#NashvilleYogaTeacher

Feb 12, 2020
6 min

February Newsletter: Yoga Teacher Training For The Person That Wants To Teach

Greeting friends, With the turn of the calendar to February brings with it the last half of Winter and a transition into early Kapha season. At the beginning of this month on Groundhog's day, our furry little friend gave the prediction that Spring is arriving very soon this year, and while here in middle Tennessee this yo-yo weather doesn't seem to suggest the same (as I write this, there's a light layer of snow on the ground from last night's snow shower), we can all sense t

Jo-Jo, The Yogi Bassist

Nov 14, 2019
7 min

November Newsletter: Be Here Now--Tools For Practicing Presence

Greetings friends, November is here! The cold weather is settling in, the winter holiday season is just around the corner and the new year--better yet, the new DECADE--is quickly approaching. With so much coming up, and the pressure make the end of this year #Epic, it's easy to get swept up into future wants, fantasies & desires yet loose track of what's happening right here, right now. The present moment is easily taken for granted, yet it's one of the most amazing gifts we

Jo-Jo, The Yogi Bassist

Jul 8, 2019
6 min

July Newsletter: Energetic Intersections, Part III: Pitta Dosha & the Solar Plexus

Greetings and namaste friends, Happy Summer Solstice to you all! If you didn't know, Friday June 21st marked the official first day of summer--while the weather might have already felt like summer here in middle Tennessee, the official summer season is just beginning. The summer solstice is also the International Day of Yoga, which was first observed in 2015. According to Wikipedia, "The idea of International Day of Yoga was first proposed by the current Prime Minister of Ind

Jo-Jo, The Yogi Bassist

Jan 31, 2019
6 min

February Newsletter: Balancing Kapha & Practicing Divine Love Through Self-Care

Greetings & Namaste! Can you believe it's already February? I remember when I was a child contemplating how long the days were. With my limited concept of "time," the only milestones I could count on to understand how long a year was and begin to grasp the cycle of the seasons were: my mother's birthday--that was spring; mine and my father's birthday--that was summertime; school starting--that was fall; and both of my brothers' birthdays, Christmas and New Year--that was wint

Jo-Jo, The Yogi Bassist

Dec 30, 2018
4 min

January Newsletter: Happy 2019! Releasing Samskaras & Reaffirming Sankalpas

Greetings & Namaste! Happy 2019 to you! With the ringing in of a new year, many of us may be planning to shed some old habits and embark on a new journey, whether that be travel, self-care, fitness, education, work or family. And while the new year is a great way to capitalize on a fresh start , often we may find our progress fleeting as the months move on, and the resolute vigor we had to grow at the beginning of the year turns back into more of the same chronic behaviors we

Jo-Jo, The Yogi Bassist

Dec 2, 2018
7 min

December Newsletter: Maintain Health This Holiday Season With Ayurvedic Yoga

Greeting & Namaste! The end-of-year Holiday season has begun! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends! The winter holidays can be a joyous and celebratory time for many, yet for many of us still the end-of-year celebrations can bring about stressful feelings of anxiety, overwhelm and depression. In addition, holiday overindulgence can leave us feeling slow, sluggish, unmotivated and heavy in body and mind. What can we do to stay true to our persona

Jo-Jo, The Yogi Bassist

Nov 1, 2018
5 min

November Newsletter: Perceiving the True You

Greetings & Namaste! Wow everyone happy AUTUMN! This last month of October flew by rather quickly. For those of you waiting to read the October Newsletter exploring Vata dosha, I will pick up on the doshas at the beginning of 2019 after the holidays pass and my ayurveda course is complete. I am currently in the process of completing the final assignments and projects to receive my Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor certification. Currently I'm working on honing consultation skills

Jo-Jo, The Yogi Bassist

Jul 10, 2018
5 min

July Newsletter: Stay Cool & Calm with Restorative Yoga

Greetings and namaste! Happy (belated) Summer Solstice to you all! The Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year, and is the heart of Pitta season. In addition, the International Day of Yoga is observed on the Summer Solstice! Did you know that the United Nations established June 21 as the "International Day of Yoga," aka, "Yoga Day" on December 11, 2014? The intention of the UN establishing International Day of Yoga is to raise global awareness of the benefits of practi

Jo-Jo, The Yogi Bassist

Jun 18, 2018
1 min

15 Minutes of Yoga: Practice Classical Sun Salutation with Jo-Jo!

Having a daily home yoga practice is liberating. When we establish a daily ritual of self-care that includes yoga asana, we are practicing preventative medicine through embodiment and empowerment of our true authentic self. You may have the best intentions to establish you sadhana, but you do know where to start. The question is, how the heck do you start practicing yoga at home? While nothing compares to practicing under the guidance of an experience teacher, we can quickly

Jo-Jo, The Yogi Bassist

Jun 5, 2018
3 min

June Newsletter! Happy Pitta Season

Greetings and namaste! Summer is just around the corner, and I'm sure many of us are already feeling the effects of Nature's shift to pitta season! "Pitta" is the Ayurvedic Dosha comprising the elements fire and water, and it's hot, sharp, oily, light, consuming and transforming. If you consider how that translates to inside the body, we're talking about the power of digestion; the ability of our digestive fire to transform food into energy through metabolism, and our ability

The Yoga Inclusive: A Festival For All Humans!

Jo-Jo, The Yogi Bassist

Apr 25, 2018
2 min

The Yoga Inclusive: A Festival For All Humans!

In Fall 2017, Raquel Bueno had an idea for a yoga festival. For months leading up to April 14th, Me, Raquel, Allie Larson, Melissa Shah, Winnie Pang, Sunflower Smith and many others worked on bringing this festival together to celebrate the joy, beauty and strength in Music City's diverse, inclusive and growing yoga community. Together we brought to life "The Yoga Inclusive" and created a space where all yogis-- regardless of race, gender, age, ability, body size or orientati