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Phyzz Yoga is a Seattle-based mobile yoga studio that brings yoga and meditation classes to offices and unexpected spaces.

We help people energize their relationship to the way they make their living, and see the value of "yoga at work" (get it?).

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Over the last decade and a half, Karen has worked as a geologist, high school math teacher, dot-com startup geek, IT nerd, and marketing project manager. In 2008 she realized that teaching yoga required her full and undivided attention.

Based in Seattle, she teaches yoga in the home, at the workplace, and around the world. She has been teaching yoga since 2003, and practicing since 1998. She plans retreats to Northwest destinations, to Mexico, and India. Oh yeah, and she’s older than she looks.

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Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Yoga?

Okay. This NY Times article is furiously making its Facebook rounds, and I’ve now been emailed this article enough times that I compelled to say something about it. There’s been quite a bit of a yoga buzz in the news of late. Perhaps this is par for the course, being that it’s the season of New [...]

How to Find the Right Style of Yoga for You (via @LifeHacker)

A friend and student of mine at Office Nomads passed this article on to me. I can’t tell you how often I get questions about why there are so many “flavors” of yoga. This article provides a pretty dang good start at answering that question. Plus, I heart Lifehacker. Enjoy! How to Find the Right [...]

Yoga on the Go: Travel Tips to Keep You Balanced (Guest Post)

Hello Phyzz Phans! The following post is brought to you by Maria Rainier, who has deftly tackled a subject near and dear to my heart quite recently – getting your practice in while traveling. Having just returned from a long trip myself, I can’t tell you how important it is to keep your yoga practice up, [...]

On Wedditations: Something Borrowed

During a recent conversation with a friend, I was able to articulate in these words what I believe is Phyzz’s true mission: “To do whatever it is the world asks me to do.“ It appears that the world is asking me to bring yoga to the wedding space – rather cosmically apt, don’t you think [...]

“Work On Yourself” | From the Atma Jyoti Blog

“It is all a matter of magnetism: we encounter those that are on our own wavelength.” – Swami Nirmalananda Giri Just came across this article via @lilalabs on twitter. The Atma Jyoti Blog is fast becoming one of my favorite resources for spiritual reading and getting my jnana yoga-nerd fix. Check out this essay on [...]

History of Yoga – A Complete Overview of the Yoga History

Surprisingly short, but concise and, reportedly, complete.  If you’re a yoga scholar that thinks anything’s missing, please comment! History of Yoga – A Complete Overview of the Yoga History.

17 Things you Should Stop Doing : Productivity501

Guilty as charged: #1 (no direct deposit for the self-employed, dude, sorry); #4; #5. But other than that, we’re not doing so bad after all. 17 Things you Should Stop Doing : Productivity501.

Good Morning, YO!

UPDATE  – Click here for link to RSVP! Wow. I was delighted by the turnout this morning at local organic supplement and superfoods bar Healeo for the first Morning YO! Hump Day Stretch and Smoothie sesh! A little over 20 people showed up and I led them in a half-hour routine of grounding, stretching balancing, [...]

When The Universe Speaks at Me | A Guide for the Overwhelmed | ThinkSimpleNow.com

A Guide for the Overwhelmed | ThinkSimpleNow.com .As a self-proclaimed, multitasking, jack-of-all-trades (I’m thinking about something else as I type this, so there!), this article from one of my favorite blogs, Tina Su’s Think Simple Now caught my eye in my ever-burgeoning stack of RSS feeds. This post is actually written by Ralph Jean-Paul, who I [...]

40 Days Without Breathing

Yogoer is a cool New York-based website that let users search for yoga, dance, pilates, or fitness centers.  This is a cool article on how the author committed to and employed a bandha and pranayama (breathing with retention) practice for 40 days.   My favorite quote: “A steady practice works you like water in canyons” Enjoy.