kristie dahlia home
Mondays, from 8 to 9:30pm
all levels atha yoga at the James Howell Studio
66 Sanchez Street, between 14th and Duboce in San Francisco. MUNI stops at Church Street, one and a half blocks away.
by donation; $14 suggested. all mats and props are provided.
A community favorite since 1999, this all levels class has rave reviews on yelp.com. Our practice ranges from hatha to hatha flow; this is a class for the able-bodied person interested in a challenge. The studio is a hidden gem, a long bare-brick room where eight huge skylights bring summer sunlight or the sound of winter rain.
Kristie's students have said these things:
"I feel completely returned to myself"
"Last night's class was a miracle; your teaching combined with the chiropractic adjustment I had earlier in the day had my physical body vanishing into light posture after posture."
"Working with you for has brought to my entire being a sort of unity I have never known before. I feel unity between my body and mind, a brand-new set of shared ideas where before there were mainly commands from above and complaints from below. I feel unity and connection with the warm, generous beings in the space around me, my community, where before I saw 'other people'. And I feel unity with something big and quiet and open, where just being is enough. You have taught me to ask myself questions that lead to real insights, where I never even knew there was a question to be asked. Your voice is my graceful guide through my practice, drawing poetic, illuminating explanations of each movement and adjustment with encyclopedic knowledge, and continually drawing me back out of my head with words of thoughtful inquiry, encouragement, and wisdom. Am I stronger and more supple than before? sure. But the real gift of your teaching is in what you impart of yourself; not to teach me what I can do, but to show me who I can be. and so I say, what you have taught me through yoga has changed my life."
"I've been practicing yoga with Kristie for close to five years now. Her choice of words to describe an asana or to relay some yogic benefits or history is always so thoughtful - every word and every breath for the benefit of the class; nothing done casually or without purpose, and yet it always flows naturally."
