The Meaning of Labor Day: To honor the contributions that workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of their country. – Wikipedia As yogis we are here to serve our land to the best of our abilities… and our land doesn’t stop with the boundaries of this country’s borders; it stops when our […]
As part of the application for signing up for our Resolve to Evolve Retreat or Training, I ask every participant to write an essay about why they want to do the training. It’s not formal but I just want to have a window into the minds of those whom are intrigued by this kind of […]
Sitting here at the Vedanta Academy in India, I reflect on this phenomenon of being on the cover of Yoga Journal’s March issue. I am both excited and inspired to be able to represent what yoga has taught me in my short 15 years of studies. Throughout this process of 1. being asked to shoot […]
In November I had the honor and the privilege to teach two yoga classes in Santiago, Chile as part of Feria Mujer’s beauty and wellness conference. The venue was amazing and although the students were being introduced to this style of yoga for the first time, they were very receptive to it. I could tell […]
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 […]