by Robin Penney | Feb 5, 2021 | Mindfulness
The Mmmmmm Phase The big news of the day from my neck of the woods is that Luma Yoga, the centre that I called home for four wonderful years in downtown Santa Cruz, CA, is closing its doors on February 14, 2021, permanently. You can read Val’s message here. She...
by Robin Penney | Oct 24, 2019 | Mindfulness
“I’m All Yours” Here’s an interesting experience of shifting away from effort and into ease through three little words: “I’m all yours” I’ve had a lot to do lately and have been a little bit “blocked.” Things...
by Robin Penney | Nov 24, 2018 | Mindfulness
Simple + Advanced Breath Practice I’ve been teaching the breath today in private sessions and classes. Like most days. Today was a day for teaching the simple, yet advanced breath work of really following the breath. Yoga is really just movement layered on top...
by Robin Penney | Aug 30, 2018 | Mindfulness
Building Relationships in the Practice “Come to a Tabletop position on your hands and knees. Tuck your toes, lift your hips up and back, and come into Downward Facing Dog.” We do lots of these in yoga classes, and I tell you, there is probably no other...
by Robin Penney | Apr 27, 2018 | Mindfulness
Wildly Permissive + Wildly Demanding As a parent, I can oscillate between being wildly permissive and wildly demanding. I have teenagers and they continually make me immensely proud and full of love. And they also frustrate me beyond belief. At the end of the day,...
by Robin Penney | Dec 16, 2017 | Mindfulness
Revive the Art of Conversation I wrote this little note several months ago after a full day of yoga practice in Texas: “What a fabulous last day with Gioconda Parker at the San Marcos School of Yoga. The word “conversation” came up in totally...
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