A Chant For Peace

Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu

May all beings everywhere be happy and free, and may my thoughts, words and actions contribute in some way to that happiness and freedom for all.

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PHILOSOPHY

“On this path no effort is ever wasted, no gain is ever reversed;
even a little of this practice will shelter you from great sorrow.”

Bhagavad Gita, 2.40

UPCOMING RETREAT

Summer Retreat: Topanga Canyon

August 5 – 7, 2022
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RE-EMERGE. RE-CONNECT.
REMEMBER. RECEIVE.

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Filed under 😂: Last month on TV, I showed breat

Filed under 😂: Last month on TV, I showed breathing techniques to manage stress. In a mask.

Absurd as a visual, yes! but absolutely essential. Especially in these strange times. The most basic practices simply help us live our lives with more laughter. Greater ease.

Tomorrow I’m back on screen in the ZoomRoom
One Day Only
Soul Session Sunday
10 - 11:30am PST
www.clioyoga.com/online/ for the link

It’ll be a love on your body kind of class - full of feel good stretches and strong steady energy. Hope to see you there 🧡 and whatever you do, keep breathing, even under the mask 😊

#YogaPracticesForRealLife
#loveonyou #soulsession

Tomorrow I see my teacher❣️ The woman who gave

Tomorrow I see my teacher❣️
The woman who gave me back my practice. With So. Much. Kindness. Endless patience. A fiercely strong, quiet, steady force.

I thought I was broken. Everything hurt. My practice repeatedly caused injury and pain. It seemed the only way forward was to force, suffer, keep up, get better, try to be something I wasn’t.

But there in her room, with 82-year-olds in full headstand for more than 10 minutes, and teachers from all over the world, it finally felt ok to be me. She gave away, with boundless generosity, all the secrets to sustainability, longevity, health, higher consciousness and unconditional self love.

What a gift!! To find a teacher who generates hope and grows us bigger. She changed my life. And my teaching. In the most amazing ways.

And now . . . !! After two long years, too long years! tomorrow I’ll be in her room again. There may still be space for you too.

#LisaWalford weekend workshop: Rhythm of the Universe @centerforyogala
Saturday and Sunday, 1:30 - 3:30pm.

If you can’t make it, rest assured I’ll be passing on her wisdom, best as I can. Forever.

#srisrisri ❤️🙏🏽❤️ #thankyou #loveyou #gratefulforteachers

Happiness. Served with a smile. #myMVPsof2021 #lo

Happiness. Served with a smile.
#myMVPsof2021 #loveyou!!!!

If you were an LA Yogi you knew Christine, Gary an

If you were an LA Yogi you knew Christine, Gary and their realdealcommunity of Liberation. Gary McCleery, co-owner of @liberationyoga, passed away unexpectedly on December 5.

Gary and Christine Burke struggled to keep the studio going through Covid. One of the only LA studios to survive even after they lost their lease mid pandemic and scrambled to find a new location, moving last minute. Recently, their daughter Clementine, hospitalized for seven weeks, with a difficult to treat digestive disorder. She’d just come home. The family was getting ready for the holidays. Then they suddenly lost Gary.

He was the quiet power behind everything that Christine and Gary did together. They helped run the @centerforyogala before it was bought by @yogaworks, filling that space with positive spirit. They opened a theatre in Silverlake where many performed. They brought joy and depth to everything they did, it was their way.

I taught at Liberation and loved them and the community they grew. One of the few studios that allowed me to bring my child to work. They were like that. Everyone was welcome.

A fundraiser has been started to help Christine through the shock of the situation and holiday season. She is swamped with bills that insurance won't cover and is now trying to run a business on her own, while grieving. If you know Christine, she is a strong and silent warrior who would never ask for help. Please extend your generosity and heart. We belong to each other.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/christine-and-clementine-need-our-help?utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

REPOSTED (mostly) from @jeanneheilemanyoga She also gives the link in her BIO

Take care - of yourself - and everyone else you can 🧡

#layoga #liberationyoga #onelove

The world is violent and mercurial - it will have

The world is violent and mercurial - it will have its way with you. We are saved only by love — love for each other and love that we pour into the art we feel compelled to share: being a parent; being a writer; being a painter; being a friend. We live in a perpetually burning building, and what we must save from it, all the time, is love.

#dad🧡 #tenessewilliams

This room, # 108, is my actual office at USC. I ne

This room, # 108, is my actual office at USC. I nearly dropped when I saw it.

Spiritual traditions say there are signs everywhere. The more we pay attention, the more we see. The deeper our practice, the wider our vision. Sometimes the signs confirm - like a small cairn tower of pebbles marking the way - that we are on the right path, even when we think we’re lost.

This semester a student asked “Why did you have to leave your job in fashion to do this?”
‘Because it called me,’ didn’t seem enough of a reason. Because it was my own tiny rebellion to disrupt a culture of harm and bend an impossible arc towards what matters most. Foolish perhaps.

It’s said 108 is a sacred number. It’s the number of beads on a rosary or a prayer mala, the number of steps on a Buddhist temple, there are 108 postures in Tai Chi. In the Bible the words “Truth” and “to forgive” are used 108 times. Stonehenge is 108 feet in diameter. In Islam the number 108 refers to God. The distance between The Earth and The Sun is 108 times the diameter of The Sun. The distance between The Earth and The Moon is 108 times the diameter of The Moon. The diameter of The Sun is 108 times the diameter of The Earth.

I know they are shooting our children and ripping away our rights. And I also know there is still hope. My students at USC reveal that every day they show up. This is the last week of our semester; back in person after 18 months of trauma. They tell me:

“My experiences in this class have allowed me to realize that life is NOT inherently bad, and bad experiences are not us failing at getting through the system, they are an opportunity to learn more about ourselves and how strong, resilient, and impressive we are as people.”

Do the impossible. Plant seeds for trees we will never see. They will be magnificent.

#keepgoing
#uscyoga #uscmeditation #dontstopbelieving

It’s the thing that changed the course of my lif

It’s the thing that changed the course of my life. The trip where I discovered who I was, what mattered most, how I wanted to live, and work.

Yoga Teacher Training is when I really fell in love - with the practice, the people and myself.

It’s a whole journey. A way of making meaningful change. Towards the greatest good. For you. For your people. The planet.

And THIS 200 Hr training with THESE BRILLIANT TEACHERS is the highest quality and caliber around. Truly.

I am honored to join @kulayogaproject again for their immersive #200hrytt along with @schuylergrantyoga @mattphippen @nikkivilella @ketchumyoga @nikki_costello
@freetoorising @biggerthankevin @naidaspy @nezam_ardalan @megan.mook

EARLY BIRD DEADLINE is almost here. This 10 Week Program starts Feb 2022💥

It’s a hybrid of on-line (weekdays) and in person (weekends) in LA or NY - plus an all remote option from the comfort of your own home.

Scholarships are available. All details, dates, prices & info are available @kulayogaproject

Take this epic road trip on the journey of life - to make friends, find yourself and grow bigger in the most amazing ways. Unlike any other adventure out there. It’s the way home.

#yogateachertraining #love

New Year Retreat: Topanga Yoga✨Meditation✨Kar

New Year Retreat: Topanga
Yoga✨Meditation✨Karaoke
January 7-9, 2022

🧡 After way too long, the time feels right to re-emerge, reconnect, listen deeply, laugh heartily and celebrate life.

🧡 Come sing your song on the mountain top. Come ground, uplift and center yourself. A New Year weekend set to reflect on health, wellness and whatever the heart loves most. Together we’ll practice gaining greater clarity and self-compassion. In community, we’ll create space for our soul-centered intentions to lead us into the new year ahead.

🧡 Our destination is a Spanish-style 1920’s private estate, perched atop 10 acres of sacred land, with breathtaking views. Ample opportunities between sessions to dip into the hot tub, sweat in the cedar sauna, swim in the lap pool or dunk in the cold plunge. A dedicated chef will create delicious, fresh, vegetarian meals each day.

🧡 I so hope you’ll join us for an intimate and special retreat (my first in over 2 years!) Space is limited. But our small group is infinite - with endless energy to rekindle hope, replenish vital resources and re-invigorate happiness.
Especially because, we can.

❤️💜💗

DM me your email address to receive all the details.

We 3 been together for more than a decade. ✨ The

We 3 been together for more than a decade. ✨
They’ve always been teachers who inspired me. People who sparked joy and spread smiles. Everywhere. We grew up together in a magic box of a studio #InYoga 🧡 and after way too long, we’re finally home, teaching under the same roof again. Thank you @centerforyogala ❣️ for this most excellent & happy reunion.

#backtogether #yogafriends #sangha #reunited

Come feel the love
Tuesdays & Thursdays @10:30am with me
or catch a class with amazing
@joekarayoga or magnificent @yogigracie almost every other day of the week

🧘🏽‍♀️🤸🏽‍♂️🙏🏽

Buddha’s bff, Ananda, said: “It seems to me, friendship is about 50% of the spiritual path.”
“No Ananda,” said Buddha. “Friendship is the entire spiritual path. 100%” 💥💥💥

#circleyourself #goodpeople #goodfriends #goodteachers #goodyoga #goodtimes

PS old school shout out to @juliebuckner for originally putting these pieces together
💛💛💛 #gratitude

Friends - for months I’ve been moving through th

Friends - for months I’ve been moving through the living and the dying. All roads led to love.

Thru 10,000 joys and sorrows, practice always brings me home.

Feeling out a NEW YEAR RETREAT in Topanga Canyon with you. To re-emerge with connection and remember what matters most.

Jan 7 -9, 2022. Yoga and meditation. Hot tub. Hikes. Happiness. In the circle. Together again.

DM me if you’re in.

It’s not official. Yet. but we just might make this thing happen. 🌄🌳🧡

Never underestimate the power of love. Gandhi call

Never underestimate the power of love. Gandhi called this deep care for others “the greatest and most activist force in the world. A force more positive than electricity, more powerful than ether.”

#voteNo #votetomorrow #womensrights #humanrights #protectourplanet #loveeachother #dotherightthing #showup #care #yogainaction #weareeachotherskeepers

11th grade. Licensed to drive. First job @santamo

11th grade. Licensed to drive. First job @santamonicaproper
#justgettingstarted #iloveyou

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