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| welcome to august at tranquil space |
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· visit tranquilspace.com
· current class schedule
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Studio Hours:
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Monday
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11:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
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Tuesday
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11:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
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Wednesday
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10:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
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Thursday
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11:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
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Friday
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10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
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Saturday
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10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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Sunday
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10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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take a yoga class, shop the tranquiliT boutique or stop in to say hello
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this month's e-news contains:
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May our bodies and minds be healthy.
May our thoughts be filled with love.
May our practice be free of obstacles.
May we carry its benefits into the world.
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opening muse
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"To love yourself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." ~ Oscar Wilde
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In our July Hip Tranquil ChickTM workshop, we focused on the importance of living an internal love story through self-nurturing. As the Wilde quote signifies, the relationship you have with yourself (how you feel about and treat yourself) is a VERY important relationship. Actually, this is the only relationship in life that is 100% guaranteed. You are sure to wake up and go to bed with yourself every day. We all know the importance of taking care of ourselves, but is this inner-reflective love story celebrated with regular practice?
During airplane departures, emphasis is placed on putting on your own life mask before a dependent's. This theory translates into modern life. In order to be fully fabulous, you must be full, not running on "E." The active yoga-lover can get caught on the hamster wheel with the best of them, but it is important to realize when it is time to leap off, reassess, and spend some time recharging. Even though the grills are still going and the heels are kicked up, summer is slowly coming to a close and this is the perfect leisurely month to add some self-nurturing into your own life.
Build a solid relationship with you. Get back in touch with the unadulterated delights that you crave. Implement small changes into your routine that guarantee you some time to spend savoring the abundance of simple pleasures that surround you. Life is full of hidden treasures. Below are some simple tips to translate self-nurturing into reality.
Off the mat self-nurturing tips:
- Indulge in weekly solo creative excursions. Ex., visits to museums, wineries, 5 and dimes, city parks, bookstores.
- Spend $5 a week on a "luxury." Ex., lavender scented bath bombs (LUSH bombs are highly recommended), drugstore hot oil hair treatments, scented colored pencils, colorful notecards.
- Practice the 3-part yogic breath at the office, while stuck in traffic, and during your luxurious evening home alone reading.
On the mat self-nurturing tip:
One of my favorite self-nurturing poses is legs up the wall. This pose is a sure-fire way to restore and renew after a challenging day, jet lag exhaustion, or the simple everyday need to quiet the mind. Find adequate wall and floor space so that you can lie on your back and extend your legs up onto the wall (or use a chair as a substitute). Getting your hips up to the wall is the trickiest part. If your hamstrings are tight, pull your hips away from the wall a few inches so that they are more at an angle than straight up the wall. Once the legs are up and comfortable, you can take two of my favorite variations — 1) open the legs to a wide V, 2) bend the knees and place the soles of the feet together. Both variations help open the hips, awaken the inner thighs, and alleviate discomfort due to tight hamstrings. Enjoy!
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latest studio happenings
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- Vote for Tranquil Space: Only a few days left to vote for us as the Hidden Gem and Best Gym/Health Spa of DC. Thanks for nominating us. Visit washingtonpost.com to vote.
- Yogi Appreciation Week: July 24-31. Only a few days left! 10% off all tranquiliT boutique items AND class passes. Thanks for ALL your support. We love our yogis!
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- Are you an aspiring designer or harboring a closeted creative streak? If so, showcase your items at our TranquiliT Trunk Show on Friday, October 1. For a description of this fabulous event focused on retail therapy, visit our enlightening events page. To inquire about participating, contact kimberly@tranquilspace.com
- Free yoga in exchange for sharing your skills. Visit our studio opportunities page for our current needs.
- Tranquil Space is considering implementing a new program which would allow
yogis to access their client information and pre-register for classes
online. Our hope is that this would be helpful for our busy 6:00 and 6:30
classes. We'd love your input! Would this program be helpful to you?
Please share your thoughts by emailing info@tranquilspace.com.
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- Have management and retail experience, love yoga, crazy about details, free on the weekends? Apply for our paid weekend studio manager role. Visit our studio opportunities page for details.
- Lots of great lifestyle AND yoga workshops — hip openers, heart openers, girls' night in, core strength building, newbie, and more! Visit our enlightening events page for details!
- Tranquil Space Tree Planting: Throughout the month of August, Tranquil Space will plant a tree for every pass purchased. This is our way of helping our yogis breathe better!
- Newbie Yogi Series coming on Sundays in September! A 4-week series catered to the developing, inquisitive yogi taught in a small group. Visit the newbie yogi series page for details!
- As featured in the Sunday Source, celebrate yoga party style! Get a group together and share in the joy of yoga. A fun way to celebrate birthdays, bachelorette parties, kid's events or to simply introduce friends to yoga. Visit our yoga parties page for details.
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- Community celebration. A way to celebrate Tranquil Space yogis' honors and developments! Please share your recent news with us by e-mailing newsletter@tranquilspace.com.
- Congrats to Kim O'Donnel who explores four different cuisines around the globe in What's Cooking World, her Web video series on washingtonpost.com. Of vegetarian interest: pakoras and green chutney from India!
- A very warm goodbye to Laura Szwalek who heads to chicago this month.
- Congrats to Heather Major for leaving her job and transitioning into a new role in life.
- Congrats to Genevieve Sexton who is the proud mommy of 2 baby felines.
- A very happy welcome to Jeff Davis as our new webmaster.
- The tranquiliT line was recently featured in shefinds.com - a fabulously fun shopping resource.
- Congrats to studio manager Marianne and her husband Chris who are celebrating their 33rd anniversary this month.
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- Congrats to Baby and Me teacher Carol Collins and baby Sophia for celebrating their first year together.
- Congrats to long-time yogis Mary Kate and Adam on getting hitched!
- Congrats to yoga mommies Fran Monks, Rachel White, Allyson Gardner and Rachel Shea.
- Congrats to yoga teacher Peg Armstrong for venturing out of the "real world" and into pursuing her passion full-time!
- Congratulations to yogis Nicole Qualtieri and David Kaib on getting married! And to David for completing his PhD at American University.
- Congratulations to July newbie series graduates Ellen, Suzanne, Sarah, Larry, Laure, Stan, Julia, Andrea, Alli, Deborah, and Jae! Welcome to the Tranquil Space community!
- A sad goodbye to long-time yogini Laura Kiken who moved to Richmond.
- A BIG thank you to Tracy, Isabel, Catherine, Miriam, Jennifer, Jocelyn, Rachel, Francesca, and Faith for joining the hip tranquil chick workshop and creating beautiful visionary collages.
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asana of the month
blossoming lotus
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Benefits:
- Stretches the thighs, groins and psoas
- Tones the abdomen
- Encourages balance and mindfulness
- Awakens the hips
- Brings a smile to your face
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yogi of the month
melanie khanna
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My first yoga experiences were with Kimberly in the quaint, bygone era before she founded Tranquil Space. It was like this, if you can believe it: little groups of four or five people would meet in her living room, make our introductions, and then proceed to hop, flail, and roll around all over each other in more or less fruitless and comic attempts to imitate Kimberly's smiling and serene acrobatics. I was horribly out of shape and found every pose immensely difficult. When Kimberly asked what we were in the mood for I usually answered "beer!" Indeed I thought about beer a lot even when I wasn't asking for it. And though I tried desperately not to be noticed teetering and toppling over in standing pose after standing pose, I was secretly convinced that it must be abundantly clear to all that I was a hopeless case.
That was a long time ago, and I like to joke that since then Kimberly has become the C.E.O. of a multinational yoga empire and I've become the Jehovah's witness of Yoga fitness. Who would have guessed? And yet in Kimerbly's case it is not so surprising, as the seeds of her success were there from the beginning in her obvious talent, vision, and formidable drive in pursuit of her goals—as were many of the things that make Tranquil Space distinctive: the tea and cookies, the aromatherapy, the eye pillows, the readings. And soon Kimberly found Lisa and other excellent instructors, and the rest is yoga history.
My own evolution into yoga proselytizer is, on the other hand, bizarre—as my boss frequently reminds me. I really identify with the hunched over, slightly misanthropic, sedentary person I was. . . yet I now bound up escalators, organize my weekends around things that happen outdoors, love (almost) every minute of yoga, and revel in meeting new people. I'll admit that this transformation is not a complete mystery, since I know that it was loss and fear at the end of a relationship that changed my investment in yoga two years ago. Part of it was that I simply felt physically and emotionally better after class. On reflection, I think that part of it also was that, amidst much circumstantial change and disorientation, my body was one thing I could count on to be there, moment to moment, day after day. And so I had a new incentive to take care of it. Finally, part of it was certainly that as my physical strength increased and my body changed, I was surprised and delighted by what I could do, and this clear evidence that change was possible was just what I needed. I continue to enjoy this sense of possibility, and to be grateful for it. . . As I head off to hike the alps with my current love, I'll be thinking of the Eleanor Roosevelt quote hanging above the new shoe rack: "You must do the thing you think you cannot do!"
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tranquiliTeam player of the month
farah godrej
Becoming a part of Tranquil Space has changed my life for the better: mind-, body- and spirit-wise. I once had a yoga practice many years ago, which I drifted in and out of, and never quite pursued seriously. I had been feeling for some time that I needed to go back to it, but hadn't quite found the right place or teachers to inspire me enough.
Then, the first time I walked into Tranquil Space earlier this year, I knew I had found what I was looking for. The energies of calm, kindness, focus and discipline permeated the studio. From the first class, I was hooked. Every teacher inspired me, and every class challenged me in a different way. Now, my body thanks me every time I practice, and my mind reinforces the importance of it. My spirit is infused with the positive energies of the studio, every time I walk in and out. Thank you, Tranquil Space.
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tranquiliT boutique
yoga clothing and accessories
Shop the tranquiliT boutique: a fusion of fashion and passion! Tranquil Space's own line of yoga clothing and accessories, tranquiliT, is designed to celebrate the bodies and spirits of the style-conscious yogi. All pieces are hand picked by Kimberly, made of luxurious fabrics that stretch with your body, and designed for wearing on and off the yoga mat. The tranquiliT boutique blends a love of fashion and desire for comfort with a sprinkle of flair. Enjoy the clothing while on the mat or on the town. You will find tees, pants, and yoga accessories online at the tranquiliT boutique!
NEW this summer in the tranquiliT boutique: Large girly tanks have arrived in pink and black, rhinestone barrettes and bobby pins to pin your hair during practice, luxurious rosebud salve to keep your skin yummy, delicate loose-knit ponchos, stylish slippers for easy in-and-out of studio footwear, AND tranquiliT tea — an herbal blend of rosehip, chamomile and mint. Our featured item this month is a a fabulous assortment of crocheted ponchos. Perfect for your on the mat transition into on the town festivities.
Share your retail therapy thoughts and register to win a gift certificate by submitting this boutique survey.
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As a continuing benefit of our Charity Community, a portion of the tranquiliT proceeds are donated to My Sister's Place — an organization committed to eradicating domestic violence.
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