10/22/2026
There’s something on my heart today. I want to tell you about the best kept secret in Asheville: the live music yoga class with Seán Johnson and Chris Rosser at Ayurprana Listening Room.
I have attended this class nearly every Thursday since it began in January and it has become an anchor in my practice and my life that I look forward to every week. It’s hard to put in words just how special this experience is, but I will try.
Sean weaves together live music and singing, movement and stillness, yogic teachings in a way that can easily be applied to daily life in this particular season (of nature and of our life journey), Bhakti dancing, poetry, presence, light and darkness, community connection, and deep integration of his class with the sweetest, heart-piercing tender music performed LIVE (!) by Chris Rosser.
The music calls me into the present moment when my mind starts to wander. The class helps me to come home to myself, to beauty, to my heart, body, and breath. The themes of the class find their way into my work.
I learned today that next Thursday will be the last weekly class and it will be moving to a monthly offering. I am grieving the loss of this beautiful weekly experience. Friends, if you love heart-centered yoga, please come enjoy this special experience with me next week on Thursday, 10/29, 9:00-10:15am, and monthly in the future. Register at Asheville Yoga Center.
This mosaic, “Lessons From a Little Red Tree,” was done during the same week that Sean shared one of my favorite Mary Oliver poems in class:
….To live in this world
you must be able to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes
to let it go,
to let it go."
