CMYW Blog
Where our teachers explore yoga on and off the matHoliday Thoughts from Lucy
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! The Holidays are always a very special time to spend with loved ones. Both friends and families come together to celebrate time-honored traditions, sacred customs, festive meals and parties and a general sharing of happiness and...
Knit Tightly, Hold Lightly By Stephanie F. Earls
Knit Tightly, Hold Lightly By Stephanie F. Earls There is an invisible web woven in groups, in yoga, in life. From time to time the classes I’ve taught have lost members to life change/flow or injury/healing or birth/death. Likewise, I’ve been a student in groups that...
Cultivating Gratitude By Molly McGillicuddy
CULTIVATING GRATITUDE By Molly McGillicuddy Sometimes gratitude is easy. The sun is shining. Your partner had dinner ready when you came home from work. Your co-worker bought you a coffee “just because,” and at yoga, the teacher seemed to know all of your favorite...
Samhain: The end and the beginning By Mandi Garrison
It’s darker. It’s colder. It’s hauntingly beautiful. It’s haunted. This is the time of the year when I start to feel that pull, that itch to make a change. To let something die. I always seem to make big life-changing decisions in October/November. I started and ended...
Toddler & Me Yoga By Marissa
Toddlers range from just over a year old to the age of three. They are newbies to this whole life thing. They are learning how to communicate, how to walk, how to do just about everything. However, give them just a little time to hone some of these skills and boom!...
Learning to embrace the shadow By Mandi Garrison
Shadow work is a difficult topic to write about. The Fall Equinox, also known as Mabon, on September 22 marks the beginning of the most beautiful time of the year in New England, but we have to start welcoming in the dark. Immediately after the equinox, night will be...
Invitation to Play By Sawrah
As we move into the next season of the year, I invite you to play. Take a moment of deep inhalation and exhalation, inhale into the base of the spine, and take a moment to remember something from your childhood that brought you joy. How did you play as a child?...
Finding Freedom in What Scares You By Molly
When I was little, I hated cartwheels. I was tall and kind of lanky, and flipping myself upside down and sending my feet up over my head seemed pretty scary – the ground was just too far away! No. I have not mastered the cartwheel, but I have gained an...
Honor the Body By Kayla
Honor the Body By Kayla Beth Robillard “I’m too busy; I’m too tired to practice yoga or to meditate.” We have ALL been there! I've always had a good home practice with yoga and meditation; however; this past year I started to practice less and less. I found...
Mommy Empowerment is Important Ahead of Birth By Marissa
In my weekly Prenatal Yoga class, I often bring up a topic that I would like to hear more about in the Maternal Health Community. Mommy Empowerment. In this community, I am considered a “Birther.” A person who believes in the power, beauty, and sanctity of the...
Let it Be: A Bit on Yin Yoga By Stephanie F. Earls
Let it Be: a Bit on Yin Yoga by Stephanie F. Earls Yin yoga is a phrase that describes an approach to Hatha yoga postures that is slower, less muscular and more meditative. It is a chance to practice being still within the parameters of 3-5 minute stays in...
Special Delivery from the Universe By Julie A. Crantz
The universe, you never know what she has in store for you.
Special deliveries, every day. Are you there to receive them?
Do you see, smell, taste, touch, hear, sense, and feel all that is around you?
Can you pause for a moment and just be?