Yoga Studio Decor » Laugh http://www.yogastudiodecor.com Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:16:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Let’s be honest, not all yoga teachers are created equal … http://www.yogastudiodecor.com/2011/09/lets-be-honest-not-all-yoga-teachers-are-created-equal/ http://www.yogastudiodecor.com/2011/09/lets-be-honest-not-all-yoga-teachers-are-created-equal/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 11:14:21 +0000 Happy Yogi http://www.yogastudiodecor.com/?p=1163 . . . → Read More: Let’s be honest, not all yoga teachers are created equal … Related and suggested reading:
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]]> … Some are NUTS!

I love me a little bit of crazy though.  Hopefully this video will help you laugh at your next cray cray encounter instead of getting upset or stressed out with the experience

Instead you can have a great fun story … “You’ll never believe the yoga I had today!”

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]]> http://www.yogastudiodecor.com/2011/08/the-fable-of-the-zen-master-via-highexistence-com/feed/ 0 Redefine what a life well lived looks like. http://www.yogastudiodecor.com/2011/07/redefine-what-a-life-well-lived-looks-like/ http://www.yogastudiodecor.com/2011/07/redefine-what-a-life-well-lived-looks-like/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:45:58 +0000 Happy Yogi http://www.yogastudiodecor.com/?p=1114 . . . → Read More: Redefine what a life well lived looks like. Related and suggested reading:
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An idea worth spreading. Help break the cycle, redefine your life and inspire those around you to do the same!

“The reality of the society that we’re in is there are thousands and thousands of people out there leading lives of quiet, screaming desperation, where they work long, hard hours at jobs they hate to enable them to buy things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like.”
-Nigel Marsh author of Fat, Forty and Fired – One Man’s Frank,Funny,and Inspiring Account of Losing His Job and Finding His Life 


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]]> http://www.yogastudiodecor.com/2011/07/redefine-what-a-life-well-lived-looks-like/feed/ 0 When life brings you a heat wave, SWEAT! http://www.yogastudiodecor.com/2011/07/when-life-brings-you-a-heat-wave-sweat/ http://www.yogastudiodecor.com/2011/07/when-life-brings-you-a-heat-wave-sweat/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:22:39 +0000 Happy Yogi http://www.yogastudiodecor.com/?p=1100 . . . → Read More: When life brings you a heat wave, SWEAT! Related and suggested reading:
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]]> In Georgia for the summer I find myself coping with some unrelenting heat and humidity.  I admit to complaining daily but there are those good moments when heat and dehydration leave me delirious enough to embrace the air.  Then my thoughts shift to an internal dialogue that usually goes like this:

“This is fantastic weather for hot yoga, I’m gonna sweat it all out .

I pay good money for yoga in heated rooms and here’s my own free heated space.

… On a sweet front porch looking into the woods of north Georgia none the less.

This is fantastic!”

I rush on this wave of positive spirit.  I change my clothes, throw my hair up, put bug spray on (it’s outside Georgia, I’m sure I can not yet find peace while being eaten alive by mosquitoes), get my mat on the porch, bring out my laptop get an online class pulled up ….

and then ….

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REALITY SETS IN

By this time I’m already soaked with sweat just by the act of moving outside. Now the internal dialogue sounds more like,

“Are you nuts?  What the hell are you doing?  You are gonna pass right out on this front porch?  Don’t you just wanna go take a cold shower and have some iced espresso?  Really, really … do you seriously want to do this?”

Having a face off staring blankly at the play button on my computer screen this is when warrior face pose begins.  I know because I can see it in the glassy reflection on the monitor caused when taking it into foreign territory (outside).   I capture the moment ‘face’, I take deep breaths and I give myself one very motivational quick powerful feminine warrior pep talk.

“You just found your first gray hair today and you turn 30 next month, Get Your Ass On The MAT … of course you want to do this.”

I want more then anything to be healthy and fit so I can do all the fun active activities I love for a lifetime.  There may have been some immediate vein personal threat with the word ‘bikini’ thrown in the pep talk as well :)

… So, 1 hour in the heat.  I survived and loved a full thirty minutes of it.   After ten years I’m still at a point in my practice where I just curse myself for the first half  wondering why in the world I’m doing such a thing.  However, the second thirty minutes are bliss and shavasana with meditation remind me why I do it every time.

note: Yes, that is me and my summer front porch above.

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]]> http://www.yogastudiodecor.com/2011/07/when-life-brings-you-a-heat-wave-sweat/feed/ 0 Inhale with Steve Ross {second recovered episode!} http://www.yogastudiodecor.com/2011/07/inhale-with-steve-ross-second-recovered-episode/ http://www.yogastudiodecor.com/2011/07/inhale-with-steve-ross-second-recovered-episode/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:03:34 +0000 Happy Yogi http://www.yogastudiodecor.com/?p=1082 . . . → Read More: Inhale with Steve Ross {second recovered episode!} Related and suggested reading:
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]]> After many comments and emails I was prompted to search further to help share more episodes of Inhale! It’s not an easy job considering the show went off the air years ago. I emailed Maha Yoga and Steve Ross to ask about where to get episodes or when Mr. Ross might be going online or doing a DVD. I got a pretty stale form letter reply citing the excuse that he likes to use popular songs and the difficulty with licensing to do new stuff and try and contact Oxygen channel for the old stuff.   He’s been using that music excuse for YEARS now, it’s time to find an answer for the thousands wishing only to laugh, smile, sweat and have some fun inspiring yoga!  I have a few suggestions for answers to the music dilemma to send and plan to go out to Cali and go to Maha Yoga for a class. Hopefully I can be more persuasive in person!

Currently I’m living in a small town in Georgia with no access to a yoga class :( I’m really trying hard for all of us middle and rural Americans!  Just cause we choose not to live in the cities doesn’t mean we don’t deserve access to fun yoga!

Help build the online library!  If you have a taped episode try and get it online :)  If your not tech savvy your more then welcome to mail it to me and I’ll put it up and mail it back.  Email me for mailing address.

Enjoy the episode below … part four has no sound due to YouTube licensing restrictions but it’s an easy 3 pose stretch section.  Play teacher and inspire and make yourself laugh during this part!

part one

part two

part three

part four this section has no sound due to YouTube licensing restrictions but it’s an easy 3 pose stretch section.  Play teacher and give your own narration … inspire and make yourself laugh!

part five

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Awe, You Shouldn’t Have!

I have a hard time accepting and asking for help from others.  My grandmother recently told me “if someone wants to do something for you then you should let them”.  Simply put I agree with her and I’m learning to gratefully accept all the gifts and help life presents. After all I really like helping other people so it’s only fair to accept help in return.

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Don’t Over-Extend Yourself

Careful with those stretches!  Be aware of your limits, there’s no need for goose neck or licking your tail feathers in public. We do however highly recommend shaking your tail feathers in public!

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]]> I’m soooo happy to be able to share this full episode of Inhale with Steve Ross! It’s been off the air for years and making it to Steve’s Maha Yoga studio in Brentwood, CA or retreats just is not possible for the majority of people. Some may disagree with Steve’s laxed style of teaching complete with jokes, some of those very fun ’7′ words that can’t be said on tv, loud music and don’t worry just do it attitude. Me, I LOVE IT!!!! I have so much fun doing an episode of Inhale and super fun when I’m in Los Angeles and actually get to go to a class. I’ve tried many other teachers, studios, videos and I’ve never enjoyed the fun flow as much as I do with Steve. I remember attending a Bikram class once and feeling so angry and out of balance that I left went home and did more yoga to calm me down.

On a personal note, I’m now 29 and was 18 when introduced to Steve Ross. I grew up dancing and taking gymnastics and had been to a couple hot yoga classes. As much as I liked stretching and sweating and the amazing energy that comes from a great teacher it wasn’t til I found ‘Inhale’ that I really fell in love with yoga. My mother also grew up dancing but when I was 18 and she was 36 she was over weight, living in the desert (even though she’s inlove with the ocean) and in a job that sucked the life out of her. Basically she wasn’t happy and our relationship was not good and had not been good for years. She too had tried some yoga dvd’s but found herself very bored with them …. and then one day I told her about Steve Ross and Inhale!

My mom fell inlove with Steve Ross’s style of teaching. She began doing yoga regularly and turned her friends onto as well. The side affect from this was life changing for both of us. She got happy, lost a bunch of that extra weight, started inspiring others to have fun and be happy and our relationship became the best it had ever been. Steve Ross was in Las Vegas for a book signing for Happy Yoga: 7 Reasons Why There’s Nothing to Worry About . I went there to thank him for making my mom happy which made me love her more then ever, she became an inspiration. Soon after she moved to Southern California to be near the ocean! But wait it gets better … !!!! …. WAY BETTER!!! She then quit her very lucrative job in Corporate America and flew down to the Bahamas to live in an Ashram for a month and became a yoga teacher!

My mom is Denise Wells she is a Registered Nurse and a Certified Yoga Teacher.  She lives in Mission Viejo, California and goes by Om Sweet Om Yoga! She loves being outside and does guided yoga hikes, yoga in the parks and on the beach. She also does private in home sessions for all those busy Corporate America types who don’t have time to leave.

My mom and I in Red Rock outside of Las Vegas prol less then a year after we both began practicing yoga.

She had to sleep in a tent for the whole month she was down at the Ashram!

There's my super happy mom lower left!

My mom at the Ashram

That's my dad, he's had a rough time with health lately but that doesn't stop him from striking a pose!

That's my mom and my favorite little cousin Mariah in the living room :)

My mom on a red rock :)

My mom and I in Red Rock outside of Las Vegas prol less then a year after we both began practicing yoga.

The logo I designed for her :)

My mom teaching a yoga class :)

My mom hugging my dad after returning from her month at the Ashram in the Bahamas. It was the longest they have ever been apart.

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Yoga Studio Decor and The Happy Blog was completely inspired by Steve Ross and my Mom! They’ve both been an inspiration and a support system in my life. When I’m facing my hardest challenges or I’m in the worst mood, either Yoga w/ Steve or a call to my Mom gives me the strength to be happy.

I am Kiesha Jean.   I am a photographer who loves yoga and life!  All of the images in the Yoga Studio Decor store were taken by me on my travels.  I currently live in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina.  I hope for the Happy Blog to be someplace you can always come to when you need a smile, a laugh, inspiration, love and wisdom. If you have a story you’d love to share email happyyogi@yogastudiodecor.com

Steve Ross and Kiesha Jean in Las Vegas

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Never heard of George Watsky? Well, this will be the last time you can say that! This happy yogi predicts the young Mr. Watsky will be turning into a refreshing household name! Official Site


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George Watsky is a writer and performer who believes in the equal power of the tear and the belly laugh. Born and raised in San Francisco and now based in Los Angeles, Watsky aims to cross-pollinate the stage, screen and stereo with work that speaks to both the humor and frustrations of modern life.

Watsky was featured on Season 6 of Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry on HBO. He was the 2006 Youth Speaks Grand Slam Poetry Champion, 2006 Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam Champion, and performed in a record six consecutive Youth Speaks Grand Slam Finals. The last three of those audiences, all topping out at over 3,000, were the largest ever for poetry slams anywhere in the world. In 2009 Watsky was one of three poets who performed live on FOX at the NAACP Image Awards in honor of Russell Simmons’ lifetime achievement award.

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