I'M SO EXCITED...AND I JUST CAN'T HIDE IT!

Do you remember that old Pointer Sisters disco-era song from the 80's?    🎶"I'm so excited..."🎶

Well, that's how I feel today.  I'm going back to the Yoga Studio!!!

No, the Stay Home/Stay Healthy order has not been lifted in this time of the Covid-19 quarantine.  I'm still staying home 98% of the time.  The other 2% is my almost daily 2-4 mile walks either in the neighborhood or at the waterfront marina.  It feels good to move my body and get my heart pumping; to breathe fresh air and nod and smile (behind my mask) at others as we swerve to stay 6 feet apart.

I know I could be doing my asana practice at home as well.  But....well....I have only been oh, so sporadic at finding classes online.  It's just not the same as being in my familiar and nurturing space at Yoga Circle with teachers I adore and friends I love (and miss).

But studio owner Karen has begun to post short, gentle, accessible-to-all classes online and I guess because it's "my" studio, whenever I practice with her online, it feels so much more familiar and nurturing.  To date, in addition to Karen's classes, Elizabeth also has a video on the site where she guides us through an abbreviated version of her crazily popular Yoga Nidra (meditation) class.  As a bonus, Warner Blake's beautiful Tai Chi practice takes us outside along the Snohomish River for a breath of (virtual) fresh air.

These are difficult times.  Most of us find ourselves missing our familiar routines, missing seeing family and friends, missing a sense of peace and calm as we navigate the very real stresses and worries of this pandemic era in our lives.

Let's remember yoga is always there for us.....in our deep belly breathing, in our strength and stretch through an asana practice, in our slowing the racing thoughts of our busy minds, in knowing that right NOW, in THIS MOMENT, all is well.

My "attitude of gratitude" has grown today as I've gone back to the studio with Karen and friends online.

I hope you'll join in too and remember to check the website for additional videos.  (Just click on the logo on this page and then click on Online Classes.) We are all in this together, a community of yogis/yoginis, finding calm in the storm.

Namaste, donnajurene