Monday, August 8, 2011
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Off the Mat Tank Top
Off the Mat Into the World tank tops are in at Alluem Yoga! Designed by *me*!
$28 per tank - click here to order online
100% of the proceeds go to the Global Seva Challenge
This year's Global Seva Challenge is for Haiti. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. As of September 2010, there are over 1 million refugees still living in tents without access to water, food and health care. Working with select aid organizations that have been engaged in Haiti for many years, OTM will respond to both critical needs and also work to create and implement long term solutions. In addition, OTM offers trainings that empower local individuals and communities to become sustainably self sufficient. Upon reaching the fundraising goal of $20,000, our owner and founder of Alluem Yoga, Gina, will embark on the Bare Witness Tour, a journey to Haiti where she will spend two weeks working directly with the organizations your funds support. The tank top proudly displays the Haitian national slogan "Unity Makes Strength". This slogan holds true not only for the people of Haiti, but also for the people of the Alluem community. Our community of yogis who have come together over the 9 months, have already raised $14,000 for Haiti! We are blessed to be so supported by such amazing people. The tank top also displays "Love" in every language, which is all we have felt from this community and is what we will bring to the people of Haiti. Thank you for your endless support! Stop by the studio for your tank or order one today (add $5 for shipping)!
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Darth Vadar in a Kayak
Just what I said...Darth Vadar in a Kayak. Yup. :)
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Friday, July 8, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Slowing Down
Taking time to breathe. Taking time to observe.
Taking time to remember what is most important.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Awakening the Artist
Funny how things fall right into your lap, just when you need them...or as Sean Corne would call them: Everyday Miracles. They're everywhere. As I'm thumbing through my latest issue of Yoga International, I came to the article titled "Awakening the Artist" by Karen Macklin. Ha! And there it was right in the subtitle - "No matter what kind of art you call your own, your yoga practice can more fully connect you with your creative mind, body, and soul." Just as I was stating in my previous posts. Yoga is a gift to artists. "Asana and pranayama (that's movement and breath work for you non-yogis) help fuel the creative process by increasing and directing the flow of prana, the intelligent life force, through the energy conduits in our body." This is true for all types of art - visual, performance, writing, culinary - wherever creative motives are intact. "By mindfully observing and inspecting the full range of our experience on and off the mat, we pave the way to creating more authentic and nuanced art." Yoga is such an empowering tool for all aspects of your life...and not that I needed reassurance that it is an supportive tool for the creative part of you, but since it's out there and has been on my mind, let's go ahead and embrace this article!
Monday, May 30, 2011
Your art. Your inspiration.
What are your goals? What are your passions? Where do you see your talents best served?
These were some questions posed to me this weekend by a very good friend who's opinions I highly value and accept with my whole heart. I will be honest however, my head was spinning and I was taken aback when posed with these questions as I have just started off on my latest path into teaching children's yoga. I've dove head first into my yoga practice and I love love love every second of it. It brings me joy and fills me in a way I haven't been filled in quite sometime. I am happy - with the choice I have made, with the way I spend my everyday, with the support I am able to offer, with the gift of this practice I can share with children. I am on the right path for certain.
Then she asked, Have you lost sight of your art?
To that I answer no. While I don't get to create as much as I would like to, as much as I used to - outside of a crate here and a mural there, I believe I am always in the artist frame of mind no matter what I am doing. She remembers me in college as someone who was always in the studio or on the floor creating my next project. It used to pour out of me. Now I find myself in another kind of studio and yet I am able to see the parallel. There is art in my life no matter what I am type of studio I am in.
Art, like many things, like yoga, is a practice. It is constant. It is everywhere. You live it, you breathe it, it is part of you. The things you are born with will never leave you. It is a gift you hold that grows with you - constantly evolving - ever changing.
Recently it comes in spurts - I get inspired and I want to create. These days, as life has gotten busy and as I adjust to this new route, it has been inside a journal of personal exploration. It comes in small sketches and words unspoken. It is small and that is okay. Right now, it is what it is and I trust it is right where it should be.
And just when I have the need for more, I stumble upon some great inspiration...tonight I've found Aelita Andre. She is a 3 year old professional abstract painter from Australia. Next month she will be holding a solo show in NYC...and it won't be her first solo show. I am in awe.
Watching this video below (several times), you can see there is more then just playing with paint that is happening here. I see something there that I've seen in very few children as I've watched them create their own art (as I often include art in my children's yoga classes). There is true comfort in what is being created - a sense of non-attachment to the outcome - seemingly no fear of judgement - an abundance of acceptance. It is not forced. It is accepted as is. It is right where it should be. It is beautiful.
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