I usually greet each of the students as they log into our zoom classes in the morning with the familiar greeting, "How are you?". What has been interesting over the course of this past year, is that it seems we are becoming more honest or revealing with our answers to this common greeting. Most days, one of my students will reply "meh" to that question. Meaning, "I'm alright. I'm not great, but I am here, and for that I am fortunate."

Do you consider yourself a creative being?

Or do you believe that you don't have a creative bone in your body?

Regardless of how you answer the questions above, every one of us requires creativity to exist in our daily lives.

A morning routine is a set of actions that you curate usually before starting your day's main activity. The actions can be anything from drinking a coffee, brushing your teeth, reading your emails, or sitting for morning meditation.

The squat is more than just a yoga pose or leg exercise. It is a functional movement that can help with daily living and overall strength. It is easily modified and there are so many variations to add intensity or create more ease.

Rest will look different for all of us. For some, rest is as basic as taking a nap. For others, it may mean reading a good book, sitting in stillness, or reconnecting with close friends.

When I prepare a squat class in advance, I never tell my students where the practice is heading. If I reveal a week in advance that we were going to have a squat class next week, chances are there would be a good percentage of my students would not show up for that particular class.

If you have been a student at Creating Space Yoga Studio over the past 7 months, you will have watched from the front lines how we have had to pivot our business and accommodate the incredible changes that the world has faced together.  

It will be six months since we closed our studio doors to help fight the further spread of COVID-19.  At the time, I honestly was looking forward to a few weeks off.  I fully expected to be open again for the spring session.  Nobody could have predicted what would follow in the months ahead.

I am beginning to embrace the benefits of online yoga and how it can still be supportive and inspiring to all students.  This is my shortlist of benefits that I see for our students…

This will be a time in our lives that we will never forget.

After 13 years, Creating Space Yoga Studio temporarily closed its doors on March 15, 2020, due to the Covid-19 global pandemic.