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
Spring News
It has been months since I’ve posted, and don’t think it hasn’t been on my mind. The closing of my home studio left me in a scramble trying to find replacement classes.
Wading through the auditions, and terrible offers to okay offers, I realized how lucky I was at Montavilla to have a kick-ass student body, large classes, and perfect class times. I know, nobody likes to talk about money and yoga, but another realization is that Groupon kills small businesses.
As teachers we are nothing without our creativity. Some of us from that group left this grey town, some had jobs as substitute teachers that turned into regular gigs, others joined brand new ventures or expanded their offerings at other local studios.
I now work with several studios and locations that pay instructors fairly, give teachers a choice in style, and who foster an unpretentious community where yoga fits the individual not the other way around. Not only that, but I am learning constantly in each environment.
I also have seen many of you privately in recent weeks, and for that I thank you. Teaching one-on-one truly makes me a better teacher. All this to say I miss the community at Montavilla, and would love to see you in class sometime. If you haven’t come to any this year, please consider this a personal invitation.
In other news I am about four months pregnant, and my personal practice has become more therapeutic as I ready myself for child birth. Come see my belly sometime!
Namaste,
Fawn
Wading through the auditions, and terrible offers to okay offers, I realized how lucky I was at Montavilla to have a kick-ass student body, large classes, and perfect class times. I know, nobody likes to talk about money and yoga, but another realization is that Groupon kills small businesses.
As teachers we are nothing without our creativity. Some of us from that group left this grey town, some had jobs as substitute teachers that turned into regular gigs, others joined brand new ventures or expanded their offerings at other local studios.
I now work with several studios and locations that pay instructors fairly, give teachers a choice in style, and who foster an unpretentious community where yoga fits the individual not the other way around. Not only that, but I am learning constantly in each environment.
I also have seen many of you privately in recent weeks, and for that I thank you. Teaching one-on-one truly makes me a better teacher. All this to say I miss the community at Montavilla, and would love to see you in class sometime. If you haven’t come to any this year, please consider this a personal invitation.
In other news I am about four months pregnant, and my personal practice has become more therapeutic as I ready myself for child birth. Come see my belly sometime!
Namaste,
Fawn
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