Our team is small, mighty AND recruiting!

Would you like to be part of team Yoga on the Beach? You can participate in one of 4 ways.

1.  Join us on the 19th by pledging $250.00 and you get a team tshirt for free.

2.  Donate money to the event.  Click on the link above and donate as one of the team members.  Any donation of $100.00 or more will also get you a team tshirt free.

3.  Buy a tshirt, and all of the profits will go towards the event!

4.  Think of us on Sept 19th as we move and groove through 8 hours of practice in service for others.

TOGETHER WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

“LIVE IN THE &
It’s where green meets black

Where indulging in life exists harmoniously with respecting it.  No compromises.

…It simply made sense to us.  It’s why all of our products have a rich and decadent flavor, creating the signature intensity for which we’ve become known.

What once sounded too good to be true, turns out to be surprisingly simple.  If you’re good to the earth, it can be good back.  This is what we mean when we say “Live in the &”.  Have it both ways. Have the green and the black.  The conscience and the decadence.

& It’s in our name.   It’s in everything we do.”

Yoga on the Beach’s Yoga Teacher Training is now approved as a 200 hour registered program.  We are excited to share that our standards and program will help you be recognized as a yoga instructor in your community.

Are you thinking about becoming yoga certified as an instructor?  Our next program will begin Nov 30, 2010 in Key West, FL.  This program is designed to help you maintain your career and home life while immersing you in the subject and study of yoga. Meeting once a week for 20 weeks, and 1 weekend per month for 4 months you will immerse yourself in a personal path of yoga and the elements of teaching.

For more information check out our website.

Learn more, be more, share your passion.

Continue on…Don and I will be biking more often.  For me I found it to be exhilarating, as we listened to the birds and saw so much wildlife we often miss as we drive by.

Keep it Green!

So this week what can you do that makes a difference.  It can be something very simple, but together it becomes HUGE!  All we are asking is all this week you do something different.  You can do one thing, or a different thing everyday.  Maybe it will inspire others.  Maybe you’ll do it longer than a week.  We enact transformation when we awaken our awareness and commit to a new action.

Here is the roll call so far of the creative and simple ways we can all make a difference:

Lisa E using stainless steel water bottle only and wrap n mat for sandwiches.

Shannon O shopping locally and recycling

Christa using my recycle grocery bags EVERY TIME for the next year.

Brendan recycling

Nancy biking to class- day one was awesome!

Jenn F is keeping the air set at 78 during the day and closing the blinds to guard against the afternoon sun.

Susan M will not be using paper towels.

Carol D will walk or ride her bike to class, and bring her reusable water bottle

Ann C will not be eating meat

Linda B buying a recycle bin for the family business – forever green.

Pam W start composting.

Adrienne S not use paper towels.

Maxine R use a reusable container for her water source.

Don biking to class.

Laure G riding bike to yoga

Vickie V hand washing dishes.

Nannette W bicycling to the beach/pool with my daughter.

What will you do?  Be inspired by others!

First off, starting Sunday August 1 we are doing a one week Keep it Green challenge.  We ask you to make a statement, and one change (or more) in your life that make your footprint on the Earth smaller.   You can post it on the blog by simple replying to this post, or fill out a challenge card at class.

So far we have:

Lisa E using stainless steel water bottle only and wrap n mat for sandwiches.

Shannon O shopping locally and recycling

Christa using my recycle grocery bags EVERYTIME for the next year.

Brendan recycling

Nancy biking to class- day one was awesome!

Jenn F is keeping the air set at 78 during the day and closing the blinds to guard against the afternoon sun.

Susan M will not be using paper towels.

Carol D will walk or ride her bike to class, and bring her reusable water bottle

Ann C will not be eating meat

Linda B buying a recycle bin for the family business – forever green.

What will you do?  Be inspired by others!

Secondly, we are participating in the Yogathon for Childrens Hospital at Gillette Stadium on Sept 19.  We need team members!  You can come join us that day, by signing up and commit to raising $250.00 or more.  OR you can donate money supporting the team.  Click on this link, and join team Yoga on the Beach today.  Each team member who raises $250 or more will get a Team Yoga on the Beach t-shirt.  No donation is too small to make a difference!  If you’d like to donate at class just let us know.  You can be anywhere, Key West, Venezuela, California and be part of this event!

We appreciate your support and thank you!  Live beyond, even your imagination!

It is part of our practice at Yoga on the Beach to embrace it all.  This morning a few of us also noted a sparrow during the opening meditation get confused in the tent.  I used it for my meditation as I breathed in a neutral space of honoring the sparrow’s journey.  It seemed to want to fly up to escape, and that only brought the sparrow into more confusion.  After a few minutes of batting itself, tiring itself, and repeating the same behavior it dropped low enough to escape.

Sound familiar?  Have you ever repeated the same thing over and over till you exhausted yourself to do it differently?  A lesson learned.

Here is to naming your lessons learned from Mother Nature.  Today I will go forth and journey in the rhythm of Sealasana. 

That’s right we’d like you to take your yoga practice off the mat (is it a green one?) and into your life by connecting up to Mother Earth.  Think beyond your “usual” and come to other possibilities.  Stretch your habits, breath fresh air while saying more please.

There are so many ways to approach this challenge.  You can start by thinking about what you most cherish and would like to honor about our beautiful planet.  Water, Air, Trees, our woodland friends can inspire you to make a difference.  What can you do that lessens the stress on them?

Here are a few ideas:

• Walk or ride your bike to yoga class
• Car pool with a friend, or two
• Recycle your old mat
• Say no to plastic (oil product)
• Educate yourself about your landfill
• Compost

You get the idea, there are endless possibilities, and we can’t wait to see how creative you can be.
So keep us posted on what you are doing to change your footprint by leaving a comment on our blog, or fill out a card at class.  Need more help check out The Green Guide or GLEE.  If you are in Mashpee check out The Green Design store in Mashpee Commons (Stop and Shop side).   We need to change our ways to make a difference.   United we make greater.

Not to be out done, Mother Nature has inspired us with record heat and humidity.  Taking her lead we have created Seavasana, when we take the plunge and lay in Mother Ocean’s arms for final relaxation.  Nothing short of BLISS!

Wednesday morning we were moving slow in the 3 Hs (hazy, hot and humid) but by the evening class the sea breeze had kicked in. We were putting on layers, wrapping ourselves in blankets and putting the sides of the tent down.  Mother Nature gifting us with the blessings of extremes.

Whether you come with your bathing suit, or just jump in with your yoga clothes on, know that Seavasana could be an option.

See you on the beach.

One of my passions on this planet is awareness to Green living.  I first became aware of it in the 70s with the oil crisis, and then a trip to Aruba in the late 80s catapulted me into my path of recycling.  Each time our planet experiences a public crisis of mismanagement, indulgence or greed we become aware of how we live and the limited resources of our planet.  What choices can we make that help our planet sustain its beauty, and balance?

Let’s start by reaching out to our community, wherever you live.  I know we have students who live all over the US, and beyond.  So as I write about the Cape Cod community, may you take it to heart and home.

Memorial Day weekend was a delightful kick off for our yoga season, and summer.  The weather was spectacular, and so many came out to play and practice with us.  I noticed that the trash barrels were full, and was saddened by the lack of recycling options.

This morning I decided to go beyond the feeling of “lack” and look into it.  I called New Seabury and was directed to Amy Buckley, Administrative Assistant to GM.  We had a great chat and she shared with me that she had just ordered recycling bins for the beach club.  The kitchens have been recycling for years, including recycling the fryolator oil for reuse.  Great news!

Now it is our turn.  Recycle your plastic bottles, or bring your own reusable water bottles to class or to the beach.  USE THE BINS for your cardboard, cans and plasticware.  Consider bringing cloth napkins and silverware to wash back home to reduce the amount of throw away products you are using.  As each of us reduces our usage, recycles what we use, reuses products again and again, and renew our commitment to this daily, WE MAKE A DIFFERNCE!

Here is to BEING the difference we wish to see in our community, our children, our planet.