on a hot 90 degree spring day, Yoga Serves members trimmed back overgrowth and spread wood-chips to help keep the trails accessible.
Yoga Music Playlists – Week of 6/20/11
Several people mentioned how much they loved the mix of chants I used in my Hatha classes this week. They are some of my favorites. Here they are: Aad Guray – Deva Premal – Dakshina Jap Man Sat Nam – Snatam Kaur – Anand Ishq’allah – Miten – Songs for the Inner Lover People of …
Yoga Music – Week of 6/13/11
Some of you asked if I was playing James Taylor in class this week. Actually, it was music by Alanis Morrissette’s brother, Wade Imre Morrisette. I have two of his albums that I use for yoga: Sargam Scales of Music and Strong as Diamonds. Check them out!
Earth Day Tree Planting Project 2011
Each year Yoga Serves volunteers at an Ann Arbor park for Earth Day. This year our volunteers helped neighbors of Huron Highlands Park in Ann Arbor plant a native garden in their neighborhood park.
Meditations from the Mat – Letting Go
Some of you asked if I could type out the reading I shared this week in my classes, where our intention was using our yoga practice to let go. It is from the book Meditations from the Mat. Here it is… “To begin, we let go. We let go of our thoughts, our old scripts, our …
Yoga Music Playlist – Week of 1/24/11
Some of you were asking about the beautiful music I was playing for our 4th Chakra (Heart) classes this week. Here’s a sampling: Jap Man Sat Nam, Snatam Kaur, Anand Sat Patim, Deva Premal, Songs for the inner lover Paramaysareh, Snatam Kaur, Anand We are people, Snatam Kaur, Celebrate peace Rise up, Guru Singh, Game …
Vinyasa Music Playlist – Week of 12/6/10
Some of you asked me to share my playlist for this week’s Vinyasa classes. Here you go! Woman At The Well – Tim Story – Glass Green Truly, Madly, Deeply – Ray LaMontagne – Till the Sun Turns Black Gódan daginn – Sigur Rós – Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust Living – Moby …
Song of The Morning – Fall Colors Yoga Retreat 2010
A group of ten yogis and yoginis just returned from a beautiful weekend in northern Michigan at Song of the Morning Yoga Retreat Center. We enjoyed 4 different yoga classes: a Yin class upon arrival Friday evening, an Energy Flow class to wake us up Saturday morning, a fun Partner Yoga & Thai Yoga Massage …
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