I can’t even keep track of how many things are happening at this Valentine’s Art of Love Masquerade party tonight, but I’ll be there to check it out: )
Lots of performing and visual art, including a performance by fabulous tribal belly dance teacher I took a class with at ODC Dance School recently - Jill [...]

Laughing Lotus is kicking off the new year with a day of free classes, chai, and new, sweet, vegan treats tomorrow. I’ve been a fan of their midnight yoga class, accompanied with music, since my days first going to their New York studio. Check out the schedule below:
FREE Lotus Flow Yoga Classes, Chanting, Community
AND Introducing [...]

This morning I got news that Pattahbi Jois, the grandfather of the demanding yoga practice known today as Ashtanga, passed away in India hours earlier. I have many acquaintances from the years I’ve practiced and taught that studied with him in Mysore, so I know this piece of news will sadden many in the yoga world.
Pattahbi Jois [...]

Last September was the launch of the new Yoga Month campaign by the Yoga Health Foundation, which aims to get the word out on yoga and its health benefits, bringing it to a national level as a health observance. Yoga Month imitates Dance Week, striving to get teachers across U.S. cities to offer free classes.
Last [...]

Fairfax in West Marin is my favorite area in the bay area - it’s surrounded by trees and has a neighborhood vibe that’s so relaxed. It’s beautiful for biking, hiking, or just chillin’. Here are my picks for soothing mind, body, and soul:

Visit the community board while munching on something from the Good Earth buffet.
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How cool is this? Thanks to Johannes Fisslinger, President of the Yoga Health Alliance, the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion now recognizes September as National yoga month.
The non-profit provides health education and yoga programs for kids and is partnering with health companies like SoyJoy, with an extensive advisory board that includes teachers like [...]

It was nice to bring closure to my visit to the bay area with an invite from Tyler to Sunday morning’s Ecstatic Dance in Oakland.  Not only did my friends from Conscious Dancer magazine extend their wedding celebration there, but Jenny and many Acroyoga teachers from the west coast showed up to do a demo. [...]

San Francisco’s Yoga Tree was recently one of 300 host locations worldwide honoring the United Nations Day of Peace through Shiva Rea’s Global Mala project. The first annual gathering of its kind, the Global Mala strives to create an international yoga collective united by service towards current pressing issues such as global warming, child war [...]

For a while now I’ve wanted to swim far out into the ocean at La Jolla Cove. I’ve snorkeled and kayaked there plenty of times. People come from all over to swim across the underwater canyon, as far as the pier in La jolla shores - a distance that’s at least a mile long. In [...]