Noelle Kyle Yoga

Started teaching a new class to teens in Philly this week with the The Art of Yoga Project. It's an amazing group and I know we're going to have a blast.

The quote of the week I shared with my students:
“Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not affected by the struggles and stresses of life.” BKS Iyengar

Happy to know scientists are legitimizing mindful meditation for the skeptics. Not sure how I feel about teaching people fake mindfulness for the sake of science http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/18/contemplation-therapy/?_r=1

How Meditation Changes the Brain and Body A new study suggests there’s some science behind the claims made for mindfulness meditation.

It's been a while but we might as well start the year of right with a QOTW from Buddha:

"Each morning we are born again. What we do today matters most."

My QOTW doesn't necessarily relate to this week's theme but it struck a chord and I needed to share

"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
- Howard Thurman

A stranger on the street handed me a card the other day. On the outside it read, "Smile" Inside he had written, "Your poem for today is that God love you in every way."

Strange yes, but I like the sentiment and I think it's a good message for the week...

We are all perfect, exactly as we are.

With That Moon Language by Hafiz

Admit something:

Everyone you see, you say to them,
"Love me."

Of course you do not do this out loud:
Otherwise,
Someone would call the cops.

Still though, think about this,
This great pull in us
To connect.

Why not become the one
Who lives with a full moon in each eye
That is always saying,

With that sweet moon
Language,

What every other eye in this world
Is dying to
Hear.

This week words of wisdom come from those who are often not heard, one of my students inside juvie... "I am everything and everything is me"

In line with the theme of class this week, a much delayed QOTW:

“Stillness is the altar of spirit.” - Paramahansa Yogananda

Since moving to Oakland, I started teaching yoga at Alameda JJC with Niroga. Today I had 19 kids, one staff and the best time time in the world

Help break the cycle. Support yoga for incarcerated teens this holiday season. http://www.razoo.com/story/Lemonade-2013-Fundraiser-To-Bring-Yoga-Into-San-Francisco-Juvenile-Hall

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QOTW: "It is always my wish that you might find enough patience within yourself to endure, and enough innocence to have faith... believe me, life is right in all cases." - Rilke