Emily Garrett Yoga

Every once in awhile you meet a person who inspires you.  It is not what they say or what they do for a living that inspires.  It is a quality of being.  When you witness the way they relate to the world it causes you to pause and take notice.  Maybe it’s in their smile or the way they walk.  In what they don’t say and the quality of their touch.  You notice how they treat each person they meet, including you, with kind attention.  They demonstrate an ability to flow from one situation to another with ease and openness … Continue Reading

Simon Park for BE PRESENT in this month's Yoga Journal.

Learn more about Simon Park and his weekend intensive November 11-13 at Laughing River Yoga here.

Laughing River Yoga is excited to welcome Jill Satterfield, founder of Vajra Yoga and Meditation, for a weekend workshop October 1st and 2nd.  Jill has been teaching yoga for over twenty years.  She brings extensive knowledge and experience in both yoga and meditation practices as well as humor, kindness and the thought provoking presentations.

To learn more about Jill check out this yoga peeps interview: http://yogapeeps.com/main/2006/episode-25-jill-satterfield-vajra-yoga-2/168 .

If you are interested in learning more about her workshop at Laughing River click here.

taken from YogaJournal.com

Question: I hear teachers asking their students to “engage their bandhas” as if it’s as simple as making a fist. What is the advantage of engaging the bandhas?
—Anonymous

Yoga teacher Nicki Doane’s response:

Dear Anonymous,

The bandhas are an extremely important part of your asana practice. They relate to the subtle body: Mula Bandha (Root Lock), for example, is essentially the practice of containing your energy so that you don’t leak the subtle life force that you are so earnestly cultivating in your asana practice. Its physical counterpart is the perineum muscle, which … Continue Reading

The following equanimity phrases were used in Emily’s April 17 Yin/Yang Yoga retreat.  They are meant to help us cultivate evenness of mind and heart towards all beings.  They can help us look beyond attraction and aversion in an effort to cultivate an openness towards all the situations that life brings.

Joy and sorrow arise and pass away.  This is part of the journey.

Whether I understand it or not, things are unfolding according to a lawful nature.

Things are just as they are right now.

May I accept this just as it is.

May … Continue Reading

Restorative Yoga

April 10

6-8 pm

$20

Yin/Yang Yoga and Meditation Retreat

April 17

9 am-12 pm

$45

at Laughing River Yoga.

Email Emily to sign up.

April 17, 2011

9 am-12 pm

In this three hour retreat we will take our time to explore the rhythms of the body, mind and breath.  Beginning with an active (yang) yoga practice, we will move through yoga poses in timing with our breath.  The yang practice builds strength, focuses the mind, and uses flowing movements to express the inner rhythm of breath.  After a short savasana, we will resume with a slower (yin) practice during which we keep the body relatively still … Continue Reading

Join me this Sunday for a deeply relaxing Restorative Yoga practice, 6-8 pm, at our lovely yoga home Laughing River Yoga.

The studio just purchased cushy new purple bolsters and they are in need of some breaking in.  Join Emily this Sunday 6-8 pm and together we will put the props to good use.  Lie back, relax and nourish yourself in this gentle, deep, and opening practice.  Learn more here or pre-register here.

We had a great retreat last Sunday.  Thanks to all who attended.  The exploration of stillness and movement was a wonderful way to observe both our yin and yang practice.  Here are some words from Erich to help us remember…

“Stillness is not the absence or negation of energy, life or movement.  Stillness is dynamic.  It is unconflicted movement, life in harmony with itself, skill in action.  It can be experienced whenever there is total, uninhibited, unconflicted participation in the moment you are in-when you are wholeheartedly present with whatever you are doing.”

I interpret his interpretation of stillness as a LACK OF STRUGGLE.  It’s worth … Continue Reading