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I am very excited to report that I will be teaching my first yoga class this weekend. A few months ago I took a training course from a local yoga studio, and now I’m ready to get out there in front of a class and teach what I know. I’m a little bit nervous, but [...]
This is taking place at my yoga studio later this spring, so I just wanted to get the information out there. It was huge for me, and I can highly recommend it to others who are looking to learn more about Nia and perhaps teach it in the future. photos courtesy of Nianow.com LOVE YOUR [...]
If any of my posts have made you curious about what a Nia class is like, or you have been on the fence about checking it out, here is your opportunity to do it without spending a dime. I am teaching a freebie class at Firehouse Yoga this Friday at 5:15. Firehouse is a great [...]
Despite parts of this year being pretty awful (I keep hearing people say they can’t wait for it to be over), this has been one of the most enlightening years of my life. I guess I thought that by the time I finished college I would know who I really was, but the truth is [...]
Some of us were chatting during the stretching part of our Nia class tonight about all the torturous exercise classes we’ve put ourselves through in the past. And not that it’s not important to push yourself in the name of fitness, but some of the stuff we’ve done has been truly insane. I paid a [...]
Tomorrow’s the big day – my first time teaching Nia. Thankfully another first-time teacher has agreed to switch off songs with me so I don’t have to tackle the whole thing by myself. That should be a good transition into teaching, I think. It’s been quite a process getting to this point. It always seemed [...]
As my own boss, I decided to give myself a mini vacation this week. My sister was planning to be home in Kansas for a few days so I thought I would go home, too. Other than the holidays it’s pretty rare for the whole fam to be in the same place at once anymore. [...]
All week long I’ve been training to earn my white belt in Nia. And you might be wondering, what the heck is that? Nia is a fitness class I discovered probably close to two years ago at a yoga studio when they swapped it for our regular class. Instead of stretching we ended up dancing, [...]
Two of my crochet patterns — vintage hanger covers and a colorful granny square pillow — have been published in a new book. You can now order So Pretty! Crochet, by my talented friend Amy Palanjian, at Amazon.com. 
