Meet the Contributor: Alana

Current role with lululemon: Brand Experience – Community

Things I am passionate about include: story telling, writing, travel, inflight magazines, Magic Bullets, SkyMall, and yoga.

Find me on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/alanamairs

let your spine be loose like seaweed

March 29, 2013 – 3:41 pm | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

Blissologist, yogi, surfer, lululemon ambassador…Eoin Finn is closely connected to and inspired by the ocean. Our yoga storyteller Alana recently sat down with Eoin to find out how his passion for yoga and the ocean relate to one another. alana: what does it mean to make our spine loose like seaweed? Should i do this in every yoga pose? [...]

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it’s wanderlust season!

March 21, 2013 – 8:42 am | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Today marks the first day of Spring, which means that it’s officially summer yoga festival planning season! If you missed heading to Wanderlust last year, consider this your heads up. The dates are: Stratton Mountain, Vermont: June 20-23 Copper Mountain, Colorado: July 4-7 Squaw Valley, North Lake Tahoe: July 18-21 Whistler Mountain, British Columbia: August [...]

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revolution week one

January 15, 2013 – 10:59 am | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

When’s the last time you committed to something for 40 days? The Digital 40 Day Challenge – part yoga, part meditation, part personal revolution – is in full swing, and this week Parker from our Leadership Development team is here to recap her Week One experience. Read on for more! meet parker name: Parker Pearson [...]

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eoin finn: how did i get here?

January 7, 2013 – 5:08 pm | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (2)

“What surfing has taught me about life: when to paddle, when to relax, and when to ride a wave and enjoy yourself as much as possible.” – Eoin Finn Our ambassador Eoin Finn – a yogi, surfer, and blissologist – shares what surfing has taught him about how to navigate through life and get where [...]

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time for a revolution

December 31, 2012 – 10:36 am | Tagged , , , | Comments (24)

Let’s skip over the part where I talk about the indulgences of the holiday season and cliches about fresh starts: 2013 is almost here and a lot of us are looking for a meaningful way to start the new year. Enter: the Digital 40 Days program by Baron Baptiste. Move over, resolutions. It’s time for [...]

Posted in community, culture and media, goal setting, healthy living, meditation, monthly challenge, our people, yoga

loren rowney: how did i get here?

December 24, 2012 – 9:35 am | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

“Everyone has weaknesses. I know what mine are and how I can move forward.” – Loren Rowney Remember being 17 and confused about who you were and what life was all about? Cyclist Loren Rowney does. We caught up with her at Specialized-lululemon’s recent training camp in Portugal to ask her about how she got [...]

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yoga in the dark

December 20, 2012 – 4:50 pm | Tagged , , , , | Comments (2)

Given that the Northern Hemisphere is currently in its darkest time of year, it seemed fitting that at last week’s Underground Yoga class in Vancouver, ambassadors Suzanne and Frankie lead over 200 of us through a practice that honoured the darkness within us. why we should honour the dark We talk a lot in yoga [...]

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come as you are: new orleans

December 3, 2012 – 7:12 pm | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (3)

The New Orleans team getting down at their grand opening! come as you are Two weeks ago at our New Orleans store grand opening I witnessed the definition of community. It didn’t matter how old you were, what yoga studio you identified with, or where you came from (in my case, Vancouver): it just mattered [...]

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lisa brooking: how did i get here?

December 3, 2012 – 10:35 am | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (4)

“Do what you love. Keep pushing through. The good times will come.” – Lisa Brooking Everyone needs a reminder now and then to do what you love. For our Coquitlam ambassador Lisa Brooking, a tough race turned into a motivational experience that encouraged her to keep following her passion: running. watch the video

Posted in community, our people, run, vision and goals

meet our art: atlanta

November 22, 2012 – 11:37 am | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

location Perimeter Mall, Atlanta (opened Nov. 9) created with lululemon fabric from the lab in Vancouver. created by Textile artist Lizz Aston. inspired by The patterns of nature and the local landscape of the Atlanta region which the Chattahoochee River runs through. Art in progress Up close and personal Connect with our Perimeter store on [...]

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