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Seattle Yoga News: Anusara Yoga for Pregnancy with Jessica Jennings at Seattle Yoga Arts

Nikki Chau — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:15:07 +0000

Today and Sunday I’ll be seeing Jessica Jennings, hailing from Los Angeles, at Seattle Yoga Arts as she applies the principles of Anusara to yoga for pregnancy. I’m not an Anusara teacher, but I understand enough of the vernacular to flail along with the kula.

Jessica is a certified Anusara teacher and a doula. [...]

And Now For Something Less Sexy: Yoga Injuries

Nikki Chau — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:43:52 +0000

If you hang out in certain circles, this past week was full of drama. The way that some people talk about it, you would think there’s a deadlock in an international peace talk.

I am talking about, of course, the The Yoga Mogul article from the New York Times about Anusara Yoga’s founder John Friend, which [...]

The Value of Yoga and What We Are Willing to Pay For

Nikki Chau — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:43:45 +0000

The week before last week, something came through my inbox that made me cringe for about 10 seconds. It was a deal from LivingSocial, the wildly popular site where you can get one wickedly awesome deal daily. The deal was for 20 sessions of Bikram yoga for $20 at a Bikram Yoga studio in Shoreline, [...]

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 Laura DeFreitas

Nikki Chau — Mon, 17 May 2010 08:09:03 +0000

I first got to know Laura DeFreitas about a year and a half ago when she became an independent yoga teacher and started teaching at Taj Yoga, where I teach now, and where I was doing my yoga teacher training with Pacific Yoga at the time. Wanting to support her new business, and as a [...]

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 [...]

When One Door Closes

Nikki Chau — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:56:19 +0000

Last week I told you guys that a climbing gym where I had been teaching Yoga for Climbers decided to discontinue the program. As someone who enjoys synthesizing the two together big time, I was bummed for not having a place to share that with my fellow climbers and yoga practitioners.

Two days later, an awesome [...]

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 [...]