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Dear Yogis and Yoginis,
Fall is here. Really here. It is great to see many of you falling onto your mat for the 30-day challenge. Taking on this challenge is one way to change your life. How? A million different ways.....
One student told me that she is going to keep a journal of how her postures, her body and her mind change during her 30-Day challenge. Another student is doing the challenge to get over a bad break-up. No matter why you are doing it, remember, it is the commitment to doing it that is important. What you discover over the course of thirty days may be one of the most profound experiences you have in your lifetime. Good luck EVERYONE!
What a sense of joy we experienced at The SweatBox 10000 party! It was great to see all of you beautiful people in STREET clothes, some of you gorgeously face-painted, courtesy of Jamie. We've said it before and we'll say it over and over again. Yoga has the potential to heal the world and The SweatBox community is, as my 5 year old says, a "ginormous" part of that effort. You heal yourselves, you heal each other, and you heal the world.
We strive to give you opportunities to grow your individual practice as much as we can. In November, you will have the opportunity to participate in an all-day workshop with senior Bikram teacher Lynn Whitlow and in February you'll have the chance to embark on a 7-day Bikram Yoga adventure in Costa Rica with our dearly missed teacher Nina Granatir.
Brrrrrr. It is cold outside, it is dark (and getting darker), but you have your yoga. When in doubt about your ability to stay up-beat, positive and energetic during these fall and winter months, remember you have your yoga. Come in, step onto your mat, do your practice, and leave a brand new person.
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Senior Teacher Lynn Whitlow coming in November for EXCLUSIVE SweatBox Seminar.
When: Saturday, November 7th 9:30am-4:30pm
Where: Bikram Yoga Shoreline at The SweatBox
Cost: $100
Limited space available. Please call 206.546.4900 to make your reservation.
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THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
Half Pint Ice Cream
Half Pint is a small,owner-operated, homemade ice cream
company based out of Seattle, Washington. Half Pint's ice creams are made fresh weekly, from scratch, with local dairy and eggs and other local ingredients when possible. Find Half Pint at your
neighborhood farmers markets or hire us for your next party or event!
Amy Thamert Catering
Amy Thamert is a graduate of The School of Natural Cookery in Boulder, Colorado and a certified personal chef. Her passion is transforming simple organic ingredients into exciting and health promoting foods. Areas of specialty include gluten-free and vegan cuisines. Amy is available to cater your small or big event.
Tiphany Overzat-Belly Dancer
Tiphany is a frequent SweatBox practitioner (check out her back bend) and has been belly dancing for six years and within the last two years she has studied tribal, sword and fire under Kendra of
Jamie Katz-Face Painter
 Jamie got her start face-painting at preschool events for her kids. She's not really a professional but she must have painted 100 faces at our party. Thanks Jamie!!!!
Lisa Moody, Photographer 
In Lisa's own words, "I'm a repressed artist mom of two and when I was little I asked for a camera instead of a bicycle for Xmas. I feel a little bit like a super secret spy when I'm behind the lens."
Thank you also to all the volunteers who helped set up and clean and serve!!!
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THE SWEATBOX in COSTA RICA!!!!!
IT'S NOT TOO EARLY TO SIGN UP
Join Nina Granatir on the Central Pacific Coast of Costa Rica February 14-21, 2010.
Come share a week of integration with your fellow teachers and students in one of the most beautiful, peaceful and pristine places on Earth. Take eleven Bikram Yoga classes in the rain forest. Immerse yourself in the beauty of this land and take your practice to a whole new level! Your Trip Includes:
- 7 nights lodging
- 2 meals per day during hotel stay (local cuisine, vegetarian options available)
- Airport transportation at no cost if arrival and departure times are between 11am & 2pm
- 11 yoga classes in a beautiful, certified Bikram Yoga Studio located just footsteps away from the pool and hot tub and minutes from the beach!
- 1-day trip to Manuel Antonio National Park
COST:
$1395* for double occupancy or $1815* for single occupancy (we discourage this because space is limited!) For an additional cost we will help organize river tours, wildlife excursions, Tree Top Rainforest Trips, surfing expeditions, spa & hot spring appointments or any other activity.
Airfare not included - we like www.kayak.com for best fares. For more information on the closest airport, Juan Santamaria International, go to www.govisitcostarica.com More information on the hotel & yoga studio can be found at www.docelunas.com. Your host will be Nina Granatir. To reserve your vacation, please email Nina at ngranatir@hotmail.com.
* $500 non-refundable deposit due with reservation. Final non-refundable payment due December 15, 2009.
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The SweatBox in Your Community
Supporting a Cure for Breast Cancer
The SweatBox congratulates Team Areola Borealis who raised close to $70,000 to support breast cancer research in the Breast Cancer 3-Day September 11-13th. Congratulations also to Team Julie's Jewels who walked the 3-Day. The SweatBox gave all walkers the new SweatBox waterproof tote to haul their walking gear. Congrats and Thank you to both teams.
A Special Class for the
NORTH END OTTERS
On Sunday, September 27th, The SweatBox Shoreline hosted a class for the North End Otters.The North End Otters masters swim team started twelve years ago. Most of the team is between mid-thirties to mid-sixties.
Many of the swimmers do open water swims in the summer (Alcatraz, Lake Tahoe, etc.). Coach Robin O'Leary and 10 other swimmers glided through the 90 minutes of Bikram Yoga like pros.
Let us know if you'd like to do a special class for your club or community group.
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New At The SweatBox
Student Bridget and Nuun Rep Renee at Nuun sampling at Capitol Hill Studio.
NUUN HYDRATION Practicing Bikram Yoga is a great way to detoxify. Oftentimes, sweating a LOT leads to dehydration. To curb this effect, many of you take electrolyte supplements. The SweatBox has started selling a great new local product that seems to have cracked the code on replenishing electrolytes. Nuun Hydration is a great way to replenish your bodies electrolytes. Look for it as single tabs and in convenient tubes at both studios. |
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 Bikram Yoga and Loss By Saiko Flack
I lost one of my family members recently. She had cancer for over a year. The treatment was painful and aggressive. None of the Western medicines worked for her.
I have known her for nearly 10 years and my regret is that I didn't teach her yoga. I spoke to her about the benefits of yoga many times.I asked her to join my classes from time to time.
I emailed her articles about yoga, scientific research related with yoga and cancer, etc..
And finally two days before she passed away, I emailed her husband to bring her to my yoga class so that she can just lay in Savasana "Corpse Pose", and do absolutely nothing. It took me a while to think that she could just come and feel the energy of the room and fellow practitioners instead of me trying to teach her postures. It would be a great healing for her, to be in a group and receive that healing energy. You can only experience this sort of elevation when you are around other people.
Some research says that 90% or more of our physical disease is psychosomatic, the other 10% is environmental. Whether this figure is accurate or not, we all know that mental stress plays a huge part of our physical health. As I think of this life and death thing we will all come across eventually, I cannot help but feel the urgency to prevent any preventable illness that is psychosomatically rooted.
Holding onto the stress or emotions to any part of our body is one of the causes of illness. We hold tension physically, it gets accumulated in certain parts of body, and creates blockages, which prevent the free flow of circulation. Over time, These blockages might manifest in the form of tumors, cancer, joint misalignment, lack of synovial fluid in the ligaments, etc. We do not even realize we are harming our bodies this way, until the stress becomes visible in the form of those illness.
Yoga is a wonderful tool to release toxins and get rid of blockages we create in our daily lives, so we have free flow from top to bottom, inside out, bones to skin... Yoga is one of the ways to stay in touch with our body/heart/spirit, so when something is wrong, we are aware and can detect, and possibly minimize or cure the area before it is too late. Yoga is not about the beauty of the muscle tones or flexibility of the body. It is ultimately a way to keep us calm, centered, blessed, and content, even facing with difficult times of life.
The best and only way to draw people around you (especially those who are reluctant to try) to yoga is becoming a great living example. People will look at you living your life happily, focused, compassionately, calmly, patiently, while your physical body is totally supple and balanced. They will think "Hmm.. yoga must have done something great for her/him." Personally, I feel my journey with yoga has a long way to go. And it is still only a process.
Yoga is meditation, either moving or sitting, because it has a long lasting effect. As I still feel so blessed and fortunate after yoga class last night, I am trying to maintain this feeling as long as I can, until next time I put out my yoga mat and sit on it to continue the process.
Saiko is Teacher Manager at The SweatBox. She can be found teaching and practicing at both SweatBox studios.
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