A documentary worth watching, especially if you are a bottled water drinker who wants to know more about where the water you drink actually comes from. There is an interesting piece about the Nestle Corp, and how they have been taking groundwater from right here in Michigan, for free, to bottle and sell for billions …
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Helping our Local Food Bank – Food Gatherers
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.
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 …
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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Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu
The mantra that I chose for this week reminds us that we don’t just do our yoga practice for ourselves, but for all beings. This mantra means:May this world be established with a sense of peace, well-being and happiness.It is an invocation for harmony and blessings for all of creation.So the next time you’re on …
Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo
The mantra that I chose for this week is actually used at the beginning of traditional Kundalini yoga practices to tune in to your highest self. It means “Infinite Creative Consciousness, I call upon you. Divine Wisdom Within, I call upon you.” I take this to mean that we all have our own inner wisdom, …
Om Shrim Mahalakshmyai Namah Mantra
Reverence to the power of Sri, the great goddess Lakshmi! This mantra celebrates the power of Sri in the form of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. The word simultaneously means prosperity, elegance, radiant power and sacredness. When you recognize the power of sri within you, it leads to contentment no matter what your circumstances. You’ll feel …