Om (Taken with instagram)

The beautiful altar at Essence Yoga…bliss time :) (Taken with instagram)

This is what’s happening right now :) Twyla Tharp plus Frank Sinatra? Epic win :) (Taken with instagram)

Happy Solstice!! (Taken with instagram)

Remember, there is always blue sky above the greyest clouds :)

Ahhh heart chakra is opened! Tonight I teach classic rock yoga (that’s right, I am that awesome ;) lol) and I’ve been wondering about the theme. It’s a much more laid back (ie not really a good class to meditate on the chakras) environment so I’ve been theming songs. For instance, last week was name songs, the week before that was colors. Inspired by the opening of the anahata chakra (we don’t have to tell them though) I decided to work with backbends during class…probably finishing with the joyful wild thing (beautifully demonstrated above by the beautiful Kathryn Budig) and perhaps playing with wheel. Rhode Island weather has been shit (pardon my french) for weeks…cold, rainy, grey…and today is the first beautiful warm day we’ve had in a while. So, working with joyful postures and backbends…got it. So my songs today are going to be sunny, yellow, and happy! The list is as follows:

Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles

Sun - Donovan

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

Blue Sky - The Allman Brothers Band

Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles

I Feel Free - Cream

Down on the Corner - CCR

Walking Slow - Jackson Browne

Brown-eyed Girl - Van Morrison

Whenever I See Your Smiling Face - James Taylor

Yellow Submarine - The Beatles (yes three Beatles songs…what…:))

Joy to the World - Three Dog Night

The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) - Simon and Garfunkel

So Happy Together - The Turtles

Space Cowboy - Steve Miller Band

Wildflowers - Tom Petty

Keep Me in Your Heart (Instrumental) - Van Dyke Parks (savasanahhh)

Little Martha - The Allman Brothers Band 

Ahh should be a good class :) If you are reading this and live in Rhode Island and feel like trekkin it out to Coventry, come check it out! 7pm at Simplify Yoga :)