On Sunday, we begin our journey into the element of FIRE, with the intentions of connecting with confidence, sovereignty, motivation, leadership, passion, and soul purpose. Fire corresponds with the Zodiac signs Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius with ruling planets Mars, Sun, and Jupiter. The direction is South, the chakras are Sacral and Solar Plexus, and the energy is Yang. C...
2022-04-23 17:54:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone! Here’s a quick clip of my latest Beltane workshop that describes a ritual idea for Beltane (also known as May Day), which is celebrated on May 1. Ribbons can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NXF43DB?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_8BCRTQSVDVPKJT6XVVDA. <...
2022-04-23 17:31:47 +0000 UTC View PostFor local patrons: I wanted you to know first. The last mini-retreat sold out before I even had a chance to notify anyone, and I will be adding it to my newsletter tomorrow. The date is Saturday, June 18, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. Register via http...
2022-04-20 16:48:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Experience lightness, ease, and peace with the all-pervading and shifting current of air. This meditation uses breath, visualization, and heart-centered awareness.
(Adapted from a meditation written by Joseph and Lillian Le Page)
2022-04-20 13:21:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Every spring, nature brings us winds of change.
The air: releasing old, dead branches and leaves, shedding the barriers to new growth. The air: distributing seeds, transporting clouds and rains to nurture and water the soil. The air: carrying shifting temperatures, cool awakening chill and warmer gusts of comfort. The air: traditionally associated with the heart chakra, moving from the de...
2022-04-19 22:24:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone! Just a reminder about my Wheel of the Year workshop this Saturday in honor of Beltane. Beltane is a fire festival when the veil is thin (opposite of Samhain or Halloween) and earth spirits come out to play. It’s a time of celebrating the halfway point between spring and summer when life begins to awaken and growth is evident all around.
During this workshop, we’ll practic...
2022-04-18 16:19:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Blissfully open the body in a series of clearing breathwork, side bends, hip openers, and heart-centered awareness to connect with the element of AIR. Begin with a mudra meditation and clearing breath series and then move into a sequence of seated and reclined side bends, neck stretching, pigeon with a cooling breath, twists, and reclined butterfly.
Props: bolster and two blocks &n...
2022-04-17 21:02:26 +0000 UTC View PostOn Sunday, we begin our journey into the element of AIR, with the intentions of connecting with ideas, inspiration, new beginnings, breath, meditation, and exploring the mind. Air corresponds with the Zodiac signs Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius with ruling planets Mercury, Venus, Uranus, and Saturn. The direction is East, the chakras are Heart and Throat, and the energy is Yang. E...
2022-04-16 14:52:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Practice a sequence of foundational standing postures with added instruction to feel your physical alignment and awaken prana. This sequence includes chair, warrior 1, pyramid, warrior 2, and triangle (held for five breaths each). We close with a brief relaxation on the belly.
Level 1 hatha
Props: 2 blocks:
Benefits: stability, strength, determination, phy...
2022-04-15 20:13:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Practice a short sequence of earth salutations with a variation of ancient prostration namaskars to gently awaken the body and clear tension. This is a great practice when you need to clear stuck energy, create healthy circulation, and move through anxiety.
Level 1 vinyasa
Props: 2 blocks
Benefits: earth connection, grounding, physical connection, anxiety-...
2022-04-15 20:05:17 +0000 UTC View Post
A full-spectrum earth experience with an opening meditation, chanting of a Lakshmi mantra, and spinal warm-ups with downward dog to awaken the body. Then we’ll begin a sequence of gentle earth salutations with prostration namaskars — ancient practices to connect you with the earth. We continue with some foundational standing postures to help you feel stable and strong. This class combines a...
2022-04-15 19:53:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Use mudra, breath, and visualization to deeply root into the earth element and receive a healing. Affirmation: “Today I lay the foundation for a fulfilling future.”
2022-04-13 12:50:31 +0000 UTC View Post
A yin practice to help you root, ground, receive healing and nourishment, and connect to the earth. Begin in a meditation with a brief mudra overview before moving into seated butterfly with some acupressure massage and caterpillar fold. (Note: the connection gets spotty in this section, but it eventually fixes itself.) Transition onto the belly for full prostration and crocodile, then practice...
2022-04-10 16:25:54 +0000 UTC View Post
On Sunday, we begin our journey into the element of EARTH, with the intentions of rooting, planting seeds, grounding, embodiment, and connecting with the physical body. Earth corresponds with the Zodiac signs Capricorn, Taurus, and Virgo with ruling planets Saturn, Venus, Earth, Mercury, and Chiron. The direction is North, the chakras are Earth Star and Root, and the energy is ...
2022-04-08 19:51:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Practice deeply listening and attuning to your body’s needs in this invigorating and awakening practice. We’ll practice a feel-good mandala flow of low lunge vinyasas, moving lunge twists, runner’s lunge, warrior I, pyramid, humble warrior, camel variation, wide-legged forward fold, warrior 2, and moving extended side angle. End with optional yogi squat, meditation, and take a shavasana o...
2022-04-08 15:35:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Practice deeply listening and attuning to your body’s needs in this invigorating and awakening practice. Begin with seated warm ups of hip circles, Kali mudra, twists, side bends, and forward folds. Stretch the spine in child’s pose, hip circles, melting heart, and sphinx. Then we’ll practice a feel-good mandala flow of low lunge vinyasas, moving lunge twists, runner’s lunge, warrior I,...
2022-04-08 15:26:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Saturday, April 16 at 5:45 AM
REMINDER: sunrise full moon hike tomorrow bright and early! It looks like the weather may be cloudy tomorrow morning, but you never know how things will unfold. Park at the Gates Road entrance (link to the parking lot location below), and we’ll meet at the bridge just before 6 a.m. It’s just a short walk from the tr...
2022-04-06 20:20:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Work your way through the physical body to release and surrender your muscles, allowing you to float in a sea of infinite space. Trust that you are held by the universe.
2022-04-06 13:51:01 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone!
Just wanted to send a quick update to let you know that I'm getting your April gifts ready today and will be dropping them off to the post office shortly. I also wanted to remind you to book your intuitive readings for April (if you want one) via https://mandigarrisonyoga.as.me/intuitive using t...
2022-04-05 18:28:12 +0000 UTC View Post
“The wind also carries in its gust a seed of hope, both powerful and gentle, reminding that new things can begin, take root and grow after the cyclone of events or sudden gale of destruction set you back. And with renewed dedication, this tendril will continually thrive in the warm light of life, its leaves flourishing inside each fresh, invigorating morning.” - Susan Frybort
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2022-04-05 10:52:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This spring, connect with the magic of the five elements — earth, air, fire, water, and spirit — through yoga, meditation, mudra, music, and your own personal journey of awakening. Each week, beginning April 10, we will dive deep into one of the elements, and all in-person and online classes will explore this theme. You will also receive themed Spotify playlists upon class registration or t...
2022-04-04 15:46:35 +0000 UTC View Post
During the spring when energy increases and things begin to grow, it can be more important than ever to nurture and root into our practices and self-care. This practice brings attention to the kidneys, belly, and legs so we can feel relaxed, nourished, and connected. This deep stretch sequence begins with diaphragmatic breathing, seated twists, and forward folds. Then move onto hands and knees ...
2022-04-03 19:32:22 +0000 UTC View Post
A mini-course on using pendulums for divination and energy reading, with a brief discussion on mudra correspondences.
2022-04-02 11:59:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Connect with your breath and the sacred rhythm of creation via movement in this vinyasa/yin combo practice. Gentle and meditative, this flow allows you to move in different ways and savor the benefits. Diaphragmatic breathing launches us into a flow of standing forward fold, side bends, warrior 2 flows, low lunge, reverse cat/cow breathing, sphinx, half frog twists, pigeon flows, and moving sea...
2022-04-01 16:01:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Connect with your breath and the sacred rhythm of creation via movement in this vinyasa/yin combo practice. Gentle and meditative, this flow allows you to move in different ways and savor the benefits. Begin with a meditation on the senses, and then warm up in butterfly stretches, reclined hip and hamstring openers, side bends, and intuitive movement. Diaphragmatic breathing launches us into a ...
2022-04-01 15:32:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a reminder that I'm teaching my first mini-course tomorrow evening about working with a crystal pendulum for divination. This session will discuss how I believe pendulums work (expect some talk on quantum theory), how you can develop your intuition through the practice, how to activate and get to know your pendulum, and basic palmistry and correspondences for readings and healing. Even if ...
2022-03-31 18:12:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone and happy new moon in Aries! I've been thinking about the next full moon, and I would love to have another in-person gathering or full moon walk. The full moon is exact on April 16 (a Saturday). It might be too early in the season to plan outdoor yoga, but a rail trail walk could work. Sunset will be at 7:30 p.m., and I know that can be a busy time for many people on a Friday or ...
2022-03-31 18:02:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Develop a loving relationship with the present moment by noticing and engaging your senses. We then spend the last few minutes in mahan gyan mudra to have an experience of increased awareness and wonder.
2022-03-30 13:13:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“The tantrika receives beauty like the earth receives the moon, the sun, and the rain, in the continuous sacred tremor of vibrating and living matter. There is nothing inanimate. All is radiating — people, mountains, rivers, and emotions. The clouds and the body are atoms bound by wonder, like the sky uniting the stars.
“The ideal is to find the absolute, right there within t...
2022-03-29 13:37:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Feeling like you just need to reset? This practice will clear and open up energy to help you refresh and feel amazing. Begin with a meditation and warm-ups in butterfly. Have a bolster or some pillows nearby as we practice a sequence of leg cradle, seated tree folds, supported heart opener, and spinal movements. Then awaken the body even more with pigeon and supported side bends. This might be ...
2022-03-27 16:40:36 +0000 UTC View Post