This class will be offered by Yoga Instructor Kate Guthrie at Yoga with Emilie. It is sure to be a special class. Call today to reserve your space. 678-617-0313
or email emiliecook-yoga@bellsouth.net

So there you have it. I have new numbers behind my name. So what exactly does this mean? Well.....not really a whole lot :)

Okay, so that's not completely true. It means that I have spent at least 300 hours (it was actually 385+/- but who's counting??) Add that to my 200+ hours and you have 500.  RYT means Registered Yoga Teacher.  Soon I will have an E in front of that RYT. The E means experienced. I have already completed the requirements about 10 times over but I have not felt like the filling out of the rubric was in the best interest of my very limited time. I promise, I will make that happen....for those of you (like my husband) who might think it is good business. Therapist is a touchy word that means my 300+ hours was focused on using yoga to heal and balance the body, mind and spirit  (which all yoga does by the way) instead of mastering major back bends or head stands without a tripod or pretzel poses. Although, there were some of those. Yoga therapy means that we spent our time learning about specific injuries and illnesses and how to help those who suffer from them by using yoga.

Right now I am catching up on all of the things that I negelted while I was finishing my yoga therapy certificate. Like laundry...and bills....and family....and all the things that just happen while life is happening.

I will admit that I am feeling a bit behind on all areas of my life. That's okay with me. Without these moments of feeling overwhelmed I wouldn't notice how nice it is to linger over a good book or a cup of coffee or catch up with my brand new 6th grade child. Nor would it feel so damn good to finally balance the check book and file all my receipts and FOLD CLOTHES! My to-do list is still about 5 miles long but I have realized there will always be something on my list to do.  And breath by breath I will keep putting one foot in front of the other and I will make progress.

Enjoy the busy in your day. Enjoy the controlled chaos that abounds. Enjoy everything that life throws at you for before we know it...in a blink of an eye it will all be a memory. But remember to breathe. Always breathe.

TRY THIS: Take note about how you are feeling. Are you sitting up straight? Do you have tension in your body? Take a normal breath in through your nose and exhale out through your mouth like you are blowing out through a straw. Do that a few times and then check back in with your body. Has your tension lessened? Mine did :)

Coming soon!! Private sessions in the quiet and peaceful '360 Therapy' Yoga Therapy room. Located at the Rubicon Building on Lake Lanier.

Get in on the ground floor and benefit from early bird pricing.

4 sessions for  $240

2 sessions for $150

1 session for $80

All sessions are 60 minutes

I was humbled and honored when my student asked me to teach a class for her, her daughter, and some of her daughters friends.  Her daughter has something called Supra Ventricular Tachycardia, which in laymen's terms is (at times) a very rapid heart beat. It is not considered to be life threatening.

Let me tell you something, when your baby is sick or hurt or dealing with any illness it threatens your sanity. You can believe that.

Her daughter is going in for a procedure that will (hopefully) fix the issue and there is some understandable nervousness around this. 

My student asked me to teach a class to help her cope with her emotions around this procedure and to help her daughter as well. 

I have to say that deciding to give your daughter a yoga class designed to help her find strength and peace and healing and an open heart is brilliant...I am not sure I would have thought of that for my own kids (and, as you know, I am a yoga teacher)

Earlier this year when my own child was diagnosed with an auto immune disease, I did not seek out a yoga teacher, I did not take her to my yoga classes.  I did eventually begin to re-introduce yoga and meditation concepts to her but it took some time and some processing and I have still not convinced my darling teenager it is a good thing for her. Its a process...it will come.

As moms we don't always know what the 'right' thing is. And even if we do know we don't always do the 'right' thing.  I can't say for sure but I think this is one of those times where this mom knew in her heart what the right thing was and she did it. Way to go yoga mama.

Our hearts are a powerful energy center. Love, compassion, gratitude, understanding, true knowing...these things are all cultivated in our heart centers. If we can get quiet and still what do our hearts tell us?  How much can we learn from listening? How much LOVE can we cultivate just by listening?

Take 20 breaths right now and in those 20 breaths get very quiet and still and listen to your heart.

"Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is"- Gary Zukav

"All you need is love"- Beatles

FREE YOGA ON THE SQUARE

Courtesy of Women's Source

Join me on the square
Tuesday May 20th at 6:00p.m.for a free yoga class and a healthy dinner

Important things to remember:
 

• You must pre-register by going to: http://womensource.info
• please bring your own mat and a towel

4 week Yin/Yang Fusion Series with Emily Cook (squared)

Beginning Wednesday May 7th 6:30-7:45p.m.
$45 for all 4 weeks or $12.00 drop in
register by MAY 1st

678-617-0313
 Yin is a meditative practice with an emphasis on deep stretching. In Yin, we hold the postures for a longer period of time offering added health and mobility to the joints and surrounding tissues.



In  Yin/Yang fusion, we will dedicate the majority of the class to yin inspired stretches and methodology with some yang inspired postures mixed in to add in a little movement and work the larger muscle groups, leaving yogis in a state of balance—peaceful and calm, yet invigorated and refreshed. In Yin practice we delve deeper into the connective tissues and open up the often forgotten places in the body. Exploring a play on “opposing forces”, we will focus on balancing the Yin and Yang both in body and mind with this fusion approach set to (as always, in Emily’s classes) a fun and relevant playlist!



For more information on Yin practice, check out this article from Yoga Journal: http://www.yogajournal.com/practice/580.



Namaste!