It’s the day after Thanksgiving and this year was the first time I spent it away from Miami and my family. I kept telling this to myself and others – the part of being away from my family – which I came to realize only made me feel more distant from those in front of […]
En Agosto de este año fuí a enseñar un taller en Nueva York y por primera vez en mi vida sentí el orgullo de estar representando a los latinos en el mundo del yoga en los Estados Unidos. Nunca me sentí que era latina pura porque me crié en Miami y aunque tenía tantas influencias […]
Recently Rina Yoga announced that we are merging our Coral Way classes to the Roads studio for November and December. It’s exciting news because we will all be able to practice together in one room and build up the yoga community in this one space instead of splitting us apart. I have heard some people […]
Time just published an article I thought was interesting and very relevant, about emotional release during exercise. The article states that more and more studio owners (think yoga, Pilates, spinning, bootcamp) are seeing a rising trend in their students using exercise as an emotional release. Some instructors even construct their classes to have a moment […]
Since I was little my mom taught me that the “proper” word for boobs in Spanish was “pepus” pronounced “pep-oos.” For those of you who speak Spanish, you may have never heard of this word because I’m convinced that my mom made it up. I was asked to reflect on this month of October being […]
ONLY MORE AMAZING, AWESOME THINGS as always!!! Everyone is bombarding me and the Rina Yoga angels with this question. Although I am leaving on July 1 to Los Angeles, I AM COMING BACK in August!!! Rina Yoga will continue to grow and succeed as it has for almost nine years. Just because I decide to […]
This weekend was a shift for me… and for the 23 people who shared in this journey too. But it almost didn’t happen. Why? Because I was being an idiot. For years I have been attached to my idea of how a training “should” be. It “should” be this way and that way, with this […]
My journey continues… As I sit here on the plane moving hundreds of miles per hour across thousands of miles, I am sitting still in my “comfortable” flight seat by the window. I like the window because although I am enclosed in these small quarters with tight individual space I can see out to […]
Life is a cycle… of thinking you know what you are doing, realizing that you are ignorant and then thinking you know what you are doing again. of commitment, letting go and committing again. of ups and downs and ups. of stepping forward, stepping backward and taking another step forward. This never stops. It is […]
Every moment of the day can create a rise or a fall in your mood, thoughts, emotions, and life. In fact, the certainty that we have at least our five senses assures us that we will live in constant fluctuations. Our senses pull us in all directions. If our senses are pleased we are happy. […]