Sarah Pohl Yoga

I'm not sure what to call this last year. Clarifying? Inspiring? Terrifying? Transformational?

I haven't been posting much on this page since our move from Colorado to Washington a little over a year ago. Many of you have written me and and asked why. The short answer is: various reasons. Honestly, I was very close to stopping teaching yoga altogether about a year ago--also for various reasons. But as it does, life {experience, God, dharma, serendipity} flung me heart-first without hesitation right back into a commitment to teaching, practicing, and growing with this practice.

I am very excited to share with you all that Stuart (my other/better half) and I are opening Ritual House of Yoga in Seattle this spring! The link to our studio page is below--and as you know, it takes a village. We would very much appreciate if you shared this link (even if you aren't a Seattlite!) to help us spread the word and jumpstart our growth in something we believe in deeply.

Thank you all for your support. I'm looking forward to a year of more 'shares' here and growing community in the best of ways: right here at home. If you are in Seattle, pop on by!

Big love,
Sarah

https://www.facebook.com/ritualhouseseattle

Ritual House We are a multi-style yoga house offering classes, workshops, trainings, and community events on Capitol Hill in Seattle. Come say hi!

The Type-A, firstborn, OCD Virgo in me just can't take it anymore. SO I made this:

“If you have clarity about something you wish to create or manifest, focus every day on that intention and observe the distractions that threaten to take you from that focus. This is where the BOUNDARIES come in.

If you are not clear about what you want and always take a submissive position to others, someone else’s strong focus will take over and you may find yourself swept up in something that is not yours. If you find this happening, don’t fight it, judge it or resist it. Simply cut yourself off from it and let it go."

There are lots of interesting tidbits that relate very specifically to what I am working on in all aspects of my life this month…Check out The Power Path article posted by mysticmamma.com.

I guess you know now what we are working with in class this week too :)

The Theme for August 2014 is FOCUS and BOUNDARIES~ | MYSTICMAMMA.COM From the always wise and insightful Lena Stevens from The Power Path.com: "This is a really great month for manifesting as long as you know what you want, focus on it with clarity, and set some good boundaries..."

'You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.'

Rest in ecstatic bliss and peace Robin Williams. Your spirit truly was once in a lifetime. P.S. Hook is probably my favorite movie, thanks for that too.

I would add…right in the middle of a yoga class.

. pretty maids all in a row .

. don't dig up in doubt what you have planted in faith .

yoga practice + hike in Chamonix, France.

Dropping into the flow of vinyasa is easiest anytime I'm surrounded by nature. There is a certain pulse I feel walking around in a city, especially a new city, but it's a different vibe than being completely swallowed by nature. Nature teaches by example; it greets intensity, change, fragility, creation, & destruction with appropriate . It is sometimes chaotic, often peaceful, usually messy, and always humbling.

your hand opens and closes and opens and closes. if it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed. your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as bird wings.

Seattle yoga friends: I just signed up for a few of Yoga Medicine by Tiffany Cruikshank's workshops August 1-3. Prices for the weekend go up on July 15th…don't miss the opportunity to practice with Tiffany while she is in town!

Check out registration and session info here: http://www.yogamedicine.com/calendar/

Tiffany Cruikshank's Calendar | Yoga Medicine

If you need me today, I'll be napping in this picture. What is it with the wave of low energy this week? Anyone else?