Welcome

From Jeanne-Marie Hughes, Ph.D.

Simply put, I am inspired by the healing and expressive nature of the human body in motion!

Registration is open: 1) Yoga and Lifelong Fitness; and 2) Yoga for Mothers Who Have Lost A Baby. These courses start at the beginning of each month. Work-study, scholarships, and barter possible!

April----Free events at City College: 1) Family Yoga; 2) a Low-Tech. Informal Dance Performance; and, 3) a big Salsa Party!

May the energy of Spring renew your spirit, Jeanne

  • "To sing well and to dance is to be well educated."

    — Plato

  • We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.

    — Goethe

  • There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.

    — Vicki Baum

  • Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music.

    — William Stafford

Asana Highlights

Sun Salutation 1

Sun Salutation 1

  These drawings are by one of my 5th grade yoga students at Jose Ortega Elementary School.

Savasana1

Savasana 1

  Relax, Breathe, Energize!

Savasana2

Savasana 2

Children enjoy Savasana, especially after a workout of yoga asanas or other exercises.

Thoughts

  • ripebananas

    One-Ingredient Banana Ice Cream

    Earlier this year, our good friend, Michael, told us of a recipe that he had heard of, but never tried. My family was intrigued, and soon after my daughters and I experimented with making Banana Ice Cream.

  • burner

    On Warming-Up

    “Well prepared is half done.”  Swami Satchidananda   Warming-up is an important component of any type of physical activity: dance, fitness, yoga, sports.

  • JeanneReadingBook

    Making Space: Creating a Home Meditation Practice

    We tend to be busy all day, and when we come home we continue to be busy. We cook; we clean; and we putter around. Or we are so tired of being busy that we want to do something mindless and easy, like watching a television show, or taking a nap. Then, we go back [...]

  • House

    The Guest House

    Over the years this poem has inspired me to keep moving forward in life, to keep hope, to keep creating, to keep loving, to remember that life is so very full and to do the best I can with whatever comes my way.