Morning Yoga at Peaceful Hands this Saturday, January 11 at 9:30 a.m.

Do your hips and low back need a little Yoga love? Bring them to our first Saturday morning class of 2020!

That’s our focus for Saturday and there’s a brand new, super-awesome way of doing pigeon pose waiting for you!

Saturday morning classes are offered once a month or so, in addition to our weekly Monday and Wednesday afternoon/evening classes. This class is already included in the Winter unlimited session or counts as one class if you’re taking the 10- or 8-class Winter package.

Or, just come by and take the Saturday class. Drop-ins are always welcome. $13.

Peaceful Hands Yoga

228 Warren Street in Orange, Virginia

Yoga For All Levels — Beginners, Advanced, And Everyone In Between. Yoga For You.

The schedule for the current 8-week Winter session, which just got underway, is here. General info, including directions to the studio, is here.

Join us!

 Hippie’ishously Yours, Jackie

Yes! There is Yoga tonight — Wednesday, January 8 — at Peaceful Hands at our regular 4:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. class times.

Just a reminder that we don’t automatically follow the local school system closures … but I try to make the best decision for us and I’ll post here whenever classes are cancelled.

(Annette and Nancy have cancelled their morning classes today. I don’t always hear when their class schedules change, so if you are one of the morning students, it’s best to check in with your instructor directly.)

Things are already melting away … and I hope to see you on the mat this afternoon!

Sunshine’fully Yours, Jackie

El Paso Morning Times, 1/1/1920

“A resolution has a short and rough life; made in the morning of New Year’s day, broken before a week has passed and forgotten before the person who made it has overcome the habit of writing 1919 for 1920.” ~ El Paso Morning Times, 1/1/1920

I guess it’s a relief that our grandparents and great-grandparents … and perhaps the great-greats before them … encountered the same challenges we do today: feeling the urge to make a New Year’s resolution, feeling disappointment when it fails, and, darn it, getting the year straight when writing it down.

See, we’re not the only ones.

Happy 2019 … I mean 2020!

Just a reminder that our Winter Yoga Session begins, in earnest, on Monday, January 6.

JANUARY 6 thru FEBRUARY 26, 2020

MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS

4:30 p.m. // Level 1

6:00 p.m. // Level 1 / Level 2

PLUS: SATURDAY, January 11 and February 8 at 9:30 a.m.

There’s a tendency in our world today to look to technology to teach us. Yoga classes and other group activities are discarded in favor of videos and streaming. Sure, I get it. But, it doesn’t hurt to give Peaceful Hands Yoga – a real Yoga class – a try. And, here are some reasons why …

1) We’re friendly. The neighbor beside you in class isn’t your competition. They’re your cheerleader. If you miss a cue, they’ll help you out. They’ll share their extra Yoga block with you and give you an encouraging smile when you both fall out of a balance pose. Holding a pose – “for just one more breath” – is so much easier when you’re not doing it alone. (You might even meet a car-pool partner that can make getting to class a breeze.)

2) We see you. The instructor in a video won’t see when you overextend your knee or put more strain on your back in a pose, instead of less. But, I will. Maybe that little alignment change will make all the difference. (Plus, the instructor you’re watching as you stream a class on your phone is two-inches tall … you have to squint to see her! I’m a full-size human … and easy to see!)

3) We’re made for your practice. Our studio has bolsters, blocks, straps, and even loaners mats – all you will need for your practice. We have the space you need. The distractions of home – phones ringing, chores beckoning – won’t follow you here. Plus, our 8-week sessions give you day/time options – including a couple Saturday mornings! – to help you get your Yoga in, with discounts that increase the more classes you take.

4) We’re flexible. Yoga is both a challenging and forgiving practice. Your practice evolves and changes on the mat and our classes evolve and change as well. Our classes take into account the season, how people are feeling, and offer modifications if you’re healing from an injury or have movement restrictions.  We celebrate the different traditions of Yoga that help ensure your body, mind, and heart don’t fall into the trap of just “going through the motions.” By varying our classes, and how we flow into and hold poses, we ensure that our body – and brain – are learning new things and avoiding the muscle memory trap.

5) We’re family. Peaceful Hands Yoga has been part of the Madison/Orange community since 2002. We include people who have practiced with me all through that time … and people who are brand new to Yoga. We are a diverse bunch and include pretzel’y flexible folks and others who modify their practices for comfort and ease. We are tall, we are short, we are skinny, we are plump. We are young, we are young-ish, we were once young. We are Wahoos, we are Hokies. We all just do the best we can. We are a family.

Look what we can do … together …

OK, maybe not this exactly. But, I was determined to get this into today’s post. Because … how about that!

Yoga has had a profound and healing impact on my life. It is been my joy and privilege to share it through Peaceful Hands Yoga.

So, why not give it a whirl? Whether you’re brand new to Yoga … or maybe you’ve just fallen away for awhile.

Don’t make a resolution destined to fail. Just give yourself a class and see how you feel. There’s always a spot for you at Peaceful Hands Yoga.

Your first class with me is free … and you can join at any time.

More details, including pricing and directions to the studio, are here. You can also reach me directly at jackie@peacefulhands.com or 540-672-9528.

I hope to see you on the mat.

2020fully Yours, Jackie

Photo by Immortal shots via Pexels.

This week we wrap up our Holiday Session at Peaceful Hands Yoga with classes on Monday, 12/16 and Wednesday, 12/18 at our regular times:

4:30 p.m.  – Level 1

6:00 p.m. – Level 1 / Level 2

Classes this week – our last of 2019 – will use the breath, mudras, and gentle movement in a special combination to soothe the body, quiet the mind, and warm the heart.

Even if you’ve fallen out of your Yoga routine – or haven’t started one yet – this might be a nice way to ease into the busy holiday sprint ahead.

Then we’ll be off until the Winter Session which begins on …

New Year’s Day!

We’ll kick-off 2020 with a Kundalini-inspired morning class at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 1.

As always, come to the New Year’s Day morning class and if you register and pay for the 8-week Winter Session that day, then your New Year’s class is free!

Our 8-week Winter session will begin, for real, the following Monday, January 6, 2020.

Drop-in’s are welcome, too, of course … $13, as always.

I’ll have all the dates of the Winter session (including the Saturday morning class dates) for you soon. (Soon-ish.) Everything remains the same as 2019 – same pricing, same 8-week sessions, same one-Saturday-morning-class-a-month.

I hope it includes you, too.

And, a little milestone …

Moving Day, December 2014

This month marks our FIFTH YEAR at our Peaceful Hands Studio on Warren Street. When we made the move from our smaller studio, I worried that the space would be too big, the floors a little too squeaky, and that it just wouldn’t work.

It works. But, not because of the space, itself. The floors are still a little squeaky in spots. But, it works because of you. Because of the love and energy and support you bring to the space. It works because you unroll your mat with us.

Ocean Wall. Sand Wall. Colored Lights. Those things are just that … things. What makes Peaceful Hands a family is you.

I thank you for being part of our Yoga community. And, if you haven’t joined us yet, I invite you to come by and give us a try. We’re nothing fancy. But, we’re Yoga. And, we’re a family.

Happy Holidays!

Joyful’iciously Yours, Jackie

And, this …

The Six Intentions of Grounding We Explored This Fall:

Trust … Calm … Center … Uncoil … Rise … Pause

There’s still time to get your Fall Yoga classes in at Peaceful Hands … our session wraps up this week, with classes on Monday (10/28) and Wednesday (10/30).

Our special six-week HOLIDAY session will begin on Monday, November 4.

It’s easy to get “too busy.”

Just hanging on is a challenge some days.

But, think of what Yoga gives back if you make a little time for it – renewed energy; a more supple and stronger body; improved immunity, circulation, and respiration; a refreshed mind; and that vital reconnection of body, mind, and heart. Continue reading →

Some reminders for you, as this session begins its wind-down …

Saturday Yoga is tomorrow, October 12, at 9:30 a.m. at Peaceful Hands.  

Give yourself a weekend treat and unroll your mat with us!

(Saturday Exclusive: I’m going to teach one of the sweetest, easiest, quickest, most effective grounding techniques there is … it works!)

Saturday’s class is already included in the unlimited session or counts as one class if you’re taking the 10- or 8-class package. And, drop-ins are always welcome. $13. Continue reading →