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About Yoga with Angie & Friends, Giving 67 and what we even DO here...
The online studio was born in the summer of 2019.
A way of bringing people together in their love of gentle yoga and giving back.
Giving back to charity has always been one of the main goals of our community.
This aspect of the project was refined and brought online as "Giving 67" in 2026.
We are very passionate about what we do.
THE GIVING
The giving back aspect of our work is THE most exciting and fun part of what we do.
All the members and myself LOVE when we get to put together our donations, choose a charity and ship off the money to help some worthwhile organization do good in the world.
I believe in the yogic principle of "aparigraha" which translates as non-greed. It is the teaching wherein you give excess away to those who need it, once the needs of your family are cared for.
It is the principle I would love to see the world run by, instead of the hoarding of resources that we currently see.
I believe we can effect change, just by the people voting with their wallets. In supporting companies that adopt progressive giving models, giving more away as they grow and become more profitable instead of pocketing it, we can bring more and more awareness to this NEW way of doing business and shift the paradigm so that companies who stay stuck in the old way, won't be viable anymore, due to lack of support.
The companies that are successful, will be the ones giving more and more back to society, to help those in need, people, animals, the planet.
Let's go!!!
THE YOGA
The yoga inside our online studio focusses on SAFE alignment.
Practicing at home, you don't have a yoga teacher standing over you in person like you do in the studio, but you can learn all the the nifty techniques, rules and tricks that teachers and yoga therapists use to keep you safe and use them on yourself.
I teach all of this, so you can then assess your OWN alignment, your OWN body and incorporate your own awareness and knowledge of yourself (which is usually superior to someone else's knowledge of your body, because you are the one LIVING in it) to keep yourself nice and safe while you practice at home.
These are skills and tools you can take with you in any class, online or in studio.
THE YOGA THERAPY
Yoga therapy is simply the application of yoga tools (like breath, postures, mudras, mantras, meditation etc.) towards specific ailments or manifestations.
Every yogic technique carries with it an effect or an outcome. Once we know the effect of each technique, we can effectively apply it to whatever the student or group needs.
For example if someone suffers from anxiety, or sleeplessness, or back pain, or rotator cuff injuries, or depression... there are particular yoga poses, breath techniques, and other yogic tools I would prescribe in each situation, tailored to the needs of the student or the group).
This differs from a generic yoga class that doesn't address specific issues, but rather... is focussed on just overall general health or movement.
THE YOGA THERAPIST
I am the resident yoga therapist here.
My name is Angie Edgson.
I am Metis.
My life has been a dance of fitting in with the dominant culture while recognizing and nurturing the parts of myself that didn't fit in, that were wild, unruly and deeply beautiful and connected.
In a way, my discovery of yoga has been a reflection of that dichotomy: sun and moon, masculine and feminine, active and passive, all wrapped up inside the self.
I learned the traditional yogic teachings in the foothills of the Himalayas, at the source, in Rishikesh, Northern India almost 20 years ago. All of which felt more like a remembering than a learning for the first time.
I am grateful to my teacher: Yogrishi-Visvaketu for igniting a light inside me and showing me how to share it with the world.
His joyful, lighthearted presence was just what I needed to heal heart and body.
After my time in India, I embarked on learning about yoga therapy at the Kripalu institute with Joseph Lepage and Integrative Yoga Therapy.
Blending the traditional, the therapeutic and the intuitive, I began teaching studio classes right away and immersed myself in the world of teaching and learning from my students.
I am grateful to every soul who stepped through the door.
I always wanted everyone to feel more at home with themselves when they left class.
I love to help my students find ways to adapt their practice to suit them for where they are currently at and lately, I have been becoming more and more passionate about the giving back aspect of our community.
This is where I spend most of my focus now, dreaming up ways to get the word out, to force change in the business community, so we can take care of issues on the planet for the benefit of everyone instead of continuing to stockpile wealth for just a few.
I hope you will join me on this mission.