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Community Yoga is a way for us to offer the amazing benefits of yoga to anyone who wishes to practice. There are no set fees. You can make a donation, use your punch cards or unlimited memberships. Donation yoga allows anyone to try classes without making a commitment and allows students to donate whatever is appropriate for them on that day for that class. Yoga by donation provides an opportunity for students to cultivate some fundamental yogic qualities, which are essential for personal growth and transformation.

Donation, or “dakshina” in Sanskrit is an ancient practice in yoga. In sharing this gift of knowledge, the teacher (or guru) did not seek fame or personal fortune. The student, according to his or her own means, paid what ever they could afford. Kings and nobles paid gold and jewels, while peasants gave pennies. The teacher did not see one as more giving than the other. This donation was referred to as Guru Dakshina, which means “giving out of respect,” a “love offering” of utmost appreciation by the student to their teacher. 

Community Classes are offered on Sundays at 10:30am.

 

New local artist and yoga student Lydia Selk featured this fall at Yoga Soleil

Lydia Selk plants her artistic roots in Puyallup, WA. She has studied the art of photography for the past two years. She embarks on photowalks downtown as asort of meditation, transforming ordinary things like rusty mattress springs or discarded objects into sculpture. The most important thing on her mind is beauty -- not the bills, conflict, or what might happen. You might see her walking down your street, peeking over your fence, or setting up a tri-pod in the park, and if you do, let it be a reminder that you and everything around you is waiting for someone to find it beautiful. She posts her finds online at www.flickr.com/photos/lydiafairy

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New local artist and yoga student Troy Mason featured this Spring/Summer at Yoga Soleil

Another talented yogi graces us with his work! Come see the world through Troy Mason’s eyes.

From Troy: “As a native Washingtonian, I grew up hiking and backpacking in our wonderful and abundant natural environment. Also, my grandfather was an avid photographer, and perhaps his hobby rubbed off on me as I eventually ended up at the Art Institute of Seattle.  However, shortly after graduating I fell away from both photography and the outdoors.

Over the last several years, I've renewed these two passions. Now I love nothing more than to hike to a magical, remote location with my beautiful wife, quietly losing myself in the magnificent splendor of our natural world, and to try somehow to translate the joy, wonder, peace, and contentment that I'm feeling through the camera lens.

I’ve began to put together a website (www.troymasonphotography.com) with which to share images. It is very much a work-in-progress, but please stop by to enjoy some of my work.”
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