“The elephant headed god, Ganesh, was stuffed to the tusk with sacred desserts. When a snake crossed his path, both he and the mouse he was sitting atop were startled and the sweets from his belly were scattered. Ganesh couldn’t bear the loss and began stuffing them back into his belly, still split apart. Chandra, the moon, gazed down upon Ganesh and laughed at the scene before her. Ganesh then fell victim to a second vice: his anger…”

When I first began collecting gems, I knew very little about the latent magic they inherently possess. Beyond their obvious brilliance and magnificence, every gemstone also contains its own unique healing energy. This introductory guide to balancing our chakras using gems presents an opportunity for us to discover how to begin to cultivate alignment with a variety of particular stones’ frequencies, and continue to cultivate a deeper sense of resonance with them through our yoga and meditation practices…

In the past months, all of us devoted yogis who had been so diligently practicing on the mat have been undoubtedly faced with the daily (perhaps even hourly) challenges of maintaining some semblance of equanimity amidst the constantly shifting sands of our collective existence.

On March 13th we took away the yoga props, propped open the doors, placed spray bottles with bleach water in every room, ramped up the cleaning and disinfecting, and watched the news about the virus and social distancing requirements change by the minute. At noon on Sunday March 15th, a few days prior to the governor's orders to close, we shuttered all three yoga studio locations out of concern for the safety of our community.