Space Holders Blog

Have you ever seen a rolling hillside from a far that looks as though it's a perfectly manicured with it's lush green coloring? This makes you want to just run up to the top barefoot, feeling the softness of each blade of grass caress your feet. But as you get closer, you discover that actuality, it's not a well manicured lawn at all, but small shrubbery and weeds that all blend in amongst themselves, with bare patches and ruts in between. It doesn't look so wonderful now, c

It’s official, the school year has begun, the routine has come back into play and the burnout of day to day is inevitability lurking around the corner. Here at Sacred Space, we cater to those immersed in the realities of life who are seeking transformational self care practices to enhance and revitalize their bodies and minds. With the accessibility of a weekly Restorative yoga class at Sacred Space, you are given the opportunity to heal and refresh the body and mind. A pote

In Western culture, most of our movements are linear: We have our routines for the day, the route we drive to work and other places, and our exercise routines. If you think about it, almost everything is done in a straight line. So, to someone unused to it, Belly Dance might seem absurd and bizarre. There is no airy strength of Ballerinas leaping across the stage, nor the wild and gyrating movements of modern dance. Belly Dance is earthy, grounded, with the energy for movemen

Many of us have destructive or impure habits that don’t nourish us. Purity (aka Saucha) is about sifting through habits so everything we do is with purpose in a becoming healthier and happier you (Santosha). Self-respect in maintaining physical and mental health is expected in our modern world; after all you don't want to be that foul person that makes an indelible impression. Based on this mindset and in a larger scope, decluttering your environment from possessions, wearing

It seems like every time I go on a trip, the suitcase I come home with is much heavier than when my journey began. I think in many ways, life is like that, too. We begin our human experience as precious, innocent, perfect beings, and as we go along, we collect limiting beliefs, fear, and pain like unwanted, misshapen, too-bulky-to-fit-in-the-overhead, souvenirs. Little by little, we take on water, the ship keeping our self-esteem and self-love afloat slowly sinking. Eventuall

My first awareness of yoga was in the late 1990’s, entering my life via friends from different circles that had started attending classes…this coincided with yoga appearing in pop culture (enter Madonna and Sting). Never one to enjoy the gym or sports, too uncoordinated for aerobics, I was drawn to the physical challenge of this slowed-down, breath-centered, movement practice. I like to say that it swallowed me whole. I was all in. But what drew me in was not what kept me com

Transform Your Life… That's a pretty BOLD statement. If I were a used car salesman, that statement might send you walking of the car lot; however there is a mountain of evidence to back this up when combined with the practice of yoga. With a growing body of research supporting yoga's mental health benefits, Psychologists and Therapist are weaving the practice into their work with clients with some really cool statistics to back the transformation claim. Recent research shows