Thaw, Tend, Integrate : Gathering the Gifts of February
Dear friends,
Wishing you a wholehearted Monday morning. A quick touchpoint as we take in the full week ahead.
I welcome you to enjoy this meditative tract for pause, centering, and returning. 7 minutes to begin a day, end a day, or find the pause in between. It has been added to Coming Home Soundscapes Playlist.
As we move through the final stretch of February, we continue to soften within Kapha season — a time of stability, nourishment, and introspection- toward action. This week invites integration.
With the Year of the Fire Horse meeting late winter’s steady rhythms, we practice in the space between: honoring Kapha’s grounding gifts while gently inviting warmth and movement so stillness does not become stagnation. We call in a touch of Pitta’s digestive fire with the spacious, expansive qualities of Vata — air and ether — to help us move what may feel stuck, transform what is ready, and welcome the freshness that comes when our view widens.
I often speak of yoga as a practice of shedding — of returning to essential clarity — yet ultimately as my teachers remind- it is a practice of integration. Of becoming more fully ourselves. To welcome all our parts and refine in our relationship to them so that we might move forward more wholehearted, with our gifts and our scars.
Let’s explore this together in practice this week.
I’ll be bright and early at Heart Spring on Monday morning, along with our regular Tuesday and Wednesday gatherings. We also have Community Circle midweek, Friday Flow online, and a few open spaces at Humberside this Saturday for an intimate, steadily warming practice followed by tea and treats to support ojas (yes — the lemon goodness continues 🍋).
If you’d like to revisit February’s booking links, full reflections, resources, playlists, or online recordings, you’ll find them at the bottom of this email.
May you have a wholehearted week.
May we continue honoring the paths we are walking —
trusting our thaw and igniting our flame,
may our hearts stay steady, open, and radiant,
one day, one practice at a time.
In radiance & rest, with love & light,
Maya
Weekly Offerings
🌿 Heart Spring Health — Sellwood
Heart Spring is offering 2 weeks of unlimited classes for $25.
Mon 6:30am — Root & Rise
Tues 10:00am — Embodied Yoga- A Yoga Therapy inspired Class
A small-group class to support regulation, awareness, and personalized healing. An entry point for those curious about yoga therapy.
Wed 4:45pm — Slow Flow
Wed 6:15pm — Ground & Release
🌿 Humberside Loft — SW Portland
Sat 9:00am — Root & Rise - Space open this week!
(Intimate loft — tea and connection to follow)
🌿 Online
Wed 11:00am — Community Circle (Free)
Fri 8:00am — Friday Flow (Pay What You Can)
🌿 Free Accessible Classes — Providence St. Vincent
Beginner-friendly, in-person, and welcoming
Mon 9:00am & 10:00am
Visit @Basecamp for full schedule
➡ Calendar & Booking: www.mayalakeyoga.com/classes
➡ Practice: @MayaLakeYoga Youtube
➡ Listen: Maya Lake Yoga- Coming Home Playlist.
