The Essence of Yoga Center

The Essence of Yoga Center Modern yoga for the modern practitioner – offering continuing education, retreats and group classes.

Longing to get away? Join The Essence of Yoga Center Mexico Retreat 2026! Taking place February 1 through February 7, 20...
10/15/2025

Longing to get away? Join The Essence of Yoga Center Mexico Retreat 2026! Taking place February 1 through February 7, 2026, this week-long retreat features:
- Daily somatic yoga classes
- World-class accommodations just steps from the beach
- Gourmet vegetarian meals
- Optional excursions led by a knowledgeable local guide
- Access to gifted local body-workers offering massage, reiki, facials, shamanic healing and more!
Don't wait to reserve your space on this retreat! Scholarships are available. Contact us to learn more today!

I’m Not Saying We Shouldn’t Be AngryI’m not saying we shouldn’t be angry.Anger seems reasonable. But perhapswe will do w...
10/11/2025

I’m Not Saying We Shouldn’t Be Angry

I’m not saying we shouldn’t be angry.
Anger seems reasonable. But perhaps
we will do what I’ve heard the Inuit do—
spend the emotion on walking, walk a line
until all the anger has left our bodies.

The moment the Inuit notice the anger is gone,
replaced, perhaps, by sadness or fear,
compassion or just a quietness,
they mark that spot with an object
to show the extent of their anger.

And perhaps, if we’re lucky, when we walk
this way, it will be a long enough walk
that we arrive at each other’s doors,
object in hand, and when the object
leaves our grip, we’ll be able to use our hands
to greet each other, touch each other’s faces,
point to the horizon to all the other places
we might choose to walk now together.

- Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
📸 Gary Yost

Join us for a yoga class in October!
10/04/2025

Join us for a yoga class in October!

In Any EventIf we are fracturedwe are fracturedlike starsbred to shinein every direction,through any dimension,billions ...
10/04/2025

In Any Event

If we are fractured
we are fractured
like stars
bred to shine
in every direction,
through any dimension,
billions of years
since and hence.

I shall not lament
the human, not yet.
There is something
more to come, our hearts
a gold mine
not yet plumbed,
an uncharted sea.

Nothing is gone forever.
If we came from dust
and will return to dust
then we can find our way
into anything.

What we are capable of
is not yet known,
and I praise us now,
in advance.

- Dorianne Laux
📸 Casey Horner

The Tug of AutumnAt noon I stood in stillness,amidst a cathedral of browning oaks,chin up, mouth agape, watchingleaves l...
09/27/2025

The Tug of Autumn

At noon I stood in stillness,
amidst a cathedral of browning oaks,
chin up, mouth agape, watching
leaves languish from the trees.
It was raining and the tug of autumn
was surely here.

I would like to be wiser, calmer,
more at home in the world.
I'd like to give my days
to the delighted artfulness
of courtship, merging, lingering,
bearing witness, offering praise.
I want to hold what holds us.

Ingrid Goff-Maidoff
📸 Malachi Brooks

Our 2025 Fall Retreat may be in the rear view, but we’ll never forget the natural beauty of Lake Logan, the discovery of...
09/25/2025

Our 2025 Fall Retreat may be in the rear view, but we’ll never forget the natural beauty of Lake Logan, the discovery of new friends and the comfort of old friends, the delight of delicious food, and most of all, the welcoming of the body back to itself in practice. Hope to see you at this bi-annual retreat in 2027!

This being human is a guest house.Every morning a new arrival.A joy, a depression, a meanness,some momentary awareness c...
09/21/2025

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

Whether it's your first time or you've been coming for decades, The Essence of Yoga Center Mexico Retreat, taking place ...
09/14/2025

Whether it's your first time or you've been coming for decades, The Essence of Yoga Center Mexico Retreat, taking place February 1 through February 7, 2026, is the experience of a lifetime! Here's what awaits you:
- Daily yoga classes
- Delicious food
- Walks on the beach in the warm sun
- Time with friends, old and new
- The opportunity to befriend your body, breath and nervous system
Now is the time to reserve your room at Casa Om and your spot in the yoga room. Make your plans for a winter escape today! Visit our website to learn more and enroll: www.theessenceofyogacenter.com/mexico-retreat

Inner EdenAnd if I found in mea spot of land whereanything could grow—some miraculous soilthat knows only yes—then what ...
09/12/2025

Inner Eden

And if I found in me
a spot of land where
anything could grow—
some miraculous soil
that knows only yes—
then what would
I dare sow?
In such tender
territory, even breath
might take root.
A whisper becomes
a seed becomes
an unknowable
flowering. A song,
of course, I’d
plant a love song.
But imagine if,
as I knelt, lips to earth,
a loneliness spilled
from my pockets,
strewing its millions
of tired spores
throughout the plot.
And what if an arrow
from an old wound
chose then to dislodge?
Is it in fear or in joy
I dance at the edge
of inevitable fertility, longing
for the impossible—
to plant only beauty,
its fruits reseeding
all around us growing
only more beauty,
more beauty.

- Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
📸 Noah Buscher

For the ChildrenThe rising hills, the slopes,of statisticslie before us.the steep climbof everything, going up,up, as we...
09/05/2025

For the Children

The rising hills, the slopes,
of statistics
lie before us.
the steep climb
of everything, going up,
up, as we all
go down.

In the next century
or the one beyond that,
they say,
are valleys, pastures,
we can meet there in peace
if we make it.

To climb these coming crests
one word to you, to
you and your children:

stay together
learn the flowers
go light

- Gary Snyder
📸 Clark Wilson

You Reading This, Be ReadyStarting here, what do you want to remember?How sunlight creeps along a shining floor?What sce...
08/29/2025

You Reading This, Be Ready

Starting here, what do you want to remember?
How sunlight creeps along a shining floor?
What scent of old wood hovers, what softened
sound from outside fills the air?

Will you ever bring a better gift for the world
than the breathing respect that you carry
wherever you go right now? Are you waiting
for time to show you some better thoughts?

When you turn around, starting here, lift this
new glimpse that you found; carry into evening
all that you want from this day. This interval you spent
reading or hearing this, keep it for life –

What can anyone give you greater than now,
starting here, right in this room, when you turn around?

- William Stafford
📸 Kamal Bilal

Join us for a class in September to transition into fall with ease and grace...All group classes are eligible for our 'P...
08/27/2025

Join us for a class in September to transition into fall with ease and grace...
All group classes are eligible for our 'Pay from the Heart Option'--attend any class for a price that fits your budget. Simply select 'Pay from the Heart' during your online checkout.

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