Iron Ashtangi – One chance to get IRON

Last week I participated in a week-long event at my shala called Iron Ashtangi. “20 students, 2 teachers, one chance to get IRON.” Yeah, it’s no joke.  So Monday-Friday we had Mysore style practice, which is the Ashtanga style of Read More …

India – the final days

Tomorrow is my last practice here in India, 6am Led Primary.  I’m glad it’s a led class because I think I will be full of emotions, so I will be glad to make my way efficiently through the series.  I Read More …

India Week 4 – The goodbyes

This week has been pretty strange so far.  People have started their journeys home and our group is growing smaller.  Today a dear friend Roni goes home, I am so happy for her to be home with her family, but Read More …

India Week 2

With just under 1/2 of my time in India over I am feeling more in-sync with the rhythms and the energy here.  It’s taken me a while to adjust to being here and to accept that my perceptions of what Read More …

Fall Colors & Adventures

Wade & I have had a couple of pretty low-key weekends lately, his broken hand has kept us from too much adventuring, but that’s actually been alright.  I worked and finished almost all of our wedding thank yous, cleaned, spent Read More …

Our Wedding

A little blog about our wedding, an excuse to share pictures and say thank you to so many wonderful people. Read More …

So I’m Getting Married

In 3 days I’m getting hitched, wow!  It seems like for so long it’s been off in the distance, and now – it’s here.  Wade and I have been taking care of last-minute details, organizing, packing, and remarking about how Read More …

The Family of Yoga

When I moved to the Quad Cities in January of 2104 I came without a job, friends, a network of support except my fantastic soon-to-be husband Wade.  I had found and registered for a Yoga Teacher Training program  in a Read More …

Adventuring Part 1

Wade, my fiance and I along with some of our closest friends took a camping trip as a pre-celebration for our wedding during the summer.  We met up in the middle at a state park, Lake Ahquabi which is about Read More …