I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends: Art of Assisting Weekend
Contributed by Julie Mathers, co-owner of Evolution Power Yoga . — On an early, cold fall morning, four yogis from Evolution Power Yoga headed off in the dark for a five hour drive to Rochester, NY for Art of Assisting. With a loaded iPod and a trunk filled with mats and blocks, we were on […]
The Magic Of An All Day Immersion
All Day? An ALL DAY Immersion? Are you kidding? Why should I spend a day immersing myself with Baron Baptiste when I have so much I have to get done before Thanksgiving? I had just completed a 200-hour Power Vinyasa Teacher Training at a local studio here in Dallas when my teacher mentioned this guy; […]
What “You Are Ready Now” Really Means
“Are you ready?!” I must’ve heard this question at least 200 times over the last month, as the first Baptiste Yoga partnership studio was preparing to open in San Francisco. I was about to give up my routine to step into a bigger role leading new teachers, in a brand new space, which would share […]
4 Results From Level One Training
Here’s the deal. If you ask any of us on the Baptiste Team, or any Certified Baptiste Teacher, or anyone who has done a bucketload of Baptiste programs: “Hey, I’m going to try out a Baptiste Program and I really want the full experience, which one do you recommend for me?” No matter who you […]
Changing The Conversation: Baptiste Yoga In Juvenile Detention Centers
A conversation with owner of Simply Power Yoga, Heidi Fricke. Heidi, you are working with youth at Juvenile Detention Centers in Ohio. What life experiences have these youth had that have led them here? HF: The boys and girls at the Juvenile Detention Centers range between the ages of 11-18 years of age. From a […]
A Practice That Matters: Sharing In Ways That Impact Others
Contributed by Chris Byford — My journey to Baptiste Yoga wasn’t a smooth one. I had just injured my knee playing basketball. I was depressed by the idea that my time playing basketball might be coming to an end and worried about what that meant for my physical and mental well-being. My first Baptiste class, […]
Discover The 12 Laws of Transformation To Living Fully
The 12 Laws of Transformation are principles by which we can live and grow. They can act as a guiding beacon of light on the high road toward truth and whole-life health. The more closely we cleave to these principles and natural laws, the more effortlessly we will be changed. To the degree that we […]
1 Simple Practice To Help You Face Your Fear of Failure
For the most part, we have almost no training in how to deal with failure. Therefore, moving into the unknown is a threat to us. If we look up failure in the dictionary, it says, “The state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective.” How threatening does that sound? Not very, right? […]
Three Steps To Giving Something Up
We give something up, moment by moment as it arises through three steps: 1. Awareness 2. Acceptance 3. Declaration Let’s say fear shows up for you a lot. You can alleviate its effects by doing the following: The first step is to become aware that fear is present. Each time you do so, it’s an […]
What are you ready for?
There is no “you” that can’t do something that seems possible. There are only thoughts and feelings that pop up and try to stop you. The truth is that you’re always ready, right now. The thing that inspires you deep in your heart is what you’re ready for. Anything else you believe is just a […]