MY Yoga ~ And a Call to Celebrate Life

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Bringing people down into their bodies, booties, and hearts is part of the reason I was put on this eart. I have been asked a lot lately if I am “only” teaching dance these days or do I still teach asana too. Sadly this often is accompanied with a condescending attitude. As if some how one kind of movement trumps another or the “pose” or shape the body is making determines if it is yoga or not. Yoga means to unify. To call back all the disintegrated parts of yourself and return them to wholeness. There is no mention of Triangle pose, Warrior 1, or even handstand (which you know I love.)

Movement and music is something that is not only in my blood, but in my cellular memory. I was dancing in the womb as my mother was a dancer. We lived in an apartment on top of her dancing school; Miss Marylou’s New School of Dance. I began taking classes pretty much by the time I could walk. As a young adult I tried to push it away in attempt to be nothing like my mother and to avoid the advances of creepy men who thought just because I danced wild and free at the club I was inviting them into my personal space! I became rigid, constricted, & disconnected from my body.

It’s ironic that what I tried to “escape” has become one of the things I am known for today. Dance is hands down one of the most healing, transformative and liberating art forms/practices that I do and share. I never had “the plan” to integrate dance into my yoga teaching it is something that happened very organically which out of Deep Exhale and SoulFire have been born.

So the answer to the question is no, I don’t “only” teach anything. My yoga is a weaving together of all the movement forms (classical and not) that I have studied, love and embodied. My yoga is what helps MEunify my bodyheartmind and soul and that is the place in which I share from.

Peace, love, and smiles

~ Cristi

This is why you haven't heard from me in 3 months...

A special message from my heart.

Here’s the text from the sutra I read in the video…

We all tremble, we all know fear.
Turn to the one life pervading the universe
Whose name dispels fear.
Find that name resonating in your heart.
Luminosity permeates the universe,
And the secret sound that hums
Everything into existence
Resounds everywhere.
Listening to the inner sound continually,
Become lovers with the Secret One.

~ The Radiance Sutras ( Sutra 107), Lorin Roche

My birthday + a big announcement!

I just turned 42!! 

I can't properly put into words the magnitude of what this birthday means to me, so I recorded a video for you all. It would mean the world to me if you watched it. 

And the other big news is that I've officially launched my first ever online course. It's called Confidence, Power, and Saying YES! 

There is a power in you, a gift in you that is waiting to be shared with the world.

It is time to rise up to this power, confidently say yes to it and begin to truly live your life!

This course will teach you how. 

Announcing my new website!

I've been working on something big for the last few months and I've been scared and hesitant to share it with you - but I'm finally ready to say YES!!! 

A very personal note from me

Namaste Yogis

I couldn't find I way to properly express the magnitude of the experience I'm going through right now by typing, so I recorded this video. Take a sec to watch this if you can. It's been a powerful time.