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Seattle Yoga News – Sanskrit & Yoga Philosophy Study Group with Kathryn Payne

Nikki Chau — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:51:40 +0000

One thing I started to realize as I got further and further in my yoga studies is the opportunities for me to practice Asana, and even Pranayama, are disproportionate in relation to the opportunities to delve into more esoteric subjects, such as reading the Ancient texts, and writing and pronouncing Sanskrit. (To be fair, not [...]

The Triadic Adventure with Ross Rayburn at Seattle Yoga Arts

Nikki Chau — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:18:45 +0000

Last Thursday night, after I taught my Beginner’s class at Village Green Yoga, I went out to dinner with Jean Massimo, who told me that Ross Rayburn, a Certified Anusara teacher, coming to Seattle Yoga Arts this weekend. This weekend? Like, this weekend this weekend? I asked Jean. Yup. Well, see, there’s a problem, I’m [...]

Support Your Local Yoga Teacher – An Interview with Greg Owen

Nikki Chau — Sun, 16 May 2010 07:42:08 +0000

I first met Greg Owen at a Tias Little workshop in Seattle. I had been taking notes all day on my iPhone, making Greg curious enough to ask if I was really taking notes or just texting the whole time. After showing him how I took notes, my super duper tapping skillz impressed Greg so [...]

Seattle Yoga News: Improv and Yoga Stories with Threshold Ensemble at Samadhi Yoga

Nikki Chau — Sun, 02 May 2010 05:06:32 +0000

A year ago, I took an Improv class taught by my friend Jed Rose, who’s on the ensemble with a group called Quiet Monkey Fight. After the series, we put on a show for our friends and family, and other willing and unwilling victims, at a theater in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle called [...]

Seattle Yoga News – Taj Yoga 5th Anniversary Celebration

Nikki Chau — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:58:14 +0000

Taj Yoga turned 5 last month, and it’s time for some celebratin’! This Friday evening, March 26, 2010, you’ll have a better excuse than ever to nibble on cupcakes and raise a toast of champagne. (New Year’s resolutions don’t count when it comes to celebration and birthday parties anyway.)

The doors will open at 7:00 p.m. [...]

The 2nd Niyama: Santosha

Nikki Chau — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:16:46 +0000

Last night in class I put my students in a Restorative Yoga pose. I asked that the students let their mind stay in their body. One strategy to do so is to hang on to something you can hear or feel, such as the breath and sensations in the body.

It was especially noisy outside the [...]

Gettin’ Waggy With It – A Downward Dog Mini Series

Nikki Chau — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:04:25 +0000

If you know me in person or have been following my blog, you know I have a thing for Downward Facing Dog. It’s nothing I need to get therapy for (yet), but I *can* talk about the fine details of this pose from sunrise to sunset.

So, this week and next, I’ll be teaching a Mini [...]

Transform T – A Shirt for Haiti

Nikki Chau — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:41:55 +0000

Tonight I found out that YogaDork was running a t-shirt design contest to raise money for Haiti, and I immediately opened up my Photoshop program.

I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

Back in early November, I submitted a design to a Yoga Journal contest for a freebie to a YJ conference, and I used then [...]

Studio Profile – Taj Yoga in Seattle

Nikki Chau — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:44:52 +0000

As some of you might have read in my previous post or newsletter, I am, to put it lightly, “friggin’ stoked” to be teaching the Intro to Yoga series at Taj Yoga, a studio directed by Theresa Elliott, who’s also the co-director of Pacific Yoga Teacher Training, a Teacher Training program that’s in its 13th [...]

Open Up to the New Year – A BackBending Workshop

Nikki Chau — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:35:35 +0000

The New Year is oftentimes a time to symbolically sweep our plates clean and start with a fresh one. It can be a time for us to reflect and renew certain resolutions, or make new ones. Whether or not the start of a new year holds any symbolic importance to you, this workshop is designed to [...]