Lake Oaks Yoga

08/28/2026

True.

Mountain Pose can seem like such a small moment in practice.

No big shape.

No sequence to follow.

No obvious effort.

There’s no next pose to move into yet.

And some days, that pause feels full.

The body may feel different than expected.

The mind may be busy.

The day may still be sitting close.

Mountain Pose doesn’t have to change any of that.

It just gives you a moment to arrive before moving on.

Some practices don’t need to carry you somewhere else to matter.

Sometimes they make enough room for you to notice the day you’re actually in.

08/13/2026

I was nearly the oldest in my YTT. My roommate was 17 and I was 30.

08/01/2026

My Yoga Teaching Style for sure.

07/27/2026

I want to be there!

Yes yoga is on tonight with the llamas! 6pm! Join us!

https://www.prairiepatchfarm.com/book-an-experience

07/22/2026

This is a way to regulate!

07/16/2026

Not today, Death! If you know, you know.

"The ancient Irish had a saying: 'You don't give a man a weapon until you've taught him how to dance.' In other words, a different kind of learning is required before someone can be truly trusted with social power and potent things like weapons. If a man does not know the wounds of his own soul, he can deny not just his own pain, but also be unmoved by the suffering of other people. More than that, he will tend to put his wound onto others. He may only be able to see the wound that secretly troubles him when he forcefully projects it into someone else, in forms of abuse or violence.

So in the old culture-making idea, in order to properly bear arms a person must first become disarmed, as in becoming vulnerable and connected to something meaningful and supportive of life. The idea of forging the temperament of young men took precedence over the idea of simply giving them weapons at a certain age. The tempering of the souls involved discovering what kind of anger each might carry and learning about the inner line where anger turned into blind rage. Becoming tempered also meant immersing in the sorrow of one's life and thereby being in touch with the grief of the world."

- Michael Meade

07/03/2026

Happy 4th, Yogis!!!

If you are planning on taking yoga foundations starting July7, go to https://www.mclennan.edu/continuing ed to register!

So excited to be back from Vacay! I’ve been thinking about the 🐢 . I need a 🐢 update!!!!

06/10/2026

Yep

05/27/2026

Yes. I resemble this remark.

Certified yoga practitioner. 🦢
Uncertified in balance, flexibility, and not falling over. 😂💚

04/17/2026

Yes!

The mat reflects more than effort.

It shows the mood you arrived with.
The tension you didn't name.
The part of you that wants to perform, push, hide, or hurry.

That's not a problem.

It's part of what makes practice honest.

You can shape the pose for a while.
But breath, pacing, and attention usually tell the deeper truth.

The mat doesn't ask you to impress it.

It asks you to notice what is here.