​I pretty much start every day the same way. I get up at roughly the same time, do my workout, use my recovery tools-like red light and Power Plate while I'm doing my journaling and my reading for the day. Then I get ready and make my breakfast.
This is my routine.
I was listening to a podcast the other day about the difference between routine and ritual. She said the difference was that when you make something a ritual, it's more intentional. I started to think about it, and the parts of my morning that seem routine, I realized were more of a ritual.
Every morning before I get out of bed, I do a gratitude practice.
Some days this is short, and some days this takes quite a while. As I go through my morning, I have made it a habit to pay more attention to how interconnected everything is.
How I wouldn't be able to take my hot shower if it weren't for working hot water heater, the water department in our town, the rivers, the rain and all other sources of water. I wouldn't be able to have my morning smoothie without the
merchants, the truck drivers, the farmers, the bees, the plants, the sun, rain, soil, etc..
Thinking about these interactions and having a gratitude practice, turns my morning routine into a ritual that I'm incredibly grateful for, and that sets the tone for my day.
Do you have a morning ritual, or are you stuck in the routine of all of it?

These are just a few of many ways to help you work around tight muscle groups! Join us for class, or set up a private session to see what works best for you!

Spring is here and we are so excited to start our outdoor classes again! We meet across the street from the studio at the Washington Riverfront Park usually on a Saturday morning from 7-8 a.m. Our first practice is April 23rd from 7-8 A.M.!
I'm hoping to add a few weeknight or Sunday afternoon classes this year as well!

What are some of the benefits/reasons we practice outside by the water? 
1.) Practicing outside increases your proprioception - sense of where you are in space. The extra challenges outside demand that you focus more on your body and where you place your hands and feet, therefore improving your proprioception!

2.) Practicing outside helps build and strengthen the muscles you use for balance! The terrain is never as flat as the studio floor, the wind might be strong, there may be more visual stimulation that tries to pull your focus away from one spot. All of these things make balancing harder, but the more you practice outside, the stronger you get!

3.) Align with Nature! Smell the flowers, the freshly cut grass... Feel the breeze and the sun on your skin, the tickle of the grass on your feet... share your mat with an ant...try to balance while watching a cloud or bird go by.... turn inward amidst sounds you don't normally hear within the studio walls - cars, trains, people walking by...

Join us this coming weekend - which just happens to be Earth Day weekend!  Please bring a mat and any props you may need! Cost is $15 or you can use your class card!

We are excited to announce that we will be moving to Downtown Washington later this fall!  Sara, Michelle, and Zoe will be at 6 E. Front Street providing the same amazing services - Blu Room, Massage, Reiki - that they do now, and the yoga studio will be next door at 14 E. Front Street! Look for trapeze yoga to start, and for Amanda and Michelle to offer more classes!