By Joleen

This is the first in a series celebrating our happy customers. Bringing happiness into the lives of people is at the core of everything we do. Kathy’s purchase was a huge milestone for us because she was our very first customer. Since then, Kathy has been a supportive cheerleader and enthusiastic brand ambassador — and we are so very, very grateful. Connecting with our customers and learning about their lives and yogic journey helps us be a better company. When people like Kathy are so generous with their time and feedback it’s a tremendous value — one that we want to honor and celebrate....

  Friends, I think social media has broken me. Open Facebook, and all my friends are posting their latest achievements: earning degrees, paying off student loans, buying houses, having babies...  On Instagram, everyone is waking up before the sun rises, making all their food from scratch, hiking up mountains, and still managing to find the energy to look fah-reaking BEAUTIFUL in every single one of these moments. With Pinterest, I'd be embarrassed to tell you how many boards I have dedicated to birthday party ideas for children I don't even have yet. And every day, Twitter is reminding me that I have the exact same...

Unless you live your life off-the-grid, far away from modern society and out of wi-fi range (and if you do… how are you reading this blog right now??), you know that school is back in session. You can probably feel it, too. Maybe you’ve been downloading supply lists for your kids, or reviewing syllabi for your own classes. You might be checking your budget for back to school clothes, filling out a FAFSA, or trying to narrow down extracurricular activities. Or maybe it’s 1:30 in the morning right now, and you’re huddled over a stack of old photo albums, tearfully...

I don’t know about you, but I am S-T-R-E-S-S-E-D. I’m swamped at work, my home is a mess, and all of my friends and their kids keep having birthdays, so I’ve spent significantly more time around clowns than I ever thought possible. But of course, whenever my schedule gets too full to handle, the very first thing to get removed is anything related to my own self-care. When so many other things need to get done, taking time for yourself feels kind of selfish, right? Well friend, I’ve gotta tell you something, and I want you to say it with...

For the past 15 years my yoga mat has become the place where I can freely express myself. It serves as my foundation. It’s the geographic boundary inside of which I can stretch my mind — and body, literally — and practice being deliberate and non-judgmental.

However, I’ve found myself becoming increasingly distracted by labels and logos on the mats of fellow yogis. I find myself snapping to quick judgements about how much this or that cost, wondering why people waste their money on low-quality mats, or even noticing something unique and new and wondering where they got it…