May your practice be joyfull!  Rise up, transform yourself, experience your infinity, be a light in this world.

If you are looking for a place next spring/summer to get away from the stress and strain of work, or the city, look no further than ”Grey Wolf Lodge” on Pelican Lake in Orr, MN.  This spectacular family resort is nestles upon 34 prestine acers, with 1,000 ft of sandy shoreline.  Here you can relax and renew as you enjoy nature at its best.  Yoga classes are close to the resort, in Cook, untill the spa building is completed here at the lodge.  We hope you can visit us this summer at “Grey Wolf Lodge” or “River Street Square” ( the yoga studio)in Cook. Go to www.greywolflodge.com for lodging information and info. on our yoga/spa option for guests, and check out www.comettheater.com for yoga information.  Our “yoga spa specials” are for those of you who prefer yoga to fishing but still want a true northwoods experience. This would be a fantastic option for a great “Girlfriend Getaway”, with great swimming, hiking,kyaking,canoeing,and other outdoor activities available.

 My name is Carol Carlson(Sat Nam Kaur).  I have been practicing and teaching yoga now since the mid 1980″s. My studio is located in Cook MN, and soon to complete our yoga spa building on Pelican Lake as well.  If you are planning your vacation on Lake Vermilion, Pelican or Crane Lake, this is your place to practice.  We are only a 45 min. drive  from Ely and the BWCA,or 30 min. from Virginia or Hibbing area. People travel from all over the area to partake.  Join us soon for yoga classes to energize, uplift, and renew your body and spirit. Classes are held 5 days a week (Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri. and Sat), there is something for everybody.  No matter what your level we are there to develop conscious individuals who are strong, flexible, capable, healthy, happy and fulfilled.  See class schedual for details. Sat Nam, Carol

This is the yoga studio space. The openness, light, warmth,& energy of the room is perfect for balancing and fully optimising our yoga experience. This photo was taken during our last yoga workshop “A journey thru the Chakras”, on May 29, 2008.  Practicing yoga in here is just awesome.  Hope you stop in soon for a class. This space is open for rental, call Carol at 218-666-5814. 

Monday 5:30-7:00pm (Gentle Lotus)

Tuesday 8:30-10:15am  (Gentle Lotus)

Thursday  8:30-10:15am  (Sun Celebration) 

Saturday 9:30-11:15am will resume Oct. 3rd

All individual classes are $14.00, 10 class cards are available for $100.00 and 5 class cards are $60.00

Class Descriptions: 

Sun Celebration- Wake up your body & mind as you warm your heart & soul.  This class is a balanced mix of moving fluidly and holding poses to build strength, & flexibility in all areas of your life.  We will incorporate asanas, & repetitive movement with breath-work and sound to fully awaken our potential.  Open to all levels but recommenced that you have had a few prier yoga classes before trying this.

Happy Hour Flow Class-  After a day at work come in and restore your energy & joy.  This class will move your body and renew your spirit with a mix of vigorous repetitive movement,calming and restorative asanas, breath work and sound.  Take the edge off as you learn techniques to Aline even the most out of balanced individual.  Guaranteed to uplift you naturally.

First Steps- A beginners yoga class that will introduce you to the basic yoga postures, & breathing techniques as you start to develop strength, flexibility and awareness of your health, energy and how you can affect it.  We will incorporate some repetitive movement, strengthening exercises and sound to fully experience the yoga benefits with even the smallest effort.  Good also for people with limitations, recovering from an injury, or if you are getting back after some time off.  Uncover and discover the beauty in your life today.

Gentle Lotus- We will raise our level of health, energy and awareness threw a more relaxed asana, movement, and breathing practice.  Easeful postures are practiced slowly with mindful breathing along with some repetitive balanced movement for detoxification and alignment. Strength, flexibility, and serenity are all bi-products of this class.  Recommended for people with injuries, arthritis, insomnia, or other stress related problems.

Liberated Living-  Like the “Sun Celebration class”, this will be an invigorating class designed to purify the body and harmonize the mind.  We will combine more “Kundalini Yoga” into the class to add to your experience and practice of yoga. A fun and unique way to renew.  Open to all.

Carol has been practicing and teaching yoga for 30 years.  She moved to NYC in the early eighties as a dancer and started her yoga practice from the first week she arrived.  It became her life-style even as she continued to dance. She was certified with IKYTA by the early ninties as she was a devoted student of Yogie Bhajan.  She taught at many studio’s in NYC, from 1990 to 2000, but most her classes were at Kundalini Yoga East. Carol was one of KYE original teachers.  Even when teaching up to 3 & 4 classes a day Carol made time to study at other yoga studio’s in NYC on a daily basis. The  Jivamukti Yoga Studio was 4 blocks from home and she often began or ended her day there. She has been written up in Natral Living Today, and was voted one of 2 USA’s most influential teachers in W magazine end of year in 1998. Carol left NYC in 2000 to live with her new family in Northern MN.  She has 4 stepsons, and lives with her husband John and 2 dogs at their summer Resort “Grey Wolf Lodge” on Pelican Lake in Orr MN.  Since comming to Minnesota she has bought and opperates the “Historic Comet Theater” with its gift shop and coffee shop, and she has also opened River Street Yoga in Cook MN. where she continues to teach yoga and provide a place for students to elevate. Carol is also building a Yoga Building at Grey Wolf Lodge for Classes, Workshops and Retreats.

Carol understands that its not the life you were given but its the life you create that reflects your soul…. by all means let your soul speak.