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I LOVE Lil Omm (and not just because you're giving away a free facial : )
Reflections on Lil Omm: Judy Edstrom
I just want to thank Lil Omm for opening in the neighborhood. You provide such wonderful classes--well instructed but not pretentious. Your balance is just great. thanks again so much.
Judy Edstrom
Reflections on Lil Omm: N.T.
For her reflection, N.T. shares a note she sent to Kristin last summer...
Kristin,
It has been amazing to get to know you. I have to tell you, before I started taking your prenatal class, I felt a bit lost and was having trouble engaging/connecting with my pregnancy, and was searching (and longing) for the sense of connection, community and opportunity to fully embrace the amazing things that were taking place inside me. It wasn't until I took your class and joined the lil omm community that I started to feel this connection. The sense of community, love, and encouragement has been amazing. I feel empowered and exhilarated about being pregnant, being a mom, and a woman when I leave your class. You, personally, have had an impact on my life and light, in ways you might not realize. You'll truly be missed, but I know you will go on to inspire others in the same way you inspired me.
Reflections on Lil Omm: Katie Fox
Lil Omm is a terrifically welcoming community, especially for pregnant women and new moms. Thank you for helping me find my way!
Reflections on lil omm: Min Chan
Lil Omm has been amazing for me. I am due in about two months and my first prenatal yoga was with Pamela on Sunday at 10:30am. Pam is so caring and makes doing yoga fun and relaxing. The yoga poses she taught me help to minimize my leg cramps and calm my mind down. Excellent job, Pam!
Reflections on Lil Omm: Lauren Smith-Janzen
I stumbled onto Lil Omm through a Living Social promotion. I was very pregnant, and this sounded like a perfect excuse to get out of the house with the baby during maternity leave. I had no idea what a great experience this would be for me and my son. From the postnatal classes, I learned little movements and expressions of love that I could use to connect with my son, particularly on those days in the first months when I was looking at him wondering what to do next! I loved the open and compassionate feel of the studio, which seems focused on healthy families growing together. I find that Lil Omm anticipates all of the needs that, as a new mom, I didn't even know I'd have from a family-based yoga studio. For these reasons, I see my family having a long relationship with Lil Omm. My husband and I recently brought the baby to an excellent Infant Massage Workshop, and we'll start Itsy Bitsy Baby Yoga this month. I look forward to what else Lil Omm will help my family discover together!
Reflections on Lil Omm: Mary Ann Reed
I will be eternally grateful to Lil omm for changing my life! My yoga practice was born last March in Lil omm studio and it has grown slowly, day by day, just like the other babies that Lil omm nurtures. Never before have I gained so much physically, spiritually and mindfully and all in one place. Pleasance has truly planted a “giving tree” right in our neighborhood, one that will one day grow to be a mighty oak!
Reflections on Lil Omm: Becky Wolsk
At first glance, it may seem as though the quotes I've pasted in below are about yoga in general, but I also think these yogic lessons apply to the generous, sharing, free-spirited warmth of Lil Omm. And a quote-list echoes the "Reflections" cubby hole for colorful slips of paper that you maintain in the Lil Omm front room. Those cubby holes for slips of paper remind me of the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. I have a feeling that the reflections people write in your front room are cheerier than the slips of paper that Wailing Wall visitors in need of succor tuck into the dusty, crumbly crevices of the ancient Wall in Jerusalem.
I wouldn't have looked back at this quote collection if you guys hadn't suggested that we submit reflections in honor of your first year anniversary, and this is one of many ways that Lil Omm has supported my yoga and meditation practice. For example, now that I have this list of quotes cut-and-pasted into this email, I'm going to incorporate the quotes into my meditation practice because I'd forgotten that they rock! I hope other clients of yours will use them too if they meditate, or they could just tape them to the dashboard in their car, or the inside of their kitchen cupboard, or above their baby's changing table.
Some of the quotes Becky shared...
1) "Follow your resistance." – Heather Sellers
2) "What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that." -- Eckhart Tolle
3) “Simply watching your reaction makes anything a teaching.” -- Ram Dass
4) "Remind yourself that your emotions are physical in origin, and ignore them."
--maverick writer Jincy Willett in her novel "Winner of the National Book Award"
5) “What you practice gets stronger.” -- Yoga teacher Tom Gillette, and also mentioned in Stephen Cope’s book "The Wisdom of Yoga"
6) "Things fall apart, move on." -- essayist Jan Shoemaker on experiencing her mother's struggle with Alzheimer's.
7) Chrissy Carter (a yoga teacher): "[What] If you maybe just sat down with no agenda"
8) Mark Whitwell (a yoga teacher): "You can stop looking for what is not lost."
Stay tuned...Becky shared many quotes with us and we will share them throughout the month! Thank you Becky for the inspiration...
Reflections on Lil Omm: Jessica Rogers
We love lil omm. We moved here from California and struggled to find a place where we could practice together and spend afternoons centering ourselves and our family. We found that at lil omm. It's a community that we are honored to be a part of and look forward to going to every week.
~jessica, becca and alex rogers
Melanie Greenberg on lil omm
I'm not sure exactly what I was looking for when I came to my first class in July - some healing, perhaps (I was recovering from a near-fatal medical emergency), and some help with tight hips. I had always wanted a yoga studio in our neighborhood, so I was very excited and curious when Lil Omm opened its doors. I was intrigued by the family-friendly vibe, and delighted by the warm welcome when I came for my first class. I felt so wonderful physically and mentally after that one class, that I just kept coming!
There is something so joyful about the classes with babies and toddlers playing either in the studio or the children's room -- it focuses the mind on the truly important things in life. I now come almost every day, especially to the early morning classes with Cristina and Kelly, the adult classes with Brandice, and the Saturday morning class with Dena. All these teachers give so generously of their wisdom and experience, and always make me feel proud for coming out and trying new poses.
Throughout a fall and winter filled with the chronic illness of one of my children, along with other stressful events, I felt that Lil Omm was a place of peace and respite. My body feels so much better than it ever has - stronger and more flexible --and I realize that I have gained some new tools for living in the moment and accepting life as it is. My husband told me last night that I even sit at my computer differently! Lil Omm is such a jewel, a gift to our neighborhood and community, and I thank Pleasance and all the teachers, staff and students for the joy and commitment they give to this shining community!
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