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APRIL CHALLENGE '30 DAYS TO GROUND & GLOW'
Hey Glow Getters,
We all fantasize about being that person—disciplined, grounded, getting shit done, and moving every day.
This April? You’re doing it.
And we’re here to cheer you on: 🌿 30-Day 'Ground to Glow' kicks off on April 1st. You can begin your challenge any day of April, and run it for 30 consecutive days (ex.April 5- May 5). Let’s rise with the Earth.
Ground in routine 💜 Glow from within:
Visit us for 30 (or 20) days for in-person Yoga, Barre, Strength, Pilates, Meditation, SoundBaths in April.
The Rewards:
• Make it all 30 days = Glow Custom 60min Massage for $30* 💆♀️
• Visited 20 days = Glow Custom 60min Massage for $60 💆♀️
• Make it 12 days = $20 Glow Gift Card
• Make it any days = reboot your mind
*Everyone who visits us 30(or 20) days for in-person classes within 30 consecutive days of April and May will get a link to a $30/$60 60 Minute Massage. Please note - not 30(20) classes but 30(20) days of classes.
Winning Pro Tip:
Stack your streak with our daily 7a meditations and add more chill to your win with Yin, Restorative, and TuneUp Massage classes. It’s not about struggling- it’s about thriving: getting away from screens, moving daily, and giving your mind and body an opportunity to heal.
Measure Your Impact:
During your monthly challenge, we encourage you to journal daily:
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sleep quality
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blood sugar (if you have a device)
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walked steps
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level of energy
You're ready. Sign Up For Class >>
INSPIRATION SPOTLIGHT:
Meet Nina
‘I started coming to Glow regularly about 9 months ago, when I had just left a toxic job that had torn me down and my stress levels were insanely high. I was determined to slow down and find a way to manage my stress and anxiety. I always focused on high-intensity workouts and heavyweights in the past, so Glow helped me find balance and a different kind of strength.
The sound baths have been the most healing for me. Sitting still and meditating are very hard - my mind is always racing. But now I don’t worry about where my mind might go while I meditate. I’ve become much more in tune with my body and less in my head. Although I continue to work a high-pressure job, continuing to come to the sound baths and yin classes has been non-negotiable for me - and I’m handling my work stress 100x better now.
I am also convinced that slowing down and doing yoga regularly helped me get pregnant. During a sound bath back in June I had this sudden realization that I was pregnant. But I brushed it off, figuring I was just crazy (lol). Sure enough, about 1-2 weeks later I had a positive pregnancy test. Continuing to come to yoga has helped me manage my anxiety throughout my pregnancy. And I feel confident that practicing yoga has helped prepare my body too - opening my hips/pelvis and keeping me virtually pain-free throughout pregnancy (except now - these final weeks are no joke...).
I’m so grateful to you for providing a peaceful, judgment-free place for me to come to. I couldn’t have gotten through the last 8+ months without Glow.’ - Nina
Please join me in wishing beautiful Nina the sweetest meeting with her adorable mini soon! I’m so touched and inspired by her wisdom, and determination to be a healthy mom and a human. Also, she and I share our favorite book 📖 by Cheryl Strayed and a 🎶 band, woot woot! 😍😍
Nina’s Membership: Silver Glow
Her Routine: 50 classes in 9 Months
Attended Classes: Yin+SoundBath, Yin+Hot Stones, Glow Flow
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SELFCARE REWARDS WINNERS
It's easy to get rewarded! Enjoy our unique and diverse weekly program: Barre, Pilates, Strength Training, Vinyasa Yoga, Yin Yoga, Restorative + Reiki Touch, Myofascial TuneUp, Chakra Meditation, and SoundBath.
VISIT US 3 DAYS A WEEK, or 12+ days a month for in-studio classes and/or spa appointments to receive a $20 gift credit towards a massage, classes, or to pay forward for a friend. Our mission is to help you establish a lifelong sustainable feel-good workout routine so you never want to quit on your health again!
March Winners*:
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* Glow Selfcare Rewards accumulate and don't expire. You can use them for any services and products.
* Your monthly reward will be added automatically within the 1st week of the next calendar month - no need to request anything.
* Different types of rewards do not combine and are limited to 1 reward per 1 calendar month.
* To see and use your Glow Account $ Balance, please use the yellow Schedule > button above via Browser, not an App.
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Ahimsa Yama - Creating Less Harm
This month, we are implementing Ahimsa Yama into our lives - the daily practice of doing less harm, and self-inquiry to see which our unconscious patterns that cause it. Leaning into awareness, we can adopt smarter habits to take better care of our health, each other and our planet Earth collectively. We will build more sustainable movement habits, thinking longevity with better postural alignment using the props in classes. Join us in looking into our own false beliefs about self-medicating, to reveal the stories we tell ourselves to make that self-harm acceptable. With practice, we get to observe our behavior, the inner workings of our mind, how we relate to situations, what drives our reactions, and what fuels our addictions, resistance, rumination, and procrastination. Lets shine the light onto the obvious and not-so-obvious paths to creating less harm.
7 Ways of Daily Ahimsa Practice:
1. Addictions: what external substances (pills, vapes, plants, alcohol, sugar) do I abuse everyday? Addictions are always a hidden way of harm, and can only be conquered by TRUTH and ACCEPTANCE, followed by using professional help. Asking for help is the smartest and most loving thing we can do for ourselves, our loved ones, and our community.
2. Daily habits: let's stop driving and texting, scrolling and crossing the streets, moving too fast, having our hands full while walking downstairs, put firm limits on our APPs and TV, develop an earlier bedtime routine, dedicate an hour to spend outside, take a workout or meditation class to minimize our screen time.
3. Let go of the victim mentality and stop blaming people for our distress, emotional or financial. Learning to take responsibility for any conflict, and apologizing with ease. This does not apply to aggressive and violent behavior - please stay safe and reach out for help whenever exposed to any violence.
4. Forgive yourself and others 100% everyday. EVERYONE, EVERY DAY. This is a follow-up to taking honest action on steps 1-3.
5. Environment: commit once and for all to never buy drinks in plastic bottles, and reduce or try to eliminate other single-use plastic daily use like shampoos, soaps, and food packaging. Buy food that is in season and comes from local sources as much as possible. Watch my VIDEO below with some zero-waste products that I love, and please join Caitlin me for the International Ocean Film Festival April 11-13 >
6. Community: being inclusive, respectful, honest & generous towards all. All our unhealthy relationships, competition, fear of each other, racism and the need to control one another create psychological trauma that contributes to all diseases, cancer, and immune dysfunction. Know that what we judge and conflict with only points us to the part of ourselves that needs work & healing.
7. Relationships: following the Golden Rule, or the Law of Karma: our actions will always cause a consequence. If someone's done you 'wrong' - contemplate when may you have unconsciously done that previously yourself. Treat others as you'd like to be treated. Assert your values with clear communication and boundaries, and do your part to act on them accordingly.
I look forward to seeing you in classes this month as we continue to cultivate self-awareness, clarity, and peace—on and off the mat. 💫
Sending so much love. Let's stay curious about self-care that serves our well-being, connection, and growth in every area of our precious life ❤️❤️❤️
Natasha & Glowing Team
The material on my blog cannot be shared or quoted without my reference. Thank you for reading!
SPIRITUAL RESOURCES I LOVE:
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Adyashanti recordings - he has many recorded sanghas I like listening to on my walks >
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The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer (constantly, on repeat - it's a lifelong reminder) >
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The Spiritual Psychology teacher Michelle Chalfant's Adult Chair Podcast >
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Weekly recordings from the Spirit Rock The Heart Wisdom Podcast of Jack Kornfield >
WHAT CLASSES DOES GLOW OFFER?
Holistic Yoga, Barre, Pilates, Strength, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Education, Inflammation Relief & Massage are the pillars of the Glow Program. Whether you're 15 or 85 - daily strengthening paired with tension & stress release is essential for feeling good in your body. Your life is now. Here. In the city. Go outside, move, make new friends, learn new ways, and enjoy yourself every day.
ENJOY OUR WEEKENDS WITH WELLNESS EXPERIENCES
Your life is now. Here. In the city. Make it more meaningful, enjoy it, and do something different. We are bringing a variety of holistic leaders and healers to educate, unwind, nurture our spirit, and entertain our curiosity every weekend >
Take a Course: Self-Awareness, BreathWork, Meditation
North Beach Organizations To Follow and Take Part In
Salesian Boys & Girls Club (at St.Peter & Paul): please contact them and see how you can contribute to our local kiddo's inner growth and development, they will be grateful for your participation. Also, I am personally inviting certified yoga instructors to teach there once a month with our team. >
NEXTVillage SF - you can volunteer 1-2 hours a month to pick up groceries, drive a neighborhood senior to a doctor's appointment, or any group activity >
Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center: you can help with children or adults within this organization, please check here >
Glow Yoga & Wellness: we are looking for 3.5h weekly desk volunteers to support our students. Please email us to join & get Free Membership >
Thank you for reading our blog, and please let me know how else we can help you feel better. We are always grateful to you!
Natasha, Glowing Team
7 Ways to Heal Your Feet and Improve Your Balance
Our feet are some of the most used and abused parts of our bodies. They carry us through life, absorb shock, distribute our weight, and adapt to surface changes when walking, running, and climbing. After years of teaching yoga to thousands of people, I have noticed that most of us have incredibly weak feet, ankles, and frozen toes. Just like Acme bread turns stale on the next day, our feet become immobile and rigid wearing shoes most of our life. This immobility is widespread and unfortunately contributes to many injuries, falls, and chronic back, hip, knee pain. Lack of foot strength and flexibility contribute to fallen arches, plantar fasciitis, and many other foot conditions. While knee and hip surgeries have been skyrocketing, most doctors would agree that the only way to prevent the surgery is to keep your body stable by making your feet strong.
Each foot is made up of 28 bones, 30 joints, and more than 100 muscles, tendons, and ligaments, all of which work together to provide support, balance, and mobility. The only way to strengthen and reclaim the mobility of our feet is to perform focused barefoot exercises and stretches regularly. The great news is that all our classes at Glow are barefoot, helping strengthen, stretch, prevent deterioration, and undo the damages the shoes cause. In the video below, Jordan shares one simple way to activate your feet and toes at home. She also mentions an interesting fact: when your pinky toes are inactive - some of your leg muscles are inactive too. Using our toes turns on the vital supportive muscles in our legs, meaning that our balance and strength completely depend on the use of all of our toes. I find it fascinating; our body is intelligent in so many ways. Please remember, that knowing about it is not enough: transformation comes from regular practice.
7 Steps for Your Feet To Unleash Your Body's Potential:
1. Avoid wearing any pointing shoes, and shoes with the hard inflexible sole on a daily basis.
2. In yoga classes, please pay closer attention to your feet: stretch your toes and press all of them into the floor in every standing pose, use them! If you have any special physical conditions and can't leave your house, please join our Complimentary Chair Yoga Class via Zoom, book via NextVillageSF
3. The best way to strengthen your feet is in one-legged poses: Half Moon, Warrior 3, Standing Splits, Tree Pose. While your standing foot is getting super strong, don't forget to flex or point your lifted foot, and stretch its toes; you can activate all 100 of your foot's muscles while it's free of shoes.
4. Add 1-2 weekly Barre classes to your routine: with careful attention paid to feet and toes, there are many opportunities to activate and strengthen.
5. Try our Yin classes to release all tension and myofascial congestion in legs and throughout your body. Long holds in Yin classes restore your posture, and release long-term stress.
6. Join our Saturday 10:30a Soft Flow+Foamrolling Class, where we explore our body and use tools like Therapy Balls to get deeper into the tissues.
7. Create a new habit of stretching and flexing your toes for one minute after you take your shoes off.