Barefoot Sanctuary

I'm excited to be offering my Acrofit classes again - this time virtually via Zoom. Come and join me today in class at 9:30a PST. Registration is at www.barefootsanctuary.com. This morning's theme is Small Changes = Big Changes. I've been listening to a lot of work by Trevor Blake, and focusing on how my reactive thoughts can either be positive or negative. A small thought, in the right direction (forward vs against) results in clear results. So it is with acrobatics and trai...ning. A slight adjustment in the back results in a more effortless handstand, or a smoother forward roll. This will be our focus for this morning's practice. See you on the mat! Many Blessings. Alvin.

Building an off-grid home and wellness sanctuary has been a dream in the making for many years for Jada and I! Here are 3 tips about living off-grid Ive collected from the past few years: 1. Learn to use electrical power differently. Think about how you would operate a home if you had no power. Grind coffee manually. Set up a gravity-fed water system. Hang dry your clothes. 2. Use the power of the earth. Literally. Build in earth tubes which naturally cool intake air in the ...summer or warm up air in the winter. 3. Learn to build things on your own. Nobody will take greater care of your property than you. Acquire the skills, knowledge and tools to become your own builder. Im curious, who out there is interested in living off-grid? Let me know or PM us. Many Blessings. Alvin + Jada

Yoga tonight with Jada Fire, live on Facebook Live at 6:30p PST. Join us!

Hello all, join us for an evening of inner healing. Our yoga class will go live in 25 minutes here on this page. Go ahead and register for the event, wed love to continue our conversations of embodiment with you. Gift Yourself a Free + Nourishing Earth Body Yoga Experience.... This Thursday, May 28, 6:30p PST, tune in to our Facebook Live Yoga class with Jada Fire. REGISTER HERE: https://www.barefootsanctuary.com/facebook-live-yoga See more

Tomorrow evening, Thursday May 28, go live with us! Jada Fire will be teaching Expressive Yoga at 6:30p PST on Facebook Live. Gift Yourself a Free + Nourishing Earth Body Yoga Experience! Join us on our Facebook page for the live feed Thursday at 6:30p PST.

Gift Yourself a Free + Nourishing Earth Body Yoga Experience. This Thursday, May 28, 6:30p PST, tune in to our Facebook Live Yoga class with Jada Fire. REGISTER HERE: https://www.barefootsanctuary.com/facebook-live-yoga... During the spiral of these inward times, we are all seeking to navigate our new world. I have found that with my yoga practice comes a heap of transformational opportunity to know thyself deeper than before. I am not sure what my life would look like without yoga as an intricate piece of my own journey. After 20 years of practicing and guiding the practice, I feel so deeply grateful to access this infinite supply of energy, wisdom and inner knowing. I am excited to share this with you. When we come home to the physical body, the inner landscape and whispers within, we can ground in clarity and find our innate creative flow. It lives inside you. It has always been there, awaiting your full attention. Lets ground and deepen together. I offer you an invitation of connection and Embodiment of Joy. Join me Thursday, 6:30p PST for a free experience. Roll out your mat or blanket and lets find each other. See ya there, Jada Fire REGISTER HERE: https://www.barefootsanctuary.com/facebook-live-yoga

Im excited to be offering my Acrofit classes again - this time virtually via Zoom. Come and join me today in class at 9:30a PST. Registration is at www.barefootsanctuary.com. This mornings theme is Small Changes = Big Changes. Ive been listening to a lot of work by Trevor Blake, and focusing on how my reactive thoughts can either be positive or negative. A small thought, in the right direction (forward vs against) results in clear results. So it is with acrobatics and trai...ning. A slight adjustment in the back results in a more effortless handstand, or a smoother forward roll. This will be our focus for this mornings practice. See you on the mat! Many Blessings. Alvin.

Welcoming you to experience a whole new Barefoot Sanctuary... from the comfort of your own sanctuary! We are now offering you live online classes in Expressive Yoga, Dance Medicine, Circus Arts for Kids, and Acrofit + Handstands. Join us at an all new schedule, accessible to everyone, from anywhere YOU are. With Love and Creative Fire, Alvin + Jada.... SEE WHATS NEW! www.barefootsanctuary.com

Learning a bit about cold training, Wim Hof style. Been realizing that cold is a lot in the mind (not entirely, not yet for me anyway) but walking out in the snow is the best way for us to get our feet clean, and stimulate the nervous system. My feet tingle for an hour afterward.

This is our son pulling potatoes out of the ground this last summer for the first time ever. Its been our mission to know where our food comes from, to learn how to grow and cultivate our own nourishment. It started with building a fence for the garden (otherwise wed be growing yummy food for the deer) and then figuring out how to get enough water to the garden. We still have a hand pump!

We got a tipi! It was an amazing process to watch the structure unfold. One of the Elders came to set up the tipi, and it was done with such care and reverence. We are still learning so much about taking care of it. Jada brushes the snow off of it every other day and starts a fire inside to melt the ice off the canvas.

One year ago, we purchased land, sold our home in Las Vegas and bought an RV. We moved from a comfortable modern home to the chilly winters of the forests of British Columbia to start a new adventure in learning to live sustainably, and with less. After one year - were still alive! Were happy to say that weve learned a lot - figuring how to live in less than 200 square feet of space, growing our first garden, learning to operate an excavator, installing water lines, settin...g up solar panels, keeping snow off our tipi and designing our upcoming off-grid home. But most importantly, weve been learning about what really makes life important. There are two things: the love for each other - and - buckets. You can never have enough buckets when you live off-grid. We carry everything in it - firewood, water, tools, and, uh, human compost. Yep, thats a daily chore too, dumping the compost bucket. Enjoy this video and well be putting out new videos soon that document this wild (truly wild) and crazy journey from Las Vegas to a little part of the forest in Canada.

We hope your handstands are looking in tip top form. Join us as we make history this year making the most handstands ever to be performed in 24 hours! Simply post your pics & videos with #handstandday and check out the world get into the hands of millions.

Jadas Christmas Eve morning yoga workshop is coming soon...

Start Christmas with some morning yoga?

Join us for a Christmas Eve morning yoga event with Jada!

Another way to keep the cold away this season. Watch Jada take you through step by step her magic immunity boosting broth!

Nature as meditation...

Since many people are talking about fear; lets consider that fear is a powerful emotion that happens when we out of balance. In a state of imbalance, the natural emotion is to be afraid - and it is also the only way we can create change. Every change, whether its physical movement, emotional transcendence or societal restructuring, begins with imbalance. Today, consider the things in your life that put you off balance. Perhaps you can live in that state momentarily instead of struggling to fight for balance? What important change is occurring and can you surrender to it, instead of resisting it?

So excited to share with you this summers retreat into paradise - in the beautiful Okanagan of British Columbia! Jada and I cant wait to see you in the sunny mountains of wine and orchard country. Unwind and dissolve any stresses... Full details at www.barefootsanctuary.com/wild

A little something from George Carlin that we couldnt agree with more... The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.... We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. Weve learned how to make a living, but not a life. Weve added years to life not life to years. Weve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. Weve done larger things, but not better things. Weve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. Weve conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. Weve learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less. These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete... Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesnt cost a cent. Remember, to say, I love you to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. If you dont send this to at least 8 people....Who cares? - George Carlin

The Internet crashes, your profile is hacked and the kids are not yet dressed for school. Life is OUT of balance! 5 more days to register for Oxanas and Matties workshop "FIND YOUR BALANCE". Learn the yogic approach to bringing alignment to your life through yoga principles. Register at www.barefootsanctuary.com/workshops