Vista Yoga

Happy Independence Day!🇺🇸💙♥️🤍
Sharing some insights from David Whyte

Freedom is a radical state of “letting be and being let be.” Rather than independence, freedom is a profound interior silence where we can hear
the world inviting us to extend our boundaries and grow beyond our previous understandings. In this stillness, we stop listening to our own limiting opinions and instead hear the essence of creation inviting us into a greater maturity.

Freedom has a magnetic pull. It is the sense of being wanted by the world, and then having the capacity to respond to that invitation without self-sabotage.

Freedom is always under threat: it calls for alertness, to my own or others’ manipulations. Freedom may be first understood through my being allowed to have my own opinions, but a deeper understanding of what freedom means arises when I realize that I live in a larger radius of experience without set opinions, that I am able to shape an identity through a freer more conversational identity that is recreated every day from the spontaneity of meeting and discovery.

Freedom is magnified when we give others the space to speak in their own voice, untethered from our expectations.

~ David Whyte, form Consolations 2

“Been at a standstill, delayed or caught in uncertainty? The Full Moon of June 29 (7:56 pm ET) is the perfect time to pause, reorient, and set course in a different direction.

It’s the first full moon of summer (in the Northern Hemisphere), falling just after the solstice on June 21. The word “solstice” refers to the sun’s stopping point, the time when the sun seems to pause before changing direction in its ascent. With Mercury also stationing retrograde, this Full Moon brings a powerful moment of pause and recalibration.

The Full Moon falls in the Vedic nakshatra called Purva Ashadha, the “Invincible Star,” that is symbolized by an elephant tusk. This part of the sky is connected to the elephant-headed god, Ganesha, who is revered as the Remover of Obstacles. Purva Ashadha carries the power of purification, conviction, and victory over adversity. It’s also symbolized by a winnowing basket, a tool used to separate the wheat from the chaff. This Full Moon nurtures discernment, patience, and self-trust.

For more info go to:
🕉️ AnandaShree Astrology

Happy Summer Solstice and Happy Father’s Day! 🙌💛

Celebrating the energy of the Sun with a poem from Mary Oliver:
“The Sun”☀️

Have you ever seen
anything
in your life
more wonderful
than the way the sun,
every evening,
relaxed and easy,
floats toward the horizon
and into the clouds or the hills,
or the rumpled sea,
and is gone–
and how it slides again
out of the blackness,
every morning,
on the other side of the world,
like a red flower
streaming upward on its heavenly oils,
say, on a morning in early summer,
at its perfect imperial distance–
and have you ever felt for anything
such wild love–
do you think there is anywhere, in any
language,
a word billowing enough
for the pleasure
that fills you,
as the sun
reaches out,
as it warms you
as you stand there,
empty-handed–
or have you too
turned from this world–
or have you too
gone crazy
for power,
for things?

Photos from our Yoga Retreat Mar de Jade

HAPPY JUNETEENTH — FREEDOM DAY! ❤️🖤💚

On June 19, we honor Juneteenth — a day of remembrance, freedom, resilience, and hope.

It is a moment to look back with respect, to recognize the strength of those who came before us, and to celebrate the long journey toward justice, dignity, and equality. Juneteenth reminds us that freedom is not just a word — it is a story, a struggle, a promise, and a responsibility we carry forward.

Today, we remember the past.
We celebrate freedom.
We honor heritage.
We embrace unity.
And we look toward a future filled with hope.

May this day inspire kindness, reflection, and togetherness in every heart.

Happy Juneteenth. Freedom, strength, and unity always. ✨

Joyful Seasons

“Remember, it doesn’t matter how deep into a posture you go – what does matter is who you are when you get there.” ~ Max Strom

We are so grateful for another wonderful weekend of practice with these amazing yogis! Yoga gives us an opportunity to inquire, explore and discover who we truly are.🕉️🙌💟

KIDS YOGA CAMP
June 29 - July 3
9:00AM – 1:00PM

Campers will explore playful yoga poses, meditative art projects, and calming crafts.

We’ll learn the basics of yoga including meditation and breathwork and even discover some partner and acro yoga techniques as a way to connect and support each other.

Join us for a week full of mindfulness and more.

Bring a yoga mat, water bottle and a snack!

Ashley Cocchi:

Originally from Decatur, Ashley is a registered children’s yoga teacher and a certified 200 hour yoga teacher. She has worked with kids as an educator for the last 15 years. Ashley owns her own business, Intentional Minds, where she strives to provide engaging mindfulness and enrichment programs for kids and families.

Cost $275
Drop-In per day $60
$25 discount for siblings
Ages 5-10yrs of age

Register at:
VistaYoga.com/workshops

Join us for a special afternoon of rebirthing breathwork and gongs with Ananda & Gretchen.
Saturday, June 13th
3-5:30pm

$55 in advance ↔ $65 at door

Rebirthing Breathwork is a transformative practice that transcends the physical realm to reach the spiritual and holistic dimensions of healing. Through conscious breathing, individuals can connect with their inner selves, releasing emotional traumas and blockages held in the body and psyche. When combined with sound, it is a powerful synergistic healing force for body, mind and spirit.

The first 30 minutes, we begin with a special breathing playlist designed to melt the layers off and bring you into your beautiful heart. As you peak in the breath, we bring in the gongs for the next hour and so as you taper off, you will be enveloped in deep swells of vibration and resonance.

Participants often experience body temperature changes so bring warm blankets, pillows, an eye mask and an intention to allow and go deep.

Ananda and Gretchen, also known as The Matrix Release Specialist, were first friends doing what friends do, breathing and playing gongs together when they experienced the divine love in the combination of their gifts. A sacred offering to the community was born.



Ananda has devoted 25 years to the Healing Arts and Somatic Healing. She is a Rebirthing Breathwork coach, carrying the original lineage and blessing from the founder, Leonard Orr. Ananda has been in private practice in Atlanta for 20 years where she has served her community with Bodywork, Energy Healing and Breathwork.



Gretchen is a sound therapist, a self-healer, spiritual seeker and explorer of healing modalities, particularly those that affect the brain and nervous system, like sound. She brings a symphony of sonic goodness in her artisanal family of gongs. She also runs a healing home for people recovering from traumatic brain injury caused by mold.

Join us THIS SATURDAY, June 6th, 3-6pm for our “CLOTHING SWAP” with .clothier 👗👚

Ladies, Time to clean out your closet and have some fun! You’re invited to our Vista Yoga clothing swap, Saturday.

Drop your items off at Vista Yoga starting Monday 6/1 and through the week of June 6th.

The fun starts on Saturday afternoon at 3pm. We’ll gather together, trade treasures, enjoying a light bite and refreshment.

Community Clothiers will be there to give expert advice on how to accessorize your new find.

Bring an appetizer to share and whatever you like to drink. Please make sure that clothes are clean and are in good condition.

All leftover items will be donated to Second Life a nonprofit in Avondale that rescues, spays and neuters animals.
• trade treasures
• build community
• support a cause

Recycle clothing is a way to help you with your budget, but also it helps the planet. Fast fashion is hurting toll the environment. Recycling clothing is a way that we can make a difference!🌎

RSVP to [email protected]

Welcome June!🌿🌸🍃

“June” by

Every so often I’m convinced I tell the world too much. Hold my heart on my sleeve, cough out my secrets, confess to my pain. I swear to myself I won’t do it again, I’ll be all lock key, a porch with screens, elusive and safe.
Then I talk with a friend who’s all heart, all summer and June - raw and flawed but so complete and I’m reminded of how flowers thrive when they’re open to it all. To the rain and sun, to footsteps and weeds, to the changing of seasons over again. And when someone’s looking for a sign of hope, there they are.
Blooming , despite it all.”🌺

Flower pics by from our very lovely neighborhood park!