Space Holders Blog

My neighbor around the corner decorates her front porch for every holiday or happy event in her life. Her eye for color and sense of humor are obvious in this year’s Halloween decoration. It features a couple of smiling straw-filled scarecrows dressed in bright fall hues. With their droopy arms entwined around each other, they are literally joined at the hip and seem to be inviting all who walk by to join in their fun. I was delighted to meet this neighbor about a year ago a

Yoga Beginnings 101, starting Tuesday, November 7, will include themes like Yoga philosophy, history, and vocabulary. It seems like the ideal time to introduce one of the Sanskrit words used commonly during Yoga classes. Drishti, pronounced with both syllables - drish-ti - receiving equal emphasis and the “t” given a “d” sound, means the focus point where the gaze is to be fixed. There are eight formal drishtis in yoga: both thumbs, the tip of the nose, the palms of the hands

Come Join us, there are a few spots left. Click here to sign up! This certification workshop, taught by Connection Coalition's Marisol Tamez is for anyone who would like to provide outreach yoga programming at schools, shelters, rehab facilities, or through other nonprofit organizations. Working with these populations requires specific skills and awareness so that you can connect with the youth through yoga while providing messages of empowerment, teaching self respect, self

There’s that word again – mindful. You may be wondering what the big deal is about mindfulness and why so many people are talking and writing about it. My goal for the mindfulness series on the five senses was to suggest practical, natural ways to bring personal joy and relaxation into our lives. Now that the ways each of the senses can serve us in this journey through life have been presented, it’s appropriate to add more ways to seamlessly incorporate mindfulness in unexpe

Our first section of the Restorative Yoga Series called "Finding Your Joy" which meets on Thursday nights has been an amazing time of connection, healing and growth for each one of us. Even as the facilitator, I feel like I have been doing some deep and healing work on myself alongside these wonderful women. The response to this class has been so great that I decided to add a second series that will meet on Mondays from 8-9:15 starting October 23. If you are in need of some

Join us on October 16, 7-8 pm for our first Sound Healing and Re-balancing Event with Megan Poakeart. Feeling overwhelmed, over-committed, depleted and out of balance? Move beyond the chattering mind to get centered and calm through sound healing, a practice that has been used for thousands of years. The sound vibrations from crystal singing bowls, chimes and bells will help shift your brain into a more relaxed state, making it easier to meditate. Treat yourself to an hour-lo

I am really excited about this month's FREE Community Wellness Classes occurring this Friday night 7-9 pm and repeated on Saturday morning 9-11 am. We will be covering a subject very near and dear to my heart--healing the inner child. We will also be taking donations for the class to benefit a cause that is especially close to my heart, rescuing and restoring child victims of human trafficking. There are still a few spots left. Click here to reserve yours. This class cons

The human eye, the only organ visible on the surface of the body, is considered by many to be the most important sensory organ because of its ability to combine physical with emotional sight. We can look at a front porch lovingly decorated for the fall season, and the mere glimpse of it has the power to touch our hearts and transport us to another time, place, and emotion. The sense of sight is also the sense of choice for scientific observation where everything is expressed

Our Magical Sense of Smell Autumn arrived officially last month and following it, the three months of the year when our sense of smell (olfaction) is as much a part of the festivities as trick or treating, pulling the wishbone, and exchanging gifts. Smell, the action of perceiving and distinguishing odors, is the only one of the five senses directly connected to the brain. When we inhale aromas, they glide from our noses toward the olfactory bulb, where odor processing moves