February from the Mat - Join Us for a Community Challenge

Drawing inspiration from the book: Meditations From The Mat, we’ll explore ways to live and practice yoga every day for the month of February.

“Everything all the time…” - The Eagles

“At first glance, the eight-limb path appears to lend itself to a linear approach. It would seem to make sense: you do the first limb, then you proceed to the second, and so on. In fact, we take up all the limbs together. As the line in the Eagles song goes, we do everything all the time. It’s not possible to practice the first two limbs, the yamas and niyamas, without the support of the practices outlines by the other limbs. As we practice asana and pranayama, the postures and breathwork that comprise the third and fourth limbs, we refine our relationship to our body, creating the necessary circumstances for brahmacharya, or moderation, the fourth yama. To practice living in the truth, or satya, the second yama, we must have a mind that has to let go of the habit of distraction and developed the habit of concentration. Concentration is deliberately cultivated in dharana, the sixth limb. We must actually do everything all the time.

Our yoga practice makes this possible. Each time we come to the mat, we have an opportunity to work the entire path, moment by moment. As we move through the postures we are constantly enacting each aspect of the path. Our bodies, our breath, our minds, and our choices are being refined in the laboratory that is our yoga mat. As this symphony becomes established on our mats, it becomes established in our lives as well. Driving to work, mailing a letter, meeting a friend for lunch all become part of the uninterrupted flow of our yoga practice. We are doing our yoga all the time.” - Meditations from the Mat

What’s Included

This challenge will be totally remote. Showing up to the yoga mat in the studio or at home both count towards your daily practice.

• A guided exploration through the 8 limbs of yoga framed by Meditations From The Mat by Rolf Gates and Katrina Kenison

• A weekly email with themes, selected readings, journal prompts, suggested practices & resources

• Access to the entire Digital Studio library & live Zoom classes for your daily practice

• A private Facebook group to chat with each other about the challenge, ask questions, share your aha moments and support each other

• A weekly live 15-minute practice each Tuesday within the Facebook group

• Shared Google doc to track and check-off your daily yoga practice

• Four live Zoom gatherings every Thursday from 7:15 - 8pm to align on a shared intention and discuss nuggets of wisdom from each limb. These will be recorded and made available to anyone who can’t attend

We’ll start the month by committing to 25 minutes of practice every day and building to 40 minutes a day by the end of the month.

Cost & Sign Up

Active Digital Studio subscribers can sign up for FREE! At checkout, you will receive an automatic 100% discount. If you’re not a subscriber yet, you can join this 28-day challenge for just $28 ($1 a day)!

Click here to say YES and sign-up today!

A year in review

There has been a F;)K ton to move through this year and we all have had our parts to play. Our part, now and into 2021, is to ensure we’re supporting the efforts of the frontline workers, public health professionals, and civil rights leaders, as part of our vision & work - which is to provide YOU with options, information, and a supportive community so you can empower yourself to be healthy and cultivate a yoga practice that grows with you! And, to raise our community through health, healing, and learning.

Here are things we did this year, together:

Hosted 7400+ visits to the yoga mat (includes check-ins only)

Pivoted from the traditional in-studio only environment to the inclusion of digital classes, courses, and trainings so we could stay connected while staying safe at home (check out the WXOW clip here)

Created a digital subscription with live Zoom classes and OnDemand classes ranging from 20 - 60 minutes, providing more options and ways to maintain a consistent practice

Hired Jackie and Kayla, our media mavens, to help with the pivoting

Found new ways to gather in-studio while following state and local COVID health & safety guidelines

Adapted our business model & pricing structure to make yoga accessible to a wider audience

Contributed $2000+ towards scholarships

Held a community practice for local womxn and mothers at no-cost

Held a community practice for local BIPOC and LatinX folks at no-cost

Held a virtual 30-day yoga community challenge at no-cost

Continued our business sponsorship of The Center: 7 Rivers LGBTQ and Holmen Business Association

Partnered with the La Crosse School District, La Crosse Public Library, Holmen High School & Middle School to provide yoga for educators, students, and families

Purchased $250+ worth of diapers and wipes for the Parenting Place

Partnered with the Parenting Place to deliver mindfulness kits to 100+ families in Holmen & La Crosse

Donated $200 to New Horizon’s Shelter & Outreach Center

Became more resilient, flexible, grounded, and gracious

Continued to show-up to the yoga mat and do the work!

We certainly have a lot of reasons to pause and celebrate. So, let’s do just that!
(Like, actually get up and dance now!)

Thank you for being on this journey with us. Cheers to 2021 being less of a $h*tshow and another year of growth, together, on and off the yoga mat!