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#CCIspotlight : Rutu Chaudhari, The Dharma Project

Check out this INTERVIEW Center for Civic Innovation did with Rutu about her start with yoga and the development of The Dharma Project .

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Myka Harris teaching at ALIY

200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

"A teacher can never truly teach unless he is still learning himself. A lamp can never light another lamp unless it continues to burn its own flame." Rabindranath Tagore. So true. Our 200 hour training helps students develop a strong personal practice. Without this, your teaching lacks integrity and without integrity, your teaching is ineffective. Starts August 19th, 2017. Register Here. 

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Yoga in the Park

Join Ron Young for our August Yoga in the Park. The class is held on the green behind the fountain at the Grant Park Farmers Market, which is on the Cherokee Ave side of the park before the Zoo (if you are going south).  Class is Sunday, August 20th from 10:30-11:30am. Check out our Facebook event for more details. Hope to see you this Sunday!

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ALIY's Book Club is back! We will be reading Fire of Love. A new case has just come in so order your copy and start reading. The book club will take place Sunday's from 12-2pm during the below dates. This will be potluck style, so bring your favorite vegetarian dish (please no meat or dairy in the studio) and join a group of discuss one of the most relevant books on yoga and personal growth. 

Dates: August 20th. September 10th, September 24th, October 22nd, November 12th, December 3rd, January 7th, February 11th. 

Contact us to join the book club.

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#YogatheVote

Thank you to all who expressed interest in meeting to discuss the upcoming local election. We will have our first gathering this Saturday, August 5th at 12pm at All Life is Yoga. Hope to see you there. 

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Since our work has gotten an opportunity to be highlighted, we'd like to share the work of some amazing people and organizations that we love and support. 

Dr. Greg Talley is one of my favorite anatomy nerds in Atlanta. I trust very few people with body work and am happy to know and work with GT. Check out Morningside Chiropractic for spinal and joint health to supplement your yoga practice. 

Compost Wheels comes to your house once a week to pick up your compostable waste, on a bike! They will also give you beautiful compost to use in your own garden.

They work with over 7 farms and gardens in Atlanta who collectively grow 75,000lbs of fresh produce annually and compost approximately 288,000lbs of our food waste annually that is cycled back through their growing process.

We'll see you at the Grant Park Farmers Market!

This week I enjoyed writing the recipe for one of my favorite Indian comfort foods, Khichdi. Measuring ingredients is a challenge that I am slowly learning to enjoy. Thank you Katie Hayes and Community Farmers Market for including me in your fall cook book. Stayed tuned for it's release. Here's why I think we could all use some khichdi in our diet.

Growing up in a Gujarati household, there were many things I could expect to see in the kitchen: mango pickle jars varying from sweet to sour to spicy, a gallon-size jar of turmeric powder, and khichdi at least twice a week. Khichdi is a rice and lentil dish eaten throughout Indian communities, and it’s still a staple in our household today. It engages all the senses and, if you’re eating it properly, animates the body. Your entire house should shake as you churn it into a mash, which will only enhance its ability to be digested.

Khichdi is easy to prepare, easy to digest, and incredibly nourishing; it’s basically the Indian chicken soup. It’s gluten free and vegan, and along with being a complete protein and an excellent source of fiber, it provides carbohydrates, calcium, folic acid, iron, magnesium, potassium, and B vitamins. Because of these many qualities, khichdi is not only my go-to comfort food, but an indispensable part of my diet when my schedule gets hectic. It’s often referred to as the perfect yogi food—and since I’m a yoga teacher, I was clearly born to eat this!

Each season, Community Farmers Markets releases a cookbook featuring recipes and stories from the individuals who come together each week to make our farmers markets happen: farmers, vendors, market supporters, and chefs. The Fall cookbook will be for sale at their farmers markets very soon. Learn more at www.cfmatl.org.

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Stop by our tent at The Grant Park Farmers Market this Sunday to learn about All Life is Yoga, our teachers, and even take a free class in the park!

Rutu is teaching a free class at the market every first Sunday of the month from 11:00AM-12:00PM. Bring your mat, grab some produce, and enjoy a beautiful morning with us and our favorite farmers. 

Find our booth this Sunday and say hello! Class starts at 11:00AM on the green - if you have trouble finding us, check with the help booth at the front of the market. See you Sunday!

Let us know you'll be joining us - RSVP.

The Grant Park Farmers Market is located in the area surrounding the Milledge fountain at the Corner of Cherokee Avenue and Milledge Avenue, at 600 Cherokee Ave.