Sitting behind the front desk one wednesday evening shift, I thought it would be cool to enlighten the readers of the Drishtiq Yoga blog perhaps with a new perspective on the presence of yoga in my life. This reflection begins even before this very space we call Drishtiq Yoga was even a thought. It begins even before my family and I moved to Ohio. It begins when this new word was just being introduced to my 5 year old vocabulary. It sounded kinda funny to me. YO - Guh. In fact every time I heard the word Yoga, I thought of the well known Star Wars character, Yoda (my Dad was just beginning to show me this awesome trilogy). Well it turns out it wasn’t a character in Star Wars but still a pretty foreign concept to me.

At this time my mother had just had my little brother and had been left pretty sick after the pregnancy. So bad that her doctor told her she couldn’t do any physical activity. Now if you know my mother she maintains a pretty active lifestyle and the thought of no physical activity seems like the end of the world. So this prompted her to ask the question: So there’s nothing I can do? That’s where this new foreign word pops in. YO-Guh. The doctor said she could do yoga. It would actually prove to be pretty beneficial.

For teachers and students alike, gearing up to go back to school is not the most exciting thing in the world. Besides seeing your friends and meeting new teachers, the school year brings stress and anxiety for everyone.

Personally, I don’t think I’ve ever gone to sleep before midnight on the first-day-of-school-eve as I lie in bed, anxiously contemplating what will happen the next day and where my summer had gone.

It's common for you or your children to feel stressed on the first day; who am I going to sit with at lunch? What if my teachers don’t like me? What if I fall down the stairs and make a complete fool of myself? With this, the cycle of stressful classes, homework and tests also begins. And to make a healthy learning environment, we need to eliminate some of that stress. Here are a few tips to help you or your child transition into a stress free school year:

The very essence of our DRISHTIQ is our focus on community.  
Within the four walls of our studio- we know it is imperative as a small business to root down so to rise up. We are proud of our Mason Community and LOVE when opportunity arises to take part in supporting the community as a whole. 

Our practice of yoga, the seed planted, our willingness to take that seed out into the world and into our everyday spiritual practices (like eating) off our mat, an idea worthy of harvesting.

Moving into the belly of summer just feels well, a little lighter.

Often with longer days we have more time to move our bodies, find time to nourish our souls. Beautiful gardens begin to bloom and nourishing foods take root in the promise of fall bounty.

Watching Ellen the other day, she spoke on  Mindfulness and the importance of a Meditation practice- stating "We do so much work to keep ourselves healthy from the neck down, but what work do we do from the neck up?" 

Ayurveda is the "science" behind yoga. In Ayurvedic medicine, doshas are defined as three main energies of the body governing the physiological processes of the body.

We associate the spring with green, new life, new starts, longer days on the horizon and warmer weather.  Many of us take advantage of the nicer days to open up the windows of our home, take a look around and begin to clean out the clutter and dust we've accumulated over the winter. 

As we swing into the month of "Love" DRISHTIQ Yoga invites you to start LOVING YOURSELF!