How long have you been practicing? I’ve been athletic my whole life, and found my way into various yoga classes in that time. A decade ago, I got really committed to my practice, including a 6-month Ashtanga training intensive. Injuries ended up side-tracking me for a long spell, but I kept returning to yoga—and finally […]
People of People’s June Edition: Dave Pardue
How long have you been practicing? Initially, early on in the ’00s, I endured Bikram for 3 or 4 months, then again about 7 or 8 years ago for 3 months or so, until my skin rebelled from the heat. I tried another studio about a year after that for maybe 10 classes, and then […]
May People of People’s: Nick Caleb
This month we’re featuring Nick Caleb, a relative newcomer to People’s Yoga, who is taking his practice off of the mat and, hopefully, all the way to City Hall as he’s running for City Council in this month’s election. How long have you been practicing? I’ve been practicing for about 4 months, since I found […]
April People of People’s: Kevin LaChapelle
We’re bringing back the People of People’s Yoga feature in which we do short interviews with those who regularly find their way onto their mats at our Studios. Follow along to learn more about our extended community of yogis! First up is Kevin LaChapelle, a regular at the SE Studio as well as a LMT […]
People of People’s Yoga August Edition: Anna Canning
I walked into my first yoga class in an inner-city YWCA about a year and a half ago. The instructor sprinted in two minutes after 6AM, breathless from the spinning class she’d just taught. Her voice had the harsh twang of a hopeful Liz Phair impersonator as she intoned, “Circle sweeping the arms up; swan […]
People of People’s July Edition: Janelle Grant
I first came in to People’s on Alberta in 2008. I think it had opened not long before that. I had been to a bunch of other studios (mostly on “intro special” deals …still have never been to a $12+ class!) and rec center/community college classes, but was on the verge of being convinced that, […]
People of People’s Yoga April Edition: Jeevan Singh!
Jeevan has been a member of the TPY community for two years. She spent the vast majority of that time helping us through cleaning trade for yoga. “I love the philosophical aspect of yoga that I’m able to gain so much from each class and everything is so symbolic. These things that I learn […]
Yogi Roots
YogiRoots is Portland’s hub o’ yoga on the internet. Following the Yoga Journal article on Portland, YogiRoots contributor Liz Weber contacted us with an interest in fleshing out some of the ideas so quickly presented by Yoga Journal. Though this will come as no surprise to yogis currently practicing in the Rose City, Yoga Journal […]
10 Yoga Friendly Cities: Portland
Yoga Journal gave us a call last year while they were getting the low down on Portland’s beautiful yoga scene. Portland, Oregon The Scene: The conscientiousness that makes Portlanders so acutely aware of how their actions affect one another as well as the planet may have inspired the TV parody Portlandia, but it’s also the […]