FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Phoenix, Arizona – July 9, 2019 – Urban Yoga has been honored in the second annual MINDBODY Visionary Awards, given for business excellence in the fitness, beauty and wellness industries. “The Visionary Awards are our way of celebrating the business owners we serve, for both their hard work and for how …
Booking your yoga classes on the MindBody App ahead of time has many benefits: 1. You are more likely to actually make it to class 2. You will secure your place in our more popular classes that fill up 3. You’ll save time when arriving at the studio We hear from many students …
By Brendan Lentz, manager and teacher at Urban Yoga When Haley Tilden Ritter was four years old, she loved watching Linda Bove, the deaf character on Sesame Street who introduced sign language to children. By the time Haley was eight, she’d taught herself to sign the alphabet, despite the fact that she had no …
Mysore-Style Ashtanga classes are now available as part of your Urban Yoga Membership or Class Package. Starting Sunday, August 13, 2017, Urban Mysore kicks off with a Sunday Ashtanga Led Primary class at 8am to start the week. The Sunday Ashtanga Led Primary class provides Urban Yoga practitioners another opportunity for Ashtanga …
Introducing Urban Mysore starting August 13, 2017! Read More »
Saucha is purity in mind, body, and spirit. “When you’re house is in order, everything else falls into place.” Let’s explore how we maintain purity in the home, our outside home, the roof over our heads. Keeping our house has the obvious health benefits, but it also adds to peace of mind. I know …
Swami Ji is based in New Zealand, and is a gifted, wonderful speaker who travels the world giving profound, inspiring talks and workshops on yoga philosophy and meditation. As part of these programs he also gives kirtan chanting meditation. He brings his experience and knowledge of yoga wisdom into yoga studios in a very special, …
Writing, Reflection, Intention Day 13 Today our attitude exercise is practicing random acts of kindness. Everything can be done with a smile, softness, and compassion. Most of us go through life thinking, acting, and being with some kind of expectation or self-reward in the back of our minds. It’s an interesting place of self-discovery to …
Writing, Reflection, Intention Day 5 The simple fact that we are alive and breathing is a gift. An attitude of gratitude is often the one single shift that can transform any experience. I say thank you many times a day. Sometimes without connecting to the essence of the words or even looking the person I …
It’s almost here party people, the start of our journey!! Some basic info you may need: Start date: Thursday December 11th. I will post a topic to explore each morning around 8am Arizona time. Posts can be viewed on my Facebook page, Paleoyogamom, I will also be sharing some of my personal entries on …
As 2014 draws to a close many of us will be looking back on the past year, smiling with the happy memories, shaking our heads at our mis-steps, and asking what will the future bring? Writing, Reflection, Intention is a 21-day writing as yoga experience. Yoga is a path of self-exploration. Writing can parallel that …
The niyamas are the counterpart to the yamas. The yamas are the guidelines prescribed to yogis to co-exist in the world. The niyamas are the guidelines prescribed for ourselves. The niyamas lay out a prescription of self-care to prepare the body and mind for the practice of yoga. They are: Saucha-cleanliness of mind, body, and …
Aparigraha, the fifth yama or personal restraint is defined as non coveting, or speaking in terms of opposites, contentment and wholeness with what you have and who you are as a person. These conditions are rooted in believing, “I am enough”. The longing and desire we as a culture have for more, more, more are …
Aparigraha the fifth and final yama refers to non-craving and non-clinging. This can be directly applied to our yoga practice. One of the most challenging and most rewarding aspects of practicing yoga in a studio setting is the community of like minded yogis and yoginis we practice with. It’s rewarding to know that in our …
Brahmacharya, the fourth Yama or restraint refers to our ability to participate in moderation on all levels in our lives. This moderation exists on many levels, sensory, physical, and emotional to name a few. Sensory moderation can be defined as a mindful approach to what we allow to enter our internal atmosphere and psyche. All …
“Three things cannot be hidden, the sun, the moon, and the truth.” James Russell Lowell Satya, the second yama, is defined as truth in speech, thought, and action. Speaking in terms of opposites, satya is not lying, exaggerating, and not playing into sarcasm. The most useful tool to guide us towards truth in speech is …
Ahimsa is non-violence in thought, word and deed. Thinking in opposites, it can be defined as kindness, love, and compassion. What does ahimsa look like on the mat? How can we embody and actually live this practice? It is revealed as going at your own pace, letting your breath guide your practice, not over exerting. …
“Love means non-hurting, non- harming, non-injuring, and non-killing, not only through actions, but through speech and thoughts.” Swami Rama In the most traditional sense, ahimsa refers to maintaining a vegetarian diet. The premise of which being non-killing and non- harming of another living creature to sustain one’s self. Personally, I don’t believe in blanket …
Hello Urban Yogis, The month of February has arrived. For some of us our resolutions and intentions we set at the beginning of the year are in full swing. For others, maybe the commitment to our best selves has wavered. This month let’s allow our yoga practice to guide us back to a place of …
This week we will explore Ujjayi breath, and Nadhi Sodhnaha. Two breathing techniques that any beginner yoga practitioner can learn and practice on their own. Ujjayi translates to victorious breath. It is an audible breath, sounding like the waves of the ocean. The breath is concentrated at the back of the throat as you inhale …
Exploring Ujjayi (Victorious Breath) and Nadi Sodhnaha (Alternate Nostril Breath) Read More »
