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Eric Stewart Over the years, due to home ownership and business expansion, I’ve stumbled my way into a number of demolition, construction, and reconstruction projects. While I’ve done a lot of this sort of work, I’m very aware that it’s far...

The Yoga of Restoring a Space

Eric Stewart Solaluna has gone through three major renovation projects. The first was in the fall of 1999, when the studio opened. The second was 10 years later in 2009, when we renovated and expanded into the office and the little studio. Now we’re in the...

Yoga in Times of Tumult

Hello everyone, This week I have learned a very basic lesson. It’s a lesson I’ve encountered before, and it might be more accurate to say it’s something I re-learned (especially so, given that I had to re-learn this particular thing a few times in...

Finding Your Axis

by Chelsea Doohan  Do you remember being a child and learning how the Earth spins like a top?  A top has a visible shaft at its center. The widest part of the top is like the equator of the earth. When you look at a top, its shaft and circumference are tangible,...

A Sad Day at Solaluna

It is with a mixture of sadness and deep gratitude that I write to you about the life and death of my mother, Geraldine Stewart. She died in the care of her family, with the love and songs of her family, in her home, on Thursday evening, the first of October. It has...

Free Audio Practice

Here’s an audio practice that combines seated and standing asana. It’s a beginning to intermediate-level practice. Familiarity with moving from sitting to downward dog via crossed legs, and transitioning from wide-footed standing poses to a vertical lunge...

The Power of Quitting

by Chelsea Doohan Quitting gets a bad rap. From childhood onwards there are few things someone can call you that are worse than “quitter”. But wait a minute, there are also positive connotations to quitting, right? Quitting smoking or another bad habit...

Melting is Messy Business

      Eric here, There are a just a few more spots left in the Spring Intensive. With these remaining slots, we can make space for partial attendance. If you’d like to drop in for just one or two days, let us know. This coming week, another opportunity exists...

Channeling Enthusiasm

The Spring Intensive is two weeks away, and registration is chugging along, just about half-full at this point. If you are looking to jump in, remember that the early registration date is a week away, March 20, the first day of spring. A few days ago I was having a...