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Celebrate the Holidays with Yoga Among Friends Shirts and Ornaments

Celebrate the Holidays with Yoga Among Friends Shirts and Ornaments

The holiday season is here, and we’re excited to announce something special! Yoga Among Friends is offering custom apparel and a heartwarming holiday ornament to help you celebrate the season in style. Whether you’re shopping for yourself or finding the perfect gift for the yogi in your life, these items are the perfect way to show your love for the YAF community.

✨ Custom YAF Apparel ✨

Stay cozy and stylish with our exclusive Yoga Among Friends shirts and sweatshirts, available in versatile and trendy colors.

  • Sweatshirt

    • Color: Sand or Sport Gray

    • 100% Cotton

    • Sizes: Small to 3X

    • Price: $45 + shipping



✨ YAF Heart-Shaped Ornament ✨

Spread the love this holiday season with our limited-edition Yoga Among Friends heart-shaped ornament.

  • Price: $15

  • Proceeds: 100% of ornament proceeds support programs and scholarships at Sangha Space 501c3, making this purchase a gift that gives back to the community.

✨ How to Order

To purchase your custom apparel or ornament:

  • Contact Sara for online ordering via Venmo or Zelle.

  • Items can be shipped directly to your home or picked up at the studio for your convenience.

    Don’t wait—supplies are limited, and these exclusive designs are only available for a short time!

Show your Yoga Among Friends pride and make your holidays extra meaningful. Thank you for supporting our community and helping us continue to make a difference through yoga and mindfulness.

Happy Holidays from all of us at Yoga Among Friends! 🌟

 

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  • Long-Sleeve T-Shirt (Not Available)

    • Colors: Dark Heather, Sand

    • Sizes: Small to 2X

    • Price: $35 + shipping

  • T-Shirt (Not Available)

    • Colors: Dark Heather, Sand

    • Sizes: Small to 3X

    • Price: $28 + shipping

Collective Healing

Collective Healing

November has always been a season of shifts. With the time change, the upcoming election, and life's uncertainties unsettling our nervous systems, I'm deeply grateful for the steady grounding of my inner practice.

Holding space for the highest good. The intention of practice in the context of the community. At Yoga Among Friends, our mission is to create a space where the community can flourish in kindness and feel a deep sense of belonging.

As a Sangha, we offer whatever we can to bring attention to how we can help ease the fear and tensions of suffering for each other. To create a safe environment where the air we breathe, the water we drink, the trees, and all of nature in the animal kingdom are nourished with the element of peace. We have to live deeply with each moment that is given to us.

The world now needs us to go inward, be mindful, and choose to extend the energy of genuine compassion. We must recognize that love alone is not enough; we must go deeper into understanding and accepting that everyone perceives life through their own lens. Each of us has unique experiences, even within the same family. This practice involves examining our own judgments and cultivating self-acceptance for the shadows within us.

Yoga is neither a self-help industry nor a form of psychoanalysis; it offers a gateway to self-awareness. It helps us recognize our struggles to see clearly, the anger that stems from our survival fears, and the importance of pausing and listening to choose a mindful response. Deep listening can be exhausting when our minds are filled with the noise of outer chaos.

Yoga Among Friends’ Teachers Weekend Retreat

At Yoga Among Friends, we aim to create a safe space for true relaxation—a place to set aside the ego’s drive to fix and instead cultivate a deep sense of ease and nourish genuine presence. In this community, we offer an inner retreat from the chaotic outer distractions. To feel the support of a community has been our full mission since opening in 1998.

Today, we move forward with renewed energy from our inspiring teachers, who are committed to providing enriching workshops and classes that practice these tools for healing collective hearts. In this season of darkness, we remain a beacon of light, raising the vibration for all.

In love and light,

Laura Jane

A New Season Begins

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A New Season Begins

The season is changing as we move away from the heat of summer and into the cooling aspects of fall. The light shifts as the days get shorter, and I am embracing the dark again. My favorite time is to teach in the studio with the light of candles.

Even in the early morning, as I wake with gratitude, I light my candle and set the intention for the day. I do it physically before I begin my personal practice, and I create the awareness of my inner light turning on through my breath.

I begin each day by committing to living my day linked to listening and responding to life with mystery. To be able to cultivate the right thought as it moves into energy, not attached to feelings but to the desire to celebrate this day. The new day always offers the wonder and AWE of beginnings.

It has been a full ride of days leading us to this moment in time. I accept all the responsibilities of living fully with the passion of joy, even when doing the next hard thing. I am thrilled to continue teaching and offering my heart and soul to our community at Yoga Among Friends.

To grow and expand, I am thrilled to announce that the baton is being passed forward. My niece, Sara Shotsberger, will carry on the space as we begin to shift all my other roles. I need to let go of running the studio and managing the daily tasks.

She is a brilliant psychotherapist who brings the mind and body connection to her work as a trauma-based professional and registered yoga teacher. She genuinely embraces all health and wellness tools as we intend to expand into more of a healing center.  Under her creative tutelage, we will only grow and thrive with her passionate direction.  

So, nothing is changing for our students, and yet, for me, everything is possible in this transition. I can enjoy more time and space to teach and see the studio thrive with new beginnings. This new season is offering us an opportunity to expand, and for that, I am grateful. All our classes with our outstanding teachers will continue, and I can focus on sharing my teachings in classes and inspiring students in my private sessions.

This transition allows us to move forward through the integrity of our mission. We hold space for growing and expanding the higher vibration of healing. During these turbulent times of emotional confusion, we offer stability and a place to feel connected to our deeper selves. 

Enjoying the community and mentoring others is my joy, and I know we are only creating more opportunities for everyone to thrive. I am becoming more conscious that my enthusiasm is my superpower, and my laughter needs to be expressed in all my roles. I am welcoming new opportunities to create.

In the dark, we are planting new seeds as we nourish this season for the sweet spark of life unfolding. I am lighting the candle, and thank you for being the sustaining force of Yoga Among Friends.

As always if you have questions or would like to share some feedback, please leave a comment below or reach out to us via email.

Blessings,

Laura Jane

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