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Feb 07
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Sterling’s Whole Health Challenge Begins Feb. 10

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Sterling Whole Health Challenge LogoAre you up for the challenge? Starting on February 10, pick your challenge level and commit to changing your life.

Anyone can do it, so make the decision to join Sterling and make a change to improve your body inside and out!

Read below about the different challenge levels, and let us know how you want to proceed. We’ll have sign up sheets at the front desk by Monday!

Level 1: Healthy Body, Healthy Mind
Open to Everyone/Any class package required

The goal for the Level 1 Challengers is to complete in the 45 days between February 10 and March 27 a total of 30 classes:

For Your Body: 20 classes in any combination of Gold/Sterling/Iron Hour/Bronze Flow
For Your Mind: 3 classes in any combination of Rest-Air-Ation or Melting Pot Meditation
For Your Body & Mind: Any 7 Sterling classes of your choice

Achieve your goal and get 1 month of free Kangan water and a challenge T-shirt.

Level 2: Detoxification Inside and out
Open to Everyone/$50 extra to participate

The goal for Level 2 Challengers is to detoxify the body and the mind and establish good habits through a conscious choice to eat clean and live well in order to:

  • Improve functioning of the immune system
  • Reduce cell inflammation
  • Regulate and reduce sugar in the body

The challenge includes:

  • The same practice goals as Level 1
  • Participation in Grocery Store Tour and Scavenger Hunt
  • Inclusion in a private Facebook group that will provide encouragement, information and guidance from Jenna, Lucille and other group members, recipes and more

Unlimited use of Kangan water during time at the studio (there will be a charge for take-home water)

Achieve your goal and get 1 month of free Kangan water, a challenge T-shirt and entry into a drawing for prizes including:

  • One month of free yoga
  • Water bottle
  • Mat
  • Towel

Level 3: Whole Health
Open to 10 people/$79 to participate

The goal for Level 3 Challengers is to track the detoxification and weight loss through the use of body composition analysis including:

  • Height
  • Weight
  • Measurements of chest, waist, hips, thighs and biceps
  • Body fat percentage

Level 3 Challenge includes:

  • Same practice goals as Level 1
  • Same participation as Level 2
  • Body composition analysis with Jenna Zoghby, RD at start and conclusion of challenge.

Achieve your goal and get 1 month of free Kangan water and entry into a drawing for prizes including:

  • 3 free months of yoga
  • Water bottle
  • Mat
  • Towel
Feb 05
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Brooke Nisbet Joins Sterling Hot Yoga

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Brooke Nisbet Sterling Hot YogaSterling Hot Yoga is honored and excited to welcome Brooke Nisbet to our studio. Brooke lives on the Eastern Shore and has been teaching yoga since 2012 and has been practicing various forms of yoga for more than 10 years.

As a teacher, Brooke takes pride in empowering others to find their strength and depth on and off of the yoga mat. She enjoys helping people to realize that what they learn and discover about themselves during yoga class (both mentally and physically) can be applied to their everyday lives!

Brooke is a Yoga Alliance E-RYT 200 and RYT 500 Certified Yoga Teacher, and she holds a bachelor of arts in psychology and a master of arts in elementary education. You are going to love Brooke!

Feb 05
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New Sterling Classes to Be Added!

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We are adding a few new offerings to the Sterling lineup! We encourage you to try each one and incorporate these classes into your practice. Keep your eye on the schedule—new class times may change and evolve in order to encourage best attendance.

Rest-Air-Ation: a 30-minute class focused on conscious breathing. This particular breath class is based on a Kundalini sequence designed to open the heart, provide a calming effect, eliminate unnecessary thoughts and feelings, and be more present. Rest-Air-Ation will be offered initially on Friday after the 9:30 am class and on Saturday after the 9:30 am class. As it grows, more classes will be added.

Melting Pot Meditation: In foundries, a melting pot is a metal, clay, or ceramic vessel in which metal is melted. At Sterling, we offer a class of guided meditation in order to allow your body to melt away your fears, concerns and trifling thoughts. Melting Pot Meditation will be led a few times a month by a variety of individuals skilled in the practice of mindful thinking and rumination. Betsey Grady led a very popular guided meditation a few months ago, and she will be back again on February 24. We will offer two melting pots in March. Check the schedule for this periodic offering so you don’t miss it!

Hot Bronze Flow: The Sanskrit word “Vinyasa” refers to a transition between two different positions, so the emphasis is on the flow from one posture to the next. Vinyasa also means one breath, one movement. If you practice Iron Hour, you will be familiar with some of the postures in Hot Bronze Flow, but there will be many more that will challenge your core, your balance and your mind. Brooke Nisbet will be leading Hot Bronze Flow on Tuesdays at 6:15pm. You’re going to love her!

Dec 01
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Open House Features Free Classes All Day Dec. 5!

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Sterling Open House Free Yoga Classes Mobile, ALThis Saturday, December 5, we will hold a Sterling open house!

Join us all day for free classes, and wonderful opportunities for lots of holiday gifts of health!

Clothing, accessories and yoga packages will all be on sale! Be a part of it! Invite your friends and family to be a part of it too!

Here’s the schedule for Saturday:

9:30 am, A VERY SPECIAL Gold 90 class: Michelle will lead the class, and Lucille and other teachers will walk around the room and provide assistance to those who want a bit of individual guidance in a posture or two! This class is for everyone, but we will focus on Sterling regulars who want a bit more instruction!

11:30 am, Rest-Air-Ation: Lucille will offer this healing and grounding 30-minute breathing class that’s designed to help open your heart, calm your nerves, strengthen your abs and shoulders, and just make you feel whole and healthy.

3:30 pm, Iron Hour: Tone and meditate! Anna will take you through a great complement to other Sterling classes with Iron Hour, a fun and energetic class!

4:30 pm, Sterling 60: Sprite will conclude the open house day with a fun and exciting Sterling 60 class! Join us for an hour of moving meditation designed to compress and stretch all systems of your body inside out, bones to skin.

Any questions? Ask our front desk!

Nov 30
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How Hot Yoga Transformed Tom Palmer

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Tom Palmer Before and After Weight Loss Hot Yoga

Tom’s transformation since 2001 (with his son, Josh) has resulted in better overall health, discipline and more with a consistent hot yoga practice.

In 2001, Tom Palmer was in rough shape. He weighed 245 pounds and was on the verge of a physical breakdown.

His organs were starting to fail, and he was most certainly approaching a diabetic diagnosis.

Today, though, he stepped on the scale and was pleased to report that he has lost more than 100 pounds! Today he’s a fit and healthy 140 pounds!

Tom found yoga in 2007, which almost immediately helped him to shed significant weight.

But a continued practice helped him to gain discipline, dedication, focus, determination and, most importantly, self-respect.

Those characteristics allowed him to eat healthy and maintain a lifestyle that kept him healthy over the long run. Isn’t this what we all want?

Want to learn how Tom did it?

Come to Sterling! Sign up for our 30-day introductory special, and start your own journey to better health!

You probably didn’t even recognize our own Teacher Tom!

Nov 13
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Thanksgiving, Black Friday Schedule Announced

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Thanksgiving Schedule‘Tis the season to be thankful! And we are thankful for all our wonderful clients and friends who practice at Sterling Hot Yoga Mobile!

Please join us for a special Thanksgiving class on Thursday, November 26 at 8 a.m. This 90-minute class will be full of gratitude and sweat—the perfect way to start your holiday before digging in to the turkey!

Then, come back to the studio and bring your friends and family for FREE classes all day on Black Friday, November 27 to burn off the bird!

Black Friday Free Yoga ClassesHere is the Black Friday schedule:

8:15 am – Iron Hour

9:30 am – Sterling 60

11:00 am – Rest-AIR-ation*

4:30 pm – Gold 90

Choose your classes for the day, and join us! You’ll be so thankful that you did!

*Rest-AIR-ation is a 30-minute breathing meditation. You will experience restoration of the body, mind and spirit by reconnecting your breath to your body. You’ll also get some awesome abs and shoulders! The room is not heated, so you can pop in, pop off your shoes and experience Rest-AIR-ation!

Nov 13
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Mobile’s Homegrown Hot Yoga Studio a Community Investment

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Bill Moran reflects on five years of running a hot yoga studio in Mobile, Alabama.

Bill Moran reflects on five years of changes while running a hot yoga studio in Mobile, Alabama.

Rewind the clock to April 2010. The U.S. was just coming out of a serious financial crisis, investment in new business was not advisable, and the discouraging news of the Air Force tanker contract being pulled away from Mobile was on everyone’s mind.

However, in those days of uncertainty Lucille Allen from Sacramento, California and Bill Moran from Houston, Texas purchased a residence and moved to Mobile, Alabama, and in June 2010, a blip in the business section of the Mobile Press-Register reported that a commercial lease had been signed on the old Naman’s grocery store at Old Shell and Florida, and furthermore it was going to be a “hot” yoga studio.

Mobile, and for that matter the entire state of Alabama, had never heard of such a thing.

It was recommended to us to use preferred vendors that were not local to Mobile, but our homework and commitment to using local vendors and products took us in the direction to keep our money “at home.”

After a few conversations of “you want to build WHAT?”, we engaged a local architect and construction contractor, obtained all the necessary permits and licenses, and so our investment in Mobile began.

In October of 2010, we opened as Bikram Hot Yoga Mobile at 2540 Old Shell Road. It was a humble beginning, limited class schedule, only Lucille and one other teacher and only a 90-minute class.

Business is an evolving landscape; products improve and change. I am old enough to remember rotary phones; and though now I have a smartphone, its roots are in that old rotary phone. My new phone is miles from that old device, and indeed the whole communication industry is something completely different. Owning a yoga studio is not much different. You have to change and evolve.

In January 2014, we changed our name to Sterling Hot Yoga Mobile and began offering a 60-minute class.  Then in January of 2015, we developed and began offering the Sterling Iron Hour.

Simultaneously in June 2014, Sterling Hot Yoga Teacher Training was founded, and we have graduated six of our teachers. As a side note, Sterling Teacher Training has trained nearly 100 teachers in the past two years from all over the world.

The feedback from studio owners as to the quality of the graduates and their podium readiness has earned Sterling TT the preferred teacher training program for many studios, and that number continues to grow. All Sterling teachers are Yoga Alliance certified and are required to obtain continuing education hours.

At Sterling Hot Yoga Mobile, we are proud of the fact that we are a homegrown studio; a fun fact is that Lucille and I are really the only transplants on staff.

What does it mean to be a homegrown studio? It means we are a committed part of the community. That commitment includes community outreach, supporting causes, assisting those in need with discounted or free yoga and, yes, even dog rescue and adoption.

It means that Mobilians, your friends and neighbors, are on the podium as first-rate qualified teachers. It means that we scour the industry for trends, new class offerings, take feedback from our clients to make SHYM a studio for Mobile.

It means that our revenue is spent in Mobile for teacher salaries, rent, utilities and even our personal living expenses, and we contribute to the tax revenues for the city and county of Mobile, as well as the great state of Alabama.

This is what Sterling is all about, and all we can say is thank you for supporting five great years of providing a top quality yoga program to the city of Mobile. With Airbus coming in, downtown revitalization and a renewed sense of community pride, we believe our best years are ahead.

Sterling Hot Yoga Mobile is truly a “homegrown” business.

Nov 12
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Jenna Zoghby Joins the Sterling Team

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Jenna ZoghbyWe are pleased to welcome Jenna Zoghby to the Sterling team as the studio’s very own registered dietitian and nutrition consultant!

She will be offering some wonderful services soon, but in the meantime, get to know Jenna and take note of her healthy holiday eating tips.

Jenna, a Mobile, Alabama native, attended St. Paul’s Episcopal School and graduated as Student Government Association president.

At the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, she developed a strong interest in the healing abilities of a healthy lifestyle. In 2013, Jenna received a degree from the College of Human Environmental Sciences in Food and Nutrition.

After college, Jenna worked for the Mobile County Health Department, educating pregnant women and new mothers in healthy nutrition.

In 2014, Jenna was accepted into Priority Nutrition Care Distance Dietetic Association. She worked with local dietitians in Mobile, Alabama to complete an internship focused on the business of nutrition.

In 2015, Jenna passed the Registered Dietetic Exam and became a Registered Dietitian. She is currently registered and licensed in Alabama working at the Mobile County Health Department. She works with adults and children practicing medical nutrition therapy to improve lives with healthy lifestyle modifications. She specializes in weight-loss counseling.

“I became interested in nutrition when I realized that combining healthy physical activity and healthy eating can decrease the risk of many life-threatening diseases,” she said. “At age 13, I was told that my asthma would probably never go away, but after I changed my diet, I no longer needed any medication.”

“I was introduced to Sterling Hot Yoga over the summer. I had done yoga before, but not like this,” she said. “The healing effects and mental clarity that the classes provide are very powerful. I love it! This type of physical activity does more than contribute to weight loss; it helps me be a happier me! I’m thrilled to be part of the Sterling team!”

As the holidays approach, and your kitchens and work space fill with candies, baked goods, and all types of tempting treats, keep these healthy tips in mind:

  • Make a list, make a list, make a list. I cannot say it enough. During the holidays, manufacturers spend big money to sell you things you really don’t need. If you plan ahead for what you need and only buy those things, it can really help.
  • During the holidays, our normal schedule changes. We have more errands, family in town and plans to keep up with. Keep healthy snacks in your house, the car and your purse so that you’re not tempted to grab junk food all day.
  • If you have time off, add extra workout sessions (like Sterling Hot Yoga!) that you aren’t able to normally attend. Your body will thank you!
  • When you sit down at the table, remember to keep half your plate full of fruits and/or veggies. If your usual holiday meal doesn’t have at least one non-starchy vegetable that’s not loaded down with butter and sugar, you might be the person to start the tradition. Try a fresh green salad or roasted broccoli instead.
  • Treat yourself! Have whatever delicious dessert your Aunt Jane brought. The problem arises when you take a few pieces home. After the holiday meal, get rid of the leftover sweets in the house. Give them away or throw them away—just get them out!

Thank you, Jenna! We look forward to your Sterling guidance!

Oct 08
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Can You Handle the Scariest Hot Yoga Class Ever?

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Experience hot yoga Halloween style in the “Scariest Class Ever” on Friday, Oct. 30 at 5:15 p.m. at SHY Mobile!

Think hot yoga and Halloween have nothing in common? Think again.

Sterling Hot Yoga is presenting the “Scariest Class Ever” on Friday, Oct. 30 at 5:15 p.m. to kick off your Halloween weekend in style.

We’ll lead a class with three sets of each pose!

(Well, we’ll still do just one set of spine twist to give you a little break.)

Not frightened yet?

You might ask, “How long will the class be?” And the scary answer is, “As long as it takes!”

After class, stick around for some cookies, cake pops and a scary Halloween drink to kick off your spooktacular weekend.

Be sure to get in the spirit and wear a costume. If you do, we’ll give you a coupon for 25% off clothing in our retail area.

Please join us and have a BOO-tiful class!

 

Oct 07
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Sterling Breast Cancer Awareness Shirts Now Available!

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Sterling pink breast cancer awareness t-shirts

Crew neck style T-shirts available for men. (Guys, you look hot in pink!) V-necks and tanks available for ladies.

As practitioners, we have all experienced the wonderful healing and healthy side effects of hot yoga.

For breast cancer patients, hot yoga has been proven to be just as beneficial.

This month during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we want to share those positive aspects with our community.

One of the most visible ways to do that is to wear one of our new pink Sterling T-shirts!

Designed specifically for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, these shirts share the simple—but powerful—message of “Heat. Health. Hope.”

Shirts are available as pink crew necks for men or pink V-necks or hot pink tanks for women. Each style is $20 (including tax).

To pay it forward, $5 from each sale will be donated to the Mitchell Cancer Institute‘s “Breast Cancer Patient Endowment Fund,” which is used to help cover the costs of patients’ diagnostic workups, transportation to appointments, and co-pay assistance.

Please help us promote our support for those who have experienced breast cancer. Buy a shirt today!

And if you buy a shirt, you get a FREE class card to give to a breast cancer survivor to share your love with yoga!