Legacy ~ Wide Angle Forward Fold

Upavistha Konasana - Seated Wide Angle Forward Fold 📐 

Preserve your life philosophies, values and story with holistic legacy planning. 

Balancing Chakras: Life Stages ~ Neck Stretch

Neck Stretch

Building a family and its nest is a primordial undertaking - where we operate predominantly from the lower, the heart and below, chakras. (Aka ‘survival mode’.) Once these basics are in place, we are available to lift our energy back into the higher chakras, the heart and above, where life is more spirited and less physical. 

Aura - Root Chakra

 

Vajrasana - Thunderbolt Pose
Muladhara - Root Chakra: earthy, deep red 1st Chakra located at the pelvic floor

The red root chakra at the pelvic floor manifests itself as our connection to the physical world. If MATERIALISM beyond survival, stability and safety, has become a fixation for you (it has been an obsession for me,) there is an abundance of Muladhara. 

Ascend your energy out of the red Muladhara, located at the base of the spine, with your mind’s eye: your imagination. Levitate your vitality up the body through the rainbow of colors from red to orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and ultimately, to the aura that surrounds you in violet, pink and white. Picture this rainbow flowing upward, outward and skyward into translucent stars as you go about your day. 

Make decisions from this pink, white, ultraviolet, sparkling perspective and quickly you will begin to lighten up!

🍒 Kamp Kirschenbaum 🍒 2026

Ardha Dhanurasana - Half Bow Pose 🏹 and chiiiiill
Iced coffee, chocolate milk bottles and popsicles at our convenience. 🧋🍼🍦

What shall we do today Kampers? Life is good when you are your own Kounselor; No forms, no packing lists, no weather updates, no transportation issues, no allergies, no early mornings, no problemo. 

At 🍒 Kamp Kirschenbaum 🍒 there are no rules (except be polite!) 

Kamper Ash is a careful builder.

Kamper Lélé refinishes furniture.

Crochet Kampers Opal, Pansy and Ocean.

Kounselor Astrid Kirschenbaum is not pictured as very minimal oversight is necessary 😻

Needle and Thread

Urdhva Mukha Pasasana - Thread the Needle Pose
While basking in the sun on a lounge chair, I organized my children’s sewing kits. 🧵 

Soak up the sun to soak up the source: I always feel transported to an alternate universe and able to access other realms when sun bathing.

Lifted Sukhasana

Sukhasana - lifted Easy Pose with hands behind

In the Summer it is unlikely to find me in the yoga studio, but instead out in the dazzling weather putting my steadfast indoor Winter practice to practical use out in the wild. 

Baddha Hasta ~ Bound Hands

Sukhasana Baddha Hasta - Easy Pose Bound Hands

Unite with the divine daily by: taking care of and committing to what (who) is right in front of you. 

Everyday Anew ~ Three-Legged Down Dog

Tri Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana - Three-Legged Downward Facing Dog
Both its own active stretch and a transition.

After an entire school year of commitments that seemingly filled every waking (and often sleeping) moment of my time, I welcome these big, wide, vacant days and the extravagant option to leave them void.

Vacate ~ Twist to Cleanse

Parivrtta Sukhasana - Revolved Easy Pose
Easy pose is not easy, but over time and with practice, a bit easier.

Daydreaming about a dramatic life change? What is it you are imaginably missing? We live in opportune times, but moving city, house or school may be an exaggeration despite its prevalence.

Perhaps you miss your hometown — go and visit! You likely also crave connection, so invite the neighbors for an aperitif. Has house hunting become an obsession? Maybe clear out some furniture, add color or create an outdoor living space. Is the kids’ school bogging you down and your booking tours at other shiny options? Well, that’s what Summer vacation (vacate!) is for: take a break! 

Pinpoint your longing and use creativity and resourcefulness to fulfill it in your immediate situation and surroundings. Because, let’s face it, the kids don’t want to ‘move’.

& then see if you feel the same way come Fall…

Leisure ~ The Yoga Good Life

Sukhasana - Easy Pose for meditation and pranayama
Rest palms on knees to promote a tall straight spine.

Your free time, leisure time, is meant for restoration and well-being. 

Monetization of our free time is robbing us of our money and our peace. Be weary of any “leisure” activity that costs you. (In fact, your leisure activities, if truly personally enriching, should be more likely to make you riches.)

Yogini Ninja Warrior ~ Sukhasana Side Stretch

Sukhasana - Easy Pose side bend
Black is not especially flattering for a fair blonde, but is nonetheless highly practical in the studio.
Let the ninja-esqueness of all black be a conduit in your practice.

Ninja: stealth, agile, acrobatic, strong, observant, attentive, disciplined, stoic, tough, adaptable, resourceful, self-aware.

Channel (your version of) a ninja. 

Yogini : master, mystic, goddess. (My version of a ninja.)

Moving? ~ Prayer Hands Flow

Namaste Vinyasa - Prayer Hands Flow
Inhale - reach arms out and up to meet the palms overhead.
Exhale - bring hands, palms together, to heart center.

Seeking out a new residence, dwelling, abode? Take very careful care and consideration of your current home: thoroughly declutter, clean, re-organize, re-arrange - and your next domicile will surely and expediently find you (not the other way around) … OR your refresh will have you favoring your pre-existing location. 

Grand Prize ~ Homemaker

Homemaker-Asana

Anytime I am away from the home on other business for the day, I am always relieved to return to the fold; for family-life is where my passions, priorities and talents lay.

But, of course, I wouldn’t know about home-making's high ranking if I didn’t flee in the first place 😉 …

Branded ~ Personal Style

Personal style so distinctive it’s a brand.

Oh, how I aspire to join the ranks of those with strong, distinguishable (marketable) style perspective, but, alas, I just like so many things!

Lavender Fields ~ Headstand Variation

Sirsasana ~ Headstand variation 
To safeguard my neck, I typically headstand with tripod arms.

When I was growing up, the day school ended my family and I flew (fled?) to the French Riviera and returned to the USA only after the school supplies had - much to my dismay - run out at the American stores. Summer was not filled with planned activities or camps or playdates but with open-ended European road trips and unhurried, unstructured, seemingly endless days chez nous en Provence. 🪻🪻🪻

With my four petites being ages 3-13, it is likely not prudent to emulate this relaxed, improvisational, détendue, and highly unAmerican protocol, but I am going to give it a shot. I will let you know how it goes...

❤️Red 🤍White 🩵Blue & 💓Pink ~ Headstand Yoga Pose variation

Sirsasana - Headstand variation 
Loving red-white-blue (plus pink).

In preparation - or was it the opposite? - for this Summer I said sayonara to my week-daily sunrise yoga, I eschewed all camps for the kiddos, we bought only one-way airplane tickets, and I haven’t sought out a single sitter. Naturally, I am becoming petrified and beginning to panic as school winds its way down  (4 kids - 10 year spread - 75 straight days!), but this weekend is going so well I think it’s going to be the best Summer yet!!! 💙🤍❤️ ✌️🤞😎😎😎😎😎🤞✌️❤️🤍💙

Firewood, Fresh Flowers & Honey

What is your “Farmstand” (what are you into) this season?

Keep dreaming. 🌝 Dream your own way.

Keep creating. 🏹 Create your own way.

Keep growing. 🌾 Grow your own way.

No Holds Barred

Upavistha Konasana - wall Straddle Pose
I just love love love (cute, soft) pajamas.

There are seasons where living your yoga may not involve actual yoga… as in no-holds-barred convos over ice-cream sundaes poolside or hanging in your PJ's until the PM part of the day.

The Tone of Your Home

Zesty, starry, shiny, peppery, salty, coppery, green, energetic, soft, pink, calm, blue... Mom Vibes - to infinity and beyond!!!

As women we set the tone of our home, and that energy, embodied in the members of our family and the visitors to our environment, ripples out indefinitely.

Cloudy days call for colorful dinners…

Not pictured: Stormy Day Dinner was chicken tortilla soup (from a dear school-mom-friend's Boulder CO soup company) with plenty of Astrid's home-baked vanilla pound cake (new fave) with fresh CO cow whipped cream. 

Mature ~ Standing Half Bound Lotus Pose

Ardha Baddha Padmottasana - Standing Half Bound Lotus variation
Ok to mature over here.
I am not one to try to turn back the (face and body) hands of time.

Mature: A fruit that has reached its ideal, fully developed state on time.

Growth Phase to Maturity Stage ~ Bound Half Lotus Standing Forward Fold

Ardha Baddha Padmottasana - Bound Half Lotus Standing Forward Fold
Goodbye growth phase, hello maturity stage.

This past week I felt wrenched (physically ill, even) over a possible exciting, albeit petrifying, dramatic life-change. Then, all of the physical pain dissipated when I returned to an old-friend book of mine and made the realization that...

We are at the point where our "Growth Phase" is plateauing into the "Maturity Stage" of (family) life. It is time to point the decision-making compass towards:

The Maturity Phase:

- Enjoying moderate, steady, stable growth. 

- Lowering ‘costs', increasing 'revenue', and refining processes.

- Maintaining pre-established fundamentals (number of children, location...)

- Distributing excess wealth and emanating peace.

A satisfying discovery: I have earned the position, through time + work, where it is wonderfully NOT necessary or appropriate (anymore) to act on exciting, petrifying life changes! I have painstakingly developed the character and gradually accumulated the means to be creative, expansive and free within my already glamorous, gorgeous, lovingly curated Life-Structure. 

Lost ~ Goddess Pose On Tiptoes

 

Utkata Konasana Samprapada - Goddess Pose on Tiptoes

Feeling lost and in despair with nowhere to turn? Remember what your mother told you and stay put where you are. 

Sumhersasana

Summer come save me.

Four kiddos. Four packed lunches and snacks. Five days per week.

Soak Up the Sunny Colors ~ Reclined Bound Angle

Supta Baddha Konasana - Reclined Bound Angle Pose

🌼 Ditzy Bimbo 🌼

What is a girl to do?

I have a penchant for embarrassing myself. Hopefully it amuses others and maybe puts them at ease? This blonde likes to have fun and doesn’t mind looking like a lunatic doing it (knocking over cups full of pens in a solemn bank meeting 😬, showing up to the pool opening - and swimming! - 2 days early with 6 kids in tow: “why is no one else here?” 😬, bopping around town with my shirt inside-out 😬, stating my drive-thru order loud and clearly into the trash can placed en route to the speaker 😬, and on and on all the days long…)

Happy-go-lucky, carefree and a bit daffy while hard-working in my home, active at our school, engaged in the neighborhood, out-and-about in my community…

When actively occupied both at-home and about-town, faux pas are bound to happen and, in my case, it is gaffes galore!! You are welcome?🙏 

Yoga Habit

For a behavioral habit - do it even though you don’t want to.

A clothing ‘habit’ is often long and loose.

Habit - a distinctive garment worn to signify a person’s affiliation with a specific group, profession or purpose. 

It is time I return to an all black (+ dark grey) habit for yoga… the stunning woman beside me this morning looked flawless and serene in her entirely ebony, austere uniform (and always does.) 🖤🖤🖤

Enoughness ~ Triangle Pose

Utthita Trikonasana - Triangle Pose

What is your Enough? Dis-cover Un-conditional enoughness through daily yoga. 

3 Wishes ✨ ~ Side Plank variation Floating Leg

Vasisthasana - Side Plank variation Floating Leg

Wishing for an organized mind, lithe body, and stellar soul? Your wish is Yoga’s command.

Not Just Pretty ~ Plow Pose Variation 3rd Eye 👁️

Halasana - Plow Pose variation Knees to Third Eye 👁️ 

Radiant Beauty is a yoga byproduct. Enjoy. ☺️ 

The Help ~ Revolved Low Lunge

Parivrtta Anjaneyasana - Revolved Low Lunge
Variation Quadricep Stretch, Reach Back for Toes.

Alchemize anger into asking for help. 

Effortless ~ Vajrasana

Vajrasana - Thunderbolt, Side Bend ⚡️

Health Building. Compound Interest ~ Ksepana Mudra

Ksepana Mudra
We study and practice the poses (as a group) to eventually own our asana (independently).

Like wealth, time is required for health building. Like wealth, health allows you to make life choices without constraints. Like wealth, health provides security in uncertain circumstances. 

Asana ~ Crescent Low Lunge

Anjaneyasana - Crescent Low Lunge Pose 🌙 

Steady, comfortable movement: your Yoga Asana may be Pilates, weight lifting, walking, running, hiking, fishing, skiing, skating, swimming, dancing, biking, gardening… steady, comfortable movement.

Fated ~ Mermaid Pose

Eka Pada Raja Kapotasana - One Footed King Pigeon Pose
Mermaid Pose 🧜‍♀️ 

Cultivate inner peace and outer beauty is assured.

Limbs of Yoga

Anjali Mudra

If your mind cannot solve your mind problem (meditation) - let your body solve it through movement (asana). 

Re-Union ~ Yoga Your Everyday Life

Yoga Your Everyday Life 

What movement is your Yoga?

What clothes are your Yoga?

What food is your Yoga?

What home is your Yoga?

Yoga: union with the divine. 

Why So Serious ~ Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana

Utthita Padangusthasana ~ Extended Hand-To-Big-Toe Pose

‘Work’ can be a bit fun (and funny, too). 

One Problem Per Yoga Class ~ Supta Padangusthasana

Supta Padangusthasana - Reclined Hand-To-Big-Toe Pose
The monkey mind is no match for the yoga mat.

Big, huge cosmic dreams realized in pretty, average-sized human steps. 

Tool Box ~ Supta Padangusthasana

 

Supta Padangusthasana - Reclined Hand-To-Big-toe Pose 

There is always more to learn. 

Cost Incurred ~ Parivrtta Utkatasana

Parivrtta Utkatasana - Twisting Chair Pose

When singularly focused on an acquisition, inquire conversely: what am I giving up to ‘get this’?

Soft-Test ~ Vakrasana

 

Vakrasana - Twisted Pose
Soft, relaxed version.

Accomplish difficult tasks with a light touch.

Intense Focus - Dandayamana Janu Sirsasana

Dandayamana Janu Sirsasana - Standing Head to Knee Pose
Head down. Intense focus.

Demanding from ourselves concentration and engagement. It’s not Summer Break - yet 😉.

Do You - Janu Sirsasana

Janu Sirsasana - Head to Knee Pose