by Shellie Crow | Dec 26, 2019 | inspiration, Yoga
The Roman god Janus is the namesake of the month of January. Janus presided over time, change, beginnings, and endings. He is often portrayed as having two faces: One looks forward to the future. The other looks back over the past. Janus had another important function...
by Shellie Crow | Dec 18, 2019 | inspiration, Yoga
The winter solstice is the longest night of the year. Imagine what it must have been like for our ancient ancestors. As every day grew shorter and every night a bit longer, they must have wondered if the sun would ever return. What a relief it must have been when they...
by Shellie Crow | Dec 11, 2019 | events, inspiration, studio, Yoga
Your sangha…is the soil, and you are the seed. No matter how vigorous the seed is, if the soil does not provide nourishment, your seed will die. A good sangha is crucial for the practice. – Thich Nhat Hanh Yogic living is simple. It’s just not particularly easy. That...
by Shellie Crow | Dec 4, 2019 | chakras, Energetic Anatomy, inspiration, teacher training, Yoga
The chakras make up a psycho-spiritual system that are part of our energetic anatomy. They are the record of all our life experiences, as well as our conscious and unconscious beliefs and emotions surrounding them. Although we cannot see or touch a chakra, we sense...
by Shellie Crow | Nov 27, 2019 | inspiration, Yoga
One of the first and greatest lessons I have learned from my yoga teacher was the art of saying thank you. I don’t remember the exact details of the compliment she gave me. I can’t even recall what I had done, but it must have been helpful or done exceptionally well....
by Shellie Crow | Nov 20, 2019 | Energetic Anatomy, health, poses, Yoga
Come on, baby! Let’s do the twist! Take me by my little hand and go like this… What is a twist? That sounds like a simple enough question. We do it all the time. Twist to the left, twist to the right, twist again like we did last summer! Twisting and our physical...
