Desert Lotus Yoga Abq

10/06/2026

🍃🍂The Wild Edge
In The Wild Edge of Sorrow, Francis Weller suggests that grief is not an isolated experience, but part of a larger emotional ecology, and he spends the book exploring the edges of grief. As I read, I can’t help but feel that if there is a wild edge of sorrow, then there must also be a wild edge of joy, and perhaps a wild edge to many of the emotions we are capable of feeling. The words that title Weller’s book feel important. When we think of things that are wild, we get a sense of the untamed and undomesticated, of the unpolished and uninhibited. And the word “edge” conjures something of freedom, bravery, and courage.
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Wild sorrow is sorrow before we manage it, before we make it reasonable, before we make it palatable for those around us. The wild edge of sorrow is a place beyond the tidy, socially acceptable version of sadness. Perhaps the wild edge of joy is a place where another person’s joy can feel as important as our own. Maybe the wild edge of tenderness is a place where we insist on treating ourselves with the same care we so freely give to others. Or the wild edge of anger is where anger becomes a force for transforming the harm of the world into good.
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It is important to explore our sorrow and our grief rather than tuck it away and numb ourselves from it. Wild joy may be similar. It is not happiness as pleasantness. It is not simply, “everything is going well.” Instead, it is the almost unbearable experience of being alive—the kind of joy that makes you cry because the sunset is too beautiful, because someone you love walks into the room, or because for one second you realize, I am actually here.
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Grief and joy intersect at an interesting paradox. The person willing to say, “This loss matters so much that it can break my heart,” is also saying, whether they realize it or not, “This life matters enormously to me.” Our grief is evidence of attachment, attachment is evidence that something has been precious. What is wild is precious precisely because it asks us to feel without holding back.
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09/08/2026

CROSSING THE THRESHOLD: AN AUTUMN RELEASE RITUAL 🍃🌻🌎

Join us as we honor the changing season with an evening of:
Gentle Movement • Breathwork
Guided Reflection • Candlelight Ritual

Release what feels complete.
Create space for rest and what is ready to emerge.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 7:15-8:15 PM
$30 • Free for Members
Book by 9/15 Save $5
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09/07/2026

🌙🍂Held Within the Circle
When we look at a circle, we may simply see a shape, but in fact, the circle is one of humanity’s oldest and most enduring sacred symbols. More than that, the circle is a beautiful reminder of the cyclical rhythms of life. Because it has no clear beginning or end, it evokes a sense of wholeness and continuity. To our ancestors, it became a representation of birth and death, darkness and light, seasonal change, and the movements of the heavens.
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As Desert Lotus completes another circle with the closing of our 7th year as a community, there is indeed a sweet and tender sense of wholeness. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the space opened in the autumn, a season so robust and full and that this community has become just that, ripe and overflowing with connection and sincerity.
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There is rarely a day that goes by where we are not told of the impact the studio has had on you. Old friendships rekindled by running into someone from the past, the feeling of truly being seen and cared for, the excellence of our instructors. But what I really have to say is that you have had a vast and immeasurable impact on us, too. By showing up, you give us purpose, you give us companionship, you give us a place to express our love, our creativity, and our knowledge of Yoga. Ours is a symbiotic relationship, one where your gifts meet our gifts in an ongoing circle of great love and respect.
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Thank you for being with us as we enter our 8th cycle of service. We hope to continue to hold space for you and to share a practice that has the power to change the world!
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09/05/2026

🌱Our Team 🌱
Each of us at Desert Lotus Yoga is here with one shared intention — to hold space and grow with you. Together, we create a supportive environment for healing, connection, and community.
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Through breath, movement, and reflection, we aim to help you cultivate inner peace and personal wellbeing — even amidst the flow of a fast-paced world. 💫
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Come practice with us and feel the energy of our collective heart. 💛
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07/07/2026

🌿 We’re Growing Our Teaching Team 🌿
Desert Lotus Yoga is seeking a yoga instructor with consistent morning availability to join our community.
We are looking for someone who understands that yoga is more than movement. Our teachers help create a space where people can reconnect with themselves, feel supported, and experience genuine belonging.
The ideal candidate is:
• Reliable and professional
• Experienced in leading group classes
• Warm, welcoming, and community-minded
• Committed to continued learning and personal practice
• Available to teach weekday mornings

References are required.

If you feel aligned with our mission and would like to be part of a studio that values authentic connection, growth, and service, we would love to hear from you.
Please send your resume, teaching experience, and references to [email protected]

06/21/2026

06/16/2026

This Saturday at Desert Lotus Yoga!
🧘🏻‍♀️Women’s Circle @ 2pm (always free!)
🌞Summer Solstice Sound Healing @ 6:30pm

Sign up for both of these events online at www.desertlotusyogaabq.com

See you Saturday!

06/08/2026

✨🌔A Note On Seeking
Rumi is quoted as saying, “What you seek is seeking you.” These words beautifully capture the truth that human beings often spend their lives longing for something they can rarely name.
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Before becoming one of the world’s most beloved mystics, Rumi was an established and respected religious scholar. In his midlife, he experienced a friendship and a series of life events that shattered the certainty of the life he had built. Through profound love, loss, and longing, he was transformed. The story of Rumi is so relatable, it is a path many of us know well. We are taught to create lives of safety, predictability, and certainty despite there being no guarantee any of these things will prevent pain. We build structures that we are sure will protect us, but then something comes along that awakens a longing within us to feel more alive, more connected, more authentically ourselves.
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Perhaps this is what Rumi meant. The longing becomes the invitation. The ache calls us away from the illusion of safety we have created and pulls us forward.
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And yet, this is where the beautiful endeavor of seeking becomes nuanced, where it runs that risk of becoming an unattainable, insatiable longing. When unchecked, the search for deeper meaning can rob us of joys that exist in who we already are, in what we already know to be true.
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With the recent full Blue Moon in Sagittarius, a sign tied to the archetype of the Seeker, I found myself reflecting upon my own relationship to seeking. While I came away with no concrete answers, I did discover an unexpected longing–a longing for rest. A longing to pause the search and rest in gratitude for the many gifts already received. I invite you to explore these ideas in your own life. What are you seeking? Where is there room for unquestioned knowing? Where is there space for rest?
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05/01/2026

❤️‍🔥 Tending the Inner Flame
There is an old tradition from across the ages that reminds us we are not meant to begin again from nothing each day, but to carry something forward. This is expressed most poignantly through fire-keeping. Across ancient cultures, people didn’t recreate warmth from scratch; instead, they preserved it. They would bank coals beneath ash or tuck them into the earth, protecting a small, steady glow so it could endure through time. When needed, it wasn’t forced back into life, but gently coaxed, given air and space, and encouraged to rise again. There’s something deeply reassuring in the reminder that continuity doesn’t require constant intensity, only care.
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I think about the stories of people traveling with a single living coal, carrying it across distance so the community’s warmth would never disappear. That small ember held more than heat—it held memory, lineage, and spirit. To tend to it was an act of devotion, a promise that something essential would not be lost. It shifts how I understand resilience. It isn’t always about pushing forward or staying bright. Sometimes it’s about protecting what matters most, even when it looks small, even when no one else can see it.
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In times of uncertainty, we might return to this image. Not all growth needs to be visible or expansive. As we enter the fullness of this season, we begin the quiet work of tending and keeping close to what is alive, even if it’s only a faint glow. Growth, then, becomes an act of trust and a willingness to protect what is not yet ready to be seen. As we enter this season of growth, it is enough to tend to the our inner fire safe, to keep it steady, and to believe in its return.
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04/29/2026

✨🦋We Hope to See You!
Join us this Saturday for a special Community Appreciation Day at Desert Lotus Yoga. This event is a FREE afternoon where you’re invited to connect with community in simple and nourishing ways. There will be a community raffle with a few thoughtful gifts. This day is a celebration of you and the community that makes this space what it is. Feel free to stop in even if you can’t stay the whole time!