Tough Love Yoga - Reykjavik, Iceland

Do you have questions about this beautiful Icelandic retreat? Drop them in the comments below!! ⬇️ ⬇️⬇️

Join Neda Honarvar for a spectacular retreat to North Iceland! 🌋 Just a few degrees from the arctic circle, this island of fire and ice is the perfect backdrop to recharge, reset and recalibrate with the energies of the primal earth and geothermal waters. Always magical, Iceland in November is autumn turning to the winter whites, a beautiful backdrop to experience the otherworldly features of the North. Soak in the geothermic hot springs, say hello to the humpbacks in the fjord, experience the otherworldly lava landscapes in Myvatn, and perhaps get a glimpse of the Northern Lights. Each day begins with a guided yoga practice led by Neda, followed by lunch and the day’s adventures. Go with the flow and be open to the magic! 🧘‍♀️🇮🇸✨ .

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Registration is now open for Fire & Ice - a Yoga & Adventure Retreat in Iceland 🔥❄️

Join me and November 2-9, 2024 for this trip of a lifetime. We’ll journey to Akureyri - one of Iceland’s best kept secrets. The cultural capital of Iceland, Akureyri has been voted the number one destination in all of Europe by Lonely Planet on more than one occasion.

In addition to daily yoga classes, we’ll explore Hrisey Island, a powerful energy vortex just a stone’s throw from the Arctic Circle, soak in the soothing geothermal mineral pools at Myvatn, hike to the “waterfall of the gods” Goðafoss, ride Icelandic horses (or depending on the weather, whale-watch), hunt for Northern Lights, and so much more ✨

Each evening after our excursions, we return to Akureyri for dinner, then relax in our apartments and the backyard Jacuzzis to enjoy the fresh air and excellent company.

Space is limited and folks are already signing up, so head to the link in my bio for more info and put your deposit down to save your spot.

I can’t wait to share my favorite place in the world with you 🤍

For those of you looking for some asana inspiration this year, is coming back to ATLANTA, February 3-5, 2023 at for a weekend intensive.

Book your weekend registration soon, this will sell out!

Head to FORM’s website, linked in their bio to register.

Is deepening your practice part of your 2023 plans?

Join and for this unique immersive yoga teacher training experience!

YogaOasis’ 200-Hour Yogahour Teacher Training Condensed Format consists of three 7-day sessions.
The perks of this format include:
💡 more doable attendance for traveling students
💡 an immersive experience
💡 allows you to become a certified yoga teacher in less than 5 months

SIGN UP by Jan. 1st to get $300 off your tuition❗️

Link in our bio for more info and to register:
yogaoasis.com/tt2023

Image Descriptions:
1- students in warrior 2 with Darren teaching in the front of the room
2- Flyer with above info and photos of all of the teachers

Another sweet announcement, straight from our gracious and generous friend Mandy, owner of down the street ♥️

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I know… I haven’t been posting very much. That’s mainly because things have been forming & reforming in the ether. Y’all I’ve had many exciting things swirling in my awareness. Amongst all of this I’ve been discovering & capturing all the things that make me feel alive & help me to shine my brightest. You should try it if you haven’t!

Just this past weekend I had the honor of spending time at Tough Love Yoga, owned by my pal Neda. This weekend was poignant, it was the last weekend workshop in the space with her teacher Darren Rhodes. After 12 years in business, & with so many gifts offered to the greater ATL yoga community, Tough Love Yoga will be closing their doors on December 31.

If you have ever shared space with me you know how important I value community & relationships. Over years I have always been welcomed over & over as a student at TLY for classes & events. That is because Neda values community too. I promise y’all, not every studio is welcoming to their “competition “.

Neda & I share a mutual respect for each other & an unbreakable love for the communities that each of us have stood at the helm of. I think we both deeply understand that these communities don’t belong to us but to this practice we are both brewing & steeped in.

And speaking of things that make me feel alive…

Introducing our 2023 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training + Immersion with Neda Honarvar of Tough Love Yoga & yours truly.

Join us May - October 2023 for transformational growth through an in depth study of yoga. Whether your aim is to deepen your personal practice & knowledge of yoga or to learn how to share it with others, this comprehensive 200 hour yoga teacher training + immersion is sure set your heart ablaze & your soul on fire!

Registration is now open. Head to the training page on FORM’s website (linked in my bio) to see what we are offering. And if there’s part of you that feels excited, perhaps you’ll consider joining us. ❤️

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If you're subscribed to our email newsletter, you already heard the sweet news-- Nick Combs and Matt Chambers, the owners of M3 Yoga in Athens (and soon Atlanta), GA, are the wonderful humans who have stepped up and are taking the leap to keep yoga continuing on in TLY’s current space in 2023 and beyond.

To read their letter to the community, head to the link in our bio ♥️

image description: Nick and Matt in front of the blue M3 mural

The M of the AUM
Even in the final syllables, there is sweetness ♥️

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1- Group photo of teacher trainees and Darren
2- Photo mid workshop of Neda and Darren talking in front of the Kali room mural. Students can be seen seated in front listening.

🔥Join us this New Year’s Eve for one last closing fire ritual at Cobraville🔥
We’ll share stories, memories, hugs, and most likely lots of tears as we ceremonially honor everything our space and community have been, are, and will be.

This is donation-based, in-person only offering and space is limited to 50 people.

We also added a 9am Metal Yoga on NYE if you didn't get a spot in the 10:30!

Link in our bio to register! toughloveyoga.com/fire

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1- Neda kneeling in front of a puja, hands in pranam, while water is being poured
2- Flyer with above info over a fiery heart photo

A reminder that our liberation is tied to the fires of revolution everywhere.

Image description: Tweet that reads "The revolution in Iran is not just for Iran...it's for the world. It's to help rid the world of theocratic extremism. It's to help rid the world of a sovereign state which funds terrorism at astonishing levels.
The world will be more peaceful when the Islamic Republic is gone." The tweet is over ghee being poured into a fire.

In Hindu philosophy, Shiva is the god of destruction, clearing the way for change. Close by waits Nandi--Shiva's sacred bull. His name means "giving delight" or "giving joy."

Make space for joy this weekend with practice.

SATURDAY
🐮 9am Yogahour101 w. Nicholas
🐮 10:30am Metal Yoga w.

SUNDAY
🐮 10:30am Rhythm & Flow w.
🐮 Noon Yogahour w. Nicholas
🐮 6pm Deep Stretch w. .hassan

All of these classes are in studio and online. Link in our bio ♥️ toughloveyoga.com/schedule

Image Description: Big Nandi murti looking at the camera. In the background is Kashi Ashram in Sebastian, FL

Maybe showing up as we are is enough.

Practice meeting yourself where you are on your mat tomorrow:

🍂 7am Yogahour w. Kylie Brown]
🍂 Noon Align & Flow w. amelia reiser]
🍂 5:30pm Yogahour w. Kylie Brown]
🍂 6:45pm Slow Flow w. amelia reiser]

These classes are in studio and livestreamed.

Link in our bio. toughloveyoga.com/schedule

Image description: Photo of students in the Kali room in warrior 2. In the top left hand corner of the photo is a tweet from that reads:
Maybe we don't always need more nervous system tools, tricks or advice. Maybe we just need to be seen in all of our humanness, exactly as we are. To be affirmed for all we are holding + carrying. To know that we can be held amid the pain without the need for fixing.

🔥 ELECTION DAY IS TOMORROW 🔥
If you didn't get a chance to early vote, tomorrow is your last chance to vote in the Senate run off.

To find out your polling place, head to mvp.sos.ga.gov

Image description: Iconic ATL prayer hands in blue with gold text over it that reads "Vote for the rev iwillvote.com"

"Change your breath so you can change your life."
- Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

Breath awareness can bring us back into the present moment, remembering with each inhale that we are here.

Tap into breath and movement this weekend:

SATURDAY
☁️ 9am Yogahour101 w. Liz
☁️ 10:30am Metal Yoga w.

SUNDAY
☁️ 10:30am Rhythm & Flow subbed by
☁️ Noon Yogahour subbed by
☁️ 6pm Deep Stretch w.

All of these classes are in studio and livestreamed. Link in our bio.

toughloveyoga.com/schedule

Image description: Image of students in seated practice in the Kali room with text over top that reads "Change your breath so you can change your life. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati"

This is not a drill! There are only 🔥TWO SPOTS LEFT🔥 in each session for our final workshop with !

Register before we're full!

toughloveyoga.com/aum

Image Descriptions:
1- Darren in the center of the Kali room on his mat in wild thing pose. Students are all around him in the same pose.
2- flyer with above info over a photo of Darren and Neda next to each other in front of the Kali mural

♥️
• CW: Giving them their flowers today.

Raymond Green Vance, 22 
Daniel Davis Aston, 28 
Ashley Paugh, 35 
Derrick Rump, 38 
Kelly Loving, 40 

I feel that paying tribute to these sacred lives  is my collective responsibility. But they are hard to continue create. I have decided to create my first visual tributes to the youngest and the heart of the Colorado Spring victims. This was an act of terror. But we can’t continue to let hate win.

After my sons parent teacher conference yesterday, I spent the afternoon researching each life and name. I was emotionally exhausted after reading their stories of love, authenticity and community. 

Daniel Davis Aston, 28 was a bartender at Club Q, a safe space for the LGBTQIA+ community. According to articles I’ve read and info shared by the family, He loved poetry, the arts and culture, He was a sacred trans man and had spent his life being loved by his family. He moved back from Oklahoma to Colorado Springs to be closer to them. He stayed there at the bar every night trying to talk them into letting him have a job there and Club Q hired him. The photo I used of him was shared publicly via his page and was so beautiful as it shows him touching his healing scars after his top surgery. 

Derrick Rump, 38 
Derrick was a bartender and co-owner of the Club Q, he was honest, transparent and bold. He served his patrons with love and solidarity. According to friends, Derrick was welcoming and a person who made others feel safe, understood and accepted. Daniel Aston and Derrick Rump fostered community for many LGBTQIA+ people in Colorado Springs who needed it. 

Raymond Green Vance, 22, an LGTBQIA ally, was there at Club Q with his girlfriend and her family celebrating a friend’s birthday. When the terrorist began shooting, Raymond saved his girlfriend’s life before loosing his own by the attack. His girlfriend’s Father, a military vet, alongside a trans woman saved many lives while taking down the terrorist in a true act of bravery.

My heart is heavy. Please support these families as they’re now grieving and processing loss. We have permission to be angry and act in radical softness.

This season can be a time of sweetness for some and a time of grief for others. How ever you are showing up, you are welcome here ♥️

Chances to get on your mat this weekend:

SATURDAY
🐍 9am Yogahour101 w. Liz

🐍 10:30am Metal Yoga w.

SUNDAY
🐍 10:30am Rhythm & Flow w.

🐍 Noon Yogahour w. Nicholas

🐍 6pm Deep Stretch w. .hassan

All of these classes are in studio and livestreamed. Link in our bio!

toughloveyoga.com/schedule

Image description: Students in the kali room sitting in lotus with hands at pranam

There are still a few spaces left in tomorrow's Thanksgiving Metal Yoga! 🔥
Come soak up some up some gratitude, community, and sweat before celebrating with family and friends. We are grateful for each and every one of you, and love sharing this special practice with you all.

Link in our bio to register!

toughloveyoga.com/thanksgiving

image descriptions:
1- Holly in warrior 2 in front of the Kali room puja
2- Flyer with above info over a photo of pumpkins

In times of grief and what feels like never ending tragedy, we root into ritual, offering what can be burned and new intentions rising like smoke.

If asana is your ritual, there are still opportunities this week. Check out our abbreviated schedule below:

TUESDAY
🔥 Noon Yogahour w. Holly Tara Devi Griffin]

🔥 5:30pm Align & Flow w.

WEDNESDAY
🔥 Noon Align & Flow w.

THURSDAY
🔥 10am Thanksgiving Metal Yoga w. Holly Tara Devi Griffin]

FRIDAY
🔥 Noon Yogahour w. Nicholas

All of these classes are offered in studio and online. Link in our bio.

toughloveyoga.com/schedule

Image description: A dhuni, a sacred site for ritual, surrounded by flowers and a plate of gee

On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we hope you'll also remember to give trans women their flowers while they're here 🏳️‍⚧️

In our lineage, our spiritual teacher Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati cared for the q***r community dying from AIDS/government neglect at the height of the epidemic. She wanted them to feel loved while they were here. To hold their hands and laugh with them. Cry with them. Give them the care that so many of their families withheld.

Today, our ask is that you share funds with our beloved Tomorrow Valentino, who is facing stage 4 cancer right now. You may have seen her in the studio a few times, showering folks with hugs and warmth.

Thank you in advance for sharing some love back with her today ♥️

Posted • .photos Hey y’all, it’s . Please scroll for an update on tomorrow. Her current fundraising goal is $1,600 for an urgent surgery.

ALSO: looking for artists who would like to donate their work (artwork, skills, etc) anything that can be raffled for a holiday fundraiser for Tomorrow. Dm me!

Cashapp: $GFM007
Venmo: -CSOL
GoFundMe: link in bio

Support Black trans women while they are still here. ❤️

🔥TOMORROW🔥
Join for a chance to refill and refresh before the holidays.

This accessible restorative practice uses the power of sound, intention, and silence to tap into your parasympathetic nervous system and support a lush layer of rejuvenation. The sound bath creates a safe space for empowered rest and self-inquiry. 

For the most immersive experience, please bring supportive props.

Link in our bio!
toughloveyoga.com/wakingup

Image Descriptions:
1- Side photo of Shawn in lotus, smiling with instruments around him
2- Flyer with above info over a photo of Shawn behind crystal bowls

On Thanksgiving in 2012, we held our first ever class at Cobraville. The wall between our rooms was only studs, the floors weren’t done, there was dust and debris all over the place, but still, 50 of you came and helped us bless our new space with your presence and practice, encouragement and love, and sweat and tears.
We're doing it one last time ♥️

Join for our 13th Thanksgiving Metal Yoga at 10am, in studio or online. Link in our bio.

toughloveyoga.com/thanksgiving

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1- Blurry photo of students seen between the spaces of the in progress walls
2- Flyer with above info over a photo of pumpkins

If you already miss like we do, don't miss out on her recorded content on Tough Love Online! New classes are available now including Metal Yoga ft. variations of inversions.

Link in our bio!
toughloveyoga.com/tlyonline

image description: a screenshot of Metal Yoga with Neda in dolphin one leg lifted in front of the Kali room mural

We're letting this season be a time of transformation and shedding old ways to make space for the new. Tap into the practice of growth tomorrow:

🐍 7am Yogahour w.

🐍 Noon Align & Flow w. amelia reiser]

🐍 5:30pm Yogahour w.

🐍 6:45pm Slow Flow w. amelia reiser]

All of these classes are in studio and livestreamed. Link in our bio ♥️

toughloveyoga.com/schedule

image description: black and white sketch of a snake shedding its skin

We're still 5 weeks out from our last workshop with Darren Rhodes Yoga, but there are only 5 spots left in each session!

Each practice is full spectrum with sOMe seldOM seen pivotal poses to power play with.

Don't miss your chance to practice with Darren and Neda together one last time at Tough Love!

toughloveyoga.com/aum

Image descriptions:
1- Neda and Darren looking at each other in elevated bow, opposite arm opposite leg. behind them and in front of them are students in the same pose.
2- Flyer with photo of Darren and Neda that reads "THE M OF THE TOUGH LOVE YOGA AUM A COMMUNITY CULMINATION CELEBRATION WITH DARREN RHODES & NEDA HONARVAR" December 17 & 18 2022

Posted • Most of us can agree that the winter conditions for our unhoused neighbors are inadequate.
In my opinion, they’re also inhumane and unthinkable.
But, I don’t believe this will change unless we DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
What if we all played a role in providing a dignified winter experience for all?
What if we worked in collaboration w/government agencies to execute the winter experience our unhoused friends deserve?
That’s the experiment this wkend, y’all.
I’m tryna see something😏
DeKalb County has agreed to activate (3) warming stations this weekend for our neighbors in-need and we got their back on the ground💪🏾
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Swipe👈🏾 + hit the bio link🖤

Hey y’all, with flu season in full swing and Covid still circulating, you might see some class cancellations on our schedule in the coming weeks. The health and well-being of our staff and community are our priority, so sometimes we have to make last minute decisions when we can’t find coverage.

As always, please stay home and catch a class on TLY Online if you have any cold symptoms at all. We encourage you to check our live schedule before coming to the studio in case of unexpected cancellation. If you are pre-registered for a class, we’ll reach out via text/email to let you know.

Please take good care of yourselves and everyone else this season and always. We love you so much ♥️

Is there anything more metal than wearing merch by our Kali murti? 🔥

In between checking election results, reserve your spot for our ‼️LAST THANKSGIVING METAL YOGA‼️ led by our beloved Holly!

This offering is in studio AND online! Link in our bio.

toughloveyoga.com/thanksgiving

Image descriptions:
1- Holly in a Stacey Abrams tshirt by the Kali murti
2- Flyer with above info over a picture of pumpkins

Maybe these daylight savings time nights can remind us of all the ways we contain light ✨

Tap in tomorrow:
✨ Noon Yogahour w.

✨5:30pm Align & Flow w.

These classes are in studio and livestreamed. Link in out bio.

toughloveyoga.com/schedule

Image description: Dark photo of a tree lit up with glowing neon green mushrooms

Sometimes Thor takes downward dog literally 😂

Chances to practice this weekend:
SATURDAY
🐶 9am Yogahour101 w. Liz

🐶 10:30am Metal Yoga w.

SUNDAY
🐶 10:30am Rhythm & Flow w.

🐶 Noon Yogahour subbed by

🐶 6pm Deep Stretch w.

All of these classes are in studio AND livestreamed! Link in our bio.

toughloveyoga.com/schedule

Image description: Folks on their mats in the Kali room, with Thor the doberman looking super excited next to a student.

One of the most powerful pieces of yoga comes from building community. Even all the way from Arizona, and the Yoga Oasis community have been some of our sweetest friends and teachers ♥️

We're so excited to have Darren one last time at Tough Love in December! And both sessions are filling up fast!

Reserve your spot!
toughloveyoga.com/aum

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1- Neda and Darren sitting in front of the Kali room mural. Neda is smiling.
2- Flyer with above info over a photo of Neda and Darren standing in front of the Kali room mural. Darren has his hands on his head and Neda is looking to the side.