I am dying.  

Don't be alarmed. So are you. Hopefully not today or tomorrow, but it's happening. We don't understand it and can't plan it. And I have the feeling it is going to be just as magical as how we first came to be. Our exit is the greatest mystery of this life, and I've been thinking about it quite a lot lately.

No, I haven't had a horrible diagnosis or anything like that. But I am getting some pretty consistent messages through my dreams and multiple other sources that time is a-tick-tick-ticking. It's not so much a message of imminent death, but rather the challenge -- are you living? Really living? Full of gratitude and joy and wonder? Honestly, my answer is not the emphatic YES!!! I would like it to be. Which I think is precisely The Message. Thanks, Universe.  Loud & Clear.

I'm making slow improvements to the work-life balance issues I've dragged along through this incarnation. Read: glacial progress. But these dreams and images and articles and conversations have sparked in me a restless undercurrent, increasing the contrast on my existing-to-living spectrum. It's sparking thoughts and awareness and change.

And so I want to ask you:  Are you living? Really living? Full of gratitude and joy and wonder? If the answer is a resounding yes, do everything in your power to keep it that way. And if not, what can you do to turn your back on existing and open yourself fully and completely to living. Time is running out. It is.  

ps.  Thanks for SEVEN amazing, life-altering, community-building, heart-opening, consciousness-expanding, vibration raising, world-bettering years. All. Gratitude.          

Peace,
Jill

the blue youtube channel

We took the plunge! Check out our new YouTube channel -- we've got some instructional videos, some fun videos, and there will be more and more videos to come. Check them out and subscribe to the channel today so you'll know when we upload something new!

 

 

Kathy Sell Smith

We wiped a few tears as we bid farewell to Elizabeth, who's moving on to new adventures in Dallas, Texas. 

 

But we're so excited that this smiling face will

be taking over the Tuesday, 4:00 pm Power Hour, starting February 4!  

 

Stay tuned for more details about Kathy and our other new teachers in upcoming newsletters.

blueversary 7: February 7-9
holding hands, lifting hearts

yoga by donation to support
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle

Whether you've been a student at the blue since opening day or you've just tried your first class with us, we are so grateful to everyone who has helped create the blue lotus community -- now seven years strong and still growing every day!  

 

To mark this year's anniversary, we're holding a weekend of by-donation classes to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle. (If you missed the blog post by Kathleen last week, you can read a bit about why we feel a special kinship with the work of this group.)

 

We hope you'll join us for as many classes as you can next weekend -- there's no minimum donation required, but for every $10 donation, you'll get a raffle ticket (or seven tickets for $50). Our fellow local businesses have donated some prizes that will knock your yoga socks off -- you don't want to miss out on all this goodness:

• 16 yoga classes by-donation, February 7-9, to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle -- we'll give away three prizes at each class Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Register now -- classes will fill quickly!
• Vegetarian Potluck Dinner & Wine Tasting, 7:00 pm, Friday, February 7 -- there are seven fabulous prize packages we all secretly want to keep for ourselves. But we'll give them away at the potluck, because that's how much we love you.
• The Utterly Amazing Blueversary Raffle -- after giving out more than 70 prizes over the course of the weekend, we'll draw from all donations for three Grand Prize Packages, each valued at more than $900. We're serious (very!) about raising money (a lot!) for this amazing organization. (Can't do it without you.)
• Class pass and membership discounts, February 7-9 only -- 10-class pass for $110, 50-class pass for $525, annual membership for $925, and annual membership auto-debit for $90/month. You can purchase them online or at the studio. 
• 25% discount on all regularly priced apparel- - Had your eye on some new yoga gear? Get it now and get it on sale!
• Special, limited-run blueversary 7 tees --  for sale starting Friday morning in the boo-tique. Last year they sold out in less than 24 hours. Don't miss out!

Prize Packages for Veggie Potluck & Wine Tasting , Feb 7!
Prize Packages for classes -- Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!

see you at the blue!