#communityyoga

On Mondays we commit our time and energy to community. Join us for Community Yoga by donation at 4p at the lovely energy at @ecmku , 1204 Oread. Dedicated to peace and justice #ecmku is a relaxing, calming space to open your heart and quiet your brain while you strengthen and stretch your body. When you get quiet and experience feelings of peace that peace ripples out into the community. When you walk away from a yoga practice feeling lighter, grounded and centered you become a better parent/partner/coworker/neighbor/friend. The peace in your heart helps you manage your emotions better, the peace in your brain helps you process better and the peace in your body helps you Deel inspired to keep taking care of yourself so you have the energy to be who you want to be in this world. Your brain is hardwired for connection and committing to community, beyond your inner circle feeds your brain. With community you are never alone. You are never stranded in the middle of the night. You always have someone to grab coffee with. Community is more than friendship. Community is like-minded people focused on a common goal and that connection expands your class anxiousness, opens your heart and just feels good! If you can’t join us for yoga, swing by on Thursday, 11:30-1:30p for Free Veggie Lunch. I’ll be there! Swing by and say hi. Or better yet, do both! More community, more love. 💚🧘🏼‍♂️💚👩🏽‍🍳💚☕️💚🍛 #community @connection #yoga #communityyoga #yogabydonation #peace #lfk #lawrenceks #lawrence #ku #rcjh #veggielunch #free #freelunch (at ECM at KU) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqS7EjbOzX0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

On Mondays we practice at @ecmku, a lovely community resource. The space is gorgeous and the energy is inviting and welcoming. I’m so grateful to teach in this beautiful space dedicated to our whole community. I’m grateful that in true community spirit, I get to offer our classes by donation. ECM helps A Yogi Kitchen create equity by making yoga accessible to all. Join us Mondays at 4p. Monday is the best day to take off from work a little early and sink into serenity. It makes the rest of the week go so smoothly. You do not need to be part of the KU family to join us. ECM is for all. However, we love the KU family. Come on up to the second floor! #community #communityyoga #yoga #yogalife #ecmku #ku #lfk #lawrenceks #vajrasana #anjaneyasana #crescentmoon #thunderbolt #yogabydonation #donationbasedyoga # (at ECM at KU) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpL6FsvLdOn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It’s a new week and we have a new class. Join us for Community Yoga today, 4p at ECM at KU! While it’s on campus, at 1204 Oread, ECM is a community organization for ALL. Over the last few years I’ve opened to the importance of community. It is with such honor and pride that I am teaching two Community classes a week for all people. Whatever your age, your experience level, your background or you ability I hope you’ll join me for yoga. If getting to classes in person is hard you can join us online or you can check out private sessions on the website. I can come to you. All links in the bio. I will be hanging out on the ground level at ECM on my computer starting around 2p today. Please come say hi before class, get to know me a bit and ask any questions that you may have. There’s coffee and free wifi! Community classes are always yoga for all budgets, all bodies, all ages, all levels and all experiences. You’re going to slow down! You’ll sleep better tonight, feel more relaxed and better able to cincentrate. Feel the benefits reverberate through your life. #ecmku #lfk #community #connection #communityyoga #selfcare #ease #love #yogalife #liveyoga #inpersonyoga #lawrenceks #ku #rickchalk #rcjh (at Lawrence, Kansas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnw3Ju8LCSb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Pigeon pose. Eka Pada Rajakapotasana. Deep opening for the hips and this variation, without the arms or back leg, is gentle opening for the chest. Hips and hearts hold a lot of emotion and trauma. Gently releasing is so yummy. Xander loves the energy. He loves yoga energy, but especially when it’s big healing work. This morning I finally felt well enough to teach Zoom yoga. It’s been a while. I never get sick. I mean never. And I was down and out for almost ten days. I took some time to really rest, to sleep as often as my body wanted, to watch as much crappy tv as my brain wanted and just focused on being. Right before school starts is a slow time for yoga classes, especially in a college town. So, it was perfect timing. I feel rested and relaxed. And now, I’m back! This morning I taught back to back classes and feel great. Tomorrow we have two more classes, but spread apart. Join us for Slow Flow at 10a on Zoom and Community Yoga at @thesunriseproject, both in-person and online at 7p. We’re focusing on the word Strong and all our classes, even the gentlest, encourage strengthening mind/body/spirit. Taking time to slow down and really rest was how I was strong this month. I used to think being strong meant pushing and never going down when I wasn’t feeling well. That wasn’t strong, that was insane. Taking time for yourself, learning to love yourself and honor yourself, however you’re feeling, is what makes you strong. How are you doing that this week? #yoga #yogalife #zoom #zoomyoga #communityyoga #selflove #love #strong #yogi #dogsofinstagram #rescuedog #yogadog #beaucernmix #beauceron #shepherd #shepherdmix #lfk #ayogikitchen #sunriseproject (at Sunrise Project) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChgQd6buyzC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A Yogi Kitchen in the kitchen! Last night Xander and I relaxed during Community Yoga at @thesunriseproject. This nurturing space that feeds, educates and inspires our community also heals us mind/body/spirit. 🧘🏽‍♂️ Last night was a special night, so Xander joined. You’re more likely to get a glimpse of Xander during Zoom classes. Like most animals, he loves yoga energy. He’s always meandering around during Zoom classes, sleeping at my feet or occasionally restoring with us during Savasana. Tonight, we restore on Zoom. Like the idea of practicing in your jammies? You never even need to turn your camera on. After, you can roll off your mat and roll into bed. We are a grassroots organization making yoga accessible on and off the mat. We love practicing with the folks at Sunrise We practice on the mat Sundays at 7p. We practice off the mat the first and third Tuesday and Wednesday of the month by practicing Seva, or selfless service. We prep, cook, package and serve over 600 meals a month to the community. Join us all month long for a well-rounded yoga life. Thank you to the fabulous @slimzadie for always having willingness to climb on chairs, sink to his knees or lay down to take pictures. I really am working on being more comfortable being seen. See you tonight on the mat! #communityyoga #yoga #yogalife #seva #restorativeyoga #thesunriseproject #ayogikitchen #yogadog #suptavirasana #virasana #heropose #recliningheropose #dog #dogsofinstagram #beauceron #beauceronmix #shepherd #shepherdmix #frenchshepherd #lfk #lawrenceks #lawrence #eastlawrence (at Sunset Hills) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChAIdooOw69/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Grilled corn is summer! @melissa.freiburger and I are on the grill this afternoon Join us at @thesunriseproject , 5-6p for our Free Community Meal. Donations are greatly appreciated but never required. Our grilled corn is the side for pesto pasta salad and a cookie. And don’t forget come back on Sunday at 7p for Community Yoga. See you in East Lawrence! #community #free #cimmunirymeal #communityyoga #yoga #yogalife #mindfulfood #slowfood #healthy #vegetarian #lfklawtenceks #Lawrence #lawrence (at Sunrise Project) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgPuts-J6NB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Community Yoga! I am thrilled to connect, practice and heal in community at @thesunriseproject on Sunday evenings. We’re going to try a hybrid class, 7-8:15p CDT. If you can’t join us in-person join us on Zoom. Links in the bio. Sunrise is one of my favorite places. This fantastic organization creates equity through social connection, growing food, preparing and sharing free community meals, hosting a community pantry, educating youth and healing the community. It only makes sense that A Yogi Kitchen and Pantry would contribute to that work with yoga by donation. This is grassroots yoga creating change. You will relax, open and find a sense of peace. You’ll meet new people and heal. Join us at 1502 Learnard. Additionally, this Wednesday is Sunrise’s Free Community Meal. Donations appreciated, but never required. Our yogis bake at home to share dessert and prep the meal at Sunrise on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Join us! You will meet new people, learn new recipes, laugh, connect and feel the energy of healing swirl down to your toes. Being in community makes us strong. We do it together! #yoga #yogalife #communityyoga #grassroots #grassrootsyoga #sunriseproject #ayogikitchen #lfk #lawrence #lawrenceks #larryville (at Sunrise Project) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgHUY4GOUez/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Life ends. Be it unfair or not, lucky or unlucky, happy or sad, it will end for all of us. Just like a day in the amusement park, or a ride on a horror ride, eventually our time will come to a stop. It may be in a few decades from now, maybe in a few years, or it might be tomorrow; but hopefully not. What point is there to worry about a life you will not survive anyway? Why must we take everything that happens to us like it is the end of the world? Why must we stress about our clothes, worry about our bills, or yearn for a different life? What good does that do? There are many sayings about this topic, telling us that we should live our life today for we may not be here tomorrow, yet many of us ignore these ideas. But, given the question of what we would do if we knew we would die tomorrow, all of us would change how we lived. We would spend time with our loved ones, finally take the courage to go ask out that person we always wanted to, or would go up to our boss to tell them how we truly felt. We would do what we enjoyed and tried to fill the last day with as many happy experiences as possible. But why must we wait to fill our life with these experiences? Why do not treat death as a constant companion that could take us at any point in time and just do what we wanted to and lived the life we wanted to live now? #motivationalquotes #motivation #july #speaking #communityyoga #communityswing #sharing #learning #dancelife #dancers #yogalife #acroyogalife #photographer #happiness #encouragement #enjoyment #peaceofmind #meditation #traveller #solotraveler #SoloJazz #lindyhopperslife #charleston #SwingDanceUganda #yogaflowwithokurut #okurutgeorge (at Stockholm, Sweden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfdpsnNq2sd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=