My Yoga Online is continuing its' live studio yoga sessions with the latest yoga class by Cameron Gilley: Yoga for Heart Opening and Rejuvenation. Join Cameron in this moderate level hatha yoga class that will leave you feeling expansive, deeply rejuvenated, and in touch with your body and mind. Cam discusses Ujaiyi breath, flows through a balanced sequence of yoga postures ending in the most important posture of all: savasana. Filmed at Semperviva Yoga Studios' Kits Beach location in Vancouver, BC.
About Cameron Gilley:
Cameron whole-heartedly believes in the transformative power of Yoga. Having received certification to teach Hatha Yoga in 2002, he has been passionately sharing in his search with students ever since. Drawing from his experience in Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, Power Yoga, Meditation and Martial Arts, in each class Cam devotes his energy to creating a space for students to access their own innate presence through posture, flow, breath and awareness.
By Yoga Teacher, tony eason On August 31, 2010No Comments
Lube up your bike chain & get your freak on cause Tour De Fat is back for its 11th season! (AND I'm definitely going).
on Saturday, 25 September 2010, New Belgium Brewing Company's traveling celebration of all things bicycle rolls through San Francisco (again) raising money & sharing bike love. And one person will help honor mankind's greatest invention, the bicycle, by handing over their car keys and committing to a year of car-free living. The lucky individual will receive a hand-built Black Sheep Bike
Tour De Fat 11:00am - 5:00pm. 25 September 2010 New Location - Lindley Meadow ,Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
So just "SAY NO TO THE AUTOMOBILE" and submit a video or essay describing your desire to live sans-car for a year. And you, just may get lucky! To submit an application, log on to http://www.newbelgium.com/tour-de-fat.
The Bay Area Ridge Trail Council & the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition will host the celebration of all things bike, featuring the absolutely-can't-miss-Bike-Parade (costumes HIGHLY encouraged), vaudevillian & other entertainment, trick bikes for all to ride, comedy, port-a-potty karaoke, amazing art bikes, and culminating with the Tour De Fat bike swap .
Proceeds from merchandise and the New Belgium Portfolio of Beer sales benefit these two great nonprofits; last year, the Tour raised ~$30,000 for the Council and SFBC, and over the past 7 years has raised tens of thousands to help complete the Ridge Trail.
Volunteer!! It takes many many volunteers to run the Tour, but all of them have a blast; smiles and laughter are virtually guaranteed. Join the fun; and help raise funds to complete the Ridge Trail.
1. Put no means of transport before thy bike: Come by bike because not only are bikes fun, but they help stave off some of our most wicked ills: Traffic, laziness, and pollution. Tour de Fat has a solution: ride this day, every day, and definitely when Tour de Fat heads your way.
2. Honor all other bikes: All bikes are good bikes, and all those who ride them are good people. This is the one Bike Festival that cherishes bicycle diversity on our Cruise-ade through town.
3. May every generation come forth: This is a family friendly event. Costumes, bikes and a parade? We were thinking like kids when we created Tour de Fat.
4. Thou shall come as a participant not a spectator: It's a costumed celebration of human-powered transportation. Muscles not motors, coasters, v-brakes and rotors. Come in your favorite alter ego, because when everybody's weird, no one is.
5. Thou shalt not bring booze; But enjoy the supplied malted adult refreshments responsibly: Please do not bring any outside alcohol on the ride or into the park. It could result in getting the event shut down...don't be that guy. And when you imbibe in our tasty brews, remember this is a Bicycle Festival with beer, not the other way around.
6. New Belgium shalt not profit: Our goal is to raise money for bicycle and environmental charities. New Belgium Brewing Company does NOT retain any of the events' proceeds. Please think of your $5 beer tokens as donations to a worthy cause. All sales are final; beer tokens do not expire and will be accepted next year (does not include TEXAS).
7. Remember the purpose, and bring not your pooches: No canine friends allowed this year. We're a dog-loving Brewery, but sadly not all municipalities and parks are. Please leave your best friends at home for their safety and the safety of others.
8.Keep the day true with thy good juju: The ride is free, but we suggest a $5 donation to the good bike advocates who are putting it on for you (does not include TEXAS). If you give more, you will not incur flats, mechanical troubles, or dry skin for a while…maybe. This is a celebration of the bike, not an anti-car rally. All tools have their place.
9.Thou shall rise early: Since Tour de Fat is a free show, we sometimes get more folks than we can accommodate. Once we're full, we will handle overflow like a restaurant or bar: one in, one out. We reserve the right to determine the appropriate crowd size in the name of safety and enjoyment for those inside.
10. Thou shalt not steal thy neighbors' bike: Don't even think of leaving with a bike that doesn't belong to you. Modern-day horse thieves will be dealt with by angry mob, pitchforks, and torches.
So if you've attended the Tour De Fat or have attended my Fat Tire Beer Charity Fundraising Beer Bust , or just want to send out some love - send a thanks out to Brew Meister Jamie Mastin, Ed Dopman, & the Fat Tire Beer Team for their continued support towards charity bike rides, and charity benefits, and for their product sponsorships by clicking on their logo.
My Yoga Online has released a new online yoga video series in high definition. With this new yoga video series, we are also excited to introduce new yoga teachers to the program including Mara Branscombe. Mara delivers a beautiful and challenging practice in this latest video: Dynamic Vinyasa for Strength and Balance
This dynamic class is designed to tune into your inner fire, strength, balance, and flexibility. Get ready to sweat, open your hips and heart, find your core strength, and move with grace and vitality. Move with Radiance in this dynamic vinyasa flow practice.
Mara’s personal yoga practice began in India over a decade ago. Since then, Yoga has been the most poignant, transformative, and informative force in her life. Her teaching practice draws from several traditions: Ashtanga Vinyasa Flow, Hatha, Iyengar, and Anusara Yoga. Mara’s background as a dancer contributes to the design of her class through dynamic flow, grace, strength, and vitality. Learn more about Mara Branscombe.
By Brenda P. On August 28, 2010No Comments...or on a television show, or in front of the classroom, or in an advertisement, etc. It's impossible to pinpoint exactly where our subconscious gets the material that forms our self-image. It's even harder to decipher how the mind mashes up that information to create our worldview. Psychotherapists can spend years trying to help a patient unravel this complex web of messages, that can be so debilitating and destructive. Even if it isn't affecting your quality of life, that inner critic can be pretty opinionated.
Part of my motivation for pursuing science ed, is sort of a response to the teenage me. Despite showing some aptitude in science and math, I was bound and determined to avoid those subjects at all costs. Why? Because I was too artsy and journalistic for science? It was just for nerdy boys? It was too hard? I'd be hard pressed to say where these ideas came from, but that was the basis for my prejudice. And what a shame, because I think I cut myself off from some really interesting opportunities by listening to that misguided inner voice.
Even with only four classes this past week, already I've heard many of the same misconceptions about studying the sciences from my young classmates, that I entertained in my late teens. The message is still loud and clear from somewhere--artists don't do science, math is too hard, it's gross/boring/hardhardhard. It's an uphill battle against an unseen enemy, but I would love to be a teacher who could change that message.
I would hope to inspire kids to see the subject matter as intriguing, something to explore. I became a yoga teacher, partially because I was so taken with the discipline that I wanted to learn how to show my friends and family what an amazing practice it is. I loved the subject; I wanted to share the subject. And so it goes with biology.
By helping kids learn to explore the natural world, to investigate a problem and discover the answer, comes learning how to think for yourself and forming ideas based on your own experience. How about that as a useful, subversive tool? Get something pierced, if you want, but a truly radical act is thinking for yourself.
We are half way through our 4 Week Facebook Yoga Giveaway with Passport To Prana. From August 15 to September 11, we are inviting you to participate. Each week, participants will have the chance to win a Passport To Prana card. And a final grand prize of a 1 Year Membership to MyYogaOnline.com will also be given away to one lucky participant.
Passport To Prana is the original multi-studio yoga pass giving you the opportunity to enjoy yoga classes at a variety of studios in major cities across the USA and Canada. A great way to try different yoga studios and different styles of yoga at an affordable price.
4 Week Facebook Yoga Giveaway Details:
*Each week, we will be posting a fun yoga question or challenge on MyYogaOnline’s community yoga blog.
*Share your answer to this yoga challenge on your Facebook page with a link to MyYogaOnline’s Facebook page (we welcome you to become a Facebook fan if not already!).
*MyYogaOnline will be giving away 1 Passport To Prana card each week for 4 weeks, so check our blog and Facebook page each week for the new yoga question and for more chances to win.
Week 3 Giveaway Challenge:
Spread your appreciation for MyYogaOnline to your friends!
On your Facebook page, complete your Facebook entry as follows:
I am a Fan of @My Yoga Online and joined their Yoga Giveaway. You can join as well to win a free @Passport to Prana yoga class pass and a membership to MyYogaOnline.com: http://www.myyogaonline.com/community/blog/my-yoga-online-4-week-giveaway
*note: manually enter @My Yoga Online to create a Facebook link to our Fanpage
Additonal Giveway Details:
*giveaway begins August 15, 2010 and ends Saturday, September 11, 2010. Four (4) Passport To Prana cards and one (1) one Year MyYogaOnline membership will be awarded. Winners will be selected via randomn draw from valid entries (valid entries must have an active Facebook post with an active link to MyYogaOnline’s Facebook Fanpage as listed on any of the 4 MyYogaOnline giveaway community blog posts).
Participants can enter as many times as desired with each of the 4 yoga challenge questions. To create an active link and a valid entry post from your Facebook page to MyYogaOnline’s Fan page, type in directly @My Yoga Online with your entry (do not copy and paste). Check MyYogaOnline’s Facebook Fanpage after submitting to see if your entry was posted well on the Fan page.
Winners will be announced at the end of each week (August 22, 2010, August 29, 2010, September 5, 2010, and September 12, 2010). Prizes are not redeemable for cash value. MyYogaOnline reserves the right to remove entry posts that are deemed inappropriate or offensive.
By Brenda P. On August 23, 2010No CommentsForgive the triathlon analogy, but it's on my mind these days (one more in September). So...multi-sport...swim/bike/run; the trick is to maintain your exertion level so you're working hard, but not working too hard. You can't blast into the swim and wreck your lungs for the bike, pedal like a maniac and fry your quads for the run, and, well, you just have to struggle through the run to get to the bagels. But, you also can't ignore the transitions--water to bike seat to open road. You have to change clothes, add equipment, grab a quick drink--and the time you spend is included in your final count. No lollygagging.
The trick is to finesse the transitions so, after a mad scramble, you can smoothly move into the next event--for which you've trained and have some time to settle into a rhythm and just focus on the task at hand.
And ain't that just like life?
It's the in-betweens that will lay you low--the changes in routine, the stopping short, the sharp left turn. They can be exciting, upsetting, re-energizing, alarming. They are the start of something new and, no matter how prepared you are, they are disruptive.
Here I am at the beginning of a transition. Tuesday morning is my first day back in school...25 years after the last first day of undergraduate school. Teacher Training, ladies and gentlemen, but this time it's for Biology. This is a trial semester--do I like teaching adolescents science as much as I like teaching adults yoga? Is this really what my contribution to the world will be? Protozoa?!?!
Hopefully this is a disruption that will lead to a smooth, focused ride. Eventually. I'm thrilled on a variety of levels, anxious on others. And I'm very, very curious how it will all play out (oh thank gods for pranayama!).
Back-to-school outfit is chosen (casual, but not too young), equipment is laid out (yay, new notebooks!), a Clif bar tucked into the purse. I'm as ready as I'll ever be for this transition. Hopefully, I don't need a helmet...
My Yoga Online would like to thank everyone who has participated so far in our 4 Week Facebook Yoga Giveaway with Passport To Prana. Congratulations to Carolyn Wilman who won the first week yoga pass giveaway. From August 15 to September 11, we are inviting you to share your insights into yoga and wellness along with some fun challenges. Each week, participants will have the chance to win a Passport To Prana card. And a final grand prize of a 1 Year Membership to MyYogaOnline.com will be given away to one lucky participant.
Passport To Prana is the original multi-studio yoga pass giving you the opportunity to enjoy yoga classes at a variety of studios in major cities across the USA and Canada. A great way to try different yoga studios and different styles of yoga at an affordable price.
4 Week Facebook Yoga Giveaway Details:
*Each week, we will be posting a fun yoga question or challenge on MyYogaOnline’s community yoga blog.
*Share your answer to this yoga challenge on your Facebook page with a link to MyYogaOnline’s Facebook page (we welcome you to become a Facebook fan if not already!).
*MyYogaOnline will be giving away 1 Passport To Prana card each week for 4 weeks, so check our blog and Facebook page each week for the new yoga question and for more chances to win.
Week 2 Giveaway Challenge:
Name Your Favorite Standing Yoga Pose
On your Facebook page, name one of your favorite Standing Yoga Poses and also feel welcome to post a picture of you doing this yoga pose (optional).
Complete your Facebook entry as follows:
*Post your favorite standing yoga pose answer as directed above followed by the following text (manually type @My Yoga Online to create an active link to our Fan page):
“I joined the @My Yoga Online Giveaway. You can join as well to win a free @Passport to Prana yoga class pass: http://www.myyogaonline.com/community/blog/4-week-facebook-yoga-giveaway “
Additonal Giveway Details:
*giveaway begins August 15, 2010 and ends Saturday, September 11, 2010. Four (4) Passport To Prana cards and one (1) one Year MyYogaOnline membership will be awarded. Winners will be selected via randomn draw from valid entries (valid entries must have an active Facebook post with an active link to MyYogaOnline’s Facebook Fanpage as listed on any of the 4 MyYogaOnline giveaway community blog posts).
Participants can enter as many times as desired with each of the 4 yoga challenge questions. To create an active link and a valid entry post from your Facebook page to MyYogaOnline’s Fan page, type in directly @My Yoga Online with your entry (do not copy and paste). Check MyYogaOnline’s Facebook Fanpage after submitting to see if your entry was posted well on the Fan page.
Winners will be announced at the end of each week (August 22, 2010, August 29, 2010, September 5, 2010, and September 12, 2010). Prizes are not redeemable for cash value. MyYogaOnline reserves the right to remove entry posts that are deemed inappropriate or offensive.
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