Date: Friday, May 17th, 2019
Event Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm​
Price: $47 early bird / $67 starting May 14th 

Experience a profound liberation from worry and anxiety. Pave a powerful new path of deep fulfillment, abundance, and live your bigger purpose
 
Are you a health-loving person who has done yoga, read your share of self-help books, attended healing workshops, and perhaps had some powerful spiritual glimpses, but when it comes to your everyday reality you still struggle with overwhelm, anxiety and the feeling that something is missing?
 
Come join us for a rare opportunity to journey with internationally renowned healer and master teacher Julia Mikk through a life-changing breath-sound-healing-ceremony. 
 
You will experience emotional relief, touch deep inner peace, and access clear Soul Guidance for your life!
 
"Beyond bliss, working with Julia was a journey to my pure self. I directly experienced the powerful love and light of the universe and felt myself expand and return to that state of being. I have never felt so aligned, so open to receive the beauty and gifts of the universe! I feel completely clear, cleaned out, connected, peaceful and calm. No longer do my thoughts spiral into anxiety or worry." -Laura Hodge, healer, Ojai, CA
 
Julia Mikk, born in Estonia and now living in America, is an internationally renowned healer, teacher, bestselling author, and founder of Breath of Love work. During the last 20 years she has worked with thousands of people worldwide. 
 
Julia’s sessions instantly change people's lives. Her clients come from many different countries to experience the Breath of Love process, receive a deep emotional and physical healing, and embody courage to live their soul purpose using this very same powerful  healing process that will be introduced in this 3 hour workshop. 
 
Many have said that it's like no other healing work style out there. It is very powerful, incredibly efficient and quick in its ability to break through stagnant patterns. Yet, even though the work comes with a powerful force of light, it also offers an astounding depth of Divine Feminine gentleness and nourishment. 
 
Join us to:

• Find out what it feels like to have profound clarity, and pure peace permeate your whole body and mind. 
• Rewire your nervous system and clear trauma energy from your body.
• Open the channels to connect with your Soul's clear guidance.
• Manifest your bigger vision and purpose with courage and confidence

Date: Friday, May 17th, 2019
Event Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm​
Price: $47 early bird / $67 starting May 14th ​

NOPE.  No rules to being a Yogi.
I am pretty open about the fact that I am vegan, and I don’t drink. (And I am not THAT boring!!) But it wasn’t always like that.
I also now enjoy quiet.  And being alone.  I crave it.  It definitely wasn’t always like that.  At all.  I used to avoid quiet like it was my job.  Fill my schedule to the brim.  Stay busy.  Don’t sit still.  Get as little sleep as possible.  GO GO GO!

So, what changed?  I started meditating and practicing yoga.

This example in my own life reminds me of something the great Yogananda once said to a student.

A tiny bit of background: Paramahamsa Yogananda's autobiography — titled Autobiography of a Yogi — is one of the most iconic books in yoga today, about his life spent bringing the yogic teachings from the Himalayas to the west in the early 1900s. (You'll even find it on our yoga teacher training required reading list because his Kriya Yoga practices and Meditation Technique are from the same lineage as what we learn in Yoga Hive's Yoga Teacher Training).
 
In Awake, the documentary about Yogananda’s life, there’s an interview with one of his students where he recalls a conversation with Yogananda — the one that popped into my head this morning. The student was asking his teacher what he's not allowed to do as a student of yoga.

Yogananda: Do you smoke?
Student: Yes.
Yogananada: You may continue. Do you drink alcohol?
Student: Yes.
Yogananda: You may continue. Do you enjoy the opposite sex promiscuously?
Student: Yes 
Yogananda: Well, you may continue!
Student: Wait a minute. You mean, I can come up on this hill ... with all these wonderful people ... and study these teachings, and I can go back down there and do all these things? 
Yogananda: Absolutely! But I will not promise you that as you continue to study these teachings that the desire to do these things won't fall away from you. 

 
That’s just it: On the path of yoga, over time, our preferences change. What charms us refines. Sometimes, whom we surround ourselves with changes too.


At first, this can seem abrupt and unfair. Why is this happening to ME?! Why am I the one that has to live without this person, this food, this drink, this activity? Why am I the sober vegan?

What I’ve learned through yoga is that change is ultimately good in all its forms, and that life doesn't happen TO us. It happens FOR us. Looking at life that way shifts everything — and it doesn't eliminate the inevitable pain of being a human sometimes... but it does eliminate unnecessary suffering. Change becomes a surefire sign we’re moving forward, and everything is (always) working out.

This is a yogi's evolution. Yoga teaches us to release attachment.  Over time, instead of pushing away that little voice telling me I should stop drinking alcohol, I trusted the voice. More importantly, I trusted that when I did, everything would be ok. People wouldn’t stop inviting me to social events.  Or, if they did, it was a sign for my social circle to change and evolve. I knew what my body and soul needed, and I let the habit fall away.
 
I bet you, too, have heard that voice in the back of your mind begging for something you know is good for you. Or begging you to stop a habit you’ve had for years. Or a deep desire to try something new. 
 
So wherever you’re at, maybe this will be the nudge you need to make that change your body has been asking for. And if it involves doing more yoga, you know where to find us!


See you soon at The Hive!

In light,Blaine

I, like many of you, do a lot of things to keep myself healthy.  I eat lots of plants that have fiber and loads of antioxidants and micro nutrients, I abstain from alcohol and drugs, I exercise frequently in many different ways, I limit sugar, I use essential oils, I meditate, I take supplements, I see a Chiropractor, eat fermented foods, I could go on and on.  And I, like many of you, get pulled into advertising.  I should be on this particular green juice, I need this expensive coconut yogurt, what juicer should I buy?

Even though I do a lot of things, and don’t do a lot of things, the real reason why I feel great is simple:

I get sleep, I drink plenty of water, I move my body, I am involved in my Community.

Everything else is second place to the above.  When I am making tough choices about what will get done and what won't, sleep is a big factor in my decision making. I am not going to make this a research paper but the biggest bang for your buck in health are the basics.  And there is no buck, or not much of one.  Sleep, water, stretching and moving, the love of your Tribe.

And if you immediately feel yourself pulled into resistance as you read this, “I don’t have time to sleep!”  That is ok.  Be gentle with yourself.  Notice the thought pattern.  There is no perfection to be achieved.

Kaizen is a Japanese term for continuous improvement.  We can only focus on a couple of things at once.  In an effort to continuously improve, getting enough sleep, staying hydrated, engaging in physical activity and spending time with other people who have your back, and you have their's, is a great place for self-work.  And self-love.

See you soon at The Hive!

In light,Blaine

All this Spring-ness makes me think a lot about Mother Earth.  Many believe she is a living Goddess.  A living, breathing entity – with extraordinary wisdom, compassion and spiritual power who has sacrificed her own salvation so that we can live here.  When I think about her in this way, it's especially hard to reflect on the damage we have done, are doing, and will continue to do to her.  When I was in India, I went to Parmarth Niketan and listened to Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji.  She explained our mindless destruction in a way that really resonated with me.  She brought up the habit many mothers have of saving the “art work” of their children.  Often simply scribbles on paper.  And the children grow older, but the art work stays in the house.  Even if it’s in the attic or under a bed.  The time to move to a new home comes and someone tries to throw away the paper with the scribbles.  “No!”  The mother exclaims, “Those are sacred!”  The creations are sacred because she knows and loves the creator and won’t let the creations be destroyed. 

If we loved the creator, we wouldn't let the creations be destroyed.

It is spring break for many, and even if it is not for you, go outside.  Be quiet.  Listen.

Create space for love.

See you soon at The Hive!

In light,
​Blaine

Wednesday is the first day of Spring!  I think many of us love to see more daylight, buds bursting from plants and the earth, and even spring rain.  Spring is also a time of shedding and removing things we have accumulated.  Winter boots, heavy coats and shoveling off the porch can become memories as we welcome lighter clothing, less winter stuff to carry, and less restricted movement.

Spring is also the time to release and unpack other heaviness we have accumulated.  To take a look inside and see what we are holding onto that we don’t need.  Did something happen two days ago that wasn’t expected or wanted?  Have we let that go?  What about something from last year?  How much have we accumulated?

This is a theme we will be working with over the next several weeks.  Taking time and finding stillness to look inside, get quiet, see what we see, explore what needs to be released to make room for growth.  Then tackling the work it takes to change.

Spring is GROW TIME!


As we proceed into Spring, and you see the growth and change in nature, maybe take a moment, a little pause to marvel at the bud on the tree, or the little green protrusion from the ground.  Appreciate the miracle.  We are nature.

See you at the Hive!
In light,
Blaine

One of the things that sticks out in my mind from the spiritual teachings in India is “A Yogi is not afraid to be challenged.” And this isn't "challenging" like who can hold a handstand the longest. This is more about "challenging" like having the courage to commit to something you know you need but have been avoiding. (Been there!) It’s knowing you will resist, probably every day, and having the wisdom that feeling resistance means you need to spend time breaking through.

The second limb of the eight limbs of yoga is called the Niyamas, and one of the five Niyamas is Tapas.  Tapas translates to "fiery discipline" – like fire in the belly to change and grow and evolve, but knowing it doesn’t just happen overnight. So, we invoke discipline to achieve it.

We all have our patterns, and if we don’t change the patterns then (drumroll.... this is obvious!) we don’t change. 

You cannot stay the same and change. You just can’t.  

Having the courage to take the challenge, do the daily practice, and NOT listen to the voices in your head telling you to keep doing what you did yesterday and the day before instead of this new practice. 

Full disclosure: I feel this resistance every single day. 

This needs to be done, that needs to be done, do the things you always do and skip the practice that is the one thing that will actually get you out of the rut.  The resistance is POWERFUL and it takes tapas, fiery discipline to break free.

Our only option on the path of change and growth is to TRANSCEND. Transcend the old patterns, transcend the resistance. Transcend “I am too busy, I will do it tomorrow.”

There is a difference between knowing intellectually what the benefits of practice are and actually really doing the practice regularly.  As my Energy Medicine Yoga teacher, Lauren Walker says, “You are always training the dog. When you are not training the dog, you are training the dog.”

I'm hosting our signature program, BeYou: A 21-day transformation that meets for 4 weeks on Tuesday starting February 19th. We make it easy for you to commit to yoga, meditation, positive health choices and techniques like Desire Mapping to get to the root of what you want from your life. I'll be right there with you in the process. We evolve together as a group, holding each other accountable and creating new daily rituals by the end of 21 days! Scroll for the details and registration link!

In light,
Blaine

Enjoy Mala making and doTERRA essential oil-infused mocktails!