Our kind of flowers. Zucchini Flowers!

Taking a moment out, to take it all in

We'll have the Champagne on ice. New Year's at the Villa : December 29, 2016 - January 4, 2017. Bikram Yoga – The Comprehensive & Compassionate Approach with Tatiana DePillo & Benjamin Sears. For bookings email hello@luxyoga.com.

To teach effectively requires a strong grasp of good information, a direct style of communication that represents a willingness to lead, physical empathy that extends beyond your own body and above all: authenticity. If you are not breathing, neither are your students. These days I'm working on feeling everything I say - Lux founder, Benjamin Sears.

Hikes at golden hour.

Bread and cheese haul from our local. 36 month aged Comté included. Heaven.

Every visit to LUX will feel like you're coming home.

We've repeatedly been told that meals that originate here are some of the most magical our guests have ever experienced.

One of the (many) benefits of our location along the French Riviera is the abundance of locally-grown organic produce.

Villa vistas.

Fun LUXYOGA Fact: every retreat since our second in 2007 has had at least one returning guest in attendance. 

Day 4

Practice the sequence as instructed, poses meant for days 1–4. (Note: Increase your Elbow-to-Knee Abdominal repetitions to 5 reps each side.)

For the Twisting Lunge Flow, introduce Lunge with Arms Crossed Overhead and Open Twisting Lunge.

Day 3

Practice the sequence as instructed, poses meant for days 1–3. (Note: Increase your Elbow-to-Knee Abdominal repetitions to 5 reps each side.)

For the Twisting Lunge Flow, do Lunge with Self-Adjust for Back Traction and Easy Twisting Lunge.

Day 2 via Yoga Journal #PracticeDaily Challenge:

Practice the sequence as instructed, only poses meant for days 1–3. (Note: Elbow-to-Knee Abdominals, 4 reps each side.)

For the Twisting Lunge Flow, do Lunge with Self-Adjust for Back Traction and Easy Twisting Lunge.

Day 1

Practice the sequence as instructed, only poses meant for days 1–3. (Note: Elbow-to-Knee Abdominals, 4 reps each side.) For the Twisting Lunge Flow, do Lunge with Self-Adjust for Back Traction and Easy Twisting Lunge.

Skip all additional variations for the Twisting Lunge and Challenge Pose Flows until day 4. 

Benjamin Sears of LUXYOGA collaborates with YOGA JOURNAL for their #DailyPracticeChallenge. 

WARM UP: You'll begin each day this week with 4 minutes of Alternate Nostril Breathing, followed by Wrist Stretches, Spinal Rolls, Elbow-to-Knee Abdominals, and Bridge Pose.

DOLPHIN PAUSE: Practice One-Legged Dolphin, building to Dolphin Pose later in the week.

PLANK-TO-DOWN DOG REPS: Build heat each day moving from Plank Pose to Downward-Facing Dog, and get a small backbend in Cobra before moving on to Benjamin's two flows.

TWISTING LUNGE FLOW: After practicing a foundational lunge, you'll build intensity with several lunge and twisting lunge apex variations after day 3. Please note: if any pose is too much, revert back to the starting pose.

CHALLENGE POSE FLOW: Finish and wind down each practice with a foundational Triangle variation, a Warrior Interlock OR Extended Warrior pose, and Pigeon Pose to strengthen and open.

COOL DOWN: End each day in a delicious Savasana using Benjamin's technique to get the most bang for your buck with your relaxa

Playfulness is part of the good life. LUXYOGA - and the #luxlife - a term we coined back in 2007 - are about setting up conditions for smiles to happen. Did you know that the name LUX comes from the latin word for Light? Here's one of our guests on excursion to Antibes, where Picasso once lived. 

A photo after some photos for a project with Yoga Journal that I hope will be useful. Yoga is inherently powerful, because the very essence of the word is balance - a state of mastery. So what we mostly refer to as yoga is actually practice - a set of tools used to make yoga (balance) occur. Efficacy is in the application. I have sweet, small. sometimes a bit more extended moments in my practice during which I know that I'm singing, that I've been tuned. 

Workshops are seeds, the follow-up consistency and precision in application are the alchemy of growth, and the harvest is feeling the why sometime after you've earned it. 

August 25 - 31 Vinyasa, Movement, Classical Indian Sound Healing Retreat photos are up on our LUX Facebook page! 

https://www.facebook.com/LUXYOGAEXPERIENCE/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1160269070701561