By Sandra Schultze Most of us begin our yoga journey in led classes, where the teacher offers detailed instructions: how to place the body, where to turn the feet, how to twist the arms. The mind learns first, guided by words and demonstrations.   In self-practice  and in the Mysore room, the experience shifts. You are left with yourself —with what you remember from those led classes, and with what you feel in your own body. Practice becomes more intimate, more internal. Yet

By Callie Mahoney Moving towards the New Year here in Paris, we’ve felt the shift as the cold settles and daylight softens. Early risers walk through the hushed morning in a world that seems to have slowed to the pulse of the season. Days have shortened and nights’ curtain falls before we’ve completed our endless missions. It almost feels as if, with a divine touch, Nature reached down and paused this constant spinning; decelerating our usual manic rhythms.   Our Earth Mother

By Callie Mahoney As we welcome a New Year we are reminded of the cycles that keep us in rhythm of life. Closing one chapter allows the space to open another and the yearly cycles repeat the process infinitely. Our sense of renewal is awakened when we tune into these process to learn how we can grow with each turn in time.  We use our past to inform our present and our future, picking up tools and learning new things to strengthen our being along the way.  The arrival of a ne

By Callie Mahoney In the gradual unfolding of our yoga space, we are immersed in the feeling of mutuality within the interplay as students and teachers.  We joyfully embrace the duality of the continually intertwined relationship that this practice offers as a fascinating and spontaneous occurrence. With time, we sense this evolution nourishing the bonds of self awareness in ourselves & in the shala with immense respect and gratitude. And we wanted to share this beautiful san

By Callie Mahoney As individuals living in our modern fast pace society we tend to get caught up in our lives. (We aspire to achieve so we move at a pace that sometimes we, ourselves can barely follow.) In keeping up with the race against time or social demands our priorities drift further away from some of our primal needs. What are some of our rawest needs? We need to feel safe, happy, healthy.. maybe seen or heard? .. and in some sense of form we need a strong sense of be