March & April Duluth Yoga Classes 2013!

March and April 2013 Class Schedule

We're tromping through the winter.  Getting close to warmer, longer days but still a little stuck in the muck,  snow & ice.  These classes will help you with balance so you don't slip or trip,  and bring more ease to neck and shoulders as we scrunch & tighten up while trying to keep out the chill.  Soon,  we'll be back to doing yoga on the sandy Lake Superior beaches!  CAN'T WAIT!

I'll be taking most of May off to travel with my music (www.marybue.com!) and there will be some changes in the summer so please get your yoga in with me now if you're curious about it!  Can't wait to see you,  meet you and breathe with you.  

Classes are for all levels,  but each studio has a different vibe.

Classes at Yoga North and The Lotus Center are taught in traditional Viniyoga as trained by Tracy Weber at Whole Life Yoga in Seattle.  Viniyoga is a form of Hatha Yoga that has a low intensity flowing feel to it.  These classes are practiced without music,  except I might sing to you during savasana!

Classes at Evolve are taught in a heated studio - around 95 to 103 degrees - and are practiced with music.  These classes are Viniyoga-inspired - a bit more challenging here and you will work up a sweat! Showers and lockers (bring your own lock) are available at this studio which is located on Michigan Street behind Tycoons in downtown Duluth.

Tuesdays 

Evolve (begins January 8th)

Hot Flow Yoga - Viniyoga-inspired

5:30 - 6:30 pm

Wednesdays 

Evolve 

Power Yoga - Viniyoga-inspired

12:00 - 12:45 pm

Yoga North  

Viniyoga Flow

6:45 to 8 pm
*NO CLASS MARCH 27th
*AWESOME sub on April 3rd: Kristen Fogard - Vinyasa/Ashtanga instructor will take it down a notch with slow-flow and props ... Catch me performing at Prove Gallery for the Cracked Walnut lit reading if you prefer!

1st and 3rd Thursdays 
The Lotus Center

Viniyoga/Hatha I

5:30 to 6:30
*No class March 21st

Thursdays
Evolve 

Power Yoga - Viniyoga-inspired
3:30 - 4:30 

Fridays 

The Lotus Center

Viniyoga/Hatha I

12:00 to 12:50 pm 
No class March 22nd

I hope to see you at a class soon. Bring requests!  I like to build my classes around your needs.

I'm also available for private sessions at reasonable rates.  Email me at "marybue at gmail dot com" to reserve your session now.

September & October Classes 2012

September & October 2012 Class Schedule

Fall feels like "back to school" time to me - and for you,  maybe it's back to yoga!  Or perhaps you'd like to bring a new yoga curriculum into your autumn days.  My class offerings have changed a bit,  so see if something fits into your schedule.

Classes are for all levels,  but each studio has a different vibe.

Classes at Yoga North and The Lotus Center are taught in traditional Viniyoga as trained by Tracy Weber at Whole Life Yoga in Seattle.  Viniyoga is a form of Hatha Yoga that has a low intensity flowing feel to it.  These classes are practiced without music,  except I might sing to you during savasana!

Classes at Evolve are taught in a heated studio - around 95 to 103 degrees - and are practiced with music.  These classes are Viniyoga-inspired - a bit more challenging here and you will work up a sweat! Showers and lockers (bring your own lock) are available at this studio which is located on Michigan Street behind Tycoons in downtown Duluth.

Tuesdays 
Evolve (beginning Sept. 11th)
Power Yoga - Viniyoga-inspired
5:30 - 6:30 pm

Wednesdays 
Yoga North  (beginning Sept. 12th)
Viniyoga Flow
6:45 to 8 pm

Thursdays
Evolve (beginning Sept. 13th)
Power Yoga - Viniyoga-inspired
12:00 - 12:45 pm

1st and 3rd Thursday (beginning Sept. 20th)
The Lotus Center
Viniyoga
5:30 to 6:30

Sundays
Larsmont Cottages 
Yoga for Larsmont Guests
9:00 to 10:00 am

I hope to see you at a class soon. Bring requests!  I like to build my classes around your needs.
I'm also available for private sessions at reasonable rates.  Email me at "marybue at gmail dot com" to reserve your session now.

August Offerings

Classes are all levels.

*Hot Power Yoga at Evolve is in a studio heated from 95 to 103 degrees - a bit more challenging and cardiovascular with music throughout the 45 minutes.
*Viniyoga  at Yoga North and The Lotus Center is tailored to the students' requests - can be relaxing or energizing depending on wants.  This class is practiced without music during the practice but I will likely sing to you during Savasana!   


NO CLASSES from August 22nd to September 7th.  ROAD TRIPPING OUT WEST!

*Yoga North and Evolve will have subs.     

Tuesdays 12:00 - 12:45 pm 
Evolve

132 E Superior Street (below Tycoons,  enter on Michigan Street)

Hot Power Yoga

12:00 to 12:45 pm 

$12 drop in or $40 monthly (2 classes/week)
1st class FREE1

 Tuesdays 4:30 - 5:30 pm  

Yoga North 

Viniyoga

4628 Pitt Street  Duluth, MN 55804

(218) 722-9642
4:30 to 5:30 pm
$12.50 Drop in,  $8 Student/senior


Wednesdays 5:30 - 6:30 pm 
Evolve

132 E Superior Street (below Tycoons,  enter on Michigan Street)

Hot Power Yoga

12:00 to 12:45 pm 

$12 drop in or $40 monthly (2 classes/week)

1st class FREE1

Wednesdays 7:00 - 7:45 pm
The Lotus Center
25 West Superior Street
Traditional Viniyoga
$10 suggested donation/pay what you can
Enter through Global Village and walk up the back stairs to the studio


Thursdays 12:00 - 12:45 pm 
Evolve 132 E Superior Street (below Tycoons,  enter on Michigan Street)

Hot Power Yoga

12:00 to 12:45 pm 

$12 drop in or $40 monthly (2 classes/week)
First class FREE!

transistor ad welcome note

photo taken by jess wetter at universe city yoga,  seattle

Greetings!  Today is the day that my little ad comes out in the Transistor.   I thought I would welcome any new folks that might be peering at this blog.  WELCOME!!!  I haven't been utilizing this blog to the utmost,  but you'll find some rambling posts from me as well as my current class info.  I really hope to see you some new faces a session - don't be afraid! :)  I'm pretty friendly,  I promise!

Something that Viniyoga teachers try to do before class is ask what people are wanting - any specific postures they're craving,  or aches or pains to be aware of and tend to?  Do students want the class to be energizing or relaxing?  I try to ask and then  design my classes around what the students want,  as long as it stays within the principles of my training and as long as it is safe to do what is requested.  It's not about me - it's about YOU!  Before you come to class,  think about what you need that day.  We are changing all the time - EVERY moment is different from the next,  and while you might need some neck and shoulder release one day,  the next day you might be more interested in settling down and getting a relaxing practice -- especially in this busy holiday time.

I'm currently teaching one class at The Lotus Center in lovely downtown Duluth.  This studio is right upstairs from Global Village (where the futon shop used to be if you remember that).  It's spacious,  has skylights and is decorated beautifully with wares from all over the world (thanks to the global imports store below!).  Mats,  blankets and straps are provided - but bring your own if you're attached.  My class is Wednesday evenings at 5:30 pm.  Please check out (and "like") my facebook page for more updates!


I am so happy to also be teaching at Yoga North on Tuesdays at 4:30 pm.  AND coming up here at the end of June,  I'm presenting at the Midwest Women's Herbal Conference in eastern Wisconsin this summer (June 29th - July 1st) - so be on the lookout for more information!

Thank you for stopping by!  I look forward to meeting you if I haven't already,  and seeing you again if I have.  I wish you a wonderful moment!  Take a deep breath right now,  why don't you? THANKS!

iYogaLife.com : Health & Wellness : Back Pain Relief

Nice photos and info here about common aches and pains and how to help them. Be careful here, though - make sure you're properly warmed up before transitioning into stronger-ish movements (like Warrior I), move with a PAIN FREE range of motion, and go gently with mindfulness. These sequences aren't totally complete, but can give you ideas to add to your home practice.

iYogaLife.com : Health & Wellness : Back Pain Relief

Tiffany

Tiffany Blackburn was my peer during my yoga teacher training program (at Whole Life Yoga). When I got hired at Village Yoga, I asked Tiffany to be my go-to Viniyoga sub. When the time came for me to move back to Minnesota, Tiffany took over. I hope her students are reveling her intelligent sequencing and calm instruction. She just wrote a great blog for Whole Life Yoga's website called "Practicing for Yourself." It is so common in our western culture to move FAST, to COMPETE, BE PRODUCTIVE, GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. Tiffany writes about pushing her limits in yoga classes, resulting sometimes in injury, and also maybe not such a peaced-out feeling after class. It is tempting to compare yourself to your neighbor in many ways, and yoga class is no exception. We glance around and try to do more; we want the praise, and the prize. Check out what Tiffany had to say, and then give yourself the gift of listening to what your body needs, and go a little gentler, without peering around the room or looking for an ego treat. It is YOUR experience and a time in your day for you to sink in and sit with yourself and all of your delightfulness, and all of your imperfections. Read Tiffany's post here. xoxo!

Midwest, East Coast, Midwest, West Coast, Midwest AGAIN

The last year has been a flurry of change, and looking back over the last 10 years, wow - what an amazing trip it's been! I'm thirty now and I have a reason to look at what I was doing 10 years ago because of what is about to happen in the next hour and a half.

Ten years ago, I was a student at the University of Minnesota in Duluth. I was teeter-tottering on the edge of a psychology major, but at that point my major was undeclared. I had been taking a lot of psychology courses, however, and as many courses as I could from the then head of the psychology department, Bud McClure. Two classes in particular floated my boat - "Transpersonal Psychology" and "Psychology of Personal Development." In these classes, not only did we study from books, but we met in the wrestling gym once a week and took yoga classes and meditation instruction. I had been dabbling in both since high school, and this was a chance to go deeper and it was INCLUDED in my college curriculum! How fantastic!

The yoga instructor that Bud hired to teach our classes was a woman named Joie Acheson, who was one of the founders of Duluth's fabulous yoga studio, Yoga North. What a teacher - with grace and patience she led a bunch of college kids through an hour of moving and breathing. Joie went on to become UMD faculty and handed over Yoga North to the capable hands of her co-founder, Deborah Adele (who wrote a fabulous book, by the way -- Yamas and Niyamas: Exploring Yoga's Ethical Practice).

I graduated in 2003 with my BA in Psychology. I actually did it! Amazing. As soon as I graduated (and released my sophomore record, East to the Sea), I moved to Providence, Rhode Island to explore the east coast music scene from this quirky city. I did a lot of things there - and did actually work in the psychology field for a bit (I did HIV Prevention Street Outreach -- working in Needle Exchange Sites for injection drug users, and also worked for a spell at Rhode Island Hospital as a Clinical Research Assistant studying HIV risk behavior and substance abuse with women in a minimum security prison. Big stuff!).

I was, still, taking yoga. I had my first introduction to Viniyoga in Providence with Karen Lee, director of Breathing Time Yoga. The name of her studio is truly what it felt like, "breathing time." Time to slow down and BREATHE for crying out loud!

I moved back to Duluth after a few years in Providence, stayed 9 months and rejuvenated, and then moved to Minneapolis to focus more deeply on my music career. I joined a gym there, and took instruction from a woman named Kim, who was pretty far away from the gentle (yet powerful) teachings of Karen, but oh my goodness, I adored her classes! Kim studied with Core Power Yoga (I might be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure she told me that ...) and kicked my butt every time. After one of her classes, we ended up sitting in the gym's sauna at the same time. She told me something to the effect that my practice is lovely and that she thought that I would be a great yoga teacher. It made my heart flutter a little bit, as I had thought of it, but was waiting for a push. Thank you, KIM!!

I wasn't totally in love with Minneapolis, even though my music was going great and I was doing shows all over the place. Maybe it was fear of success, or maybe the wanderlust, or maybe the winters that drove me away, but I decided to follow that urge to study yoga deeper and moved to Seattle, that stunning city of green mossy-ness and misty rain.

That's where I found Tracy Weber at Whole Life Yoga and my life has been forever changed for the better. I took Tracy's 200 hour certification - and found my way back to Viniyoga, which is my big yoga love, even though I respect other lineages. Viniyoga makes SENSE to me, in the sequencing, in the ways that you move with the rhythm of your breath. I love it.

I moved BACK to Duluth this summer. One of the hardest things is leaving my Viniyoga community behind and not being able to get my fix in classes! But I have found that there is a huge community of yoga practitioners here, and while it might not be in the style that I'm wed to, I am learning so much and making incredible connections. And, that lovely studio I talked about earlier -- Yoga North -- HIRED ME!

And that brings me to NOW. Back in my college days, my friend Jillian Nelson taught yoga at Bud's (the psychology professor) psychology retreats. She now teaches yoga to his transpersonal psychology class, as well as Molly McManus. Both Jillian and Molly were happy that I knew Bud so that I could sub for them at UMD when they needed time off. Well, TODAY IS THE DAY!! 20 minutes from now I'll be heading up to UMD to come full circle - to my college, to the same class that I took ten years ago, except I get to be the yoga teacher. Wow. I am constantly amazed by the surprises that life has in store. This was a quite the life-story sharing time, but it is the crazy winding and wonderful path I've been taking. Off to UMD. XOXO!