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August 29, 2011

Aspen: Ashley Turner Yoga Bootcamp at King Yoga

Aspenites, if you can make time this week (8/30-9/2) from 11:30a-1p, you need to be doing yoga bootcamp. L.A.’s top yogini ASHLEY TURNER is doing a week-long bootcamp series at King Yoga. Based on Ashley’s upcoming DVD YOGA BOOTCAMP, this week program is specifically designed to wring out every nook and cranny of your body while radically shifting self-sabotage + negative habits in the mind and heart! Strongly recommended to be taken as complete series; individual classes may be purchased.

I went today and am signed up for all week. It’s a phenomenal experience, incredible mind and body workout. I can’t wait for the rest of the week!!

Click HERE to sign up! $25 drop-in.

Ashley Turner Yoga Boot camp

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August 19, 2011

Aspen: Free Yoga for Yoga in Action Day

Yoga outside in Aspen in absolutely amazing, and even better when taught by King Yoga! Free yoga in Paepke Park 9-11am.  Join Aaron and Evan from King Yoga with live music by Cameron Williams! Sponsored by the Shakti Foundation, the Aspen Yoga Society and supported by Seane Corn’s Off the Mat Into the World foundation.

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July 2, 2011

Austin: Yoga for Good … Blackshear Elementary School

Community Yoga Austin Presents: FIRST SUNDAY for Blackshear Elementary School

How awesome is this? On Sunday, July 3rd Community Yoga will collaborate with Eastside Yoga, Blue Dahlia Bistro, and other East Austin businesses to raise money to bring a weekly Yoga class to ALL of the students of Blackshear Elementary School, starting in Fall 2011.

Blackshear students are majority minority, with about 60% of its population being Hispanic and about 40% of the students being African American. 99% of the students are eligible for free and reduced lunch, so we’re dealing with an impoverished community without access to extracurricular opportunities that are often experienced by more advantaged students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds.

Yoga is an atypical extracurricular, but it’s such a cool opportunity for the kids. Exposure to and experience with yoga at such early stages in their development will help them internalize key elements of the practice in order to support and strengthen a sense of inner calm as they move about their daily lives. So without further ado, you MUST attend the fundraiser classes!

9:30-10:15  BY DONATION meditation class at Eastside Yoga

10:30-11:45  BY DONATION hatha yoga class at Eastside Yoga

*I say, do them both!

ALL DAY: 15% off ALL food & drinks at Blue Dahlia Bistro (with coupon that is available on the Community Yoga website) & Blue Dahlia will also donate 10% of ALL SALES from that day to support the program.

RAFFLE ITEMS: gift cards & items from the following businesses will be on raffle at Eastside Yoga, Blue Dahlia, and also online through the Community Yoga website:  Zandunga Mexican Bistro, East Side Pies, Blue Dahlia Bistro, Give Back Yoga, & several more.

All proceeds from the classes, dining at Blue Dahlia, & the raffle will go to fund the semester of Yoga at Blackshear. This is an amazing example of how awesome the Austin community is—support it!

More info? community-yoga.org

 

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June 21, 2011

Austin: Girls Play Tough

You KNOW if I was in Austin full-time anymore, I’d be playing in this league. Girls Play Tough is a women’s flag football league in Austin, Houston, and Dallas. There’s training camp, a 6-week season, and post-season tourneys for the league and between all three cities. Awesome!

Women's flag football

2010 Blondes vs. Brunettes Game

GirlsPlayTough “promotes contributions to women charities, an entertaining environment, strength through fitness and wellness, and women empowerment through sports.”

Registration is open now at girlsplaytough.com; training camp in Austin is July 16th.

Missing Blondes vs Brunettes? Play in this league!

 

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June 10, 2011

Aspen: OUTSIDE in Aspen

This weekend, Outside Magazine again hosts its outdoor adventure weekend in Aspen! If you didn’t pay $100 to sign up for a guide-led activity (there’s still time, check the list here—you can climb Castle Peak with the original Bachelorette winner Ryan Sutter!), there’s still tons of FREE fun to be had.

SATURDAY:

8am–4pm Base Camp open to public: includes sponsor tents and giveaways and Birkenstock Recovery Lounge: Free chair massage and foot treatments, oxygen lounge, recovery smoothies, Spin to Win prize giveaways, Birkenstock demos and tune ups.

8-8:45am & 11-11:45am Yoga Class for all levels with Aspen Yoga Society

8am–4pm Outward Bound Trail Restoration Sign Up. Sign up at the Outward Bound Tent to help restore the Ute Trail on Sunday [the Ute Trail is one of my favorite quick hikes in the Aspen area].

2–3pm Autograph signing with First Ascent pro athletes Melissa Arnot, the only Western woman to have summited Everest three times; Jake Norton, Everest guide and adventure photographer; and Ben Stooksberry, professional kayaker.  At ACES Kids Nature Corner tent in Gondola Plaza.

2–5pm Live Music Stage at Ajax Tavern featuring Colorado favorite band, Salem.

3pm Adventure Dog Demonstration with Mike Stewart of Wild Rose Kennels. At Outfitter Check-In Tent on Hunter Street.

SUNDAY

8am–4pm Base Camp open to public: includes sponsor tents and giveaways and Birkenstock Recovery Lounge: Free chair massage and foot treatments, oxygen lounge, recovery smoothies, Spin to Win prize giveaways, Birkenstock demos and tune ups.

8-8:45am & 11-11:45am Yoga Class for all levels with Aspen Yoga Society 

8–10 am Dagger Kayaks Paddle with the Pros at Sky Hotel Pool. Learn techniques and tricks with Dagger pro Brad Ludden and Dagger head designer, Mark “Snowy” Robertson.

9am–2pm Outward Bound Trail Restoration Project. Meet at Outward Bound Tent to help restore the Ute Trail.

3-5pm Athlete Panel Discussion – The Outer Limits: the Risks and Rewards of Extreme Adventure. Panelists: Melissa Arnot,  Michael Brown, Nick DeVore, Brad Ludden, and Ben Stooksberry. Followed by the Gear of the Year Giveaways.

This weekend is always a ton of fun, even if you don’t go on any of the guided tours, because there’s plenty of swag and free events with extreme athletes! Check it out :-)

 

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April 29, 2011

Austin: MUST GO! Blondes vs. Brunettes

This will be my first year NOT playing, but I’m confident the brunettes can still dominate! This event is AWESOME to watch and be a part of, so DO IT! (it’s in just 2 weeks, get your tix now!!)

BvB Austin blondes brunettes football powderpuff

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April 15, 2011

How Genius are RunPhones?

On a recent cool-ish April morning, I cruised Town Lake for a run. I had recently read about this awesome idea: a headband with headphones built in. I was super excited, because then you can jam out running without the need to adjust earbuds or wipe sweat!  For someone with small earholes (weird, I know), this is even more exciting. RunPhones, a division of AudioSheep, sent me a pair to try:

RunPhones

They look just like a normal headband, right? BUT they pipe music into my ears and stay in place better than lululemon headbands! I was THRILLED with my test run. No adjusting, great sound, and no sweat in my eyes! What more could a girl ask for?

Formed in 2007 by a family doctor and her husband, AcousticSheep products are designed with comfort, quality, and the environment in mind. Headquartered in Pennsylvania, thecompany is powered by 100% wind energy. RunPhones comes in summer and winter fabrics (awesome!) that are 88% recycled plastic while being soft, wicking, and washable (the speakers are removable). I love the company and I love the product!

summer runphones

Summer Version RunPhones $34.95 / Winter Version RunPhones $39.95

www.RunPhones.com

Additionally, I tweeted this pic from my run:

Austin Town Lake

… Austin is beautiful, and RunPhones are awesome.

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April 14, 2011

Aspen: Spring Celebrations Announcing BlissFits Aspen Boot Camp!

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As spring rolls around, there are lots of announcements: babies, graduation announcements, save-the-date cards, and so on. Since I have no news of that sort, I’m excited to celebrate a more Lyssa-like announcement: BlissFits Aspen Boot Camp!

You guys know how much I love CrossFit, and sharing the word about fitness and how awesome it is. I’ve had my CrossFit Level 1 certification for over a year, and all last summer I was having a blast experimenting with Nature’s Garage Gym workouts. While I am confident the boot camp will be a success and that I’m a great coach, it’s nonetheless terrifying to be shouting to the world: “I’m making moves! I CAN HELP YOU GET FIT!”

It’s empowering, ya’ll. Because when you throw out the fear of failure, I KNOW I can help people. BlissFits Aspen is a chance to share my love of fitness and food firsthand, to affect change in people I know and don’t know. It’s a chance to bring my world in Austin, my wolfpack, my people (that’s you, CrossFitters), to Aspen in a format that resonates with Aspen. Outdoors. We moved here for the 70-degree summers with bluebird skies every. single. day. So why not move our fitness there too?

Aspen Boot Camp!

If you’re in Aspen, I’d love for you to come check out the FIRST boot camp, next Monday, April 18, ay 6pm at Rio Grande Park (across from Clark’s). BlissFits Aspen Boot Camp will run Monday through Thursday the last two weeks of April, and then I’ll update everyone on the times etc. once we see how this works! (www.blissfitsaspen.com for more info)

Now for the rest of you (and Aspenites), I’d love to offer you the chance to shout about something exciting going on in your lives! Maybe you’re preggers or graduating, or you want to mark some occasion with a photo book. I’ve got TWO Shutterfly giveaways! TWO thisislifeinaustin & aspen readers will get to choose between 50 announcement cards or an 8×8 photobook to commemorate whatever is going on in your life right now (or later, or earlier, or whatever, I don’t care!)

*Giveaway Alert!*

Post by 5PM CST on FRIDAY April 15 in the comments below what you’re celebrating (can be silly, serious, or inbetween) this spring and I’ll randomly choose TWO winners (promise I won’t judge your comments for funniness, as I sometimes do, because this is SERIOUS. I want you to CELEBRATE!)!

Are you a blogger, too? Click here to register for a chance at 50 free announcements!

This post is part of a series sponsored by Shutterfly. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity.com, as I do.

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April 5, 2011

Aspen: Mountain-Top Yoga (and some in the city too)

There’s less than a week left of skiing on Aspen Mountain, so Aspenites and visitors absolutely must take advantage of FREE yoga at the Sundeck every single day through Sunday (closing day)!

Taught by a rotating group of yogis, all of whom are skilled instructors, the yoga runs from 9:30-10:15ish every morning. Mats are provided, so you can show up in ski gear, strip to your skivvies (yoga appropriate skivvies, of course), and get posing … then just throw your boots back on and hit the slopes, relaxed and ready to rip.

Want more little-known yoga? One of the yoga instructors, Kendall, teaches at ACES (behind the post office) on MWF from 5-6:15pm. It costs just $5.

She also teaches at the Aspen Institute at Meadows from noon-1pm on Tuesday and Thursdays. That costs $8.

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March 30, 2011

Aspen: Be the Next Aspen Ninja Warrior

Yeah, that’s right: Thursday night, Aspen will crown its second Aspen Ninja Warrior. The obstacle course is hosted by the Red Brick Recreation Center.

Ninja Warrior Aspen

$20. Registration and run qualifier take place competition day from 5-7pm with the Finals Competition taking place from 7:30-9pm. Men and Womens Divisions. Ages 14 and up. Cash prizes will be awarded!

… I don’t know much more than this. But it sounds AWESOME and I will be there fo sho!!

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