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New Class: Drew & An Organic Brew!

Come join us for our NEW Yoga class! Starting Wednesday September 20, 2017.

A weekly (SPECIAL EVENT) at Meraki Cafe in San Diego CA!

1735 Adams Ave
San Diego, CA 92116 (Near Old Trolley Barn Park in the University Heights Community)

From the Park to the Cafe: Drew will be bringing his unique, yet nurturing style of Yoga, breath work, stretching, flexibility, and meditation to a new location. Brought to you by the fine folks at Meraki Cafe. [meh-RAH-kee] in Greek means ”to do something with passion, love or creativity; to put something of yourself into your work.”

A beautifully unique, and finely designed cafe in the old Silk Mill Building on Adams Ave, with a wonderful selection of Organic Teas, Coffee, deliciously full menu and AMAZING staff! Check out their menu: http://merakicafesd.com/

Classes will be on Tuesday Evenings at 5pm & Wednesday Mornings from 7am-8am. With these special events, you’ll partake in your yoga class with Drew, and afterward you’ll get to choose from the great selection of their Organic coffee or tea. Stay and enjoy their menu as well, or take your beverage to go. 🙂

Cost is just $15 per attendee!

Cash will be accepted, also all major Credit Cards! (with a very minimal service fee of just .50 cents per person 🙂 🙂

Class is taught at beginner to mid-level.

What to bring: Yoga mat, EXTRA Towels or blankets to cushion your body and knees as we will be practicing on concrete on their beautiful Zen back patio, water bottle, comfy clothes.

Hope to see you there!

Check out Drew’s additional classes in San Diego HERE! And download the Yoga Class Flyer HERE!

Squeeze…

August 14, 2017 / Drew Parales / 0 Comments

As a personal growth and development writer, I cannot for the life of me figure out why it feels uncomfortable to get these thoughts on to paper. Or cyberspace if you will. 🙂 It’s been awhile since I published my last essay.

But something has pushed me today to do so. So I am going to just go with it.

A thought came to me this morning as I was lying in bed contemplating my last days of Summer break from my day job. I’ll admit there is a certain level of dread that looms over me about it. There is a certain level of misfit-ism and alienation that has a hold of me since I decided awhile back to dive into a completely whole new world of healing work and purpose. There is a great level of sadness that comes over me when I think that change many times means… loss…

Have you ever felt that you just don’t belong? That all the things that you did, people you knew and were close with, the behaviors and words you spoke just don’t resonate with you anymore?

I’ve been there… I’m there.

Not Into “Yoga”? Think Of It As…

August 22, 2016 / Drew Parales / 0 Comments

OK so you may not be a fan of what we call, Yoga… Too “woo woo” for you. Not interested in grabbing your foot behind your head, (not that I can do that either) or hearing the term “Downward Dog” makes you think you should have a bowl with your name on it on the floor while you do it. For you it’s not about the “connection”. You just want to get healthy and pick up the keys you dropped on the floor without throwing your back out into the twilight zone.

So for this lesson, lets just call it… stretching. How’s that? 🙂 “Stretching” has SO many benefits. Just start a program of stretching, and you’ll soon notice many of them. Some of the benefits of stretching are:

relief from pain
increased energy levels
increased flexibility
better range of motion of the joints
greater circulation of blood to various parts of the body
relaxation and stress relief
enhanced muscular coordination
improved posture
greater sense of well-being
GREAT compliment to a weight training routine!

–>>Click HERE to workout and practice w/me at my Outdoor Yoga/Stretching in San Diego!

Increased flexibility and range of motion:

Quick Guide: 10 Benefits of Deep Breathing

August 22, 2016 / Drew Parales / 0 Comments

Drew’s Quick Guide to 10 Best BENEFITS to Deep Breathing..

(Quite honestly, I sometimes forgot to use my breathing techniques in the last month, and I was/am in full blown STRESS CRISIS… *ugh*)

So take 3 mins: Close your eyes. Inhale up/in through your nose, SLOW, let your belly, then your chest rise. Hold—Then out through your mouth, SLOWLY. Let your belly and chest lower. Repeat over the 3 min or more.

1. Deep breathing calms the sympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system is activated in times of stress and anxiety. Deep breathing will slow your heart rate down and in a matter of seconds your breath will communicate to your brain there is no danger which relaxes your muscles.

2. Breathing lifts mood. Breathing raises levels of endorphins and lowers stress hormones.

3. Breathing brings clarity and mindfulness.

4. Breathing boosts energy and stamina. The more oxygen in the body, the more level of energy you will have.

5. Breathing increases oxygen in your blood.

6. Breathing strengthens the immune system.

7. Breathing can release toxins in your body by 70%. When you exhale, you are releasing carbon dioxide waste which has passed through your bloodstream into your lungs.

8. Promotes better sleep.

9. Reduction in blood pressure.

10. Breathing normalizes the heart rate and rhythm.

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New Class: Drew & An Organic Brew!

Quick Guide: 10 Benefits of Deep Breathing

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