mt.baker through my airplane window

As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens. ~Stephen Graha

PEACE IS EVERY STEP

by Thich Nhat-Hanh

Peace is every step.
The shining red sun is my heart.
Each flower smiles with me.
How green, how fresh all that grows.
How cool the wind blows.
Peace is every step.
It turns the endless path to joy.

Due to popular demand...

There WILL be Yoga over the holidays at Mount Pleasant!!

We will run run our Wednesday Daytime Hatha and Prenatal Yoga classes during our fall/winter break for 3 weeks. *Classes are drop in only ( and a measly $12)

-Daytime Hatha is from-1230-200pm -December 22, Jan 5 and Jan 12

(usual time and room)

-Prenatal Yoga is from 630-745pm and there will classes December 22, Jan 5 and Jan 12 as well (same room, same time and everything)

So no need to let your practice slide over the holidays!

All new sessions officially begin at Mount Pleasant January 17 & 19, and classes at our beloved Roundhouse will all start up one week earlier (the week of January 11), and registration is on for January for ALL classes at both places so get on it! There is a mat with your name written all over it. Casual, delicious, non threatening yoga for everyone, in both Yaletown and Mt.Pleasant!

There isn't a better way I know of to start your new year! I say bring it on! It is going to be a fabulous♥

yoga is our natural state.

You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state. ~Sharon Gannon

Life is so beautiful and precious. Stop, sit, breathe and take it all in..

The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while.

-Kobun Chino Otogawa (乙川 弘文 , 1938—2002)

Qi

The character for Qi (pronounced chee) represents steam rising from rice, meaning the air of life, a symbol for effortless sustenance.

practicing mindfulness

Drink your tea slowly and reverently,
as if it is the axis
on which the world earth revolves
- slowly, evenly, without
rushing toward the future;
Live the actual moment.
Only this moment is life.

- Thich Nhat Hahn

"Breathing in, I dwell deeply in the present moment. Breathing out, I know this is a wonderful moment.