June 5, 2022
Greetings!
You all know me best as a passionate, dedicated, and some would say enthusiastic yoga teacher, but I am also a vegan chef and help run an animal rescue organization, NicaLove.
At first glance, these might seem like very different pursuits, but at the heart, and yes pun intended, of it all are a great desire and need to make as many lives as possible happier, safer, healthier, and more peaceful. I consider yoga practice to be a practice for and about life. I take everything I have and continue to learn from yoga and turn it towards every aspect of my interactions with others.
I know for a fact that you all pay forward the compassion, patience, humility, and love that you find on your mat. How do I know this? Because I have seen and experienced first hand much of what you do and know that the O2 community is not only kind but powerful. I hope you consider helping out NicaLove on June 7th-8th with our NHGives campaign below.
Also, I have started posting some fun vegan cooking videos on my YouTube channel, so check those out and tell me what you want to learn next! I still plan on offering live cooking classes, but for now, you can get started cooking vegan!
Big love,
Mimi
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Livestream Schedule Updates
We have a couple of small changes to the schedule in June and a strong suggestion about reserving classes.
Teacher updates:
Toby and Jimena will be taking a little vacation, so you will see:
- Carol teaching Mondays at 5:30 p.m.
- Mimi teaching Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m.
- Tina teaching Sundays at 5 p.m.
Class time updates:
And, we have a few timing changes for weekday evening classes and Monday noon classes:
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evening classes are now at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time
- Tuesday and Thursday evening classes will be at 6 p.m.
- Monday noon classes will be 50 minutes instead of 60
Booking classes:
Lastly, we highly recommend that you use our website to register for classes instead of the Arketa app. There seems to be some small but significant issues with how the classes appear, and more importantly, registrations have not always come through when booked through the app.
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Vote for the June Pose of the Month
Hey all, we have fun little contest to let you pick the pose of the month.
Choose among:
- Twists
- Lotus (hips)
- Arm balances
- Standing balances
- Boat (core strength)
Members of the βteamβ that picks the top rated pose will be entered into a raffle to win a five-class card!
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O2 Yoga Retreat in New Orleans:
Coming Up in March 2023!
We will be hosting our first yoga retreat in New Orleans at the end of March 2023! We are so excited to get the band back together with folks from previous retreats and be able to spend time with some of you IN PERSON who have never been on a retreat with us.
This 8-day retreat will start on Thursday, March 30th and run through Friday, April 7th. I know the dates seem a little wonky but it is quite difficult to find great options like we did! Hotel Provincial is a gorgeous old school hotel in the French Quarter with balconies overlooking a courtyard. Beautiful gardens and a pool finish the experience. We will practice twice daily, morning and evening, and gather together every morning after class for a gourmet vegan breakfast. Mimi and Elliott will be your teachers!!!
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Support NicaLove by Being Part of the NHGives Fundraiser
NicaLove is the partner, the yoga-off-the mat, and the seva to O2 Yoga. I, Mimi, am the Vice President (which is a fancy name for roll in the dirt, hold animals that are sick, work with families that need help, spay, neuter, save, love... well, you get the picture) of NicaLove and am passionate about taking the compassion from my yoga practice and reaching it out into the world. Click here to see me describe why NicaLove is so important to me and to them.
The O2 Yoga community raised over $5,000 last year for NicaLove and I would love to see the amount even bigger this year! We are breaking ground in September on building a shelter/sanctuary for up to 300 animals and can use every bit of your support. Go to the O2 Yoga Studio page on the NHGives site and please, please donate to make the lives of so many better and show how powerful, compassionate, and world-changing the O2 community is!
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We Are Here for You!
Please let us know if you have any feedback and questions by emailing us and connecting with us on social media (links at the bottom of this message.)
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ABOUT O2 YOGA...
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ο»ΏO2 Yoga provides students a place to grow in their practice, to be challenged, to work towards goals, and to be part of a community. Our Astanga-inspired, athletic, vinyasa classes all build on a theme β every month, a specific focus inspires our teachers' unique sequences β which gives students the chance to learn more about a posture or major tenet of the practice. Every teacher at our studio has gone through Mimiβs O2 Yoga 200 hour Teacher Training, so the O2 style shines through in every class. Can't get enough O2? Visit o2yoga.com for more information on the studio, and always feel free to email us with questions at info@o2yoga.com.
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