Lotus Blooms Yoga

Thank you Pinterest

Interesting, educated and personal comment on balance and movement

Good to have a goal!!

All bodies are beautiful....your OWN body is a miracle!

Sing loud, sing strong, sing with joy ....dance a little too

A good read about the benefits of a restorative yoga practice...whether it's a 90 minute class or 10 dedicated minutes at home...great for the body, the mind and the spirit!! Check out www.cravinghealth.ca for classes offered!!

Start at the foundation! So thankful to be attending the "Move your DNA workshop" with Carol Robbins in Toronto...another day of discovery and camaraderie ahead

Some days this is so difficult to do but EVERY TIME I do...even just for 10 sacred minutes, my day changes ....join me, text me, message me...get your 10 minutes in!

A good reminder for a little office yoga not only are you moving differently and increasing blood flow to the cramped areas, you are interrupting habitual sitting /movement patterns so you can get back to it... fresher and intentionally

Every day is different!

Just to be on the safe side, yoga class tonight at Grimsby Secondary School for DSBN will be cancelled. Stay warm and safe!

One of my favorite places on our planet :) #40daysofsocial #canvaskills

Oh yea, I love my props!! Hanging out in my favorite space today, checking out what feels good? what doesn't? where is the stiffness? the strength? the fatigue? the rest?

Words of Wisdom in my email today from Anna of Curvy Yoga...."You can't get yoga or body acceptance wrong".....Love her messages

YOGA at GSS starts February 23, 8 classes for $55 You can call to register: 905-945-5416- ex 62522

It's #funny 'coz it's true! :-D Thumbs up if you can relate ;-) http://bit.ly/1JXm3BR #yoga #loveyoga #evenonmondays

Today.....I am thankful for how my practice helps quiet my mind :)

For those of you wanting to sign up for our DSBN yoga classes in 2016!! The NEW Winter 2016 Learn Explore Discover Guide will be delivered with the Niagara This Week flyer the week of January 7th or you can always go online and register from January 11th to January 27th. Go to http://www.dsbn.edu.on.ca/ Under "About DSBN" Adult and Community Education - General Interest Courses

Your thought of the day!

Child's pose is an excellent restorative pose intended to calm the mind, even your breath, and release tension through your low back, neck and shoulders. Come out to Donna's Yin Yang class tonight and treat yourself to a restful and rejuvenating practice, including child's pose!

The more exposed we are to ideas and expressions of how to achieve natural, healthy posture, the more likely we will have success!! I'm sure I'll be talking tails this week!!

Today's plan posted in the kitchen!

Reading a blog post on Katysays about understanding how we are more than just our parts! In yoga asana we focus on postures and the apparent muscle skeletal connection but there is always so much more going on! We need to think of ourselves in each moment as the sum of ourselves until that moment..... This is what she said that blew my mind "you're a meatball fashioned out of a trillion smaller parts, responding to the ideas in your head, the food in your fridge, the air in your lungs, the people in your day planner, the orientation of your body and the number of emails in your inbox" we are all meatballs!

8 weeks of Yoga Oct 27 - Dec 15 $55 Grimsby, Ontario Come join us for yoga, Tuesday nights 6-7:15 at Grimsby Secondary School. Contact Trisha Miller (DSBN) at 905-945-5416 ex:62522 to register

This sounds like the pose we'll be enjoying tonight!

Yoga classes available Monday and Tuesday mornings at 9:30. Come join us!! Call or Message me to confirm your spot - 289-527-4587

Borrowed this saying from On The Mat in Fort Erie, isn't it fantastic?!! Looking for a class to fit your schedule this fall? I am teaching evening classes at GSS. Check it out in the DSBN "Learn Explore Discover Fall 2015" booklet or http://www.dsbn.edu.on.ca/community under interest courses. It's always a great group!... It will be on Tuesdays, beginning October 20 - Yoga at 6:30-7:15 and Body Positive Yoga (great for beginners!) at 7:30-8:45. Also, Gentle Hatha Yoga is available Thursday evenings beginning October 15 at 6:00-7:15 I will also be teaching class at Craving Health, Dietician and Wellness Services on Ontario St at 5:30 on Mondays, come create a little heat and then enjoy the quiet awareness of that energy in my Yang Yin class! I would like to run Restorative classes on a Wednesday or Friday at 5:30 if there is enough interest. Let me know your preference! Morning classes at the Lotus Blooms studio are still to be determined but the Thursday morning class at 8:30 with all donations going to the Urban Wildlife Care center are ongoing (however no class on September 17 and 24 due to holidays). Have fun today!!! Donna

...and exercise is movement!!! Change it up!! challenge your brain and your body with a new approach to everyday movement....Have fun!!!!

Thank you for the shout-out from Urban Wildlife Care !!!! and a BIG thanks to my students for their support too!!!!!!

Thursday morning karma classes are back on, 8:30 - 9:30, all donations gratefully accepted on behalf of the local Urban Wildlife Care Center. See you then!!!!!!!!!

Baby steps, small changes, consistent effort, evolution!

Classes this friday, July 24, a great way to start your weekend!!

Live Like a Lotus in the Water

Scientists have researched the effects of relaxation and report measurable benefits including reduction in muscle tension and improved circulation. A couple of spots left for tomorrow nights class!

Come try a Restorative yoga class this friday at 6pm!! Message me to reserve your spot :)

If you've every tried Restorative Yoga...you know it feels good :) but did you know the side effects can be better sleep? pain reduction? reduced inflammation in the body? improved digestion? an improved sense of well-being? really...the list goes on!!! Restorative Yoga is not an active practice, it is not stretching. It is a series of poses in which the body is fully supported and we learn to "be" in the pose...to "be" present....to LET GO OF STRESS....to LET GO OF HOLDI...NG ON....and encourage the body to initiate a RELAXATION RESPONSE which is known to permit HEALING. How about trying a class?!! This friday, July 24, there will be 2 options, 4pm and 6pm at my home studio. Class length will be 70-80 minutes. If you are new, the first class is always free...just check it out!! Otherwise, class fee is $10, Please message me to reserve your spot!!

Thinking about a 75 minute restorative yoga class on Fridays at 4. The perfect way to start your summer weekends!!!.. Class dates coming soon :-D

It's almost Friday....have a lovely weekend!!!

This is my work station this week as I try and work through this hip pain..... Movement Lesson I learned again, don't go past the edge, luxuriate in the breath, ACCEPT what you can and should not do ;-) feeling much better rolling around on these yoga tune up balls!! :-)

Enjoying a delicious savasana after our chair /wall yoga class, mmmmmmmm Tuesday afternoons at 1:00 :-)

Every body is a yoga body

Happy Earth Day!! Action is action, no matter how grand or how subtle, what we do makes a difference

Tips for Being a Great Yoga Therapist #73: If you don't have the control and coordination in a small range of motion, then can you expect to have it in a larger range of motion? Fun stuff - food for thought.

Is April all about feet month?!

I love living life barefoot!!

A daily practice, however it looks, supports us

Next week is march break, classes at the Lotus Blooms Yoga studio are canceled. Have fun and add some new movement every day!!!!