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April 30th, 2013

Join The Unblok Party!

This is a celebration of space: physical, mental and spiritual.

Space is where the breakthroughs happen, where we give ourselves the freedom and permission to explore. What will we have room for when we choose to make space?

There are places that specifically set us up to unblock. Freeing our bodies, energies and intentions. We’re talking about neighborhood yoga studios - the spaces, and the teachers, who know that our next epiphany might be one Triangle Pose away.

So that Triangle Pose ought to be magical. Manduka developed a new kind of yoga prop, made from recycled materials, and built the way your body is built – way outside the box. We call it unBLOK, and we hope that’s exactly what it helps you do.

To celebrate unBLOK, and the yoga studios that do just that, we’re turning to you. Tell us through Facebook about your favorite studio and why it’s a special place to practice. What is it about this space that brings you clarity during class and in the 22½ hours that follow?

We’ll thank you for sharing with a gift toward your next purchase at Manduka.com, and thank our 5 favorite yoga studios for helping yogis clear their paths with a full-class supply of soulfully engineered Manduka gear – plus an unBLOK Kit (unBLOK, PRO Mat and Strap) for the yogis who nominated them. Later, you can vote for the studio that inspires you too – we’ll throw an unBLOK Party for the studio with the most votes, complete with yoga, music, dancing and Manduka gifts for the whole block.

It’s much easier to see where we’re going when we clear the path. So let’s have an unBLOK Party!

Practice On,
Manduka

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April 26th, 2013

Featured Retailer: Zuda Yoga

Since 2007, ZUDA Yoga has offered a challenging physical practice that is fun, dynamic and energizing with the profound message of yoga. Studio owners Anne Marie Kramer & Bill Prysock think of yoga as a way to help you get "within" to the place housing the answers to living an amazing life. Their founding principle is to build a sense of community where people can connect with others who are also walking a path of self-exploration and want to live deliberately. ZUDA Yoga has three locations in the Sacramento area.

Visit ZUDA Yoga.

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March 14th, 2013

The Breeze In Your World | Now=Wow

For the last 5 weeks, we've been challenging you to to see the extraordinary in your everyday moments. To allow yourself to be present to the WOW of NOW. Using the lens of yoga, and the lens of your camera, you saw the POP, the PULSE, the SHADE, the GLOW, and most recently the BREEZE hiding beautifully right before your eyes.

You chose to see more in the world around you. And we were moved. Below we have collected a few of our favorite images from last week's Spring giveaway, a challenge to capture the BREEZE.

By @louisetays, who won last week's BREEZE contest and the entire family of Manduka products in BREEZE.

Here are some of our other favorites!


@altruistic_yoga


AJ (@bangkokleo)


Christina Maloney


Cindy Lee (@officialcindylee)


Dana Opalinsky (@BloomYoga on Twitter)


Emily Marshall


Lindsay Baugh


Rebecca Griggs (@rebecca0728)


Roosa (@roosamaija)


Sarah (@sarahrnee)


Shelbie Laroche (shelbiel24)

Our deepest, most wide open thank you for allowing us to see what you see. The Now=Wow challenge has opened our eyes to inspiration everywhere, and we can't wait to do it again.

With deep gratitude,
Manduka

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March 7th, 2013

The Glow In Your World | Now=Wow

This Spring we're challenging you to see the extraordinary in this moment – to find the remarkable hiding right before your very eyes. If we choose to be present to it, NOW has a lot of WOW. So to help inspire you, every week we're giving away Manduka color collections from our Spring Line.

Last week was GLOW, and we were so moved by all the beautiful ways you captured the GLOW in your world that we wanted to share them here – this collection of cool sanctuaries. We hope these inspire you for this week's giveaway, BREEZE.

By Xander Labayen (@416cyclestyle), who won last week's GLOW contest and the entire family of Manduka products in GLOW.

Here are some of our other favorites!


@sptuburan


Anna Noack (@annamaren)


Beth Juge


Christina Eva (@christianaeva)


Dana Opalinsky (@BloomYoga on Twitter)


Gianna Chavez (@gcavezm)


Laura Beth Goral


Lyz (@elyzzi)


Sarah (@sarahrnee)

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March 7th, 2013

Now=Wow Giveaway | Breeze The Day

Now=Wow Giveaway | Breeze the Day

The world is in motion. We are in motion. The sand, the waves, our hair, our lessons – nothing is stagnant. The winds of change are blowing, will we choose to build a wall or build a windmill?

Now is a time of transition: we as a community are coming into awareness and connectedness like never before. And there is beauty in our transition. It is gentle, awakening and reminds us that we are alive. Less like a gust, more like a BREEZE.

For the last month, we have been challenging you to be present to the magnificent moments hiding right before your very eyes. To see the WOW of NOW. In our final week, we focus our gaze to BREEZE, a color that speaks to release, refreshment and bright ideas.

Use the lens of yoga, and the lens on your camera, to capture how Now=Wow. See the beautiful BREEZE in your everyday world and you could win the full family of Manduka products in BREEZE, including our new non-traditional prop, the unBLOK.

Share your BREEZE-inspired photo on Instagram or Twitter using tag #NowIsWow, or upload it to the Facebook entry page. For every photo submitted, Manduka will make a donation to Off the Mat, Into the World.

For inspiration, revisit in the SHADE that you created the other week. Then get out there, BREEZE the day and let's fully embody this moment in motion.

Explore more of the Manduka Spring Collection.

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