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Life gets hectic. Sometimes it feels so difficult to balance it all. We try to get it all done and sometimes our schedules fall short of yoga. This is the story we tell ourselves. I am a recent graduate student, as well as an academic. My job requires my energy a minimum of 40 hours […]
40 Days to Revolution with Evolution This new year we will be hosting our most popular program, 40 Days to Personal Revolution. We recommend this program to every yogi. Read on to find out why and learn more about this 40-day Journey. What is 40 days? Based on the Baron Baptiste book, this program offers […]
My name is Charles. I was born in New York City and moved to Lancaster when I was two and have called it home ever since. I attended Resurrection Catholic School until 8th grade and then moved to Lancaster Catholic. I am a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh class of 2011 with a B.A. […]
Lately, things have gotten much busier for me. My yoga practice has fallen off the top of my priority list as we head into a busy holiday season that seems to have arrived faster than I was expecting. I also think the cold weather has me wanting to be a homebody as well. As I […]
Pregnancy is an exciting (and scary!) time! If it’s your first pregnancy, like mine, then for the very first time in your life, every decision you make affects not only you, but also your precious cargo! All of a sudden, what once seemed simple and easy, becomes somewhat challenging or not even in the cards. […]
I’ve been trying to work on being more committed to my yoga practice lately and with that comes not only seeing what I feel like my strengths are but also what I face as challenges in my practice day today. Currently, I attend yoga three times a week. What I have been noticing as my […]
One of the final pieces of advice our teachers gave us when we completed the ACCESS teacher training program was to stay in the learning. As a new teacher, that made sense to me. After all, I was new. The ACCESS program covered a ton of ground, but I also had plenty of learning left […]
This question was asked of me by a student the other day. She specifically wanted to know why we worked from the same sequence every class, and why the room was heated to the temperature that it is. I found myself easily able to answer what I saw as technical questions about the heat and […]
Downward dog. Child’s pose. Cat. Camel. Those are the only four poses I knew before I began yoga in February 2017. Like many yogis, I NEVER expected to take a class and stick with it. I am an athlete. I am a runner. I like high-intensity workouts and competition. I was intimated to take yoga […]
Newton’s First Law of Motion: A body in motion will stay in motion. More precisely, an object moving at a constant velocity stays in motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force. (Thanks, NASA.) I’ve heard this law often used as encouragement for routine. For example, going straight from work to […]
If you frequent any EPY studio, you’ll know that Points for Presence pops up every July. It’s a time to throw some fun hearted competition into the mix between studios and see at the end of the month how many total visits each studio got. For me, this July marked one year of me being […]
As a new yoga teacher, I taught my first class with joy and gratitude. This was the opportunity I had prepared for, practiced for, waited for. To my surprise, I had very few butterflies. Fast forward a few weeks, and my nerves kicked in. Was it a fluke? Was I doing OK? Why aren’t my […]
When you’re a first-time yogi and the teacher cues a bind in wide-legged, side-facing forward fold, do not make dubious eye contact with your friend on the way down. That is, unless you want to catch the giggles (and the wobbles). You want me to do what with my body? That was 10 years ago. […]
