Bearing fruit, flowers and the best of intentions, Ron Kino stood 20 yards away from the Pacific Ocean to ask Yemanja, the Afro Brazilian ocean goddess, permission to use her name for his yoga studio.
With his eyes closed, he couldn't see the rogue wave sweep in and swallow the gifts whole.
More than a year later, Kino is still sure that sudden swelling of the sea was a gesture of the deity's gratitude.
"We're in the front of the largest body of water, and we have to hold these things with the utmost respect," the 49 year old Pacifica resident said last week from his yoga studio. "Everything we do is sacred. Everything we do is connected to universal life. We need to pay attention to all the details."
Kino is the owner of Ocean Yoga, a green yoga studio that follows a growing international movement that takes the spiritual practice back to its origins when there was a true connection to nature.
Green yoga studios can vary from practicing yoga outdoors, the greenest you can get; to using reclaimed and sustainable materials in a studio; or encouraging people to take public transportation and having a bike rack nearby.
In the Bay Area, Nandi Yoga in San Mateo is green, while more can be found in Berkeley, San Francisco, Oakland and Fremont.
For Kino's studio, ecological practices include: reclaimed bamboo flooring; use of a ventilation system that filters fresh air into the space; and installation of post consumer waste materials for insulation.
By Christine Morente
THE LATEST YOGA STUDIO NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
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