Happy Holidays from our family to yours! Here's what's going on at Life Full Yoga this holiday season

Wishing you Peace Winter Break Schedule The holidays are a time for great food and friends, but don't let that stop you from staying healthy and fit. Our Winter Break Schedule will help keep you centered and moving.   Special Restorative Class Tomorrow (Thursday 4:30) We have classes Christmas Eve and everyday after Christmas.  From Restorative to Ashtanga.

Happy New Year Celebrate the New Year with us.  We will have special classes and introduce potential new teachers.  Don't forget to bring your friends!  Bring a Friend. They get 1/2 off Our New Client Special ($20 for Two Weeks Unlimited Classes) and  You get $10 off any service for yourself.  Email us to find out how Monday, January 1, 8:15 and 9:30 am

Look Out for Our Next Challenge This one will be fun and perhaps less challenging than 40 Days to Personal Revolution.  And there will be prizes.

New Year Workshop Ideas (Let us know you top choices.   Top choices will be offered first) Yoga Nidra (Yoga Sleep)  Guided Relaxation in a supported pose.  Invokes a state between being asleep and awake.  Can be helpful for people who have lack of sleep and/or experience stress. Sun Salutations  History, Various Practice Discover the meaning behind Sun Salutes, enhance your practice for body, mind, and spirit. Benefit from Kim's 6 Week Master Class with Shiva Rea Intro to Ayurveda (Seasonal Workshop) Ayurveda is Yoga's sister science.  Learn your mind-body type, types of yoga practices that may best benefit your personality, foods to balance your energy and mood.  Aromas, daily practices.  Kim will share her over 30 year interest , studies, and practice and her special training with Larissa Carlson, the former dean of Kripalu’s School of Ayurveda, and John Douillard, founder of LifeSpa. Yoga with Assists Yoga with Gentle, Light Touch for alignment, deeper relaxation, increased stability. Learn to assist yourself too.  Some hands on, some props.  Kim, Vicky, and Lisa are all interested in sharing the benefits of gentle assists in yoga with you.  Softening the Warrior, Strengthening the Child Lisa will guide you in ways to explore bringing strength into “resting” poses and releasing into challenging poses. You will explore how to finding strength in surrender and surrender in strength.

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Triumph:Weekly Theme

Weekly Theme: Triumph.  Staying Open, Growing, and Transforming, Letting your Light Shine . . . 40 Days to Personal Revolution  Week 6 Starts Saturday Go to website for schedule.

Our focus this upcoming week is Triumph.  This week find time to play, grow, change, and be open in all 4 parts of your challenge practices: Asana Practice, Meditation, Eating, and Life in general.

Quotes: “Man is most himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play."-Heraclitus  "The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle."  Swami Sivananda O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? Percy Shelley "The great spiritual triumph is our willingness to mentally renew, change, and grow continually throughout many seasons of our lives." -Baron Baptiste

1. Asana (Pose) Practice --This week's intention is to "remember triumph happens in small things" Baron Baptiste.  What 90 minute practice will you commit to doing this week?    There are specific poses in the book (40 Days to Personal Revolution by Baptiste)  This week poses are Sun Salutations, Warrior II, Flipped Dog,Side Plank, Crescent Lunge with Twist, Side Angle, Chair, Prayer Twist, Forward Fold Hand to Foot Pose, Eagle, Standing Hand to Foot (front and side), Warrior III (Air Plane), Half Moon, Hip Lunge, Dancer, Tree, Triangle, Revolved Triangle, Wide Angle Forward Fold, Pyramid, Locust, Bow, Camel, Bridge, Wheel, Happy Baby, Abdominals, Supine Bound Angle, Boat,  Rock the Baby (Seated Pigeon), Three Legged Table, Seated Twist, Double Pigeon, West and East Side Stretch, Shoulder Stand or Headstand,Plow, Ear Squeeze, Fish, Supine Twist, Savasana.  What will your poses be?  This week pick your classes at the studio and register to commit and then schedule in your calendar your home practice days and times.  Grab your Log and past emails on our Blog.  2. Meditation Practice--  Focus on noticing your thoughts, how they come up and then go.  30 minutes morning and night.  3. Diet --   This week's focus is to celebrate your efforts.  Look back and see what worked well for you.  (I did a semi-okay 3 day fruit cleanse -- five meals out 9 and gave up coffee because of it.  I realized coffee is not a fruit.)  Are there any practices you want to continue?  Remember them?  Noticing your patterns, focusing on fresh food, noticing your cravings (waiting them out), 3 day fruit-fast, adding in essential minerals and grounding/earthy food.  Share a healthy meal with a friend.  I love the talk about recipes around the studio.  We should make a cookbook.  I shared a couple to our Instagram and Facebook pages.  4. Questions  -- Write the answers down, get them out of your head.  Some from the book:   Write down and spend two minutes on these four lines "I want to manifest .... "I want to manifest .... "I want to manifest .... "I want to manifest .... What would you do in life if you could not fail? What are the limiting beliefs preventing you from doing (it)? What is your overall life vision? Perfect time of year for these questions again,   Namaste (With Respect), Kim P.S.  I'd be honored to hear about them. Plus it can be good to share.

Centering: Weekly Theme

Weekly Theme: Centering: Feeling Grounded 40 Days to Personal Revolution  Week 5 Starts Saturday. Our focus this upcoming week is Centering.  This week find time to center yourself in all 4 parts of your challenge practices: Asana Practice, Meditation, Eating, and Life in general.

Quotes: “At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want."- Lao Tzu  "Yoga is not a work-out, it is a work-in. And this is the point of spiritual practice; to make us teachable; to open up our hearts and focus our awareness so that we can know what we already know and be who we already are." - Rolf Gates "Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate." -Zhuangzi

1. Asana (Pose) Practice --This week's intention is to flow with grace.  What 60 minute practice will you commit to doing this week?    There are specific poses in the book (40 Days to Personal Revolution by Baptiste)  This week poses are Sun Salutations, Flipped Dog, Side Plank, Crescent Lunge with Twist, Side Angle, Chair, Prayer Twist, Forward Fold Hand to Foot Pose, Eagle, Standing Hand to Foot, Warrior III (Air Plane), Half Moon, Tree, Triangle, Revolved Triangle, Wide Angle Forward Fold, Pyramid, Locust, Bow, Camel, Bridge, Wheel, Happy Baby, Abdominals, Supine Bound Angle, Boat, Upward Facing Boat, Wide Legged Boat, Rock the Baby (Seated Pigeon), Three Legged Table, Seated Twist, Double Pigeon, West and East Side Stretch, Shoulder Stand, Headstand, Fish, Supine Twist, Savasana.  What will your poses be?  This week pick your classes at the studio and register to commit and then schedule in your calendar your home practice days and times.  Grab your Log on our Blog.  2. Meditation Practice--  Focus on your Hands as a centering point.  25 minutes.  See some hand mudras in our blog. 3. Diet --   This weeks is a ground through our diet as well.  Did you try the cleanse or some version of cleansing last week?  This is meant to restore you and ground you through a focus on minerals. Some foods recommended in the book are seaweed, leafy greens, nuts, fish, root vegetables, tofu, broths, and vegetable or fruit juices.   4. Questions  -- Write the answers down, get them out of your head.  Some from the book:   Do I trust my intution?  When, where, and with whom do I feel most grounded? How mindful am I of even the smallest details of my days?  Do I remember what I said to the salesperson at the store, what route I took to get to work, how and where I hung my coat, what I told my kids when they asked me a questions? Am I truly there in all these moments? Perfect time of year for these questions,   Namaste (With Respect), Kim

Hand Mudras

Restoration: Week 4

Weekly Theme: Restoration "The Time to Relax is When You Don't Have the Time for It." (Baron Baptiste)See Tips below 40 Days to Personal Revolution  Week 4 Starts Saturday

Our focus this upcoming week is Restoration.  This week find time to restore yourself in all 4 parts of your challenge practices: Asana Practice, Meditation, Eating, and Life in general.

Quotes: “Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back your judgement will be surer. . .”Leonardo da Vinci “Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body. Norman Vincent Peale  “Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. William S. Burroughs

1. Asana (Pose) Practice --This week's intention is to move from 45 minutes to 60 Minutes physical practice. What 60 minute practice will you commit to doing this week?    There are specific poses in the book (40 Days to Personal Revolution by Baptiste)  This week poses are Sun Salutations, Side Plank, Crescent Lunge with Twist, Chair,  Prayer Twist, Forward Fold Hand to Foot Pose, Eagle, Dancer, Tree, Triangle, Wide angle Forward Fold, Pyramid, Locust, Bow, Camel, Bridge, Wheel, Happy Baby, Abdominals, Supine Bound Angle, Boat, Rock the Baby (Seated Pigeon), Three Legged Table, Seated Twist, West and East Side Stretch, Shoulder Stand, Plow, Fish, Supine Twist, Savasana.  What will your poses be?  This week pick your classes at the studio and register to commit and then schedule in your calendar your home practice days and times.  Grab your Log and past emails on our Blog.  2. Meditation Practice-- Awareness Style Meditation. 20 minutes each morning and night.  You may like to do a few 5-10 meditations a day instead.  This week's challenge is not let the mind go blank.  notice when thoughts come back up and start over.  3. Diet --   This weeks is a cleanse.  You should consult your doctor.  A three day fruit only diet is recommended by Baron Baptiste.  4. Questions  -- Write the answers down, get them out of your head.  Some from the book:   Do I really give myself enough time to relax and restore myself?  How can I carve out more time to do this?  Namaste (With Respect), Kim