what's shakin

Hello all! It's Johnny here. Just catching up with the blog page. Everyone sounds well. It appears that a large number of you are taking off with your teaching(Erin, Eileen, Alice, John, Lindsay). It's inspiring to see so many of you spreading the power of yoga. Brenton and I have finally joined the rest of you on this journey. When we left the training, we set the intention to build our own studio and with that intention came the reality. Brenton has a 1000sq.ft. workshop behind his house that we decided to renovate into a yoga studio. He and I did the majority of the renovation ourselves, taking a month and a half to complete. We tried to stay as organic and as sustainable as possible. We used left over wood from old job sites that we prepped for use as trim. Brent recovered an antique door that was set aside for the dump and used it as a door to our bathroom. We've installed a compost toilet as well which we're all still becoming accustomed to. There's three of us involved with this studio which we have decided to call "from seed to tree" thanks to Don. Brenton's partner(Cameron), my cousin, came back into town to restart a new life with him, and she has become an integral part of this project. She's been teaching yoga for ten years and has an amazing practice that revolves around the teachings of Shiva Rea. We opened on the 17th of Feb. Cameron taught the first class and we had 25 people show. Brenton and I taught out first class together on March 7. I led the Hare Ram chant while he played the drums. Brenton taught the class while I assisted. We not only had a lot of fun but we also got positive feedback from the students. We plan to teach an all levels class every friday and a mens only class we call "BRO-GA" every other wed. If any are interested, check our website http://www.fromseedtotree.com/.
On a different note, I just returned from Costa Rica on a two and a half week surf trip. My best friend from childhood lives in playa del coco 4-5 months of the year working as professional polo player. I went to visit with him for 6 days and the rest of the time I spent in nosara. I got to eat lunch with Don and Amba and I also got to practice at the rancho one morning while Amba was teaching. Pranassage was happening at that same time so the rancho was full with students. What an amazing vibe to be back in that part of the world. Don and Amba are doing well. Amba still teaches an amazing, soul-touching class(as if it would be any other way). Kate remained in Nosara after the training so I made sure to visit with her. She's teaching classes at the Harmony. Also, I saw Francella and Joy. Francella is as lively as ever and is teaching private classes. Joy just finished hosting a yoga/surf retreat at Playa Guiones. She sends her love.
Work is going well. Life is good here in Charleston. I hold that vibration that we created in the rancho dear to my heart and I hope to see you all soon.

Om Shantih,
Johnny