= Without Effort =

I love this time of year when the line between our lives indoors and outdoors is barely distinguishable.  Everything seems easier, like all the overlapping activity of working and meeting with friends unfolds without effort.  I'm looking forward to a full weekend of planting, meeting friends at the studio and enjoying a little free time to see what happens.

+ Show Up Everyday +

www.yogagardenmpls.com

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^ Moon Over Garden ^

People always comment on the gorgeous natural light we get in Yoga Garden, which we do and I love.  In the evenings during summer we get a really beautiful warm reflection off the pretty brick building in back.  And it's surrounded by trees.  I love this pic, you can feel the little sanctuary we have once we get to the studio and settled in.  And sometimes the moon watches over us.

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+ the goal of living is to grow +

in time of daffodils(who know 

the goal of living is to grow) 

forgetting why,remember how 

in time of lilacs who proclaim 

the aim of waking is to dream, 

remember so(forgetting seem) 

in time of roses(who amaze 

our now and here with paradise) 

forgetting if,remember yes 

in time of all sweet things beyond 

whatever mind may comprehend, 

remember seek(forgetting find) 

and in a mystery to be 

(when time from time shall set us free) 

forgetting me,remember me

e e cummings

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Summer Might Be On It's Way ..

Thunderstorms, humidity, summer dresses, Dr. Scholl's.  The insanely edible smells of Jasmine and Yucca blooms.  The incredible warm, bright, natural light in the studio...

Yep, Summer might be on it's way....

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* NEW PLAYList *

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SPRING

@YOGA GARDEN

We're off to a busy Spring @ YOGA Garden >>>> Come say Hello

New Classes > New Instructors > New Schedule

- Sunday -

 Back to Basics w Laurel Van Matre > 430 - 600 pm

 Yin and Nidra Yoga w Pete Cairns > 630 - 800 pm
(starts June 2nd)

- Monday - 

Back to Basics w Jasvir Singh > 500 - 615 pm

Advanced Vinyasa w Laurel Van Matre > 630 - 800 pm

- Tuesday - 

All Levels Vinyasa w Laura Craig > 600 - 715 pm

(starts next week 5/21)

- Wednesday - 

All Levels Vinyasa w Laura Craig > 730 - 845 pm

(starts next week 5/22)

- Thursday - 

All Levels Vinyasa w Laurel Van Matre > 630 - 800 pm

- Friday - 

All Levels Asana w Pete Cairns > 600 - 730 pm

(starts June 7th)

- Saturday - 

Mixed Levels Asana w Stephanie Loes > 800 - 900 am

Back to Basics w Stephanie Loes > 930 - 1045 am
(starts June 8th)

+ Show Up Everyday +

For Bios, Cost, Class Descriptions and all other info:

www.yogagardenmpls.com

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You can't make either life or art, 

you have to work in the hole in between, 

which is undefined.  

That's what makes the adventure of painting.

- Robert Raushenberg

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Create the space and then move forward into that.  It's so much nicer than trying to force your way forward.  We pick a pose and do the work.  And the work usually isn't where you think it's going to be.  Which is another way of saying the effort will come and find us and it may not be where we'd like it to be.  The adventure is in finding and then holding the space and filling it with something beautiful.

* THINKING Made VISUAL *

I LOVE any conversation that inspires a discussion on how the world takes shape around us based on what we think.   The way we choose to lay lines down on a page in a drawing, color for a design, make or create anything is another form of thinking.  Usually inspired by what we feel first.  Our inner worlds mirrored in a way that is beyond what can be explained entirely.  Lucky for us.

Don't get me wrong, I love words too, but they don't tell the whole story.  We are as much what we do and create as much as what we speak and say.

Our yoga mats are mirrors, it's actually called Maya in Sanskrit.  We get a reflection of how we make choices, talk to ourselves, design our lives around what we think.

Thanks Saul...you were amazing.  Still are.

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+ PICK It NOW +

Whatever you choose, pick it now, 

start small,  and begin proving to yourself that you can become the type of person you want to become.

Tiny habits, when repeated consistently, 

can be the difference between success or failure, confidence or doubt, and even happiness or depression.

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I Originally posed this here but wanted to repost because this quote has kind of become an anthem for us in class these days.  It's loaded with good advice in a simple way that's easy to remember.  

+ Pick It Now + 

PERFECT DAY ////////

It's days like today that make me feel lucky to be a Minnesotan.

....Even after 7 months of winter.  

You can almost smell the Magnolias <3

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THE Most Important THING is to Do A LOT of WORK

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