Name: Laurel Tilot Pronoun: She/her/they When did you start coming to Just B Yoga? What attracted you? Summer 2017. I had two friends from work who frequently talked about the studio and I had just finished my first ever power yoga course over at Lake State Crossfit. I wanted something in a different environment that
Just B Yoga is honored to be included in a website-directory of businesses across the U.S. and Canada which use alternative economic models (free, work exchange, barter, donation, pay-it-forward). The site, Pay What Online Guide, is vibrant and rich with businesses off all kinds across the country. There’s restaurants like Panera Cares Cafe in Dearborn. There’s
Name: The Hillstroms, Joe and Claudia Pronoun: Mr. and Mrs. When did you start coming to Just B Yoga? What attracted you? 2013 Why did you begin practicing yoga? To avoid old age aches and pains. Joe was recovering from osteoarthritis in his spine and I needed to exercise (plain and simple). I
When we roll out our yoga mat we are often seeking solace and peace and refuge for our bodies, minds and spirits. That refuge should not be hoarded and used solely for self-soothing and pampering. We owe it to our practice and our consciousness to step forth from our refuge, strengthened, emboldened and empowered to
Today, Just B Yoga will be participating in the first-ever #MeToo Teen Summit, with Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo movement. The summit is being sponsored by the Firecracker Foundation and is inviting teen survivors of sexual assault and supporters of those survivors. According to Tashmica Torok, director of the Firecracker Foundation, “This is
Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Nancy Candea, director of Yoga Impact and the International Yoga Therapy Institute. She had heard of the work Just B Yoga does with accessibility and inclusion and wanted me to share the concept with her teacher trainees in New Jersey via web cam. (see video below) It
Just B Yoga founder, Belinda Thurston, has been contracted to work with the Ingham County Health Department to revise its Health Equity and Social Justice Workshop. The workshop has been doing groundbreaking work for nearly a decade, training employees and the public about how privilege and oppression affect access to public health. Belinda is being
You asked for it. Just B Yoga now offers Yoga 2eXceL twice a week. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 9:30 a.m. SIGN UP FOR CLASS HERE I thank you all for your support of this class. We are the only Curvy Friendly yoga studio in the Lansing area. Belinda got her Curvy Friendly training from Anna
I led a group of about 7 people on a walking meditation recently. It was one of my workplace clients and our room had been changed to a conference room. I removed as many distractions from the room as I could. We cleared the white board of the project work that was scribbled there. We
Yoga 2eXceL, our plus-sized yoga class, has become so popular we’d like to offer it twice a week. The current class is Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and we will keep that one. But we’d like you to tell us when you’d like us to add the second class. Vote and keep your eye out for
Looking to increase your core stability and balance? Want to try an invigorating class that blends yoga postures with a high intensity workout? Yoga on the Ball could be for you. The next six-week series starts March 22 and goes through April 26. $72 for the series; $15 drop-in. Class size limited to six
We started a new contract offering midday meditation twice a week for employees at the Board of Water & Light this year. The first session, at the old depot station, started with just a handful of people, seated on the floor with essential oils diffusing. But a steady stream of late-comers tip-toeing in reflected the
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