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Monday 8:30am - 10:30am 4pm - 7:30pm Wednesday 11am - 1pm Thursday 4pm - 7:30pm Friday 8:30am - 7:30pm Saturday 8:30am - 10:30am

Desert Lotus Yoga Abq

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Desert Lotus Yoga Abq

Yoga studio in Albuquerque New Mexico. Breathe in the moment at Desert Lotus Yoga!

01/09/2026

Here we go! See you in a couple of weeks!
Visit desertlotusyogaabq@gmail.com to register!

01/08/2026

New beginnings start here ✨
Join our New Beginnings Yoga Series—a supportive, grounding space to learn, explore, or return to your practice.
🪷4 hours of intentional instruction
🪷14 days of unlimited classes
Perfect for beginners and anyone craving a fresh start.
Come as you are. Begin again.
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01/05/2026

“As student and teacher together we request Divine protection” 🕊️
The Shanti Mantra is a shared prayer for peace—an invitation to enter practice with calm minds and open hearts. When we chant it together, student and teacher alike ask for protection, clarity, and harmony, remembering that the path of yoga is not walked alone. True growth unfolds in community, where learning becomes mutual and peace is cultivated together. Thank you for being part of this community 🙏
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12/30/2025

🙏🏼🗝️Let These Hands Stop Shaking
What is panic? From where does it arise? Is it a messenger or a malfunction? From a yogic perspective, panic reflects prana gone awry, our vital life force surging upward and outward in restless, uncontained motion. In this scattered state, we are pulled into the mind—into anticipation, fear, and loss of control—often feeling strangely disconnected from the very body that is trembling, signaling its need for grounding and care.
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Mercifully, the cure lies within the disease. The answer to frantic prana is the humble, grounded, and purposeful, connection to something greater than our own suffering, greater than our own racing thoughts. While anxiety pulls us upward into the mind—into anticipation, fear, and loss of control—acts of service return us to the body, to contact with the earth, to movement and belonging. In this way the poet’s words “when I wash the feet of the world, my hands stop shaking” become a testimony to the power of giving. When our energy is given over in service to something larger than our racing thoughts, prana reorganizes, the nervous system softens, and the grip of anxiety begins to loosen.
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It is worthwhile to remember that disorders of panic and anxiety do not define us; within the context of yoga they arrive not as identities, but as guides. Though their presence can feel anything but advantageous, they serve to call us back toward balance, embodiment, and inner harmony.
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If panic grips you, if anxiety is a frequent visitor, remember you are not alone. When the sensations lift, and they will, find a way to give to the world so in need of your gifts.
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12/29/2025

“Now begins the practice of yoga.” ✨
Yoga doesn’t end when class does—it begins the moment we step off the mat and carry awareness into our lives. 🕉️

12/05/2025

A Season of Hope 🦌🕯️
It is time to share something with you. Growing up was not always easy with a name like Chasity, especially right around fourth grade when kids discovered the infamous “chastity belt” reference from medieval times! The teasing was mostly harmless and honestly, I’m not sure any of us really knew what it meant, but still.
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Meanwhile, tucked quietly behind Chasity was the most beautiful and uplifting middle name: Hope. It was the name my mom used when she was feeling affectionate, calling me Esperanza—Hope in Spanish. And it was also the name she used when I was in big trouble: “Chasity Hope!”
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As I got older, especially into my 30s, I grew to appreciate the beauty of my first name, but I also recognized that it didn’t fully capture who I had become. Over the years, I realized that the qualities that most define me–tenacity, resilience, compassion–were all rooted in one thing: hope.
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Hope carried me through a childhood shaped by hardship.
Hope pushed me to break cycles of poverty.
Hope led me to fulfill my dream of teaching.
Hope has been the force that guides me toward each next step.
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In recent years and with growing wisdom, hope has shifted from something I held for myself, to something I want to offer outward to inspire others, to encourage others, and to exemplify what is possible.
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It might seem a little funny, especially to my kids who think everything I do is weird, but Hope feels right. It is what I feel and it is how I live. If calling me Chasity feels more natural, please don’t worry, I’ll happily answer to both, but you’ll begin to see Hope on studio communications and most places going forward. Rest assured, it’s not an alter ego or evil twin, but instead a woman finally okay with who she is.
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And where hope once helped me to survive, it is now simply who I am and it is my offering to the world.
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11/05/2025

There You Are ✨🌻
“The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.” These words from Robert Pirsig echo the timeless truth that “wherever you go, there you are.” Both remind us that peace is not found in a place, but in presence. It’s easy to feel calm and content when the world slows down—when meals are prepared for us, when our only task is to breathe and be, when the ocean or mountains mirror our own stillness back to us. We often believe we must trade peace for productivity—as if being productive and being at peace cannot coexist. Yet, in chasing accomplishment, we often feel our ease slipping away, buried beneath the weight of schedules, obligations, and the endless need to “catch up.”
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To break this cycle, we can begin by weaving mindfulness and intentional pauses into ordinary moments, rather than reserving them only for retreats or rare escapes. This might look like taking three conscious breaths before opening an email, savoring the quiet of morning coffee without multitasking, or setting aside five minutes at day’s end to simply be. When we stop waiting for the “right” conditions to find
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peace, we begin to realize that the idea of Zen isn’t a destination—it’s a practice. Cultivating that inner stillness in the midst of daily life allows the calm we find on the mountaintop to stay with us, no matter where we stand.
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To encourage this more fully in daily life, try beginning each morning with a brief gratitude practice, naming three simple things you’re thankful for before the day begins. Pause midday for a few rounds of conscious breathing, letting yourself reset before moving to the next task. In the evening, journal one small moment of joy or beauty that you noticed that day. These small acts over time build up to a new way of thinking and being, before we know it, productivity and rest are momentarily woven into one.
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10/29/2025

🌱 Meet Our Team 🌱
Each of us at Desert Lotus Yoga is here with one shared intention — to hold space and grow with you. Together, we create a supportive environment for healing, connection, and community.
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Through breath, movement, and reflection, we aim to help you cultivate inner peace and personal wellbeing — even amidst the flow of a fast-paced world. 💫
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Come practice with us and feel the energy of our collective heart. 💛
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10/22/2025

How can we even describe the experience that was Mexico?! Our first retreat, but not the last! Thank you to for the most amazing backdrop for seeking santosha!

And to everyone who came, wow, there are no words for the pure and authentic energy and connections we made! Who knows, maybe Alaska is next!

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09/05/2025

4-Week Series Begins Sunday!
Pelvic floor awareness is a powerful yet often overlooked element of yoga practice. By learning to engage and release this vital center, you will discover greater stability, balance, and energy flow—enhancing every pose and deepening the mind-body connection. In this series, we highlight this foundation of strength and grounding to help you move with more confidence, breathe with ease, and carry the benefits far beyond the mat. This series is a must for the regular practitioner of yoga!
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09/04/2025

Happy Birthday Desert Lotus Yoga 🎂🥳
In the spring of 2019, I made the decision to open a yoga studio. It felt like a wild idea—one I only half-believed I could bring to life. There were so many factors to consider: time, family (with little ones at home), and my full-time job as an elementary school teacher. But something in me knew I had to try. This practice and the gift of yoga had saved me time and again, and I wanted to share it with others who might need saving too.
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By September 2019, our doors were open, and for six months I had the chance to learn what it really meant to run a yoga studio. Then, as you all know, March 2020 came. Our doors closed, and for a moment I thought the dream had ended too. But with encouragement from my landlord, the spark of this dream still alive, and with hope always at the forefront, we reopened fully in 2021.
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And that is when the story truly began—because that’s when you came back, or walked in for the very first time. I often reflect on how special the studio feels, but the truth is, without you—your energy, joy, sorrow, happiness, grief, celebrations, and healing—it would simply be four walls.
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And so it is, yoga continues to save me and hopefully also you with the one added benefit of a beautiful space to call our own. So here’s to you. Here’s to us. May the journey continue, and may our paths be joined for as long as they are meant to be.
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08/02/2025

Looking Back In Time 🌳✨
We’re often told to leave the past behind, to stop worrying about the future, and to “just live in the present moment.” While this advice usually comes from a place of care—offered by those who want to ease our suffering—it can sometimes feel dismissive or overly simplistic. I have admittedly used these words in my yoga classes, believing them to be helpful. But lately, I’ve been questioning whether the present moment can truly be isolated from the past that shaped us or the future we inevitably lean toward.
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This questioning only came recently while standing high on a mountain cliff, nearly eye-level with the top of an old evergreen. As I looked at that tree, I somehow understood that I was also looking back into time—into the deep stillness that underlies all existence. I could feel deeply that, like the tree, the past lives within us. It lives in our bodies, in our memories, and in the subtle impressions that shape our present awareness. When we turn inward through yoga and other such practices, we connect with a timeless space—with the Self that is untouched by the passing of years.
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Just as the light of distant stars reminds us that what we see is both ancient and immediate, the presence of that old tree offered a living testament to time witnessed with grace—its roots reaching into centuries past, its branches stretching skyward, holding space for the present moment. And there was one more lesson from the tree: it embodied the yogic ideal of sthira sukham asanam—steadiness and ease in being. As we reflect on the passage of time, yoga invites us not to regret or grasp, but to stand like the trees and root ourselves in the eternal now, where all time meets.
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11200 Montgomery NE Ste 7
Albuquerque, NM
87111

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 10:30am
	4pm - 7:30pm
Wednesday	11am - 1pm
Thursday	4pm - 7:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 7:30pm
Saturday	8:30am - 10:30am

Website

http://www.desertlotusyogaabq.com/

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The goal of Desert Lotus Yoga is to hold space, grow, and build community in order to reach our highest purpose. By integrating breath, movement, and mindfulness, we strive to promote the development of inner peace and personal wellbeing in a fast paced world.