Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Delighted to have the wonderful Yoga teacher, Melissa Wasserfall, with us this week while Jennifer is touring with her string quartet. Melissa is working with Karate students as well as the Yoga students to help all of us improve our practice. See you in class!
Posted at 12:34 PM
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Yes, We are open during the Thanksgiving weekend! We close for Christmas and New Years and we have a slightly reduced schedule in July and August but otherwise we are always open! There's no better time to come to a class than in the midst of a busy time. It's counter-intuitive, sometimes we feel like after a long day of work or school or even family holiday time the last thing we want is to come to a class and work hard, but because we focus so strongly in our Yoga or Karate classes, we forget all our other concerns and classes are a refreshing... more
Posted at 11:47 AM
Friday, September 20, 2019
Why does anyone take up Yoga practice? To get healthier, maybe stronger and more flexible, maybe to lose weight, maybe even to find some sort of inner peace or happiness. But how can we be certain that Yoga might do any of those things for us?The answer is that we can't. Even if Yoga has been scientifically proven" to good things for people, even if it has worked for everyone we know who has tried itstill there's no guarantee that it will work for us.Of course, there's only one way to find out and that is to give it a try. So we buy a mat and enrol in a... more
Posted at 01:09 PM
Friday, September 13, 2019
Happy Moon Day! There's a full moon today so don't practice - enjoy an extra hour today to sleep in or have an extra coffee. It's only an hour but I often feel like my whole day is a holiday on a moon day.What is this moon day thing anyway? Why do we take a day off from our daily practice every two weeks when the moon is full or new? Is this some sort of astrological hocus-pocus?Like much in traditional practice we aren't given reasons for what we do, we are just given a set of directions. The reasons are for us to figure out...or not, depending on how... more
Posted at 12:20 PM
Thursday, September 12, 2019
It's an old insight but still true and worth reconsidering that the materialistic West embraced Yoga primarily as a physical practice. Westerners mostly skipped to the third of the eight aspects of Yoga, Asana, the physical work we do on our yoga mats. Don't get me wrong, the physical aspect of Yoga is truly wonderful and it fills a gaping hole in Western spiritual practice - the body! But what about the other aspects? Let's look at them over the next few days. We aren't going to definitively sum them up, any more than we are going to master... more
Posted at 01:42 PM
Saturday, September 7, 2019
There tends to be a strong physical emphasis in modern Yoga asana practice. Most of our conversation is about the details of the poses, progress in strength or flexibility, and we are most interested in the opinions of the genetically gifted few who can achieve advanced poses. Happily there is much more available here than physical achievement. Even on a physical level, there is a lot to be said for simply forward folding, back bending, and twisting every day to support our health and well being. But there are psychologically potent... more
Posted at 03:33 PM
Friday, September 6, 2019
Great news! We have found an excellent new venue. Now we can have all our programs and all our classes under one roof. More details soon! Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga at http://shoplocal.ly/01zsRz Adult Karate Classes at http://shoplocal.ly/01zsQq Introductory Karate Classes for Children at http://shoplocal.ly/01zsQQ Family Martial Arts Classes at http://shoplocal.ly/01zss6
Posted at 07:47 PM
Monday, September 2, 2019
Happy September! I am hoping for a year of contented and productive practice for you - focused and relaxed. See you in class! Non Competitive Karate Classes at http://shoplocal.ly/01zss4 Yoga Classes at http://shoplocal.ly/01zsRThttp://www.threebattles.com/
Posted at 11:53 AM
Thursday, August 29, 2019
"Happiness is love. Full stop." the Harvard Grant Study Introductory Karate Classes for Children at http://shoplocal.ly/01zsQQ Introductory Adult Karate Classes at http://shoplocal.ly/01zsRs Introductory Yoga Classes at http://shoplocal.ly/01zsRt Non Competitive Karate Classes at http://shoplocal.ly/01zss4
Posted at 02:09 PM
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Today a guest post by the wonderful Mark Ellis! Check it out here: https://uechibones.tumblr.com/ Adult Karate Classes at http://shoplocal.ly/01zsQq Yoga Classes at http://shoplocal.ly/01zsRT
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