One of the challenges of living a long healthy life is maintaining our balance. I talk about balance often with my students. I believe that it is helpful to be reminded that as we age our sense of balance will shift and may even be lost if we do not regularly practice it. Loss of balance can begin for women in their early 30's and men in their late 30's, and continues the older we get. However, unlike vision or hearing, balance is something that we can easily improve. In as little as 4 minutes a day you can see a noticeable improvement, no mater what age you are, after just several months.

As a yoga instructor I would encourage you to incorporate balance work into your daily home practice. If you have not gotten to the point of having a home practice, don't let that stop you from improving your balance. Here are two simple things that you could do starting today:
1. If you wash your dishes by hand, or even while you are loading the dish washer, stand in front of your sink and lift one foot. Keep the foot lifted for about 30 seconds and then switch sides. Do this several times with each leg. 
2. If you have a Sonicare toothbrush stand on alternating feet as your toothbrush goes through the 4 quadrants. This will mean the you do both legs twice. And if you brush your teach twice a day that's 4 minutes of balance work each and every day.
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These are just two examples, you could use this practice doing anything in your life where you are standing still. The important thing is don't wait, start today, and let me know how it's going after your first 90 days. 

Connecting with Alec Davis :: Finding Balance

"Balance is not something you find, it is something you create."

​Find out more about Maya instructor Alec Davis here.

Connecting with Kristen :: Get Motivated
Read more about Maya Program Manager Kristen O'Connor here.

Due to water damage from a pipe break in the building, our studio will be closed through the month of September. This is in order to allow a contractor to assess and fix the damage, as well as a cleaning and air quality crew to have full access to the space. While we regret the interruption to your classes and services, this action is necessary to honor our commitment to provide a safe and healthy environment for our staff and clients for the long term.

We hope to have a some classes and appointments available soon with our instructors and practitioners at a secondary location nearby. We will be posting updates and any scheduled classes on our Facebook and here on the blog. If you need to reschedule an appointment, please contact us by phone or email so that we can get you on our Wait List.  We will also be regularly posting blogs from our instructors and practitioners with tips and tricks to keep up with your yoga practice and self care - so stay tuned in! Thank you for your understanding. If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at [email protected] and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

​We look forward to seeing you when the studio re-opens!