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A cumulative collection of reflections, experiences and recipes from our Treetop community – teachers (new and old) and students. We hope you enjoy!
Going Out Into the Universe
As a teenager, I would fix my gaze on the back of my eyelids when I couldn’t fall asleep. Initially I would see a relatively flat screen of mottled black and light, like an old UHF channel with no signal. Staring at this, I would wait for the moment the...
Home at the Top of the Tree
For over a decade, I have been practicing yoga in the different places that I have lived and traveled. Any time I relocated, I would search for a studio or two that I could use to settle back into my practice and find community. In 2017, I moved to Cape Ann and...
A Lesson on Radical Self-Care
I recently learned a tough lesson on self-care. As a yoga teacher, I constantly preached from the front of the class about self-care because I knew in my heart it was true. However, I secretly continued to put myself last again and again. Every time I would talk...
No Bake Caramel Apple Bars
Ingredients Crust Layer: 1 cup almond flour 1/4 cup organic date nectar, honey, or maple syrup 1/4 cup organic coconut oil 1 tablespoon organic coconut flour 1/8 teaspoon organic vanilla bean powder 1 pinch Himalayan pink...
Summer Local and Season Recipes
Now that summer is in full swing, hopefully many of you are taking some time to invest and ingest the abundance of local seasonal produce we have here in Cape Ann. Whether you explore local farmers markets (Gloucester's at Stage Fort Park on Thursdays from 3-6!), are...
Yin Yoga – A Practice of Stillness
There’s a lot of misunderstandings when it comes to what yin yoga is and what its intentions are. I’ve seen it advertised a few times as a “deep stretch” class, when in fact, yin isn’t intended to stretch the big muscles of the body. During this practice you are not...
Breathe
Written By: Jaime Robbins, Treetop Yoga Teacher Since my divorce six years ago, I’ve been cutting out the chaos in my life by erasing the drama in any given situation and focusing on the truth. I work hard to clear away the internal chatter that fuels an erratic...
“Life is Lived Going Forward, Yet Is Only Understood By Looking Backward”
Written By: Jonathan Golding Sunday February 11th was the end of my unlimited yoga package at Treetop Yoga in Gloucester and was also my 123rd day as a Treetop Yoga member. That evening I took my 123rd Yoga class there and it was Hilary Yin Flow class, which I...
Guest Post: The Importance of Advanced Training for Yoga Teachers
Kim Valeri, Founder & CEO Yogaspirit® Studios CIAYT, ERYT, AYT, AWP (NAMA), YACEP As a yoga teacher, your students will be looking to you to show them the way to natural health; how to be the “living remedy” and how to practice the art of yoga safely; how to...
