Tao of Pilates

04/14/2026

Pilates keeps the spine supple!

09/16/2021

Téana will be teaching a Pilates for Pregnancy Workshop
at Grass Roots Pilates Studio in Santa Barbara, starting Friday, Sept 24th for 4 weeks! DM for details.

08/04/2020

Full Moon blessings, friends. Let us pause to honor the natural punctuations of the cosmos and breathe lunar light into every cell of our beings. 🌝 Charge up for good trouble, necessary trouble. @ Lotusland

04/08/2020

To the man who makes sand art, carving gently with his shovel at the beach nearly every day - thank you. 🐚Thank you for sharing your creativity in one of our community’s common spaces. @ Butterfly Beach

04/03/2020

Anyone else appreciating the l’il pollinators around these days? We also have quite a few tiny humming birds visiting the flowers but I have not had to much luck capturing them in a pic - too quick! 🦋 🐝

03/27/2020

Putting the flower in flour. 🌸🌼

03/23/2020

https://www.growforagecookferment.com/what-to-forage-in-spring/?fbclid=IwAR1OaSUdMo28GqFFnIOU4yQ1qBSi_CJPe6xI5rUHEezpPE2oj0QsEqzMhx8

Spring is a great time for foraging! Learn what to forage in spring with this list of 20 edible and medicinal plants and fungi. Spring foraging is fun!

03/22/2020

Embracing the topsy-turvy... The world is upside down and we can be too. ☀️ 🤸🏻‍♂️🤸🏽🤸🏻‍♀️🧘🏿‍♂️ @ Santa Barbara, California

03/16/2020

Appreciating this quote today: “In a pandemic, self-isolation is called quarantine. In Buddhism, it is called retreat. From the cave of our home, like the meditators of ancient times, we can consciously kindle the lamp of compassion and connection."
~ Lama Willa Miller

Whatever our spiritual path, we can use this opportunity to explore our inner landscapes. We can be with silence, be with boredom, be with unease and anxiety. We can be nowhere else but here with what is. Beautiful artwork by beautiful

03/10/2020

Healing hot springs and hiking ... coming right up as part of our ‘In Your Elements’ Retreat.
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Hot springs are one of Mother Nature’s sweetest medicines. They are created when rain seeps below the Earth's surface collecting in underground pools or aquifers. Magma heats this water, which then rises back up to the surface through cracks in the earth's crust, forming a lovely hot spring.
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Hot springs have an especially high mineral content - because heated water can hold more dissolved solids. This means a given hot spring can contain everything from calcium, magnesium, silica, lithium, and even radium. I’ve heard it described as a multivitamin for the skin 🦋Sulphur in particular explains the aroma springs can sometimes have. Here’s a brief breakdown of some of the mineral benefits:

Magnesium: aids with clear complexion, and healthy looking skin
Potassium: eliminates toxins and promotes healthy skin
Sodium: decreases inflammation in swollen joints, and can help the lymphatic system
Sulphur: helps with respiratory problems and skin inflammations