Big Sky Yoga Retreats: October Yoga & Creative Photography Retreat

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Photos via Pinterest. 

Open sky. Free space. Room to breathe.


Do you crave adventure? Looking for a creative respite this fall?




Check out Big Sky Yoga Retreats. A spot where you can roll out your mat, explore your creative side behind the camera lens, and get to know other peace-seeking yogis.


See you in Montana: October 11-14, 2012. We'll take some photographs and practice our yoga. We will clear the space we need to be free.


Namaste.


Let's Meditate, Chicago Yogis!

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Photos via The Pursuit Aesthetic and Pinterest.

Summer Solstice Meditation - Free!
Wednesday, June 20th. 8:30-9pm 
TruHarmony Yoga Chicago rooftop
900 North Franklin Ave. Suite #508, Chicago, IL 60610 

Climb up to see one incredible view of the city, as you wind down your day with a calming and restorative guided meditation at sunset. No experience necessary.

Who's with me? :)

Like or Dislike: Subscription Boxes

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Photos via Pinterest, Elephantine and Simone Coppola.

Do any of you guys subscribe to subscription boxes like the ones at Quarterly and Birch Box? 

These healthy foods boxes suggested by the Greatist also look delicious.

I imagine the little gifts they send would be inspiring. A little something to get your creative juices flowing. Or just something fun to look forward to (like online shopping, only easier because you sign up once and then the mailings continue to come!).


If you have recommendations on subscription boxes, I'd love to hear. Also, if you know how to become a contributor to them, I'd love to know more. It would be fun to share more inspiring tidbits with you, readers.

Say, if I were to mail you a box, what would you love to see in it? 

Relax

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Photos via Oh Darling, Middle Child Complex, and My Morning Coffee. 


Start to let go. Now is the time. You'll be OK.
You'll come out stronger in the end.



You think you have to, but maybe you don't. 

Maybe there's something you can give up. Some space you can carve. Go ahead. The season is about to change. You can.



Just let yourself.

Yoga Inspiration: Getting Un-Stuck

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Photos via Amy Ippoliti on Facebook, Pinterest, and PrAna.

Occasionally we get stuck in a rut in yoga. Or in life, depending on how you look at it.


To get un-stuck, make a change. Even if it's minuscule. Choose to look at your mat a little differently.



Set up in a new spot in the room. Scoot a little closer to your neighbor. See how the energy shifts. See what's possible.

Choose to be a part of a new conversation.



You may find yourself doing something you've never done before. You may find that you're finally free.



Getting un-stuck starts by simply being open. Mind, body, spirit. 

Namaste.

Recent Eats

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There's nothing better than farm fresh foods in springtime. 
Stuff out of the earth. Like tomatoes.



Artichokes w/ lemon butter and pasta w/ parmesan.


Juice fixin's. 


Farm fresh eggs. 
Literally, from a farm in Wisconsin that a friend at work drives by on her way in. :)



Green curry.


Salad stuff.


More juice!


Pretty pear.


Green juice. With carrot froth.


Kombucha.


Good Belly and fresh mango.


Blueberry green tea. And of course lots of water on these hot days! :)


What are you eating lately, yogis?

Simplify

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We spend so much time plugged in. Little screens, glowing blue on our faces.

What if instead of holding your iPhone, you held a couple of fresh-cut flowers?

Give yourself time, the time you need. Unplug. Rest.

Be.

What if you washed tomatoes slowly, pausing to look out the window, not hurrying to eat... but instead relishing in the sound of the water dripping through the strainer...the smell of spring air wafting in the window...the quality of light as it glints off of things in the room?



The world is alive with beauty. Stop for a moment. Witness it.



Namaste.

PS Can you tell I spent the weekend cleaning the apartment, clearing out empty spaces? :) Mother's Day yoga also relieved my body of all knots of tension. It was a blissful class; more about that soon! Be well, friends.