Save the Date: April 9th from 10 AM-1:30 PM

April marks All Life Is Yoga’s fifth year in business! From what I understand, if you can get through the first five years of having a business… :-) To celebrate, I will be teaching my 10-11:30AM class as a community appreciation class and we will have a potluck gathering afterwards from 12-1:30. Feel free to bring a yummy, vegetarian dish.

Also, I will be sharing some big news. The time I’ve taken away from running the business as a traditional yoga studio has brought me a tremendous amount of clarity about the direction I truly want the business to go in. I am looking forward to communicating this new clarity with you.

I hope you are able to attend. Thank you so much for supporting All Life Is Yoga for the past five years. Many more to come!

Rutu Chaudhari is a certified Purna Yoga teacher who holds a 2,000-hour certification. Rutu assists teacher trainings, yoga workshops and conferences with Aadil Palkhivala.  She is the Director of the College of Purna Yoga in Atlanta and conducts teacher trainings at her thriving studio, All Life is Yoga.

Rutu is a shining example of the discipline and love for yoga. She sincerely lives her yoga and her radiance and light shine from the inside out. Rutu offers an abounding knowledge of alignment and anatomy, meditation, practical application of yogic philosophy and nutrition and lifestyle from Ayurveda, Chinese and Western traditions. She is also a leading teacher of yoga therapeutics.

Most People Are Other People

So true, Mr. Wilde. A great reminder that most things in our world condition us to conform and fit in. A sincere yoga practice cuts through the veneer and teaches us that if the masses are doing it, it behooves us to run in the other direction!

Instead of using the gifts of your mind to gather data from the outside world to help define who you are, draw your senses inward. Dwell in your heart center and listen for the moment-to-moment truth guiding you towards your weird, creative, and wonderful self.

Join me Friday, March 4th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM to learn meditation techniques that have helped me on my journey to discern what is real from what is pretense.

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200 & 500 Hour Purna Yoga Teacher Training begins in April

200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training at All Life is Yoga  This course covers the foundational curriculum of Purna Yoga—alignment-based asana and pranayama, meditation, nutrition and applied yogic philosophy.  In addition, learn the anatomy and physiology of yoga and breath, how to understand injuries and health concerns, how to develop confidence and leadership, and discover the difference between yoga from the mind and the approach to practicing and teaching yoga from the heart. The act of learning to teach elevates your understanding of yoga to a level that practice alone cannot reach. That is why this course shows you how to do, teach, and live the whole of yoga.

At the 200-hour Level you gain the knowledge, confidence and awareness that is essential for becoming an alignment-based yoga teacher.

Apply Here 

500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training at Purna Yoga East, NC. 

I look forward to assisting Aadil Palkhivala for the 500 hour program that begins April 16th, 2016. This is a rare opportunity, and probably the last time, Aadil and Savitri will teach the entire 500 hour program.  The College of Purna Yoga 500 Hour training Affiliate Level is for yoga teachers or serious students who want to affect the world in a positive way by teaching yoga and meditation with more power, potency, professionalism, and purpose!

There are two important facets to this training, expanding your technical knowledge and the commitment to your spiritual development.

Expectations are higher and living yoga is the goal for the student at the affiliate level.

Apply Here

Dharma: Action Tinged with Dream

I’m teaching a restorative practice this Friday evening from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. I’ll be reading the “Dharma” section of Fire of Love during class. Dharma, or “life purpose,” is the first chapter in Aadil’s book. Why dharma? Because the exploration, discovery, and fulfillment of purpose is the most worthwhile endeavor of our lives—what could be more important than understanding our purpose, or more satisfying than living a life that fulfills that purpose? It seems to me that our collective evolution is hindered when we are individually not doing what we are here to do.

“Discovering our dharma is the most important step in our life. A dharma undiscovered is a life not directed towards the soul’s end. Without the realization of dharma—even if you work hard and long—you will remain unfulfilled. You will climb the ladder of success only to find, when you have finally reached the top, that it was leaning against the wrong wall. Without a clear purpose, a life mission, you short-circuit your freedom. How can you wholeheartedly put effort into your life if you have no direction in which to go? And how can you possibly feel fulfilled even with the effort you are making?” Aadil Palkhivala, Fire of Love

Dharma is the foundation of Purna Yoga. We spend some time during class asking these questions, but once or twice a week is not enough. On a daily basis, create moments of quiet to, connect to your heart center and ask yourself:

1.     Who am I?

2.     Why am I here?

3.     Where am I going?

Ask with sincerity, and you may just become the answer.

I hope you’ll join me this Friday night.  Register here!

Upcoming Events

I'll be out of the country from January 18th to the 31st. I will do my best to get all my classes covered, but as you know, the current substitute list is limited. Please check the class calendar for updates in the next week. Below is my local and out of town workshop and training schedule thus far for 2016.

2016 Teacher Trainings 

200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training at All Life is Yoga in Atlanta, Ga. Training begins April 2nd, 2016. Here are all the dates for the upcoming training. Contact Rutu to apply.

500-Hour Yoga Teacher Training with Aadil Palkhivala and Savitri in Clayton, NC. April 14th-April 28th and Oct. 25th-Nov. 6th, 2016. I am looking forward to assisting Aadil for the 500-Hour Purna Yoga Teacher Training hosted by Purna Yoga East. Aadil does not usually teach the 500-Hour training, so don't miss this opportunity to study at the seat of a master. Early bird registration ends Feb.1st, 2016.

Workshops at All Life is Yoga 

Restorative Yoga Friday Jan 15th 6:30-8:30pm. Join me for two hours of laying around in deep, nourishing postures. Teach your muscles, organs, and nervous system to rest while I read the Dharma (life-purpose) section of Fire of Love. Suitable for all levels. Pre-register 

Hips of Tomorrow  Friday, Feb 5th  6:30-8:30pm Our actions today affect our tomorrow. Yeah, yeah...you know this. But if we know and don't do, we don't know. Hip decompression is the single most effective thing you can do to prevent hip replacements and for the general health of your hips, low back, and knees.  Our hips are in a constant state of compression—sitting, standing, and even in our sleep, the subconscious tension we carry continues the patterns of imbalance. Most asana that focuses on hip opening does not consider the traction of the hip joint. This workshop will be an assisted hip traction practice. Learn an intelligent, balanced, sustainable opening for your hips. Then do it, often! Pre-register 

Out of Town Workshop Schedule 

Glowing Body Yoga April 29th-May 1st. Weekend Workshop in Knoxville, TN.

One Center Yoga Weekend Workshop at  Asheville, NC. Spring 2016 Dates TBA

Jiva Yoga Center June 24th-26th. Ayurveda Module in Jiva Yoga's 500-Hour Yoga Teacher Training. I'm going back to Jiva Yoga in Hilton Head,SC, this time to host an Ayurveda segment in their 500-Hour program. This will be my first time teaching an entire 20-hour weekend workshop on Ayurveda. Yikes!

2016 Purna Yoga Recertification 

I will be in the beautiful mountains of Leavenworth, WA. from July 3rd-9th, 2016. Every other year, the community of Purna Yoga teachers from around the world come together to refine teaching and practice skills with our teachers, Aadil Palkhivala and Savitri.

"The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time" -Abraham Lincoln That's 2016 for now. Thank you for your support of my traveling schedule. I really appreciate the opportunities I get to study and teach Purna Yoga.