Category Archives: yoga teaching

my first yoga video!

The day you’ve been waiting for has arrived!  You can take class with me from home!  Ok, maybe it’s a day I’ve been waiting for. Before you watch my little yoga video please make note of the following disclaimers: It’s … Continue reading

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Today’s Special Is Humble Pie

I just finished teaching my first yoga class to the inmates at the women’s jail in SLO county. Are they really called inmates, I wonder? I feel so humbled and blessed! How did I even find this life changing practice … Continue reading

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Sometimes Less is More

This was a week of opportunities. Some of them fully enjoyed, some of them only lightly embraced. I subbed a few yoga classes this weekend that weren’t my typical forte. The classes were titled Sweet Vinyasa, instead of my usual … Continue reading

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Get Hip about Flexors

As a desk-dwelling, laptop-loving, cycling extraordinaire I have found my hips to be about as tight as the next person. So many of our forward moving and seated activities can wreak havoc on the body and tighten the hip flexors … Continue reading

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Fluid Power Immersion

The first five days of my recent teacher training focused on Fluid Power Vinyasa Yoga. Fluid Power is considered wave motion within yoga. “Wave motion is the underlying movement of all creation – an understanding shared by Quantum Physics and … Continue reading

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A Week of Mandalas

I taught a completely new vinyasa yoga sequence to my classes this week after a revitalizing training immersion with Shiva last week. The classes I taught had some typical Roxy-style components, but I mostly went off the reservation and shook … Continue reading

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a little yay, a little nay

Today while teaching yoga I taught a Mandala Namaskar series from Shiva Rea’s Fluid Power DVD and it was super fun! Well, at least I thought so. I got all sweaty, red in the face, and my sinuses started draining … Continue reading

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30 days of yoga

I have exactly 28 days until I go to Venice Beach, CA to participate in a 10-day immersion with Shiva Rea to complete my yoga teacher training certification. I am on a yoga diet consisting of practicing yoga at least … Continue reading

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is roxy really a roxtar?

I have been having an identity crisis lately. I want my pretty flowing flowers to be stars. I wish my beautiful interface worked on all browsers including the droid. I want to come up with the most genius logo that … Continue reading

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funky wild thang

Have you ever done funky wild thing in yoga class? Maybe on the dance floor? What’s that you wonder? Why it’s Parsva Vasisthasana! It’s what you’ve been missing in your life and yoga practice, I swear! I can’t really find … Continue reading

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