Sheila Wenzel Yoga & Somatics, LLC - SATYA

10/09/2025

The Journey by Mary Oliver
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice—
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do—
determined to save
the only life you could save.

17/07/2025

“Whenever I leave this world, whether it’s sixty years from now, I wouldn’t want anyone to say I lost some battle. I’ll be a winner that day.” – Andrea Gibson

Andrea Gibson was a winner today. On July 14th, at 4:16AM, Andrea Gibson died in their home surrounded by their wife, Meg, four ex-girlfriends, their mother and father, dozens of friends, and their three beloved dogs.

Poet Laureate of Colorado, world-touring spoken word artist, author of seven books, Calais Maine High School State Basketball Champion, and subject of the award-winning documentary, “Come See Me in the Good Light”, and so much more — Andrea Gibson accomplished much on their 49 years on this planet. Though Andrea desperately wished to have lived a longer life, they could not have possibly lived a fuller one.

Since learning they had cancer in 2021, Andrea has been a champion of finding beauty in unlikely places and gratitude in the hardest hours. Over the last four years, they danced with their diagnosis, and continually aimed their internal compass toward joy. One of the last things Andrea said on this plane was, “I fu***ng loved my life.”

Not long ago, Andrea wrote a poem titled “Love Letter From the Afterlife.” In it, they offered this line: “I am more here than I ever was before. I am more with you than I ever could have imagined.” Today, and all days forward, we hope you feel Andrea’s enormous spirit and immense presence beside you.

Meg and Heather, the authors of this post, have absolutely no idea how to encapsulate the magnitude and magnificence of a life like Andrea Gibson’s, so they intend to keep writing, to keep telling Andrea’s story, to keep Andrea alive in every way they can.

Andrea would want you to know that they got their wish. In the end, their heart was covered in stretch marks.

Andrea Gibson 8/13/75 - 7/14/25

31/05/2025

In today's class students practiced strengthening, stabilizing, and balancing poses.
In the belly asana and birddog asana they lifted leg and opposite arm working on a diagonal line for optimal strengthening. The Latissimus Dorsi works with the opposite Gluteus Maximus.
Standing Side Angle Pose builds strength, enhances flexibility, and improves balance.
Utkatasana, a powerful pose strengthens leg muscles by engaging the muscles of the thighs, particularly the quadriceps, hamstrings, and calves; with block between thighs we help stabilize knees while engaging the adductor muscles; the gateway into the powerful core of pelvic floor.
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20/03/2025

Join us on Friday for in studio and online for Gentle Yoga at 9am.

In this week's classes we become both the "actor and witness" deeply observing what's happening in our body as we move slowly and mindfully. Observing and sensing are critical to developing awareness in yoga and our in all we do in our everyday lives. This week's focus is lumbar spine, kidney health, and "The Gate of Life Point"

15/02/2025

From my beloved teacher Tias Little.

AND WHAT DID THE RUBIES SAY
STANDING BEFORE THE JUICE OF POMEGRANATES?
– PABLO NERUDA

This week of love should not demand a lot from you. It does not require that you be good, message everyone in your address book, or march out to save or the world. Stay simple. Love what is right in front of you—the shape of the big oak tree out your kitchen window, the piece of music you heard today, greeting your loved one at the start of another day.

Love is always right in front of you. And when you love the beautiful, wild, vulnerable face of this world, you and I will feel like we belong here. We need not go to Bali or Mexico or Mars to feel this. It rides on every breath and ripples through us on every sensation.
It’s hard to fathom. When the world is quaking in fear, a world run by would-be kings, you might think that love is furthest from what is needed. But we need love now. We need passion for this life and for all sentient beings who make their home here.

So, this Valentine week choose love. Infatigable, caring, relentless.

26/10/2024

Dive into our final broadcast of our fourth module on the 'The Steep Cost of an Unlived Life,'

Discover how to guide trauma survivors back to reclaiming their bodies and their lives.

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26/10/2024

We are always at the threshold of a new season of becoming. We are always in the doorway of the magnificent. We just need to widen the lens of our wisdom eye to see it.

04/10/2024

Join me on November 2nd for this introduction to SATYA. This class is open to all, whether you're new to SATYA or a long time practitioner. I'm excited to share my passion for this work with you.

23/09/2024

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