“Pura Vida” in Costa Rica

Retreats, in my experience, are essential to deeply unwind and unplug from my day to day life.   In Retreat, there's time to be unscheduled and nourished physically, emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and energetically with ample time to reflect, play, be creative, explore, read, and rest as...

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Why “Yoga for Healthy Aging”?

With prescription glasses, I can see signs of aging with greater clarity, and I know I’m not alone.  Osteopenia.  Joint stiffness.  Did I forget to mention memory?  With each new grey hair, I search for the granny gear to slow this train down.   While there are...

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NEW Series: Yoga for Healthy Aging!

Last summer, I took a week-long workshop with Dr. Baxter Bell and Melina Meza on Yoga for Healthy Aging and completed the requirements to become certified in this yoga approach.  From that material, I am very excited to offer two new 5-week series at Eugene...

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Yoga for a Healthy Back- Returns!

Yoga for a Healthy Back is BACK by popular demand! Perhaps you've noticed your low back aching more than it used to - getting off the couch or out of bed or maybe you feel your posture is starting to slump more and more from sitting...

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Julia Siporin

Happiness is what we’re good at…

Sometimes I look out at the world which humans have sculpted, excavated, planted, drilled, bull-dozed, landscaped, cultivated, and I wonder what is it that humans are really good at on this Earth?   Cheetahs are good at running fast.  Mice are good at hiding and squeezing through...

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Meddy Bear’s First Yoga Class

So after some yoga and time to get acquainted with his new friends at Lake Pistachio, Meddy taught his first yoga class.  He decided to put them all into a relatively “simple” pose: Corpse Pose. As an alternative, he offered Constructed Rest Pose.   He observed his...

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