YOGA ROCKS!

In just 9 days, I will be embarking on my second mother/daughter yoga trip.  This time we're headed to San Francisco for the Yoga Journal Yoga Conference held at the Embarcadero Hyatt.  It'll nice to be "home".

I won't be taking back-to-back yoga classes like I did at the conference in San Diego last June.  This time I'm going to take it easy and take one class on Saturday and another on Sunday morning.  The rest of the time I will be soaking up every bit of San Francisco that I can.

But before I hit the streets of San Francisco, I'll be taking an 8 AM class on both Saturday and Sunday morning.  On Sunday, I'll be taking a class with Baron Baptiste, "Foundations in Actions".  A class that works on improving your practice by focusing on the foundation of each pose.  Baron introduced his own style of Power Yoga in the early 90s.  In the mid 90's he was part of the Philadelphia Eagles coaching staff as the "Peak Performance Specialist."  I guess it's the tough football way to say "Yoga Instructor."

On Sunday morning the class is "Yoga Rocks" with Eric Paskal founder of Yoga Shelter with 5 studios in Michigan and one in Studio City, CA.  I've taken Eric's class at the San Diego conference and loved it! That's me in his class last June.  I'm the one behind the girl in the blue and yes, probably the only one not doing the full expression of Warrior One. Yep, caught taking a mini-break. Doh!

The music was loud and fun.  His teaching style was inspirational, motivating and moving.  He broke out the guitar at the end of class and we had a group sing-along with closed eyes repeating "Let my love open the door."  What a great class.  It'll be worth waking up extra early Sunday morning to catch the BART train to take his class.

Needless to say, I am totally looking forward to my Yoga weekend in San Francisco.