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February make me think of Love & Hugs, So join me Tuesday Feb. 14th  at 9:15 am Level 1-2 for some FREE HUGS.  

Hugging is good medicine. It transfers energy, and gives the person hugged an emotional boost. You need 4 hugs a day for survival, 8 for maintenance, and 12 for growth. A hug makes you feel good. The skin is the largest organ we have and it needs a great deal of care. A hug can cover a lot of skin and gives the message that you care. It is also a form of communication. It can say things you don't have words for. The nicest thing about a hug is that you usually can't give one without getting one.

Hugging is healthy: it helps the body's immunity system, it keeps you healthier, it cures depression, it reduces stress, it induces sleep, it's invigorating, it's rejuvenating, it has no unpleasant side effects, and hugging is nothing less than a miracle drug. 

Hugging is all natural: it is organic, naturally sweet, it has no pesticides, no preservatives, no artificial ingredients, and is 100% wholesome.

Hugging is practically perfect: there are no movable parts, no batteries to replace, no periodic check-ups, has low energy consumption, high energy yield, is inflation-proof, non-fattening, has no monthly payments, no insurance requirements, is theft-proof, non-taxable, non-polluting, and is, of course, fully refundable."

Hugs are not only nice they are needed... Hugs can relieve pain and depression… make the healthier happier, and the most secure even more so… Hugging feels good and overcomes fear... It provides stretching exercise to short people and stooping exercise to tall people... Hugging does not upset the environment… It saves heat and energy... requires no special equipment.

Hugging makes happy days happier and impossible days possible. 

I hope to see you Tuesday Feb. 14^th, Valentine's Day, and all other Tuesday's !!

XOXO Christine

December 10, 2010.  As you breath and enjoy this holiday season make time to set an expectation for your life this next year.  Are you on the right path so far?  And whatever you decide just know we are all evolving in the direction of happiness. It is our right.  Freedom and the pursuit of happiness is your destiny!  It is like what’s written in the Alchemist,“Making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.”  And when you need time to reflect on where you’ve been and where you want to go get on the mat where you’ll always discover you have the power, the heart and the energy to achieve anything you want! 

This is what we mean by hugging in.  This practice of yoga helps us practice strengthening our connection to what we want and who we really are as authentic human beings.  And just like a hug between two people takes trust, so does meeting yourself and making the healthy decisions that will propel your life forward.  Love yourself, love the day, love your life! Silvia

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JUNE 16, 2009:  One of the key observations I had while in Tuscany was how much everyone touched each other.  Whether it was the double kiss or real hugging or walking hand in hand or arm in arm down the street.  The best of humanity was ever present for all the world to see!  I loved it. I come from a family of huggers and kissers (both the Italian side and my Latino side too).  I had forgotten how homesick I was for this visible appreciation of connection, human to human.  Really we are all brothers and sisters, partners and lovers in this world.  There is an interdependence that exists between all things. We need each other to survive.  But not only to survive, to thrive!

We as Americans spend so much time in our “heads” that we could benefit greatly from more touch, more massage, more time being in the body.  That’s why yoga is so healing.  It does that for us.  We walk in fragmented, disconnected, awkward and by the end of class our humpty dumpty self is put back together again. Then whether we want to or not we glide out of the practice room inspired to connect more with other people as we now ourselves feel more connected to our own spirits. 

When I sit on the mat I feel that embrace of the universal love that exists when we breath the universal breath.  To me truly there is nothing more beautiful than people coming together in a compassionate, gentle way.  So thank you to classes last night for opening your hearts and practicing kissing each other with the double kiss, and breathing as partners and accepting massage when I offer it to you. This I can promise you, my teaching experience will only include more and more massage and therapeutic healing touch.  Grow with me and let’s build a community that thrives on more hugging more love!  Jai! Silvia

WITH JOY AND GRATITUDE, MAY I SEE THE BEAUTY OF MYSELF AND OF OTHERS, AS WE REFLECT AND ARE REFLECTED, IN THE RADIANCE OF EACH OTHER - ONE WORLD TOGETHER.

DECEMBER 18TH, 2008:  I was reflecting on what it means to be balanced. So I looked up Balance in the thesaurus and it said:  stable, steady, together, middle, centered.  The opposite is unbalanced, unequal, uneven, lopsided.

What I love about balancing poses is that if we are not focused to our center we fall over.  That's what’s so great, there is an unavoidable immediacy to balancing related to meeting ourselves. In other words there IS NO FAKING IT.  Or I like how Laura Yeshe puts it, ‘If you expect your life to be up and down, your mind will be more peaceful." 

How does this help us in life, well the yoga helps us practice strengthening our connection to the midline so that we get real about responding appropriately to both sunny days and stormy times.  This comes about as we HUG IN. 

And what is a hug? A hug between two people demands trust.  It is an extremely skillful way of focusing on our humanness in all its messiness (wrinkles, hang ups, talents).  It is real – it is not just some concept.  So right now, take 60 seconds to be fully present with another human being. Try this from Thich Nhat Hahn:

Before hugging take a couple breaths to bring yourself fully into the present moment so you can really be there for that person.

On the first in breath we say to ourselves “Breathing in, I am aware that you are alive & in my arms; Breathing out, I am so happy”

On the second breath we say to ourselves “Breathing in, I know that I am alive and in your arms; Breathing out, I am so happy”

On the third breath “Breathing in, I am aware that we are both alive right now and embraced in each other’s arms;  Breathing out, I am very happy.”