Mid-day in the arctic, as I was walking down our access trail, I heard a resounding THUD from behind me.
 
Then a groan.
 
Sean wiped out on a piece of muddy plywood, right on his tailbone. Ouch!

My instinct was to chuckle, ONLY because the same darn thing had happened to me just days earlier. What a mess! (Note: Sean is fine!)
 
At that point, we’d tried so many different solutions to patch together a workable access trail. When the permafrost is exposed without the tundra above, it melts and it's unstoppable. Likewise, tundra is important because it insulates and protects the frozen layer. The definition of an access trail is moving over tundra, so this is a natural obstacle. In the bottom photo below, Sean holds a chunk of ice we dug out from a few inches beneath the tundra as we were selecting the sites for the cabins — literally, a hunk of ice from a mass that can exist as deep as 2,000 feet beneath the surface!

With an abundance of water running down the hillside (which leads to mud) and so many trips back and forth hauling in materials (which also leads to mud), we created a bit of a (no surprise here) muddy mess. ​

Master Classes aren’t just for experienced yogis—they are for anyone willing to push their asana practice behind the scope of a standard class. These 90-minute workshops will help you understand the physical preparation that leads up to a pose — as always, yoga meets you where you’re at right now.

In this 90-minute workshop, Brittany will begin with a Vinyasa Flow to warm your body from head to toe in preparation for Wheel Pose! The flow will focus on spinal strength AND flexibility, demonstrating how each of us are made in a unique way and the magical experience that comes with connecting with a part of our anatomy — our spine — that holds us together!

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