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JUNE CHALLENGE: 30 DAYS OF SELF-LOVE

Hi lovely Glow Getter,

We all fantasize about being that person—disciplined, grounded, getting shit done, and moving every day.

This summer? You’re doing it. When life gets full and the sun’s out late, it’s easy to lose momentum, and the routine you've worked so hard to build. But we’re here for you! Let's make your daily movement your anchor — especially when things get busy. ☀️

🌿 30 Days of Self-Love kicks off on June 1st. This is not another challenge. It’s your lifelong ritual in the making. Join us and get ready for everything in your life to get better.

How To Win 💜
Visit us for 30 (20, or 12) days for in-person Yoga, Barre, Kettlebells Strength, Pilates, Meditation, SoundBaths.

The Rewards:
• Make it all 30 consecutive days = receive Glow 60min CBD Massage for $30* 💆‍♀️
• Visit 20 random days = Glow Custom 60min Massage for $60 💆‍♀️

• Make it 12 random days = $20 Glow Gift Card*

• Make it any days = feel like a rockstar

To Enroll:

Choose any Unlimited Membership >>

or start with our 1-Week Trial $49* >>

You're ready. Sign Up For Class >>

Winning Pro Tips:

Don't just book the hard classes - stack your streak with our daily 7a meditations and add more chill to your win with Yin, Restorative, and TuneUp Massage classes. Bring a friend FOR FREE on FRIDAYS and elevate your happy hour! It’s not about struggling - it’s about thriving: getting away from screens, moving with joy, and giving your mind and body an opportunity to heal.

Measure Your Impact:

During your monthly challenge, we encourage you to journal daily:

sleep quality
blood sugar (if you have a device)
walked steps
level of energy and inspiration

* If you start with 1 Week Trial, and want to join as a member to continue your challenge, we'll happily waive your membership enrollment fees!

* Everyone who visits us 30 (or 20) days for in-person classes within June will get a link to book $30/$60 60-Minute CBD Massage. Please note - not 30 classes, but days of classes. 2 Classes/day do not count, but you can take and enjoy.

* Rewards cannot be combined or exchanged, only one type of reward is given per month.

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Challenge

1. Please ask your friend to create an account here

2. Send us a chat with a booking request after that

Inspiration of the Month

INSPIRATION SPOTLIGHT:

Meet Nina

‘I started coming to Glow regularly about 9 months ago, when I had just left a toxic job that had torn me down and my stress levels were insanely high. I was determined to slow down and find a way to manage my stress and anxiety. I always focused on high-intensity workouts and heavyweights in the past, so Glow helped me find balance and a different kind of strength.

The sound baths have been the most healing for me. Sitting still and meditating are very hard - my mind is always racing. But now I don’t worry about where my mind might go while I meditate. I’ve become much more in tune with my body and less in my head. Although I continue to work a high-pressure job, continuing to come to the sound baths and yin classes has been non-negotiable for me - and I’m handling my work stress 100x better now.

I am also convinced that slowing down and doing yoga regularly helped me get pregnant. During a sound bath back in June I had this sudden realization that I was pregnant. But I brushed it off, figuring I was just crazy (lol). Sure enough, about 1-2 weeks later I had a positive pregnancy test. Continuing to come to yoga has helped me manage my anxiety throughout my pregnancy. And I feel confident that practicing yoga has helped prepare my body too - opening my hips/pelvis and keeping me virtually pain-free throughout pregnancy (except now - these final weeks are no joke...).

I’m so grateful to you for providing a peaceful, judgment-free place for me to come to. I couldn’t have gotten through the last 8+ months without Glow.’ - Nina

Please join me in wishing beautiful Nina the sweetest meeting with her adorable mini soon! I’m so touched and inspired by her wisdom, and determination to be a healthy mom and a human. Also, she and I share our favorite book 📖 by Cheryl Strayed and a 🎶 band, woot woot! 😍😍

Nina’s Membership: Silver Glow

Her Routine: 50 classes in 9 Months
Attended Classes: Yin+SoundBath, Yin+Hot Stones, Glow Flow

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SELFCARE REWARDS WINNERS

It's easy to get rewarded! Enjoy our unique and diverse weekly program: Barre, Pilates, Strength Training, Vinyasa Yoga, Yin Yoga, Restorative + Reiki Touch, Myofascial TuneUp, Chakra Meditation, and SoundBath.

VISIT US 3 DAYS A WEEK, or 12+ days a month for in-studio classes and/or spa appointments to receive a $20 gift credit towards a massage, classes, or to pay forward for a friend. Our mission is to help you establish a lifelong sustainable feel-good workout routine so you never want to quit on your health again!

May Winners*:

Anita

Carla**

Esther**

Gina

Jasmine

Katherine

Kelli

Kevin

Marcella

Marina

Meghan D

Michelle C

Nancy

Natalia

Sarah**

Stephanie

Zalak

** Winners of 20/30 days Challenge and $60/$30 Glow 60min CBD Massage. Massage expires within 30 days.

* Glow $20 Selfcare Rewards accumulate and don't expire. You can use them for any services and products.

* Your monthly rewards will be added automatically within the first 10 days of the next calendar month - no need to request anything.

* Different types of rewards do not combine and are limited to 1 reward per 1 calendar month.

* To see and use your Glow Account $ Balance, please use the yellow Schedule > button above via Browser, not an App.

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Huta Niyama - Daily Rituals and Boundaries for Greater Wellbeing

There are 10 Yamas and 10 Niyamas - yogic take on human values and ethical practices that help us reach our full potential for personal, spiritual, and professional growth, and to liberate us from the repetitive cycle of suffering. When we live in contradiction to the highest values, when we avoid taking the higher road - we can get stuck in a rat.

This month we are diving deeper into developing a daily practice of connecting to our inner spirit, our inner wisdom, and the greater wellbeing.

Just like many traditions offer spiritual rituals to light a candle, practice prayers, fast, go on a month-long walk, or spend time in silence, we too can create a ritual that works for us to remember our spirit, our humility, and our reverence for all life.
You might wonder, what does spirituality even mean? Spiritual practice is simply the time we are aware of our self, our aches, hopes, our actions, our beliefs, our appreciation. It is the time we spend in contemplation, understanding, and awe. Today, while our life is full of distractions, and celebrity - influences, it is so easy to forget our own inner depth, our beautiful and fascinating essence. To help us remember our own uniqueness, ingenuity and beauty, I invite you to develop a self-honoring ritual you can look forward to every day. While the ancient rituals of sacrifice may not be applicable today, how can we still connect to our presence daily that works for us?

5 Ideas For Developing Daily Spiritual Rituals:

1. If you love morning tea like myself - wake up early and sit quietly with your favorite cup, think of a few things you are grateful for, watch the sunrise for 10 minutes, and enjoy your own special company. To make it extra mindful - burn a little sage or sprinkle cinnamon into your drink, soak into your senses as you enjoy your meditative quiet time. To connect with myself, I do morning breathwork and self care routine before I begin all daily projects.

2. A daily ritual of keeping things neat: placing all items I use back in their places, cleaning all dishes, and wiping the surrounding surfaces once I'm done. Every act of beautifying my environment is my daily spiritual ritual, my time to connect to inner calm and wisdom. I have amazing insights and remember sweet or funny moments of my week during cleaning! I love the old Buddhist saying: whenever you have a free minute - sweep the sidewalk.

3. At night - we can light a candle, play soothing music that invites a contemplative mindset, spray lavender mist, take a long shower, or fill up a bath - that could be our ritual of connecting to ourselves, quiet time to listen to the insight.

4. Getting into bed at night - read a few pages of any contemplative book. Or, open your journal and write a few moments of the day you're grateful for, And maybe a lesson or two too. Before falling asleep, I like to recite a prayer for everyone's well-being.

5. A daily visit to the church of your choice. For me, it's a yoga studio, a quiet walk on the waterfront, 7a daily meditation with Emma, weekly Chakras Meditation with Roxanne, on a long hike.

I look forward to seeing you in classes this month as we continue to cultivate self-awareness, clarity, and peace—on and off the mat. 💫

Sending so much love. Let's stay curious about self-care that serves our well-being, connection, and growth in every area of our precious life ❤️❤️❤️

Natasha & Glowing Team

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North Beach Organizations To Follow and Take Part In

North Beach Citizens: hands on amazing group of professionals who make a difference in homelessness in our neighborhood. Please reach out to see how you can give your time, love, and what else >

Salesian Boys & Girls Club (at St.Peter & Paul): please contact them and see how you can contribute to our local kiddo's inner growth and development, they will be grateful for your participation. Also, I am personally inviting certified yoga instructors to teach there once a month with our team. >

NEXTVillage SF - you can volunteer 1-2 hours a month to pick up groceries, drive a neighborhood senior to a doctor's appointment, or any group activity >

Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center: you can help with children or adults within this organization, please check here >

Glow Yoga & Wellness: we are looking for 4h weekly desk volunteers to support our students. Please email us to join & get Free Membership >

Reading Partners at Jean Parker Elementary School: Once a week for an hour in North Beach you can really change a child's ability to read, succeed and see the goodness in others. Only 34% of 4th graders can read well, and the rest need extra tutoring >

Thank you for reading our blog, and please let me know how else we can help you feel better. We are always grateful to you!

Natasha, Glowing Team

7 Ways to Heal Your Feet and Improve Your Balance

Our feet are some of the most used and abused parts of our bodies. They carry us through life, absorb shock, distribute our weight, and adapt to surface changes when walking, running, and climbing. After years of teaching yoga to thousands of people, I have noticed that most of us have incredibly weak feet, ankles, and frozen toes. Just like Acme bread turns stale on the next day, our feet become immobile and rigid wearing shoes most of our life. This immobility is widespread and unfortunately contributes to many injuries, falls, and chronic back, hip, knee pain. Lack of foot strength and flexibility contribute to fallen arches, plantar fasciitis, and many other foot conditions. While knee and hip surgeries have been skyrocketing, most doctors would agree that the only way to prevent the surgery is to keep your body stable by making your feet strong.

Each foot is made up of 28 bones, 30 joints, and more than 100 muscles, tendons, and ligaments, all of which work together to provide support, balance, and mobility. The only way to strengthen and reclaim the mobility of our feet is to perform focused barefoot exercises and stretches regularly. The great news is that all our classes at Glow are barefoot, helping strengthen, stretch, prevent deterioration, and undo the damages the shoes cause. In the video below, Jordan shares one simple way to activate your feet and toes at home. She also mentions an interesting fact: when your pinky toes are inactive - some of your leg muscles are inactive too. Using our toes turns on the vital supportive muscles in our legs, meaning that our balance and strength completely depend on the use of all of our toes. I find it fascinating; our body is intelligent in so many ways. Please remember, that knowing about it is not enough: transformation comes from regular practice.

7 Steps for Your Feet To Unleash Your Body's Potential:

1. Avoid wearing any pointing shoes, and shoes with the hard inflexible sole on a daily basis.

2. In yoga classes, please pay closer attention to your feet: stretch your toes and press all of them into the floor in every standing pose, use them! If you have any special physical conditions and can't leave your house, please join our daily livestream classes @home

3. The best way to strengthen your feet is in one-legged poses: Half Moon, Warrior 3, Standing Splits, Tree Pose. While your standing foot is getting super strong, don't forget to flex or point your lifted foot, and stretch its toes; you can activate all 100 of your foot's muscles while it's free of shoes.

4. Add 1-2 weekly Barre classes to your routine: with careful attention paid to feet and toes, there are many opportunities to activate and strengthen.

5. Try our Yin classes to release all tension and myofascial congestion in legs and throughout your body. Long holds in Yin classes restore your posture, and release long-term stress.

6. Join our Saturday 11:30a Tuneup + Massage Class, where we explore our body and use tools like Therapy Balls to get deeper into the tissues.

7. Create a new habit of stretching and flexing your toes for one minute after you take your shoes off.