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Monday 8:30am - 10:30am 4pm - 7:30pm Wednesday 11am - 1pm Thursday 4pm - 7:30pm Friday 8:30am - 7:30pm Saturday 8:30am - 10:30am

Desert Lotus Yoga Abq

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Yoga studio in Albuquerque New Mexico. Breathe in the moment at Desert Lotus Yoga!

03/03/2026

Member Appreciation Starts Now...With MALA Beads!
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We’re kicking things off with mala bracelets. Each time you come to class, you’re invited to collect one bead. Once you’ve gathered 27 beads, you’ll create your own mala bracelet to support your meditation practice.
Join us the last weekend of April for a special studio gathering where we’ll string our malas together and practice japa meditation as a community.
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You’ll find organza pouches and beads at the altar, where they’ll be kept to soak in the energy of our shared practice.
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03/02/2026

🕯️🌱What Stays When You Leave
I was recently asked what I hope people feel when they walk out of Desert Lotus—not just after a single class, but from having this place woven into their lives. While we have done our best to create a space where you can enjoy yoga, my heartfelt answer is much deeper.
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More than anything, I want you to feel less alone in the world. I want this to be a space where you can set down all that you carry, even if just for a little while. A place where you don’t have to perform, fix, or hold it all together. Where you can arrive exactly as you are and be met there—quietly, honestly, without expectation.
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If this space can offer even a small sense of belonging…of being seen…of being honored in your wholeness—then it is doing what it’s meant to do. Beyond that, I hope something subtle stays with you. A warmth. A steadiness. A quiet glow you begin to recognize not just while in yoga class, but out in your life.
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In yoga, we call this quality tejas—your inner radiance. It is not something you can chase or create, but something that is revealed and refined through practice. It’s the light of clarity, of courage, of presence. The kind of light that isn’t blinding, but illuminating. Over time, you notice it in the way you speak to yourself, in the way you move through challenge, and even in the way you interact with others.
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This is how the practice of yoga extends beyond the mat. This is how it becomes something lived. And it is in this quiet way, tending to your own inner light, that you help to light the world.
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02/17/2026

Sovereign Fire 🔥🐎

There is a flame that reacts,
that leaps toward dysfunction,
that feeds on urgency,
that mistakes movement for truth.

And there is a flame that knows.

That flame is a steady ember.
A sovereign heat.
The kind that warms before it transforms.
This fire is within and it exists to burn away what was passed down —
roles, stories, reactions.

Let this fire purify the impulse to rush, refine courage into clarity.
Let this fire move you because your bones say yes.

Fire as medicine does not leave you scattered.
It leaves you lighter.
Clearer.
More yourself.
So as you rise from this place,
may your flame be sovereign —
not wild with reaction,
but powerful with knowing.
May it warm your life.
May it illuminate your path.
And may it burn only what is ready to be transformed.

02/06/2026

🌱 Meet Our Team 🌱
Each of us at Desert Lotus Yoga is here with one shared intention — to hold space and grow with you. Together, we create a supportive environment for healing, connection, and community.
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Through breath, movement, and reflection, we aim to help you cultivate inner peace and personal wellbeing — even amidst the flow of a fast-paced world. 💫
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Come practice with us and feel the energy of our collective heart. 💛
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MindfulLiving InnerPeace

02/05/2026

🫶💘The Faces of Self-Love
I was listening to a podcast recently and the guest shared an idea that struck me: we engage in acts of self-love far more than we realize, but we don’t recognize them because our culture tends to overlook anything that isn’t grand or glamorous. It got me wondering–what are the ways we love ourselves every day?
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It may sound cliche, but the smallest things often carry the greatest impact. When we take time to brush and floss our teeth, we are loving the future self that will have healthier teeth as they age. When we pay the dreaded bills that arrive in the mail, we are loving the future self that will have less anxiety going to the mailbox. When we
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assert our needs through the boundary of a firm “no”, we are loving ourselves into greater authenticity. There are many more faces of self-love than what our culture typically offers us. More often than not, self-love looks like a quiet night at home rather than an expansive spa day. Over time, these small, ordinary acts build a robust human life.
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The aha moment for me was this: self-love does not always involve ease or excitement. Sometimes it is hard. Sometimes it is tedious. Sometimes it requires difficult decisions.
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We can look ahead and imagine how the ways we care for ourselves today will serve our future self. And we can look back at the difficult moments we’ve already lived through. It is almost certain that many of the actions we took during those times can be seen as acts of self-love, even if we didn’t know it in the moment.
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01/09/2026

Here we go! See you in a couple of weeks!
Visit desertlotusyogaabq@gmail.com to register!

01/08/2026

New beginnings start here ✨
Join our New Beginnings Yoga Series—a supportive, grounding space to learn, explore, or return to your practice.
🪷4 hours of intentional instruction
🪷14 days of unlimited classes
Perfect for beginners and anyone craving a fresh start.
Come as you are. Begin again.
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01/05/2026

“As student and teacher together we request Divine protection” 🕊️
The Shanti Mantra is a shared prayer for peace—an invitation to enter practice with calm minds and open hearts. When we chant it together, student and teacher alike ask for protection, clarity, and harmony, remembering that the path of yoga is not walked alone. True growth unfolds in community, where learning becomes mutual and peace is cultivated together. Thank you for being part of this community 🙏
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12/30/2025

🙏🏼🗝️Let These Hands Stop Shaking
What is panic? From where does it arise? Is it a messenger or a malfunction? From a yogic perspective, panic reflects prana gone awry, our vital life force surging upward and outward in restless, uncontained motion. In this scattered state, we are pulled into the mind—into anticipation, fear, and loss of control—often feeling strangely disconnected from the very body that is trembling, signaling its need for grounding and care.
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Mercifully, the cure lies within the disease. The answer to frantic prana is the humble, grounded, and purposeful, connection to something greater than our own suffering, greater than our own racing thoughts. While anxiety pulls us upward into the mind—into anticipation, fear, and loss of control—acts of service return us to the body, to contact with the earth, to movement and belonging. In this way the poet’s words “when I wash the feet of the world, my hands stop shaking” become a testimony to the power of giving. When our energy is given over in service to something larger than our racing thoughts, prana reorganizes, the nervous system softens, and the grip of anxiety begins to loosen.
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It is worthwhile to remember that disorders of panic and anxiety do not define us; within the context of yoga they arrive not as identities, but as guides. Though their presence can feel anything but advantageous, they serve to call us back toward balance, embodiment, and inner harmony.
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If panic grips you, if anxiety is a frequent visitor, remember you are not alone. When the sensations lift, and they will, find a way to give to the world so in need of your gifts.
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12/29/2025

“Now begins the practice of yoga.” ✨
Yoga doesn’t end when class does—it begins the moment we step off the mat and carry awareness into our lives. 🕉️

12/05/2025

A Season of Hope 🦌🕯️
It is time to share something with you. Growing up was not always easy with a name like Chasity, especially right around fourth grade when kids discovered the infamous “chastity belt” reference from medieval times! The teasing was mostly harmless and honestly, I’m not sure any of us really knew what it meant, but still.
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Meanwhile, tucked quietly behind Chasity was the most beautiful and uplifting middle name: Hope. It was the name my mom used when she was feeling affectionate, calling me Esperanza—Hope in Spanish. And it was also the name she used when I was in big trouble: “Chasity Hope!”
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As I got older, especially into my 30s, I grew to appreciate the beauty of my first name, but I also recognized that it didn’t fully capture who I had become. Over the years, I realized that the qualities that most define me–tenacity, resilience, compassion–were all rooted in one thing: hope.
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Hope carried me through a childhood shaped by hardship.
Hope pushed me to break cycles of poverty.
Hope led me to fulfill my dream of teaching.
Hope has been the force that guides me toward each next step.
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In recent years and with growing wisdom, hope has shifted from something I held for myself, to something I want to offer outward to inspire others, to encourage others, and to exemplify what is possible.
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It might seem a little funny, especially to my kids who think everything I do is weird, but Hope feels right. It is what I feel and it is how I live. If calling me Chasity feels more natural, please don’t worry, I’ll happily answer to both, but you’ll begin to see Hope on studio communications and most places going forward. Rest assured, it’s not an alter ego or evil twin, but instead a woman finally okay with who she is.
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And where hope once helped me to survive, it is now simply who I am and it is my offering to the world.
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11/05/2025

There You Are ✨🌻
“The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.” These words from Robert Pirsig echo the timeless truth that “wherever you go, there you are.” Both remind us that peace is not found in a place, but in presence. It’s easy to feel calm and content when the world slows down—when meals are prepared for us, when our only task is to breathe and be, when the ocean or mountains mirror our own stillness back to us. We often believe we must trade peace for productivity—as if being productive and being at peace cannot coexist. Yet, in chasing accomplishment, we often feel our ease slipping away, buried beneath the weight of schedules, obligations, and the endless need to “catch up.”
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To break this cycle, we can begin by weaving mindfulness and intentional pauses into ordinary moments, rather than reserving them only for retreats or rare escapes. This might look like taking three conscious breaths before opening an email, savoring the quiet of morning coffee without multitasking, or setting aside five minutes at day’s end to simply be. When we stop waiting for the “right” conditions to find
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peace, we begin to realize that the idea of Zen isn’t a destination—it’s a practice. Cultivating that inner stillness in the midst of daily life allows the calm we find on the mountaintop to stay with us, no matter where we stand.
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To encourage this more fully in daily life, try beginning each morning with a brief gratitude practice, naming three simple things you’re thankful for before the day begins. Pause midday for a few rounds of conscious breathing, letting yourself reset before moving to the next task. In the evening, journal one small moment of joy or beauty that you noticed that day. These small acts over time build up to a new way of thinking and being, before we know it, productivity and rest are momentarily woven into one.
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11200 Montgomery NE Ste 7
Albuquerque, NM
87111

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 10:30am
	4pm - 7:30pm
Wednesday	11am - 1pm
Thursday	4pm - 7:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 7:30pm
Saturday	8:30am - 10:30am

Website

http://www.desertlotusyogaabq.com/

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The goal of Desert Lotus Yoga is to hold space, grow, and build community in order to reach our highest purpose. By integrating breath, movement, and mindfulness, we strive to promote the development of inner peace and personal wellbeing in a fast paced world.