Hiking Advice In a few days, I’ll be on the plane heading to Vegas where I’ll hop into a rental car and drive to the Grand Canyon’s North Rim with 11 other ladies. From here, we’ll be hiking the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim hike in two days. That’s about 25 miles each […]
Hiking The PCT Proud. Accomplished. Healthy. Happy. Tired. Relieved. Changed. Overwhelmed. Surreal. Weird. Sad. These are some of the things I’ve been feeling since I completed my PCT thru-hike on Sept. 27. Read more…
Teacher Training I did something new tonight. I took my second C2 class at CorePower Yoga with a new teacher to me, Dominique. Technically, she was new to everyone else in class because she was a sub. Now that this is my second time taking a C2 class, I’m learning that not all C2 classes […]
Teacher Training Even though trying something new is always scary, its always a huge growth opportunity for me. For some people, getting out of their comfort zone and trying something for the first time can be fun and exciting. I have to really psych myself up first. I usually always end up enjoying myself doing […]
Teacher Training Tonight’s 5:30 Hot Power Fusion By Candlelight class with Jill was a special HPF class. In addition to practicing the HPF sequence by candlelight, we also did some chakra balancing. I didn’t know much about chakras, let alone had ever done anything with them in a yoga class before so I really wanted […]
Teacher Training Tonight’s Hot Power Fusion class was at the Ballard studio with Jessica. One of my favorite things to do on a cold and rainy night is to practice yoga in a hot room. On my way into class, it was pouring out so I was really looking forward to being in the heated studio. Before the start […]
Teacher Training Up until two weeks ago, I had never taken a Yin Yoga class before. I didn’t even know what Yin Yoga was. I’ve been living in a Bikram Yoga bubble for the last six years and had only recently gotten out of my shell by exploring hot yoga with Hot Power Fusion classes […]
Teacher Training Bona teaches the 8am Bikram Yoga class on Saturday morning at Bikram Yoga Everett. I always look forward to her class because she’s hilarious and her classes are always a lot of fun. Her commentary during the postures makes the 90 minutes seem to breeze by. This morning, I walked into the studio […]
Bikram Yoga, Yoga FAQs Bikram Yoga is a form of Hot Yoga, but not all Hot Yoga is considered Bikram Yoga. So what’s the difference? Hot Yoga is a blanket term for any style of yoga that’s practiced in a heated room with temperatures ranging anywhere from 85 degrees to 105 degrees Fahrenheit. Bikram Yoga […]
Hiking The PCT Week Three out on the PCT has proved two things – there can be lots of highs and lots of lows and sometimes all in the same day. Read more… Hiking The PCT Week Two on the PCT – I don’t care what the ultra lighters or serious thru-hikers say. Laughter is the […]
Teacher Training New studio, familiar face. Even though I’ve been going to classes at the Ballard studio all week, tonight I decided to pop into the Greenwood CorePower Yoga studio to take the Hot Power Fusion By Candlelight class with Jill. I loved seeing Jill’s familiar face at the front desk. I also loved how […]
Teacher Training Tonight was the first Hot Power Fusion class I’ve taken since our posture clinic last week in teacher training. In the posture clinic last week, we learned how to cue postures in the CorePower Yoga HPF sequence, starting at the beginning with the Standing Sun A Series all the way through the Flowing […]
Teacher Training Tonight after work, I unofficially started my yoga teacher training. My yoga teacher training at CorePower Yoga doesn’t technically start until February 24th. Part of the required coursework for the eight-week training program includes taking 60 yoga classes in addition to attending a three-hour training session, three times a week. Those 60 classes […]
Gear Here’s a valuable piece of advice that took me years to learn: You can make anything fun and comfortable if you have the right gear. When I first started going to Bikram Yoga, I used a rubber mat I bought at a sporting goods store and a towel to cover the mat during class […]