Hello Sunshine,
This week at Sunshine we lean into February by leading with our hearts. Today's world is a dark place for many and at the Studio, we strive for a place to be filled with love and light for everyone. A place of non-judgment and acceptance for who we are, and where we are today. When I started the studio I knew it must be a safe place where even though we are all so different, we can come together to practice yoga and find that we are all the same.
The month of February will be a time for us to explore our Hearts and our Heart Chakras. In Sanscrit, our heart chakra is called Anahata. The meaning of Anahata is unstruck. Like a valuable string instrument, if one string vibrates, the rest will resonate with the same frequency. When we practice yoga or aerial together, we tune in to the same vibration and this connects all of us at the studio.
In honor of our hearts, the last January warrior pose of the week and the first February heart-opening pose will be humble warrior or Baddha (bound) Virabhadrasana (warrior). In this posture, we must first find strength in opening the heart to the heavens and then surrender to the needs of the heart by bowing in a humble gesture of vulnerability.
When we lose something or someone important to us it can cause blocked energy in the heart region. In the past year, we have lost so much. We can release the blockage by adding heart-opening poses into our practice. I hope you will join us in our Pose of the Week contest, keep reading for details.
If you are interested in Aerial Yoga Teacher Training, it will be held in April, but early bird pricing ends on February 15th. Read below and follow the link for more details.
Living Magazine has added a $500 prize for one winner and you can enter by simply voting for Sunshine. Voting is now open for THE BEST Yoga Studio in Arlington, Grand Prairie, and Mansfield. We won in 2020 and would love to win this year as well. Please take a moment and cast your vote for us. The link is below.
This past week has been great for reviews. I have shared a few below and would love your feedback as well. All of us at Sunshine send you a big THANK YOU for your votes and your reviews.
Today and tomorrow we are offering a discount for new members. (keep reading)
January's winner of the Pose of the week challenge is Davi Rojas. The winner will get to pick a new yoga mat from Manduka.com.
Join us for February's challenge, starting today. Show us your Humble Warrior pose for a chance to win a Manduka yoga mat. We will name the winner on February 28th!
Find Warrior 2 and bring your hands behind your back and interlace your fingers. Pull down and look up to open your heart and bow down so your head hangs loose toward the floor. Your hands may come away from the hips or rest on the low back.
Make sure to use #sunshineposeoftheweek #sunshinetribe and @sunshineyogashack. Without the hashtag and studio tag I may not see your entry. Every post you make is an entry. There are 4 weeks, and 4 poses before we draw the winner.
Love and Light!
Lynn
