Matt Borer - Yoga 4 Liberation, Austin TX

New Valentines Thai Massage Workshop!!!

yogamattb — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:39:25 +0000

Baby Update!!

yogamattb — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:58:58 +0000

Hey y’all! We are on a month or so countdown now! Sometime around late Feb things gonna be gettin crasee! Just a couple of updates to answer some question I have been getting. We don’t know if we are having a boy or girl and don’t much care as long as it has all the required (and healthy) bits included! Hannah is fantastic and still working out, kickboxing (with obvious limitations), rock climbing, as well as doing more yoga these days. I am planning on teaching the same schedule until around June or so. When she goes back to work I am going to be the primary care dude during the day, so we shall see how much of my present schedule I can stick to! I want to teach as much as I can still. We shall see! Might be that I am teaching with a sleepy little munchkin napping in the corner. For those of you that have been asking about registry stuff, we are registered at two places.

BuyBuyBaby.com -registry is under Hannah Floyd or Matt Borer
Amazon.com – look for the “Baby” tab, go to registry and type in Hannah Floyd

Getting so excited to meet our new little person! It was fun to realize that this last holiday season would be THE last one where our family unit is only a twosome! Crazy.

IN OTHER NEWS: I have a ton of workshops and music gigs coming up that will be updated on this site! Very excited to be going into the studio to record with the great Radney Foster soon! Hope this finds everyone fantastic. Take care and treat each other well!

Live Music with me and The Panama Hats!

yogamattb — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:02:05 +0000

Come join us and hang out at the awesome New World Deli!!
Saturday 7-9
4101 Guadalupe St · Austin, Texas · 78751

Good food. Good music. Good peeps of all ages!

The Diminished 7 at Green Mesquite!

yogamattb — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:44:02 +0000

Come and get some! This Saturday the 29th at the Green Mesquite, 7-9. My parents will be here as well!

October Workshop In Georgetown TX!

yogamattb — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:30:42 +0000

Teaching another intro/beginner Ashtanga Yoga workshop! Love this studio and the Georgetown yoga community! If you have not made the tiny trip from Austin yet, now is the time! Carpool anyone?

October 15th 2-4:30

MORE Intro to Ashtanga Yoga with Matt Borer
The Hatha yoga practice known as Ashtanga, is a set sequence of asanas practiced in the same order using the coordination of breath and movement (vinyasa). It is considered the origin of vinyasa or flow styles of yoga. The constant movement and particular style of breathing (ujjayi) WILL create a certain amount of internal heating in the body and thus a self heated cleansing practice! This classical system of yoga has been passed down to us from Sri T. Krishnamacharya and the late Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (1915-2009).
In this workshop we will explore the unique and challenging Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga. There will be plenty of explanation concerning history, philosophy, and theory behind this practice as well as moving through the sequence of asana.

AT
Moksha Yoga On the Square
824 S. Austin Ave., Georgetown TX 78626
512-868-6600 or www.mokshayogaonthesquare.com

Austin Yoga Festival!! Get tix now!!!

yogamattb — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:22:28 +0000

Hey all! Austin Yoga Festival is coming up! I will be teaching a Vinyasa class on October 9th from 2:10-3:20! More event info…

Saturday, October 8 at 12:00pm – October 9 at 8:00pm

Location
Fiesta Gardens. Austin, Texas
2100 Jesse E. Segovia St.
Austin, TX

Created By
Russell Burns

More Info
Austin Yoga Festival presents a blend of master yoga teachers, speakers, demonstrations, and over 50 classes for all levels including children, beginners to advanced. Great food and freebies from Zico, Kind, Luna, plus! Get there early and score a gift bag that includes free yoga passes to some of Austin’s finest studios, discounts, and much more.

Saturday evening brings “Unify”, a spectacular blend of Vinyasa, Kundalini and Bhakti from Joshua Adair, accompanied by the Austin Kirtan Bhakti Tribe. Following is live music from RattleTree Marimba. The Sunday evening closing ceremony is presented by yoga master, teacher and author, Mehtab along with Siri Baradur, featuring “Kundalini of Sound: Gong Journey”

Join us for Yoga, Kirtan, Bhakti, Dharma, music, giveaways, raffles, free health screenings, friends, and great food, in a beautiful setting on the shores of Lady Bird Lake, Fiesta Gardens.

CHECK OUT www.austinyogafestival.com FOR SPECIFIC SCHEDULES, INFO, AND TIX!!!!!

FREE DAY OF YOGA CLASS at Castle Hill!

yogamattb — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:48:24 +0000

Yoga And Then Some!
5-6pm at Castle Hill Fitness, 12th and Lamar
Upstairs in the martial arts room.

A yoga and fitness class in which we will be adding cardio, weights, and then some into a flow practice. Come prepared ready to work hard and play hard! LIMITED SPACE unfortunately so get there at a decent time!

ALSO go to as many other free classes as you can!!

Yoga Workshop: Vinyasa Yoga Primer at Austin KULA Yoga!

yogamattb — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:40:58 +0000

A Vinyasa Yoga Primer with Matt
Date: Sat 8/27/2011
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Vinyasa yoga is the art of intimately linking breath and movement during a flowing asana practice! This style of practice creates almost a moving rhythmic dance as well as generating heat and energy. In this workshop we will spend some time learning and practicing extremely useful concepts such as bandha (energetic locks), pranayama (breathwork), and dristi (focal point) to draw as much from the practice as we can. We will then move through a powerful sequence of postures using this information and make our way to a guided relaxation (savasana). Come prepared to work, quite possibly sweat, and move around to some fun music! Hope to see you there! Cost is $25 before 8/27, $30 after.

Austin Kula Yoga Center – West of Mopac, Exposition at Windsor

2415 Exposition Blvd., Suites A & B
Austin, TX 78703
(512) 542-3334
admin@austinkulayoga.com

A new family member in 2012!

yogamattb — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:09:25 +0000

For those of you who I have not had the pleasure of telling yet… Hannah and I are expecting a baby near the end of February! We are super excited and can’t wait to meet this new human! We are as of today around the 10-11 week mark and will have a better view of it after an appointment Friday afternoon. We also conveniently just moved into a condo with a spare bedroom, which will quickly go from guest bedroom to kiddo room! Will keep folks posted for sure! Huzzah!

ORIGIN Magazine: Yoga as Jazz?

yogamattb — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:04:03 +0000

I have recently been asked to be a regular columnist for Origin magazine based here in Austin TX! So, I plan on posting that column here as well after each issue comes out. It is a bi-monthly magazine highlighting Yoga and its surrounding culture! It is available now in several large cities around the US and is growing quickly! We are all very excited! Here is my first published piece!

Yoga 4 Liberation: A column by Matt Borer

Yoga as Jazz?

Hello Origin readers! My name is Matt Borer, I am a yoga teacher here in Austin TX, and I have an analogy problem. I love them and use them constantly to better explain and define concepts in the yoga and philosophy realm, thus yoga and jazz! I was recently and nerdily looking up the definition of the term ‘jazz’. Most definitions seem to explain it as a music with an underlying swing rhythm used as a foundation for improvisation. These are the same elements that I truly love about the practice of yoga! Any style we venture into has the same underlying principles of work; (sadhana), discovery, change, and then liberation. However, within this framework, we all have different physical and emotional histories that create a very individual and improvised experience. A cat named Travis Jackson defines jazz as a music style that includes qualities such as, “improvising, group interaction, developing an ‘individual voice’, and being ‘open’ to different musical possibilities”. As a both practitioner and teacher of yoga, this definition seems so applicable to my personal experiences. I adore the balance of enjoying a practice with a group of yogis working together, whilst still remaining an individual and experiencing the practice differently than anyone else in the room. Even within stricter or more austere practices, a great sense of improvisation and individualism can be found within a framework. Enjoy it and cultivate it! Find and love your your kula, your sangha, your group interaction. Find and truly trust in that underlying rhythm and philosophy. Within and above it all, be open to the many possibilities and create a bit of yoga jazz!