Typing with one hand, while holding your 2 week old is the best….no, I won’t turn this into a baby blog! We did want to share with you our awesome news! Erik and I welcomed, Luca, our first baby, on July 18, 2007. He was 6lbs 13 ounces, and in great health. We are so grateful for all the love and support, from our friends, family and listeners. Thank you! Lara will be taking 1 month off from podcasting, to…
Erika is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher, Yoga Instructor Trainer (E-R.Y.T. 500), and a certified advanced practitioner through the White Lotus Foundation. She currently teaches Ashtanga-based vinyasa yoga classes at YogaWorks Costa Mesa and online at www.beinyoga.com. She leads international and local retreats, and holds teacher trainings through Cloud Nine Yoga Studio & School. Cloud Nine Yoga, offers Basic and Advanced Yoga Teacher Certifications, approved by Yoga Alliance at both the 200 and 500 levels. Erika also teaches Thai…
Karendayal is the founder and owner of Bliss Life Yoga. She is a 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance and has earned additional certificates of training in Prana Vinyasa Flow? Yoga trained by Shiva Rea. Karendayal holds other specialized certificates of training in Pre-Natal Yoga, Kundalini Yoga for Children, and studies Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan and Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa. Karendayal is honored and inspired to live by her spiritual name Dayal Kaur, given to…
This year Tao Porchon Lynch celebrated her 88th birthday in a very special way. Wearing a form-fitting red dress, four inch high heels and a red flower behind her ear, she and her 28-year-old partner won first prize in the Fred Astaire ballroom dancing contest for the Northeast area. Her win was just another example in a long chain of extraordinary experiences that characterize her life. I believe that people should not impose limits on themselves,? she says. They must…
Attracting NYC?s most advanced and discriminating practitioners, Kelly?s classes are intense, inspiring and relevant.? A lineage holder of the ancient, esoteric Gelukpa tradition of His Holiness the Dalai Lama as well as the more recent, exoteric Jivamukti tradition, Kelly?s? packed classes celebrate the holy canons of both cultures, allowing the practitioner profound spiritual realizations within the physical context of an intense, demanding asana practice.? Progressing towards the state of yoga? or Enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings is…
My apologies for my s l o w e r pace these days.? Usually I load a podcast weekly, or 3 a month.? I’ve slowed way down lately, as I am challenged by caring for my dogs, my life, work, my yoga practice, house hunting, and my bigger body.? Our baby is doing great, we know he’s a boy, and his growth is on track.? I love feeling him dance inside me, and I can feel his happiness for life.?…
Matthew’s knowledge of Yoga encompasses 20 years of practice and 14 years experience as a teacher. His education includes Shiatsu massage, Yoga therapy, Iyengar Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga. Matthew’s teaching combines the tradition of Ashtanga Yoga with the therapeutic needs of each student. He provides an individual approach to the Mysore method and is renowned for the attention he gives to both novice and advanced students. Matthew is widely regarded as one of the world’s most advanced exponents of Ashtanga…
Jasmine was born into a mystical heritage where Eastern philosophy, spirituality, and pure creativity have saturated her whole life. Her teachings are inspiring, passionate and devotional and are always infused with her wisdom, humor, and creativity that come from a lifetime of Spiritual exploration. Her classes enable you to reveal and express your true essence as an instrument of Divine Love to help serve and heal the world. Bhagavan Das praises Jasmine Tarkeshi, Jasmine is the most positive expression of…
YogaPeeps Founder, Lara Cestone, and YogaPeeps Engineer, Erik Hedin, got married, in Belvedere, California, at a small ceremony by the water, and are expecting their first child in July 2007. During the last year, Lara has taken the helm of YogaPeeps.com, and the pups, Rye and Diesel, continue to be her support team. The whole YP team is grateful to be back in the San Francisico Bay Area, after a year working in San Antonio, Texas. Thank you for sharing…
Hillary Rubin is a Certified Anusara Yoga teacher who teaches both nationally and internationally focusing on the therapeutic benefits of yoga. In 1996, Hillary was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis which led her to study yoga and meditation as a form of personal empowerment. Her dedication to heal and listen to herself (ultimately seeing the self as the teacher) is a great example of how the teachings of yoga coupled with a healthy lifestyle works towards total well-being; today she is…