Ladies Who Came Before
It is Mother's Day! In honor of my ancestors I'm posting some of my favorite images of the fantastic women in my family.
(reposted from 2010)
Love and respect,
Fawn
(reposted from 2010)
Love and respect,
Fawn
My Story
Being disillusioned with high school, I
graduated early, moved out on my own, and headed straight from Vermont
to San Francisco. Breakups, hookups, communal living, drugs, music,
alcohol, college. Life lessons the entire time! The city raised me.
At that time I began studying post-modern dance with Theresa Dickinson, a wonderful Merce Cunningham/Twyla Tharp disciple, who incorporated yoga into our warm-ups. I found yoga eased my performance anxiety, and provided respite, an oasis outside the competition and stress during art school. With a body in constant motion and an alert, active mind, yoga gave me much needed stability. More and more I found myself carving out time in my routine to practice.
Today I practice yoga to increase my awareness of the present moment, to enjoy being in my body, and to be alert, fit, calm and focused. As a teacher I offer a safe space for people of all ages and abilities to practice yoga. I discovered Living Yoga while teaching yoga to youth at risk of homelessness; I heard that this non-profit existed that brought yoga into prisons and thought, now that seems like a population that could benefit from the humanizing effect of yoga.
I teach 8-10 classes every week, and for the month of May, I will dedicate my practice to Living Yoga.
Living Yoga manages and coordinates nearly 1000 yoga classes annually at prisons, recovery centers, and other transitional facilities serving people throughout the Portland Metro area who would otherwise not have access to yoga instruction.
Living Yoga is supported by generous individuals like you. Help create healthy resources for individuals working hard to change their lives by making a donation to Living Yoga today.
Here is the link to donate to my page for the Yogathon Fundraiser:
http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/yogawithfawn/yogathon2012
Peace,
Fawn
At that time I began studying post-modern dance with Theresa Dickinson, a wonderful Merce Cunningham/Twyla Tharp disciple, who incorporated yoga into our warm-ups. I found yoga eased my performance anxiety, and provided respite, an oasis outside the competition and stress during art school. With a body in constant motion and an alert, active mind, yoga gave me much needed stability. More and more I found myself carving out time in my routine to practice.
Today I practice yoga to increase my awareness of the present moment, to enjoy being in my body, and to be alert, fit, calm and focused. As a teacher I offer a safe space for people of all ages and abilities to practice yoga. I discovered Living Yoga while teaching yoga to youth at risk of homelessness; I heard that this non-profit existed that brought yoga into prisons and thought, now that seems like a population that could benefit from the humanizing effect of yoga.
I teach 8-10 classes every week, and for the month of May, I will dedicate my practice to Living Yoga.
Living Yoga manages and coordinates nearly 1000 yoga classes annually at prisons, recovery centers, and other transitional facilities serving people throughout the Portland Metro area who would otherwise not have access to yoga instruction.
Living Yoga is supported by generous individuals like you. Help create healthy resources for individuals working hard to change their lives by making a donation to Living Yoga today.
Here is the link to donate to my page for the Yogathon Fundraiser:
http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/yogawithfawn/yogathon2012
Peace,
Fawn
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