I've spent this week, like most, wearing lots of hats... not literally, but I've been a bit more conscious of the many roles of my life: yoga teacher, studio owner, neighbor, board member, designer, sister, daughter, friend, wife,.... the list goes on.

I know that I'm not unique in this.  We all play myriad roles not only throughout our lives but in each and every day.  I sometimes find it hard to reconcile all of these parts of myself.  Like many things in my life, I often want to separate, compartmentalize, and organize them.  But, I'm realizing more and more that that isn't the way to approach it.  I'm discovering that the roles often overlap because of WHO I AM and not just WHAT I DO.

WHO YOU ARE is much different than WHAT YOU DO, but they certainly influence, inform, and inspire each other and our yoga practice is a great way to explore and get glimpses of that relationship.  Authentically bringing together and embracing all the many parts of myself in the present often brings some much needed perspective when things start to seem a bit stress-filled or overwhelming. 

Here's to our multi-faceted, beautiful lives and the awareness and abilities to move through them with a sense of mindfulness from our yoga!  And, let's not forget a shout out to the versatility of leggings, a sweater and pair of flats to make the necessary clothing transformations along the way! 

 

Namaste, 

Kristi 

 

YOGA BEYOND THE STUDIO

There are many ways to take your Yoga out of the studio!  One way is to have access to more classes in more places!  We are thrilled to be teaming up with a few non-studio sites to bring additional weekly BYS Yoga classes into our community:

 

TUESDAYS

4:30-5:30 p.m.

South Side Market House Senior Center

w/ Kristi Rogers/Paul Richards/Holly Koenig

This class is open to everyone, but primarily focuses on offering a Level 1 class to active seniors.  The South Side Market House Senior Center is located around the corner from our studio in Bedford Square (12th Street). This class is located on the first floor (which means you don't always have to climb two flights of stairs for an awesome yoga class!). 

 

TUESDAYS

5:30-6:30 p.m.

Station Square (coordinated by MARC USA)

w/ Lynn Rescigno

This Level 1-2 class is open to all and is located on the second floor of the Freight House shops.

 

regular class pricing

MASTERS THESIS STUDY
YOGA CLASSES

Our friend and former instructor, Terry Gustas is in need of participants for her masters thesis study, " Yoga For Stress Reduction in Nursing Students."  If you are interested in participating, she'll be holding a few special all levels, 40-minute yoga classes at BYS Yoga in the coming weeks:

• Tuesday, March 15th
• Thursday, March 17th
• Tuesday, March 22nd
• Friday, March 25th
• Tuesday, March 29th 

Classes will be held at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. each day and are free to nursing students and by donation to the public. Class content will be determined by attendees.

For more information, you can contact Terry at: [email protected].