indelible life

Back when I was in grad school I was introduced to this odd thing called yoga. What sounded quite ridiculous at the time has come to be a very powerful force for awesomeness in my life.

While in Denver I was asked by an amazingly beautiful yoga instructor doubling as the graphic designer for CorePower Yoga to shoot some product shots for their website and some promo materials in exchange for practice time in their studios. I gladly accepted [don't tell them, but I'd only had a camera in my hand for a couple of months and barely knew how to switch it off the auto setting :] and thus began my wild and passionate affair with CorePower. I might edit to add and substitute CorePower with just yoga… but life for me is about people. It’s about the energy and the relationships and the connections that we share and what sets CorePower apart from any other studio that I have ever practiced at is the people. So much beauty and love and kindness comes pouring out of every member of that family that you kind of can’t help but come out of each practice a changed person… if you’re open to it. Of course, all that being said, these classes totally kick my sorry ass and I leave drenched with sweat, panting, and infinitely stronger.

Our relationship continued to grow stronger and recently I traveled with them to Sayulita, Mexico on their Yoga and Surf Retreat. It was just immaculate - imagine no electricity, casitas that face out into the jungle and ocean beyond, a chef that personally prepares all your vegetarian meals three times a day, surf lessons, whale sightings, a private beach abutting a beautiful jungle, morning meditation, and all this bookended by a sunrise practice and a sunset practice. I know it was a pretty life altering experience for many of those that were on the trip and I felt truly blessed to be there. Below you’ll find the story from the week. For those of you that do practice I hope this might inspire you to practice even more frequently or maybe even get out of the studio and practice out in the world. For those who don’t maybe you’ll give it a shot. I had pretty much written it off as something ridiculous until I tried this ‘yoga for type-a’s’ at CorePower and fell head over heels abashedly in love.