We love to hear about yoga bringing people together, and we think you'll enjoy this sweet story of the serendipitous meeting of two good friends at Urban Breath.  It was just a little over a year ago that Kate (brilliant high school Spanish teacher and new mom to yoga baby Virginia) met Carly (amazingly talented photographer and one of the friendly faces you see at UB's front desk), but they've already offered one another endless amounts of support and joy.    

Amy Bielicke
How long have you been teaching yoga and what made you decide to pursue teaching?
I played sports all my life and taught group fitness classes since the 1990s. After a back injury, I moved to more holistic practices including dance and NIA and started to experience the benefits of mind-body, somatic movement and practices. NIA is a fusion of the dance arts, healing arts, and martial arts, so I decided to study each component beginning with yoga and the healing arts around 2004-2005. I realized yoga was so multi-dimensional, it would take a lifetime to study-so I was hooked and consider myself a lifetime student! I decided to teach because of the many gifts it brought into my life. I wanted to share with others what I experienced. 

I am giving away one meditation pillow, like this one, to the student who comes to the Tues/Thurs morning Kundalini classes at Urban Breath the most from October 15th to the end of November. 

These pillows are handmade of recycled saris and upholstery fabric. They are filled with buckwheat hulls and are sooo comfortable. Inspiration for the journey! My friend Padmani at PadmaniCraft who makes them is excited to do this. They retail at $54, and are just about the most comfortable meditation pillow I've ever sat on! Come join us and let yourself be inspired! 

Meet teacher trainer Jaime Sanchez who bring his almost 50 years of yoga experience to his 200 HR teacher training program. 

Seabrook, new to UB Yoga, was so kind enough as to answer our questions so we can get to know her better.  

This is our new Q&A to give you some insight into what makes you instructors tick.  We gave Kim some questions and she us some great anwers.  

Come join UB at Tour de Grove!  We're having a free yoga class from 3-4pm just down the street from the studio at the corner of Arco and Manchester. Bring you mat and water, do some yoga and stay for the races and fun.   

Sherry Summer's new Wednesday night  5:30-6:45pm Tantra-Hatha Yoga class takes it's inspiration from Rod Stryker's ParaYoga.    Following is an except from Rod Stryker's website.  

ParaYoga honors all approaches while at the same time reaching back to the masterful teachings that are its authentic source and its most powerful expression. Potentially Asana is more than a way to undo or release stress or focus the mind. In ParaYoga, the aim of Asana is more than improved health, flexibility and strength. It is used as a technique to balance the main forces that sustain mind and the body. 

We've got Yoga Basic with Stacy Broussard on Monday nights  at 7:30pm and Shlomo Ovadya teaches the 7:30pm Yoga Basics class on Wednesdays. Seabrook Omura joins us with a Thursday 7:30pm Vinyasa Flow starting May 3 and Shlomo starts a 6pm Hatha (all levels) that night, too.  We've added Saturday 11:15am Slow Flow Vinyasa with Seabrook, too, starting May 5.    For daytime- look for Yoga lunch Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays starting Wednesday, May 2.

Check out the Dogtown schedule here.  Be sure to click though into next week and the following we to see the classes build. 

For now there aren't any classes on Tuesday but we'll be adding those on May 22.  Look for more Saturday and Sunday classes later next month, too. , Your class cards, memberships and everything are valid at the Dogtown location.  If you like it,  let us know it!  And we'll keep adding classes.  

I know you were just thinking to yourself, "Dagnabit...I enjoy reading online news about yoga and other related articles & I need a bigger, more organized, list-formatted selection to choose from...what am I gonna do?"

A student wrote on the graffiti board yesterday, "It's shocking how infrequently many of us allow ourselves an hour or two a day for our personal well-being. It feels good and right to be setting aside time for daily practice."

In the second week of Binge-Asana! I saw the edge of injury, but with awareness and care, strengthened around my injury prone areas. And I feel strong!

Greetings Urban Breath Yoga Community! My name is Micah, and I've been working the front desk at Urban Breath in The Grove for the past month. I have met many of the wonderful students that frequently come to the studio, and I am excited about the community of folks practicing here.

It will take a bit of time and patience, but there's a lot to look forward to with the new Urban Breath Yoga web site.