Prenatal Yoga: Building Community and Mama Strength

Prenatal Yoga creates a community space for new mamas + experienced mamas alike to build camaraderie in their unique, beautiful and challenging experiences. The asana helps women prepare their physical bodies for giving birth by cultivating… Read more.

Bon Voyage! to Jenny and Sharon

We’d like to bid farewell and good luck to Jenny Russo and Sharon Moon, two of our veteran Ashtanga Yoga teachers, as they leave Castle Hill at the end of the month. Jenny Russo will be… Read more.

‘Lighting the Fire Within’ by Charly Pivert

Recently one of my students asked me, “Is it better to stay longer in a pose or repeat the pose with a shorter timing?” The word Hatha as in Hatha Yoga literally means, “to strike “… Read more.

‘Above & Beyond’ by Charly Pivert

“Above & beyond” is where the practice of Yoga leads us. Yet, before we expand “Above & Beyond”, we always start with our connection to “Below and within”. At the beginning of each practice we start… Read more.

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Yoga Diary – Mysore Recap by Jenny Wicke

I’m not typically a blogger but some of you have asked about my recent trip to India. I probably told you “it was relaxing” or that “mostly I sat on the beach.” More specifically, this journey… Read more.

An Athlete’s Attempt at Being a Yogi

My name is Erin, and I don’t stretch. I run, cycle, and sometimes I swim. Everything I do, from driving in my car to sitting at my laptop has me going in the same direction. Forward…. Read more.