**Do not keep your mat in the sun or pool for a long period of time!**
1.) kulae tpECOmat as a jar opener
So, I was at home after a day at work the other evening waiting for my
fiance.to get out of work like usual. I decided to start cooking some
food so it would be ready for him when he got home because he works so
hard! Well, since he is Brazilian, hes gotta have his rice and
beans....and hes gotta have some kind of garlic in there somewhere. I
went into the refrigerator and grabbed the huge jar of minced garlic
(yeah...because I didn't really feel like chopping the fresh stuff.)
and for the life of me...I
could not open the freakin' jar! Now, usually in this situation, and
most women could back me up on this one, I would just hand the jar over
to the closest man possible to open it right? I tried a cloth, I tried
to bang it against the counter, (not recommended of course) and I even
tried piercing a hole into the cover of it to let some air out thinking
it would loosen up. No..it didn't. So, here I am in my
kitchen wondering how I am going to open this jar. Then a light bulb
appeared over my head! Bing! I thought to myself, I will use the corner
of my yoga mat! So I went into my room and gripped the corner of my kulae tpECOmat over the top of the jar and wha la! It opened up with ease!
Ladies, next time your man ain't there (or if you are single and don't
buy jars of things because of this reason) use your kulae mat! 
2.) kulae yoga strap as a fashionable belt!
When
we were exhibiting at a yoga conference in Boston earlier this year, I
realized I forgot my karma's real t-shirt. I didn't want to sell our
mats at our booth without some kind of Kulae gear on, so I had the
Epiphany of making one of our 8' long yoga straps an awesome belt to
wear and to represent my crew! Now its a growing trend! Pull strap
through your pant loops just like any other belt. Now once you have it
looped in and tightened Cut the remainder so it is
3.) Our organic mat cleaner as a interior car cleaner (even great as an all-purpose cleaner!)
Our CEO gave me the idea to clean the inside of my car with the kulae organic mat cleaner...It cleans great, disinfects, and smells great! You gotta try it!
If
anyone has any more awesome ideas...please post them up on Facebook or
shoot me an email! We are always looking for different and creative
ways to use/reuse our products!
-Jess
jess@kulae.com
Community, Oneness, and a Drunken OM all the way Home!
The remainder of the Midwest Yoga
Conference was just as much amazing as the previous blog. It is pretty
impossible to describe into words but I am going to do the best that I
can.
Saturday after writing, I realized that I was still going to experience many more "firsts" I asked
Zeina
from I Love Yoga to "fly" me. It was so cool. I didn't realize
balancing on someones feet could be so relaxing. Then, she showed me
how to "fly" her! I am totally going to do it to my Fiance later if he
lets me:o)
I had the great experience of taking
Seane Corns class that day. The class the 4
th Chakra - the Heart, incorporated with a tough
Vinyassa flow. Of course I sat my butt up in the front row, it was cool to be so close to
Seane Corn while she spoke. She is a powerful speaker and the things she had to say was
truly inspiring and also brought tears to my eyes. ( I know I am corny - no pun intended) At the end of the class I went up to Gina
Seanes Assistant to thank for assisting me because everyone flocked to
Seane. I didn't want to bother her.....but I even gave
Seane an invitation to the "Underground Gathering" - just for the hell of it!
Anyway, I was super
excited
about this "Midwest Yoga Underground Gathering" that I arranged for
later that evening. I made ghetto invitations in the business center at
the hotel and passed them out to ALL of the exhibitors and some
presenters
that I could get close to. I wanted to do something to get the
exhibitors together off campus because we pretty much were working
working working the whole time. Everyone was pretty much down for it. I
set up a shuttle from the hotel to Jameson's the bar down the street
from the Hilton and
Kulae
got a few appetizers to share. I didn't really know what to expect and
who was going to come, but let me tell ya, it turned out to be great!
The
Passport to Prana people came, the
Nepal Orphange crowd, the
I Love Yoga crowd, the
David Romanelli crew, of course us
Kulae peeps, and a handful of awesome yoga teachers were there too! I want to give a special shout out to Nancy
McCaochan, Mike Jones, Terri
Bahr, Lauren Long, Belinda Thurston (Who let the Yogi's out - OM OM OM OM!), Shayna, Diana Lee, Nadine, Rachel + Kendall + Jenny from
Yoga State in MI. It was Jenny's birthday and we got the whole bar to sing for her!
The most satisfying thing about this gathering was, that we, the Yogis and
Yoginis, brought life into this place on this wonderful
Saturday
night. We got people in the house dancing, and we all felt a sense of
community and oneness. On the way home in Kendall and Jenny's van (that
we fit 11 people + a dog into) - we chanted a
Drunken OM - best thing is I got it on video!
check it out!!!The last day - was sad. I
didn't
want this event to be over. Jane and Ryan did a great job putting on
the whole conference. I made so many connections with so many beautiful
people on a personal and spiritual level, and I'm not going to lie, it
was tough to say good bye. The great thing is, I know that I am going
to be seeing most of these people again, if not....all of them at
another show, sooner or later.
Pretty much, the lesson I learned
from this whole weekend of "firsts" is that I my goal from here on out
is to acknowledge the "firsts" in every single day I physically have
left on this earth. This weekend I was awakened, aware,
conscious. Now, I am bringing this
consciousness to everyday life. It is my calling to Learn, teach and love through yoga.
Sat Nam -
Jess
Sat - "God's existence is the utmost reality"
Nam - "God has a name and thereby does exist".
"Firsts"
I cannot express enough the life changing experiences I am having here
at the Midwest Yoga Conference. Just yesterday, I experienced so many
"firsts" in my life that it brings tears to my eyes just thinking about
it. Not only am I experiencing these "firsts" but I have had the
opportunity to connect to so many warm hearted people that this also
brings tears to my eyes. This is only my second yoga conference (the
first was Yoga Journal Boston) and I feel as though every time I come
to one of these events, I know I am meant to be here. Just yesterday, I
my first experience of meditating with a group of people for the first
time. I had the experience of
meditating to the gong for the first time. The feeling was such a natural high I felt as though I
wasn't in my physical body for a moment. I had my first experience with
Kundalini Yoga. I had my first experience learning from
Shakta Kaur in the Sex and Intimacy
Kundalini Yoga
workshop. She is an amazing teacher and has a wonderful personality and
sense of humor. I never had the experience of chanting with another
woman while looking right into her eyes. It was a bond that I have
never experienced with a person I have never met. Because of that, we
now have connected. The class was very informative about the importance
of sex and the relationship between yourself and your lover. After the
class, I noticed my arms.....my veins were kind of
bulging and pumping blood differently than I have ever seen or felt before. Very interesting. Check her out at
http://www.shaktakaur.com/After
the class, I decided to have some dinner alone. I needed some "me" time
and also I needed to prepare for the Midwest Yoga Underground Gathering
that I am putting together. That will be tonight at 9:30pm at a bar a
couple blocks from here. That in itself will probably be a whole other
blog entry! After a lovely dinner alone I went to my hotel room and
relaxed until I headed down to the Journey Dance workshop. I walked in
on the end of Julia Buterfly Hill's lecture. (I wish I went earlier!) I
caught about 15 minutes, and everything she had to say in that
awakening 15 minutes was very inspiring. I am drinking water out of the
same bottle all weekend because of her, and anyone who knows her knows
what I mean:o) I didn't know that she lived in a tree for 2 years, and
I am completely intrigued and yearning to learn more about her
activism. She stopped by our booth this morning and she is using an
Ultra mat as I am typing this...I was honored to let her try it!
After the lecture....the lovely Toni
Bergins
(who I met Friday at our booth) started the Journey Dance workshop. Not
only was this the first time in my life I have ever done a dance
workshop, the feeling of freedom was a "first" too! I never felt the
feeling of freedom that I felt dancing in
Trilium
1! I never experienced touching and dancing with others and not feeling
awkward because they are strangers. It was such an intimate and sensual
experience that we all bonded
consciously and sub-
consciously. I realized that my body can move in beautiful ways I
wasn't
aware of before. At one point when Toni directed us to tell our story
through dance, I just did what my body told me to do. I was reaching to
the sky and pulling the sky into my heart. Looking back, I realized
that my whole life I have been trying to find God and my body was
representing this at this particular time. Now I know that I have found
God and my spirituality through Yoga and Dance.
http://www.journeydance.com/We are totally honored to have awesome booth neighbors. We are next to I Love Yoga and Moses and
Zeina
are incredible people. I am very interested in the Green Bus Project
and their tour later this year! I had the chance to sit and chat with
Moses for the first time and I learned
alot
from him just through conversation. We talked about the Flower of Life,
Music, The Green Bus Project and Chanting. Plus - their clothes are
pretty
freakin' awesome. We are also next to Journey Jewels and they have some beautiful
pieces
for sale. The girls at the booth were also at Journey Dance last night,
and it is interesting how we have bonded through this experience.
I
could go on and on about the incredible amazing people and experiences
that I have encountered since arriving here at this lovely resort on
Thursday. I just want to shout out to the Nepal
Orphanage Organization because what they are doing is a great thing. Check them out at
http://www.nepalorphanshome.org/NamasteJess
SantacroceMarketing Director
$40 at Your Local Arts & Crafts Store = Priceless Hours of Entertainment!
We just made a quick, "work-related" excursion to Michael's Arts & Crafts to get supplies for our latest Kulae creations - Kulae Eco Flip Flops, made from our small office assortment of eco yoga mats that are not resellable due to damaged wrappers, used returns, etc. and a Kulae Yoga Mat Bag made of Duck Tape!
Stay tuned for the Duck Tape Yoga Mat Bag, but check out the flip flops!! For detailed instructions/directions on how to make your very own yoga mat flip flops, email Jess HERE and she will be happy to assist you! Peace!
Stylin'!!!!______
june 15, 2009 // magnifECO blog
"kulae - clean + green yoga gear"
