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Lighting the Inner Fire in Hot Yoga

Lighting the Inner Fire in Hot Yoga By Laura Olinger "The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses." Edith Södergran As we begin the new year, you may consider using Heat on and off your mat to kick start your resolutions and fuel your inner fire. Heat is one of the Pillars of the Baptiste...

4 Reasons to be a YES to Yoga Mala 2016

4 Reasons to be a YES to Yoga Mala 2016 By Melody Mayes Yoga Mala 2016 is this weekend, and there's a reason we are all so excited about it. The event will be hosted at the Muhammad Ali Center on Saturday, January 2nd 10 am to 1 pm. Just trust us, you are going to...

Your Ass Looks Fat in Warrior II

Your Ass Looks Fat in Warrior II On why 502 Power Yoga doesn’t have mirrors By Cat Larimore “Your Ass Looks Fat in Warrior II.” It's all I could think as we held the challenging pose and my Drishti settled right on my rear end. All through the practice at another Louisville studio, I couldn’t resist checking myself out in...

Breaking Up With My Towel

Breaking Up With My Towel By Becca Washer My hand towel addiction was real. I never entered a class at 502PY without one. Even when we started charging $1 to rent them, I found such joy in asking Kelly to just put another one on my tab (a.k.a card on file). Any time a pose got...

7 Reasons to Practice Hot Yoga in the Winter

7 Reasons to Practice Hot Yoga in the Winter by Cami Glauser Let’s be honest, 502 Power Yoga is always awesome, but it’s even cooler in the winter (not literally of course!) While the cold starts settling in, the holiday dinners get bigger, and the winter blues start singing their tune, 502 Power Yoga has a lot going...

Student Highlight: An Interview with Nicole Wiseman

Student Highlight: An Interview with Nicole Wiseman by Melody Mayes When my dear friend, Nicole Wiseman, happened upon the Baptiste Power Yoga studio just down the street from her home she was insistent that the 502PY community was different than other yoga studios. She is the reason I ended up here, sweating it out next to her...

Where Should I Put My Mat? A Yoga Studio Geography Lesson

Where Should I Put My Mat? A Yoga Studio Geography Lesson By Becca Washer It can seem like a silly question but every time you walk into the studio, mat rolled under your arm, balancing a block, towel, water bottle, and an eagerness to practice, you are faced with the decision, where should I put my...

A Teacher in Training Log

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A Teacher in Training Log By Jess Malloy It is the one-week countdown for Winter 2015-2016 Teacher Training (see Becca's guide on what to bring) and I know I'm not the only one who has mixed feelings about it. Starting something new is always a little unnerving, even if it is a positive thing. Lately, life...

The Survival Guide for Teacher Training

The Survival Guide for Teacher Training By Becca Washer Next week is the start of the 2015-1016 Teacher Training at 502PY and for those who have signed up, there are probably a lot of questions with what to bring. Though you will want to take the usual items for a power yoga class (see some pro-tips...

Breathing Through Your Practice

Breathing Through Your Practice by Laura Olinger "You can do anything for just one more breath!" How often have we heard Sarah, or another teacher, say this in class? While it's true that a single breath may be a short time, the ability to hold that thigh-burning Warrior II also comes from the breath itself. In...

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