Arm Balances: Building the Foundations of Strength and Stability This year our studio’s overall theme is Sadhana, or personal/spiritual practice, and Seva, to serve, and this month we’re lifting into spring with arm balances!  Through the dynamic practice of arm balances, we have opportunity to strengthen our physical bodies and can deepen our Sadhana, the disciplined commitment to our practice. Did you know that we also have a theme for each quarter? Last quarter was all about Repetition by checking in with our familiar and common movements. We check in to these places often to make sure ..read more

Transitions: Movement from Pose to Pose Our theme through this first quarter has been repetition, which has had our focus on the more habitual aspects of our yoga practice like Halfway Lifts, Mountain Pose, Chaturangas, and now: *que drumroll*  transitions!!  Think right foot forward into Warrior One or Halfway Lift to Forward Fold, there are sooo many aspects of our flow we do repetitiously, eventually to the point of rote, or mindless, habit. Have you ever driven to work and when you got there, wondered if you actually stopped at those stop signs? You must’ve, right?  Sometim ..read more

Chaturanga Our fresh Funky Focus is all about how we can make Chaturangas accessible for our bodies. In Sanskrit, the language of yoga, Chaturanga Dandasana translates to Four Limb Staff Pose (Chatur = Four, Anga = Limb, Danda = Staff/Spine, Asana = Pose.) You’re probably familiar with Seated Staff Pose! Chaturanga is a full body strengthener, utilizing each major muscle group, but can also be an incredible space-creator and spine lengthener! We most commonly practice Chaturangas as a transitional Asana between high plank and Cobra/Updog- but did you know there are sooo many ways to utilize th ..read more

Dial Up, Dial Down, Dial In; Deepening Your Practice Workshop March 10th, 1:30-4:00pm in Eastown We say it all the time, but what the Funk does it even mean to “Dial” our practice? Funky Buddha yoga classes are designed for each person, at whatever place they are in on their yoga journey, to practice as a Sangha (community.) To do this, you’ll often hear our Funky teachers offering opportunities to “Dial Up,” “Dial Down,” or “Dial In” with a posture. So what does that mean for your practice? Dial UP usually refers to incorporating more strength and doesn’t always mean ‘harder’: sometimes ..read more

Program Dates: January 9th-February 17th, 2024 6 LIVE Session on Tuesdays + Daily meditations, yoga practices, and curated support sent to your inbox. What is our 40 Days program all about?   It’s 40 days to practice, to slow down, to be intentional with yourself. 40 days of caring for your body, mind, and spirit, and infusing a little playfulness to all of this!   We know it’s not always easy to make daily time for the things you want to do to take care of yourself, in the midst of all your responsibilities, goals, struggles, joys, and just life in general. We totally get ..read more

Giving Back To Our Beloved Community | Community Classes Update Beginning October 1st, our Sunday night Community Classes have gone from $5 to $10. This change ensures that we can continue to offer quality, community-oriented yoga AND give more back to our community partners. Thank YOU for all you’ve given so far! Did you know that in 2019 alone, you helped us raise over $10,000 for various community partners!? Although 2019 was a different time, we’ve consistently had a robust giving program since 2010 at our opening. Giving back to our community is so important to us as we stron ..read more

We’re updating our cozy, warm, and inviting studio spaces!  Did you know… we’re going to be 13 YEARS OLD this late autumn??! First of all, THANK YOU for all the love, sweat, laughter, joy, grieving, healing, connection, fun, and everything else you’ve shared in our spaces. The reason we’ve gotten to be here after all this time, is you. Whether you’ve been with us for a few days or all 13 years- you’ve been a part of this caring community and we appreciate YOU!  With that 13 years of love and sweat comes well-loved studios. Pre-pandemic, we used to close for a week in the su ..read more

Welcome to the neighborhood (Studio)!    We’re so excited to announce that starting October 1st, our downtown studio is turning into The Neighborhood Studio! This means that ALL classes at the downtown space will be just $10. ALL THE TIME!  Our first employee-led Core Value is Create Accessibility. We try to create this access in a variety of ways; like having free meditation available 5 days a week, offering scholarships for our training, and having many different pricing options to choose from – just to name a few of the things that are important to us. We know how valuable yo ..read more

Look at this sweet new Funky Buddha logo! And why we’ve kept the Ruby all these years <3  Where does the ruby come from?    This Kabir poem:   The small ruby everyone wants has fallen out on the road.   Some think it is East of us, others West of us   Some say, “among primitive earth rocks,”   others, “in the deep waters.”   Kabir’s instinct told him it was inside,   And what it was worth –   And he wrapped it up carefully in his heart cloth.     Kabir was a 14-15th century poet and myst ..read more

The connection between Kids’ Food Basket & Funky Buddha Values Because great care goes into choosing our quarterly community partner As we continue our partnership with Kids’ Food Basket, we want to dive a little deeper into why we chose them as our partner for this quarter. One of KFB’s Core Values is “Working Toward Equity,” they do this with the belief that access to healthy food is a right, rather than a privilege. By providing barrier-free access to healthy food and nutrition education for children and families directly impacted by food insecurity, with prioritization on marginalize ..read more