The Shakti Shine - September 17, 2018
Shakti Love Notes
We are always growing. I love that! And the more I grow, the more I recognize how important it is for us all to share what we're going through-- even (and especially) me.
So these Love Notes are a space for me to share with you each week-- about the studio, my life, how our community is growing.
I think a lot about who I was when I first started practicing yoga.
I was 18 years old. I was a university student in Nashville, Tennessee, studying the violin & music education. I cared a lot about not gaining the freshman fifteen. I journaled a lot, prayed a lot, worried a lot that I might not be good enough to succeed. I was grieving the loss of my father the year before. And mostly, I needed to be right. I needed to know I was in the right place doing the right thing the right way.
I remember showing up to my very first yoga class (circa 2011), and before I even stepped into the hot room I felt a complete sense of relief & belonging. It's like my soul said, 'you're gonna want to hang around here. you need to see what this is about.'
So I did.
I practiced every day. It was a Hot 26 Bikram-style studio, and I remember staring at myself in the mirrors, anchoring my attention to myself as my body sweated, breathed & transformed.
It was in this 105 degree room that I started to realize how much effort I put into TRYING SO HARD... to be good enough & simultaneously to not be 'too much' for people.
Marianne Williamson has a poem that goes like this,
"...We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world... We are all meant to shine... and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same..."
I worry less about success now. And I trust myself today more than ever before. I've also rarely missed a day of yoga since that first practice. For me, showing up every day is part of becoming. And thankfully, I've discovered that being right is different than being right for me, right now.
xx
Ruby
Shakti at Home
We're working on some really fun resources for you to practice at home!
Full videos coming Spring 2019, and in the meantime, check out
Shakti at Home on our website for new weekly audio of
meditations, power hours, & (soon) led inquiry work.
Beyond the mat...
We love Athens.
And we love you.
So let's have more of that-- together.
Here's where you can see what we're up to outside of the studio.
Have ideas about where we should be / what we should check out / how we can show up?
Reply to this email to let us know.
(photo, right: Saturday's pop up Shakti Strength @ Bishop Park, 25 sweaty yogis!)
recap:
Our team tried Pure Balance Pilates, a new reformer-based pilates studio on Baxter. The owner, Ali, is part of the Shakti fam, and we can't wait for her to officially open TODAY!
We loved the slow, controlled reformer work and their studio mantra, 'build strength, find balance.' (Check it out!)
Did you know that we bring yoga to local businesses, too?!
Grace gets sweaty with the Cheeky Peachteam twice every month, and this week Ruby brought morning zen to the ladies atStable Waters Financial.
Interested? We thought you might be. Reply to this email to bring yoga & meditation to your workplace!
this week:
9/17 (TODAY!) ~ 7-9pm
Community Strong: a yoga fundraiser for Strong Girls Serve Inc. -- Ruby will co-teach this class at the Graduate to support Strong Girls Serve. 75 minute, all levels yoga class & local raffle. It's $10 per person and all the funds go directly to the cause. SIGN UP
9/19 ~ 2:30-4pm
Grow Lab with Athensmade -- this is a class series about taking business to the next level while maintaining personal balance-- it's for everyone & it's at Creature Comforts. Shakti Leadership Team will be there. See you there?
SIGN UP
9/22 ~ Maggie is running the SeaWheeze Half Marathon in Vancouver! Wish her luck, good vibes & Shakti Love!
Student Spotlight:
William Lobb
"I tend to invest in good people and good concepts... and I keep finding myself coming back."
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PLAYLIST OF THE WEEK
free yoga opps at UGA:
Tuesdays @ 3:30 -
15 minute meditation with Ruby at Correll Hall 315
Wednesdays @ 4 -
Power Hour with Jaclyn at the MLC (North Tower room)
Fridays @ 12:15 -
45 minutes of yoga with Shakti staff (location rotates; check instagram on Friday mornings or reply to this email to get added to the reminder email list)
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November 2-5
*Relax *Yoga by the ocean *Nourish *Connect *Unwind *Breathe deeply
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Thank you for being here.
We love sharing our journey with you!
See you at the studio soon.