Once a yoga student and always a yoga student!
As a student of yoga and as a teacher of yoga, I feel the effects of having taught classes 8 days in a row (lovingly and with a calm and peaceful energy that comes over me while teaching and observing my students), having kept up my personal practice, but have not been a student of […]
Isn’t it Ironic?
After the building inspector deemed that the second floor space, where all our hard work had gone into painting, changing the lights, and prepping the space to be zen and peaceful, could not be used just three days before opening day, I went into a wave of panic. Yes, isn’t it ironic, that opening a […]
Yoga For Our Lives is Something Spiritual and Healing; it is about practicing Karma (selfless) Yoga
This month has been challenging, exciting, intensely emotional, and spiritual all at once. I’ve been dealing with on/off physical injuries, preparing to open my dream yoga studio Smalltown Yoga (which has been so exciting but challenging), snow days and vacation days with two toddlers, and helping to coordinate a beautiful community event, Yoga For Our […]
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!!!!!! I suspect you were a Yogi!
Happy birthday Dr. Seuss! Due to the snow day, I did not get the chance to fully honor his stories with their great ethics and moral messages in YOGA class. After reading many of Dr. Seuss’ books and collections of stories, I have become a firm believer that Dr. Seuss was a yogi himself. Many […]
Big Buddha meets Williams Buddha thanks to the help of little and big yogi helpers! Snowga!!!!!!
Big Buddha meets Williams Buddha thanks to the help of little and big yogi helpers! Snowga!!!!!!
Guns and Violence vs. Yoga and Calmness – A reflection from my experience teaching at the Clark
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday I had the wonderful opportunity to teach yoga at the Clark Museum to all ages and all levels. What I had thought was going to be a family yoga type class became a wonderful conglomeration of single members of the community, kids dropped off, parents with older kids and parents with […]
Yuck, Love, and Germs ALL at Once
Words from Amy Sosne, MD, mom of toddlers, and yoga instructor After teaching a wonderful, energizing family yoga class to a loving group of yogis and a playlist in honor of upcoming Valentine’s Day, I thought to myself in the freezing rain outside “YUCK!” Strapping my 4 year old toddler into his carseat as he […]
Yoga For Childhood Stress Reductions
Kidding Around Yoga (KAY) and yoga in general are tools for stress reduction. For children play is their language, it’s how they learn. KAY teaches Yoga as play. You can teach kids how to use Yoga/play in difficult situations. Yoga can act as a coping tool for children who are unable to find relief from […]