November 2018
Demystifying Asana: A weekend at Sama Yoga, Houston Texas
Join Julie for an invigorating, informative, and fun weekend of yoga at one of Houston's brightest spots for yoga! NOVEMBER 16 - 18th, at Sama Yoga - River Oaks, Houston, Texas. Asana can feel complicated sometimes, so for this series we'll examine a few commonly misunderstood poses and groups of poses to take some of the complexity and mystery out. Designed to review fundamentals, find the nuance, learn specific techniques that work for you, and strengthen your understanding of how…
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Practicing Joy: Embodying Lakshmi. Christmas Day at Bend and Bloom Yoga
A special class on Christmas Day with Julie to recognize the abundance of life for the year! Joy is a state sought by everyone, sometimes believed to occur when we have enough things, opportunities, "green lights", attention, and even love. So often, joy is sought in this way externally, rather than internally realized as already part of the landscape of your being and the home of your heart. The Goddess Lakshmi, a symbol of prosperity and good fortune, is also…
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Plant the Seeds: Sankalpa Practice for 2019
The yoga tradition offers a refreshing alternative to the New Year’s resolution: the practice of sankalpa, or resolve. Like a vow, a practice of sankalpa starts from a radically different premise: that you already are who you need to be to fulfill your life’s purpose, or dharma. Through practices of breathing, movement, meditation and chanting, a focus can be created to connect to your most heartfelt desires, and this is where sankalpa begins. To create a life we want and…
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What Are We Really Doing When We Say “Open the Hips”, And Is That What We Really Want?
“Hip Openers” has become a catch-phrase to describe yoga poses that increase range of motion in the hip joint, widely offered therapeutically for lower back issues. But do you really just need a more mobile hip joint? While it’s true for some that increased external rotation will relieve stiffness in the lumbar spine and aid in overall extension, it’s also true that over lengthened hamstrings, hip flexors, and external rotators can weaken stability. So what’s a practitioner to do? Since…
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Mythic Immersion Retreat to the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
MYTHIC IMMERSION RETREAT: March 3rd - 10th, 2019. Join Julie for her 16th year visiting the mystic wonderland that is the Osa Peninsula. Known as Costa Rica's last wild frontier, this journey will be elevated by our daily exploration of the Gods and Goddesses, demons and devas, celestials and earth creatures, and...monkeys! You'll practice yoga twice daily, eat healthy gourmet meals, have endless time to relax, or be as adventurous as you like. Its an epic trip. REGISTRATION IS OPEN:…
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