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Safety has always been and will continue to be of utmost importance at Yoga Garden SF. Last week city health officials announced San Francisco has entered the least-restrictive "yellow" reopening tier for the state of California. This means Yoga Garden will be able to continue expanding in-person offerings as social distancing allows. San Franciscans have…

Why I'm Grasping at the Root: By Victoria Rutledge “If you pour water on the root of the tree, the water reaches to the branches, to the twigs, to the leaves, to the flowers, to the fruits automatically. You simply pour water on the root. That is the system. If you pour water on every…

Aligning with Autumn: An Ayurvedic Guide Seasonal changes affect our physical and mental health. We’ve all experienced the impact temperature, rain, and daylight hours can have on our energy level and mood. Here are some easy ayurveda self-care tips to help align our daily routines with the qualities of fall, helping us to stay centered…

VICTORIA RUTLEDGE E-RYT 500 | Grasp at the Root Facilitator  Raised in the very diverse town of Maplewood, New Jersey, Victoria has always had a connection to spirituality, movement, and social justice. She has completed yoga teacher trainings with Amazing Yoga in Costa Rica, at the Kripalu Yoga Center, and with Zuna Yoga in Bali-and…

KAY MUSTAFA RYT 500 | Grasp at the Root Facilitator  Kay is a trauma-conscious yoga instructor, somatic practitioner, and community health educator with an approach rooted in community, accessibility, rest, and empowerment. Using an evidence-based, integrative, and anti-oppressive lens, they work with people navigating chronic pain and trauma towards the cultivation of restfulness & safety…

DAY ELLIOT Grasp at the Root Facilitator Day (they/them) is a natural clairvoyant and trained intuitive healer, who facilitates a fusion of healing energy work with psychic communication in one single session. Their passion for social justice helps them center their healing work within the QT/BIPOC (queer, trans, black, indigenous, people of color) community and…

  IMAGE COURTESY OF SARA DAVIS PHOTOGRAPHY To my beloved students, OH MY what a crazy time we have been in (and are still in). Some of you have been practicing with me for years and I have been missing seeing you in person so so much. And for some of you, we "met" during…

It was winter 1993, and I was 27 years old. All at the same time, I had secured positions in Atlanta as a live-in macrobiotic chef, a corporate marketing database manager, and a yoga instructor. I was Peachtree Center Athletic Club’s very first yoga instructor, and this was my first professional yoga job. Immediately, I…

Part 2: How I created a Holistic Health Kitchen and Much, Much, More   Mom’s African-American mantra for me was “Get your college degree and you’ll live a good life, not a life of struggle.” So I went to college and after graduation got myself a corporate job that paid nearly three times her single…

The yoga class I signed up for started at 9:00 a.m. on a Sunday. The very first position was a resting pose called Savasana. I lay on my back, legs apart, breathing. We did leg lifts to warm up, followed by a series of standing poses. Quickly, I noticed that I was the only one…