Portland’s New Green Studio, EXHALE on NE 16th Ave

September 28, 2008 at 9:47 pm (Intentional Community, Yoga Practice)
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green yoga

The term “Green Yoga” indicates our conscious intention to honor & care for the Earth as part of yoga. An important part of yoga is to develop not only a higher awareness of how we live in our bodies, but how we live as guests on the earth. Green yoga asks us to bring yoga into the world and live harmoniously with nature. Exhale is a green yoga studio where we actively engage in and promote eco-living practices in our community.

Yoga is inherently green, but quite often, modern day yoga is anything but green. The average yoga mat is made of PVC, a toxic chemical that does not biodegrade in landfills. At Exhale, we provide students with eco-friendly jute yoga mats, cork yoga blocks and hemp yoga straps. The floors are cork and the walls are painted with non-VOC paint. Schedules and brochures are all printed on recycled paper. We use only natural, chemical-free cleaning supplies and our web site uses carbon neutral web hosting.

Yoga is a practice that acknowledges that all life is interconnected and we must treat all living things with love and respect. Our work is to integrate this lesson into our lives, and to share it with the world. We aim to be a studio for those who want to live by the principles of yoga on and off the mat.

“…We do not inherit the land from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”

-Native American Proverb

NAMASTE!

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A new blog post by Drea

September 8, 2008 at 9:10 pm (Back on the Scene, Food Communication, Intentional Community, So called self & so called other, Yoga Practice)

If you want to keep up with food wisdom, slow down and enjoy it over at “sacred living”.

INTRODUCING Sacred Living Bonsai Talk.  The new nutrition Blog Here we talk about nutrition, yoga, and massage. Anyone can participate, because it is Universal, spanning from across the country to worldwide.

And by the way, THANK YOU to all the wondeful people we connected with who invited us to stay and do our thing this summer!

It was so good to eat with you, talk story and explore the great city of pdx!

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Keeping up with change and activities – Updates 4 U

November 23, 2007 at 3:54 am (Art, Back on the Scene, Food Communication, Intentional Community, So called self & so called other, Yoga Practice)
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Whats new with you?

We have a lot of new things happening, new people indamix, lots of events and opportunities to gather and share and help others.

We have been spending a lot of time attempting to reach the conscious music crowds of bellingham, and have found lots of good artistry via and among the Click Pop Records music scene. The Soundings group is a lot older and they do not seem to return our calls. So we have been keeping it moving the best we can with who we can reach. We devoted several hours to promoting music and events this holiday which fell on the 22nd of this month. I put in long hours this week doing weaving and yoga too.

We have also been putting up flyers and emailing lots of people in teh addy book and those who we meet online and via craigslist….

The next art show info is here….

Ten Times Amazing:
A Holiday Group Art Show

When: Sunday, December 2nd from 12pm – 6pm
Where: Firehouse Performing Arts Center 1314 Harris Avenue, Fairhaven

Ten local artists combine their individual expressions for this one-day only celebration. From whimsical, woolly, and wild to traditional, twisted and touchable. The show will delight you and someone on your holiday gift list. Warm yourself by the fireplace at the historic Firehouse Performing Arts Center in Fairhaven, support local artists and purchase an affordable original gift.

Featuring:
Andrea Fackler, pottery & weaving
Cris Pauley, metal sculpture
Dave Crabb, rustic lamps
Donald Larsen, acrylic and oil paintings
Harold Niven, batik banners, batik wear, collage magnets
Heather Smith, recycled wool bracelets
Mary Ann Dupree, wreaths
Michelle Van Slyke, hats
Therese Spaude-Larsen, wildcraft, beaded bracelets
Wayne Hagan, photographs

ONE DAY ONLY! ONE DAY ONLY! ONE DAY ONLY!
More info at Therese Spaude-Larsen, Artist (360) 766-4116

Show will be here:

http://homepage.mac.com/mattchristman/firehouse/index.html

We are also starting a weekly movie night at the new studio !!! Did you know we moved? YES! Into a bigger studio, beautiful hard wood floors and wonderful other benefits/aspects we aim to share…..

Please contact me for directions and to schedule a visit or to confirm you are coming to our first yoga session or movie night at the new place!

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Yoga Practice – Let the joy begin

October 2, 2007 at 12:52 am (Yoga Practice)
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Yoga Practice – Let the joy begin, continue & grow until we find union…..

This is such a big blog entry for me to make….

There is so much to share and say and ask and tell.

Let me meditate on this while I gather info and organize, as I pray and long and silence the mind.

Like fasting, the best fast is when it was broken at the right time. And after the silencing of the mind, its nice to do Yoga and prayers – or both as one.

On my practice homepage, I wrote, “Drea has practiced with these yogis and yoginis . . .

Katerina Wen
William Phelan
Kathleen Hunt
Jen Isaacson
Steve Davis
Yvonne Croteau
Eiric Ovrid
Veronica D’Orazio
Laura Defreitas
Andrey Lappa
Jean Hindle
Hari Nam Singh
Char Rice
Suniti Dernovsek
Abby Staten 
Amy Robinson
Ingela Abbott
Loggermund Lathamundi
Pamela Jons
Elizabeth Beglin
Satnamasteelo   
Lauron Ray
Meg Sutton
Ana Forrest
Lama Khenpo
Larry Boone
Les Leventhal
Barb Swanson
 
Drea enjoys states of being resulting from these practices

Universal Yoga
Samadhi
Vinyasa, based on variations by Kathleen Hunt and Shiva Rea
Jivamukti
Samadhi integrated with Dance and Pilates Strengthening
Atha (NOW) Yoga–A Vinyasa Ivengyar Style fused with Spirituality
Yoga Nidra
Soma Yoga (combo of Skinner Release, Biosomatics, and Somatic Unwinding)
Kundalini Yoga/ White Tantra
Shadow Yoga
Ivengyar/ Ashtanga Union
Vini Yoga
Inspired Flow
Vini-Qi Gong Integrate
Traditional Ashtanga
Yin Yoga
Sivananda
Forrest Yoga
Acro & Partner Yoga
Angela Farmer Untraining
NonMind-Matribuddhadharma Bhakti Yoga of Acceptance”

I would like to add another list, one of who I’d like to practice with.

I will work on that, while I add a listing of studios in the PDX.

I’d like to practice with…..

YOU
Masso
Shiva Rea
Rebekkah LaDyne
Shannon Mccall

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