Q: How long have you been practicing yoga? A: I first began my yoga practice about 10 years ago in high school with a Bikram yoga practice. From that point on, I practiced on and off in spurts until I started coming to People’s in April this year, which is when I started my current […]
Q: Tell us about yourself! (Where are you from? What do you do? Do you have any kids? Whatever you feel is your story) A: I grew from babyhood to high schooler in Davis, California (where cows and bikes and privilege are the main currency), graduated from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, where I studied […]
Q: Tell us about yourself! (Where are you from? What do you do? Do you have any kids? Whatever you feel is your story) A: I’m relatively new to Portland having moved here from Virginia in the beginning of 2014. I had just retired from my first job and wanted to pursue a master’s degree full […]
Q: Tell us about yourself! A: I grew up in Rhode Island and moved to Portland in September 2008. It was the best decision I’ve ever made. I love being so close to the mountains, rivers, ocean, and all that the Pacific Northwest has to offer. I ride my bike everywhere and spend most of my […]
Q: Tell us about yourself. A: I am an artist with a background in furniture making and jewelry design, and I make my living from using my creative energy as an Interior Designer. I love being an artist, it is very freeing. I can be myself. I own more tools than clothes. I like to […]
Q: Tell us about yourself! A: I am from Toronto and northern New York originally, but I’ve lived in a lot of places. I think I thought being nomadic was part of becoming an artist – something I can openly admit to being without breaking into hives these days. I moved to Portland from Chicago […]
How long have you been practicing? I’m new to yoga! I’ve been practicing for about 7 months. Why did you start? I have had a lot of physical trauma, hip surgery and am on the mend and wanted to continue to work towards healing in my body through yoga. How has your practice changed over […]
How long have you been practicing? I started practicing 10 years ago when there was a yoga studio literally across the street from my apartment. I rolled out of bed and into the studio 4 mornings a week (read: no kids, single). I liked the challenge of the asana practice, but I loved that yoga […]
This month we’re featuring Mollie Guillemette, a regular on her mat, and at People’s Yoga. How long have you been practicing? I started practicing yoga almost 20 years ago, when I was 13! Why did you start? There was an article in a magazine that showed how to do 5 poses and that was how […]
For August, we just walked across the hall to meet one of the People of People’s Yoga–meet Tracy Burkholder, one of the massage therapists that shares the SE studio space. How long have you been practicing? I’ve been practicing regularly since 2011. In total cliche fashion, I turned 40 and realized that my minimalist approach to fitness […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
