We knew it would happen 😅 Hello Empower family! There have been two adjustments to our schedule this week and this month! This Friday (Tomorrow) There will be Yogilates@9am, but no chair@10:30 due to my kid needing to go to the doctor on that day, and Monday September 14th there will be no classes due to my own doctor's appointment. We are open next Monday, Labor Day, September 6th! I promise I will continue to do everything in my power this month to have as few cance

“I want to come to yoga, but I’m not flexible enough yet.” This is something I’ve heard A LOT. It’s not hard to think of yoga as something you have to be “ready” for before trying for the first time. But the truth is, this idea misses the whole point. Yoga isn’t something you get to do once your body is ready for it, and it’s not something you earn once your body changes. Yoga helps your body and mind change in the first place. You’ve probably heard me quote my favorite phr

Your body has been the only one with you since birth. No matter how you have spoken to it, thought about it, or treated it, it keeps showing up. It grounds you to the earth through your feet and it meets the day with your breath. It carries you through the miraculous... and the mundane. Through hospital rooms and holidays. Through grocery lines and quiet mornings. It is the constant you have always had. You are the one who truly lives with you. You have been gifted this body

Can you believe that there are only nine weeks left in 2025?! Sixty‑three days. Sometimes it's hard to grasp just how quickly time flies, isn't it? But I don't want that number to land in your chest with the weight of pressure. Instead, let's look at it through the lens of ✨possibility✨. Take a moment here to maybe close your eyes for a breath and picture the rest of your year as it is unfolding right now . What do you see ahead? The calendar squares, the errands, the travel

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