Stay Grounded & Balanced by Maintaining a Home Practice
It has been months now since we have practiced yoga together under the same roof, in our regular studios, with our regular yoga friends and instructors. To connect as a community, hug one another, and spend time together in-person feels like a distant memory, and no...
Danger: Burnout Ahead by Carrie Wren
June 20, 2020 I’ve noticed symptoms of impending burnout around some of my goals and commitments lately: a sense of overwhelm, sluggishness, anxiousness, and disconnection from joy. I am choosing, today, to take a detour. I’m hearing and seeing from many friends and...
Yoga Community, Your Love And Light is Not Working by Shanna Small
JUNE 3, 2020 Yoga community, that love and light you sent out, it’s not working. It didn’t make it to George Floyd as he fought to breathe with a White policeman’s knee on his neck. It didn’t make it to Ahmaud Arbery as he was brutally murdered by armed White men on...
Never Would I Ever by Carrie Wren
May 4, 2020 by Carrie Wren One of the benefits of being an over-worrier is that when something truly anxiety-inducing happens, for instance, a pandemic, you’re already mentally trained for it. Worst case scenarios are already a default mental exercise. One of the ways...
Mindful Money
Hi. I’m Kaitlin Lacey, a certified E-RYT 200 RYT 500 yoga teacher, and member of the founding team at Be Yoga. Off the mat I am a Certified Quickbooks Online ProAdvisor offering bookkeeping and business coaching. I specialize in helping small businesses and...
Now is Not the Time to Do More by Wendy Swanson
April 1, 2020 We like getting stuff done. We like achievements and successes. We rely on the structure of our lives. We ground ourselves in our routines. We dream together with our vacation plans and aspirations of the future. We depend on the perceived safety of our...
Community Letter from Cara Truitt
5/6/20 Dear Be Yoga Community, Our theme of the month for May is muditā which means joy. Muditā is the perfect description for what I feel when I think of you - our community. Being with you online these past two months has helped me lean deeply into gratitude...
Attitude of Gratitude
Each month we like to offer a theme and a suggestion of poses to help you dedicate your practice and perhaps explore something new about yoga — and about yourself. This month we'll be keeping with seasonal themes and dedicating our practice to Gratitude. "Gratitude is...
Change is good, but take it a little bit at a time
Change. Why is it that mother nature is able to transition in such a graceful and beautiful way when it is often such a struggle for us? Change is one of the few constants in life, and it can be incredibly hard to cope with, especially as we settle more and more into...
Ayurvedic Cleansing for the Fall
For the past several years I have been cleansing during fall. As the season shifts from summer to fall it is the natural time for our body to want to press the reset button. We often think of January, the start of the new year, as the time to clean up our diets. And...