🌿Schedule change to upcoming live sessions:
To accommodate some travel, Yin Hour will be held on the second Tuesday of the month in October and November instead of the first. Please mark your calendar for October 14 and November 11.
We'll meet on Zoom as before – it was such a joy seeing you all practicing from your own spaces last time. I especially loved the member chat afterwards, which was so connecting. 💕🌈
New in the App: Streaks & Badges!
I’m excited to share two new features we’re trying out in the app:
📅 Streaks – Your practice days are now automatically tracked in the Calendar tab. You’ll be able to see how many days in a row you’ve shown up for yourself.
🏅 Badges – These fun, motivational awards appear when you hit milestones:
3-Day Devoted Seeker
7-Day Steadfast Practitioner
15-Day Master of Consistency
30-Day Luminous Leader
Let’s set a collective goal to begin our best streak yet starting October 1st. Whether it’s 3 days or 30 days, every streak is a celebration of your practice.
This is a brand-new experiment, and I’d love your feedback as we launch it. Try it out, see how it feels, and let me know what you think in the comments.
The recording of yesterday's Somatic Yoga Foundations class #3 is now available. This one focuses on the hips. Our final session will be Tue Sept 30.
Somatic Yoga to Open the Hi...
Good morning! I'm trying a holistic approach to healing a case of bicep tendonitis - yoga and accupuncture - I'd like to avoid going to PT if I can as my schedule is a little chaotic right now. Can you recommend specific poses that can help with this? And any poses I should definitely avoid? Thanks in advance for any suggestions! 🙏🥰
(Red Pine)
I feel compelled to share this with my circle. For some time now, I’ve been seeking new readings—perhaps sutras—to accompany my daily practice. After nearly two years with the Radiance Sutras, I sensed it was time for a shift. I’ve read the Yoga Sutras and am nearly through the Heart Sutra, in a translation and commentary by the renowned Red Pine (Bill Porter). At the end of the book’s long introduction, I was surprised to discover he now lives in the same town as I do.
Curious, I did a bit of searching to confirm where he lived, though I had no intention of approaching him—not until I felt more grounded in his work. I learned there’s a documentary about his life called Dancing with the Dead, which chronicles his thirty years in China.
I watched it, it was amazing. What a remarkable life, translating ancient Chinese poetry, visiting mountain hermits, and offering so many luminous works to the world.
Then today, while walking my two dogs in Chetzemoka Park, I started down the path to the beach but turned back, thinking it would be too muddy. And there he was, Red Pine. We greeted each other, shook hands, and had a lovely conversation. I’ll admit, I was a bit awe-struck.
Next week, two of his translated works are set to arrive: The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain and The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse. I plan to draw my daily readings from these. I definitely feel they found me...
It’s been a while since I made a longer Yin video since I’ve been hard at work creating enough 20-30 min sessions for all you daily practitioners. But if you’re one of my diehard yinsters who’ve been asking for a longer session, here’s a new 60 min class to deliver you into bliss and spaciousness — with luxurious pose holds, an on-screen timer, and optional props for deeper support. This all-levels practice has options for beginners and experienced yogis. I really hope you enjoy it!
Full Body Yin Yoga | Extend...
