Join me at the wall as we use a prop everyone has to ground, center, and explore depth in our practice. Full body practice - upper and lower body included. Enjoy a bit of Lucy and stay to the end for an extra....

Props: a wall and optional blanket/towel (blanket: http://amzn.to/2v0U0eh)

How do we set healthy boundaries and enforce them? In this practice will be strengthening and balancing our Pericardium and Lung meridian organ systems as well as adding a little fire with our Solar Plexus Chakra to help us set and maintain boundaries for ourselves and others.

Props: 1 blanket...

"The way out is in." Thich Nhat Hanh

This is a powerful quote taken from a speech made by Hanh and while it was in a speech related to environmental issues, it holds SO much more.

The answers are inside of us, we begin with ourselves first, know our inner self, explore our inner landscape. Al...

The Niyamas are the basic tenets of our personal growth and development - the practices we should engage in to cultivate our inner self and become enlightened. In this class we explore the first of our Niyamas - Saucha - often translated as purity.

Purity can mean so many things - physically ...

Life moves quickly and is SO full of activities, demands, duties, responsibilities and choices. What if our lives were intentional? What if our relationships were intentional? What if we made choices based on living our truth - living in our authentic selves with will and intention?

Today we ...

Within Traditional Chinese Medicine and yoga tradition, the concepts of solar/lunar, yin/yang, masculine/feminine sun/moon are intertwined. Recognizing the value inherent in both sides, the blending of a little of the other in each, and the center upon which all of this clings - this is where th...

Where is home? What does home feel like, look like, sound like, taste like, smell like? What makes a home? Is it four walls? People? Things?

In this practice we explore the concept of HOME and what the really means to each of us on a very personal level. Come home...

By the way - Lucy is h...

Bring balance to your body with some water element focused practices to help you feel cooler and fresher. If you have been feeling overheated, hot, or the temperatures are running high - settle down for some cooling breaths and water visualization to cool down. Full body practice.

Props: A CA...

In every breath, naturally and organically, there is space - stillness - quiet. At the end of each inhale and each exhale there is this sweet space - a place to just be. No doing, no demands, just stillness.

Between each pose, there is the opportunity, especially in Yin Yoga, to just be, feel,...

In Ayurveda, we are made up of one, two or all three doshas. Our "base" dosha is what we have been throughout our lives and at times, one or the other doshas will be out of balance.

Kapha is made up of earth and water and is more dense and grounded in nature. Compassionate, loving, stable an...

Do you ever just need a moment of quiet, stillness, breath? As we connect more deeply to this present moment - our bodies, minds, and feelings - we become more grounded, aware, and focused. By allowing ourselves to settle in and soften and take a moment we inspire new thoughts, feelings, energy...

Collect your warm socks, some warm clothing, lots of props and join me for this comfy cozy Yin Yoga practice where we listen to our bodies and minds and give ourselves the support we need in today. Light some candles, get cozy! Gentle guided meditation completes your experience...

Props: 1-2 ...

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, our Lungs are the Prime Minister or Minister of Heaven for the body - protecting and detoxifying the body through the skin and the breath - taking in fresh prana to "feed" the body, and helping maintain balanced fluid through working with the kidneys.

The Lungs...

Here we are at the Autumn Equinox - a time of BIG transition. From the warmth of summer and the fire and earth energy to the cooler temps, change in food, and nature transitioning. Just like the trees, we go through this transition and supporting this transition is pivotal in making it go smoot...

Pitta dosha is made up of fire and water elements and is the dosha related to transformation and digestion. Pitta dominant people tend to be go getters, game changers, outspoken, can eat almost anything without concern. Pitta dosha people often have more curves (compared to Vata dominant), have...

We are to the final Yama on our journey into Patanjali's 8 Limbs of Yoga - aparigraha or nonattachment. Keeping in mind all of the other Yamas - they all work together and support each other - we explore the idea of loosening our hold on expectations, things, beliefs, thoughts. We explore allow...

From my very first awareness of being, I have always been fascinated by the idea of grace. What does it mean? How do I live gracefully? How do I make myself open to grace? Where is grace?

In this practice we explore what, where, and how Grace exists in our lives and reconnect to our inner ...

The world seems filled with negativity and if that has you feeling weighted down and overwhelmed - remember HOPE.

Hope is that potential inside every living being, filling us up, giving us the desire to move on, and bringing light into the darkest of days. Today we work with hope, sensing i...

Sometimes what you need is a focused practice to reconnect to your Root Chakra and this is just that. We work with the Spleen/Stomach meridians to ground and connect you to your inner sense of stability. Affirmations included! Enjoy!

Props: 2 blankets OR beach towels (blanket: http://amzn....

Chi, prana, or vital energy has a pathway - intake, assimilation and elimination. We are born with a certain amount of chi which is stored in our Kidneys and throughout our lives, we also acquire Chi through food, breath, environment. This "acquired chi" moves through the body from the Lungs/He...

Welcome to {Y}ingenuity - practices diving deeper into Traditional Chinese Medicine and including long, deep holds to allow you to settle, soften, and become more introspective.

Today we are working with the Shen, or the House of the Spirit - the heart. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Hear...

The Solar Plexus is the seat of our personal will and power and a place many of us feel disconnected from throughout our lives. Sensing and balancing this chakra can help us move forward and manifest our dreams. Today we are working with the Lung/Large Intestine Meridians to bring greater balan...

Freedom is a word we are all familiar with - in life, community, concept, politics. But what does freedom mean for you personally? How do you feel free?

We explore the idea of freedom - of letting go, exploring, examining our long held emotions and ideas and working to find space. Feel ligh...

We are so often told to hide our feelings, bury our responses, control our selves - and while that may be the societal rules we have to live by - there are times where we need and should ALLOW ourselves the time to grieve, cry, be angry, feel all the feelings and have all the thoughts and simply ...