In Vitality Yoga

05/02/2026

Such a beautiful and informative workshop today with as we explored creating regenerative and healthy environments around our homes within ourselves, for our communities, and our children.

🙏🏻

04/20/2026

When: May 2, 10-11:30am

Investment: $40 (non-members), $35 (members)

What if caring for the earth wasn’t separate from caring for ourselves?

In this collaborative workshop, we’ll explore the idea of regeneration — not just as a way of gardening, but as a way of relating to the world around us. Through a blend of conversation, movement, and hands-on experience, you’ll be introduced to simple, meaningful ways to support the health of the soil, local ecosystems, and your own well-being.

Guided by regenerative gardening educator J’aime Hill, you’ll begin to understand how working with nature — through practices like supporting soil health and planting with intention — can create lasting impact, even in small spaces. As this understanding unfolds, we’ll move into a short, grounding yoga practice and meditation themed in our own connection to the elements through the yoga lens and designed to help you feel that union more directly in your own body.

You will notice how awareness shifts when you slow down, use your hands, and reconnect with the natural world in a more direct way.

We’ll close with a simple, hands-on experience working with soil and plants, giving you the opportunity to engage with the earth in a tangible way and take something home as a continuation of the practice.

You’ll leave with:
• a clearer understanding of regenerative gardening and why it matters
• simple ways to begin supporting soil health and local ecosystems
• a felt sense of connection through breath, movement, and touch
• a small, planted container to take home and continue nurturing

Who is this for?
• anyone curious about regenerative gardening or sustainable living
• those who enjoy learning through experience, not just information
• yoga students interested in connecting practice to the natural world
• anyone seeking a deeper sense of connection — to the earth and to themselves

No prior gardening or yoga experience is needed.

When: May 2, 10-11:30am Investment: $40 (non-members), $35 (members) What if caring for the earth wasn’t separate from caring for ourselves? In this collaborative workshop, we’ll explore the idea of regeneration — not just as a way of gardening, but as a way of relating to the world around us....

04/17/2026

This 6-week series started tonight and I couldn’t be more grateful that I get the opportunity to bring yoga therapy together with emotional, physical, experiential childbirth prep for a one-of-a-kind program.

03/24/2026

🗓️ April 8, 2pm-2:45pm
💵 FREE
ZOOM presentation, link provided before event for those registered

In this complimentary introductory talk, Meena Puri explores the connection between emotional patterns, relationships, and physical well-being through the lens of Ayurveda.

Many of the symptoms we experience—such as anxiety, fatigue, digestive issues, and feeling overwhelmed—are not just physical. They are often connected to how we process stress, navigate relationships, and respond to emotional experiences.

In this session, you’ll learn:

• how emotional patterns show up in the body

• why certain relationship dynamics impact your energy and nervous system • how Ayurveda explains your responses through the doshas

• simple, practical tools to begin restoring balance

This is a grounded, accessible introduction designed to help you better understand your body and take small, meaningful steps toward feeling more balanced.

About Meena:

Meena Puri is an Ayurvedic practitioner, meditation teacher, and author of Heal Your Relationship with Food: The Ayurveda Answer and Wake Up and Heal: Six Steps to Emotional Freedom. With over 30 years of experience, her work focuses on helping people heal at the root—addressing the deeper patterns behind stress, emotional imbalance, and physical symptoms.

03/11/2026

It is March 11th and it’s In Vitality’s first birthday! 🎂. There are few words to describe what it means to me, meeting all of you. You offer to me as much as I offer to you. To my members, your dedication is inspiring and your stories bring me laughter and learning. I am so grateful for the opportunity to SHARE what I have learned about yoga therapy and hope you all see what you already have within you and find peace with your own presence.

So thankful to a dedicated member for bringing in my favorite cake flavor last night so beautifully baked into cupcakes by - it u need strawberry cake or any other, see this lovely Novi baker! Perfectly delicious cupcakes made with fresh, real ingredients.

As spring brings renewed energy, let’s move forward! 🙏🏻

01/22/2026

A patient at the hospital told me today he thinks humans are the only species that doesn’t live in the present.

Sitting with that one.
What do you notice?

01/21/2026

A student shared something meaningful with me today.
She told me that although she’s been exposed to yoga for years, one major difference she’s experiencing in our studio is the absence of competition. For the first time, she feels comfortable in her own skin.
In the past, she would wonder if she belonged in a class, or if not being able to do a movement the same way someone else could somehow made her less than or inadequate. Now, that comparison has softened — and in its place is a growing sense of ease, presence, and trust in herself.
And this is freedom: becoming comfortable in the present moment.
The mind no longer has to measure, perform, or prove.
It can simply be.

This is the quiet power of a safe, non-competitive practice space — where nervous systems settle, self-judgment loosens, and people begin to feel at home in themselves again.

01/20/2026

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” — MLK

In yoga, we practice showing up without needing the full picture — feeling our way forward through breath, sensation, repetition, and attention.
Over time, something subtle starts to happen: we begin to recognize what clarity feels like in the body. Not certainty. Not control. Just a quiet sense of “yes,” a steadiness that invites movement.

Maybe the mat is a place where we learn how to trust that inner signal — and carry it into conversations, choices, boundaries, creativity, healing, and change.
Where might a small, honest first step be asking for your attention right now?

01/19/2026

The last three days I was privileged to attend the second annual IIYT Symposium on Clinical Advancements in Yoga Therapy. I imagine most conferences for one’s career path don’t go down like this one. Yoga Therapy is special. People hug, they share openly from their hearts and discuss how they can serve the hearts of people they don’t know yet, how they can reach communities that currently don’t have access, once in a while there are tears and it’s ok. This base of support and safety creates a foundation where bright and motivated minds come together to share research, ideas and stories. With of course a few breaks for breath, movement, and mindfulness.

We learned from a wide range of speakers. Doctors from disciplines like palliative care, obstetrics, anesthesiology, oncology, pain, physical rehab.

Other professions as well: physical therapists, nurses, social workers, public health experts, body experts, and of course Yoga Therapists as well as IAYT representatives.

I feel like I heard from almost every person who attended and all were valuable to the whole. The most gratitude and thanks for the woman who brings us all together, Veronica Zador, President of IIYT, and who is a great example of someone living what she teaches.

I left inspired and motivated with plans to pass it forward.

01/07/2026

Absolutely wonderful Yin & Thai Stretch event last night. This workshop SOLD OUT. Paige .stretch offered gentle and intentional touch & stretch throughout the 90 minute session. Look out for this workshop in the future! Ended with some warm cardamom and ginger tea with a cinnamon stick. :-). Calm soothing energy for a cold rainy January night.