If you checked out my Tayoga calendar you may have figured out that yoga is not my full time job. Besides being a Yoga Instructor I am also a Registered Dietitian (RD). The two go hand in hand quite nicely. I have been an RD since October 2011. Currently, I work at a skilled nursing facility which I enjoy. I wouldn't say I am passionate about my full time job like I am about yoga but I do enjoy it. I enjoy the people I work with and I enjoy meeting new people on a daily basis. One day I want to create a job that combines my dietetics degree with my passion for yoga...and maybe my passion for beer as well (in moderation of course!). What would your dream job be?

So I realized this morning that I have a problem. A yoga problem (if there is such a thing). Apparently, I have been teaching and going to classes so much that this morning instead of driving to work I started driving to my yoga studio! Whoops! I love yoga so much I started a class at work for the employees. Yoga makes me feel so good and I want to share it with others. Today will be the second Chair Tayoga class for all available employees from 10:30-10:45am. I realize it is only a 15 minute class but any yoga is better than none at all. Plus, I provide a brief shoulder massage with essential oils for those who have time. Everyone loved the class so much I decided to bring it back this week!  I am blessed to have found a passion in life and I hope you find one as well. Have a splendid week!

Friends are the family that you get to choose. It is so true. My friends have supported me throughout my yoga training and teaching. They understand it is my passion and is important to me. Several of them showed up for my first classes which made me feel supported (and nervous). Last night I subbed for a fellow teacher's 7pm class. Andrew and I had hung out with friends all weekend so I told them I had a couple extra classes I was teaching this week. There were 8 people total in the class and my close friends made up half of them. I felt the love. Two of those people can count on one hand how many times they have done yoga. This morning when I got to work I had a text from one of them telling me, "Nice job with class. Your confidence has improved and the move descriptions helped me follow along a little better than last time." ~Aaron Page I love bringing friends to classes and meeting new ones. Hope to see you at one of my classes in the future, friend! 12/22

This past Saturday Elevate Community Yoga hosted an additional training for its teachers which was on the softer side of yoga. This included Slow Flow, Gentle, Restorative, Yin, Chair and private sessions. It was a lot of information to pack in one day but I absolutely loved it. I took this training because I enjoy making people feel good. I never thought I would want to do private sessions but it is definitely a way to individualize and help heal one person at a time. Maybe down the road I'll start private session but I am definitely more comfortable in the group setting for now. I also thoroughly enjoyed the Chair Yoga training. I want to take this information and bring it to my workplace. I currently work at a Skilled Nursing Facility. This can be a very stressful environment to work in and my goal is to start hosting 15 minute chair yoga sessions for the employees. This will help with their physical and mental health. I've already announced it to the staff who seem very e

Do you have a favorite yoga mat? Mine (currently) is the 5mm mat from Lululemon. It was a couple year process to discover this mat though. I started out with Gaiam since it was at Target! However, I am one of those individuals who has very sweaty hands and feet so I always had to put a yoga towel down to absorb the sweat. The next mat I tried was a Jade mat but even with this one I had to put a towel down. The towel isn't a big deal but it is just one more thing you have to deal with. I finally found my Lululemon mat when my husband and I were visiting Walnut Creek. I always like to walk into Lululemon but I could never justify spending that much money on their items. However, I had never looked at the prices of their mats until our trip to Walnut Creek. $68!!!! That is the most reasonably priced item in the place! I bought one on the spot! Later I bought another one to travel with and 3 more for friends. Just last weekend I discovered they started making them in orange and I coul

Well it has been a month since my last post! My only excuse is that life happens. Within that month Andrew and I have gone on a couple trips including an awesome 5 days trip to San Luis Obispo for his 32nd birthday. Other things that happened are my mama had to have a biopsy which came back negative for cancer (WAHOO!), at work we had our annual state survey (which was a week from hell but I survived), and last but not least I have now taught 12 yoga classes! This means Tayoga is officially making money! Honestly, the money is not why I do it but it just seems to make things more official. The studio I work at (Elevate Community Yoga) requires you to teach 8 karma classes to give back to the community before you get paid. I had no problem teaching those 8 classes. It was the least I could do for all that the Elevate community has done for me! Well I better get back to work! I promise it won't be another month until the next post! Cheers! P.S. The pictures are from our Madonna M

I am proud to report that as of yesterday I am officially a business owner! Never thought that would happen! I decided to head downtown yesterday afternoon and turn in all the paperwork. I always dread doing that sort of stuff because it seems like it takes forever. I managed to get my business license and fictitious business name (Tayoga) taken care all within in hour. I'm pretty sure that's a good omen for the future of Tayoga (or at least I'm hoping so)! Looking forward to see what the future holds. Maybe the future has you show up at one of my classes?