Journal

As promised, we’re reorganizing, and we wanted to give you one last shot at some of the mats to which we’re about to say goodbye, with the help of two of my kids, Georgie and Charlie…

This week we’re celebrating the inimitable screen and style icon, Audrey Hepburn, aristocratic star of the silver screen and towering philanthropist. This coming Saturday, May the 4th, would have been her 90th birthday. Born in Brussels, she spent her childhood bouncing between Belgium, England and the Netherlands, studying ballet, voice, and theater before her breakout Hollywood role as the love interest of Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday. She went on to star in some of Hollywood’s most beloved Golden Age films, including My Fair Lady, Funny Face, and in her defining role as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The...

Typically, I’m a really fast decision maker. Like, lightning fast. I usually operate with intuition as my driver. There is something inside me that just knows what I should do. What to get the kids for their birthdays? Athletic Apparel. Boom. Done. What to design next for Big Raven Yoga? Bacon Mats. Yep. Got it. Who am I going to vote for for President? I live in a blue-state world. Bam. Nailed it. Now, before I continue bragging about my mad decision-making skillz, let me just share that there are two significant weaknesses in my super power: 1. Where to...

This weekend we’re down in Mankato, Minnesota, at the civic center arena showing our yoga/workout/exercise/pilates/fitness/recovery mats in association with Game Day Mankato. If you’re in the area, it’s a rare opportunity to check out our mats live and in person, and to watch some really impressive athletes compete! (And in addition, we’re running a 10% off show special for the mats we’ve brought to the show with us!)

To bookend our our big Earth Week celebration, it seemed only fitting that this week’s Freebie Friday quote be about Earth’s overshadowed twin sister. The song Fly Me to the Moon — originally titled “In Other Words" — was written by Bart Howard in 1954. Notable versions of this much-recorded song include ones by Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Connie Francis and Westlife. However, the most famous version is Frank Sinatra’s 1964 recording that was played on the Apollo 10 mission while it orbited the Moon. (It’s also the first music heard on the Moon when it was played on a portable...