Have you had experiences of intuition or subtle sensory perception, but are not sure how to cultivate these abilities in your daily life? Are you also aware of inner blocks and habits but struggle to transform or release them; moving forward to a healthier place in spirit, mind and body? Through Chakra Awareness Education you will learn techniques to refine and strengthen the subtle energy systems and cultivate greater self sufficiency toward becoming your own healer.

During this workshop a systematic approach to developing and strengthening subtle awareness will be explored. Through a basic Heart Meditation” practice, you’ll also learn skills to focus the flow of energy within yourself, facilitating physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health and well being.

We are so excited and honored that Girish will be performing live at our studio for the fourth time. Let go and let your yoga flow with true power through the beats and rhythms of Girish’s soul stirring tunes, as Dana Murphy leads a deeply moving vinyasa class. Cost is $25. Class packages do not apply.  Let us know as soon as possible if you’d like to attend by emailing us.  This will sell out fast, so reserve your spot as soon as possible.hello@bakerstreetyoga.com

What is the Paleo Diet? The Paleo diet is a “blueprint” plan to mimic the foods consumed by our caveman ancestors long before foods such as milk, cheese, legumes, potatoes, and cereal grains, like wheat and corn, were introduced to our diet. While there are many variations of eating Paleo out there, the Paleo Diet is NOT purely an Atkins, low-carb, meat intensive diet. Contrary to popular belief, it is not just about eating eggs, bacon, and steak to your stomach’s content. The Paleo Diet IS about eating liberal quantities of vegetables, moderate fruits and moderate protein intake throughout the day. It is also about regaining your symbolic relationship with natural food and the wonderful benefits it provides for our health. New, exciting research in genetics shows that what we eat has an enormous effect on how well our genes function independent of what we may have inherited from our parents.The Paleo Diet uses clues from nature to design a template that is right for you and our shared genetic history.

(Updated 2/6/12) Curious about what makes us teachers tick? While we know the greatest teacher lies within, it is very difficult on our own to access that part of us without the wisdom and guidance of others who have come before us. Here are some books and readings from master teachers who have helped (and continue to help) us on our highly individual paths to that greatest Teacher of all:

From Dana Murphy:  Your Word is Your Wand by Florence Scovell Shin

From Natalie Ullmann:  Meditation for the Love of It by Sally Kempton

From Claire Garland: The Divine Romance by Paramahansa Yogananda; Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews; Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda (a must read). Visit www.yogananda-srf.org for more writings by Yogananda; The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali translation and commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda

Excerpt from The Divine Romance :

From a talk given on October 10, 1943 at the Self Realization Temple on “How to Cultivate Divine Love” ...The Universal Nature of  Love

“ In the universal sense, love is the divine power of attraction in nature that harmonizes, unites, binds together. It is opposed by the force of repulsion, which is the outgoing cosmic energy that materializes creation from the consciousness of God. Repulsion keeps all forms in the manifested state through maya, the power of delusion that divides, differentiates, and disharminizes. The attractive force of love counteracts cosmic repulsion to harmonize all creation and ultimately draw it back to God. Those who live in tune with the attractive force of love achieve harmony with nature and their fellow beings, and are attracted to blissful reunion with God.

In this world, love presupposes duality; it springs from a mutual exchange or suggestion of feeling between two or more forms. Even animals express a certain type of love for one another and for their offspring. In many species, when one mate dies, the other succumbs soon after. But this love in animals is instinctive; they are not responsible for their love. Human beings, however, have a great deal of conscious self-determination in their exchange of love with others.

In man, love expresses itself in various ways. We find love between man and wife, parent and child, brother and sister, friend and friend, master and servant, guru and disciple – as Jesus with his disciples and the great masters of India and their chelas – and between the the devotee and God, soul, and Spirit.

Love is a universal emotion; its expressions are distinguished by the thought through which it moves. Hence, when love passes through the heart of the father, fatherly consciousness translates into fatherly love. When it passes though the heart of the mother, motherly consciousness translates into motherly love. When it passes though the heart of the lover, the consciousness of the lover gives that universal love still another quality. It is not the physical instrument, but the consciousness through which the love moves that determines the quality of the love expressed. Thus a father may express motherly love, a mother may express friendly love, a lover may express divine love.

Every reflection of love comes from one Cosmic Love, but when expressed as a human love in its various forms, there is always a taint to it. The mother doesn’t know why she loves the child; the child knows not why he loves the mother. They do not know whence comes this love they feel for one another. It is the manifestation in them of God’s love; and when it is pure and unselfish, it reflects His divine love. Thus, by investigating human love, we can learn something of divine love, for in human love we have glimpses of that love of God’s.”

Get into your vinyasa rhythm and experience all of the amazing Baker Street Yoga teachers. Try a hot, warm, beginner or open level class…three times a day if you’d like! We look forward to you taking complete advantage of us!