Yoga Daily

Peace begins with a smile - #motherteresa It’s true isn’t it ? That one smile can turn a whole day around . A smile can warm the heart , turn strangers into friends. I find smiles to be contagious and full of love . It’s easy to get lost in our own misery . Focus on the negative . Start today with one smile , make it two and see what becomes of it :) (at Source Energy Yoga Studio)

I am not who I once was... I’m different. I have a voice. I don’t care what people think of me anymore. I allow myself to be seen—the real me, not the one I think will win people’s approval. I base my self-worth not on what anybody else thinks of me, but on what I think of myself. I’m a bit of a rule-breaker now, and I don’t apologize for that. I will never be who I once was because of what I have been through. The truth is, challenging circumstances in our lives change us. The death of a child, escape from an abusive relationship, a life threatening illness, an affair that forced you to face who you really are instead of who you were pretending to be, coming out from the other side of an addiction that almost killed you—those things change us. We pass through them. And we are never, ever the same. When these things happen in our lives, the experience lifts our energetic vibration and gets our attention. It forces us to pause, reflect on what we have been through and own who we now are, or who we want to be, now that our masks are off. These experiences happen to us to shake things up. Get us out of our fog. Reveal things that may have been hidden or we just weren’t willing to see. I wanted to be a better version of myself after my life fell apart. I wanted to be more compassionate, more understanding, less judgmental and more accepting of myself and my own flaws. I wanted to take my pain and use it to help others. There was a moment in my own process of grief where I couldn’t give of myself. I couldn’t be vulnerable or loving or affectionate the way I had been. I said, “I’m not this person. Why can’t I be the person I was?” The truth is Because you are not the same person anymore. You will never be the person you were before this happened to you. You are forever changed from that experience and now you need to discover who that new person is.” Our job is not to apologize to the people in our lives who knew us before because we can’t go back to being the person before the crisis. The crisis happened for a reason. We can however learn from it and grow , come back a better person , stronger then before. More compassionate , renewed .

Day 18 of #30dayyogaliving is #utthitaparsvakonasana aka #extendedsideangle pose . Today I taught a warm slow flow and I notice that sometimes slowing the practice down and taking more of a Yin approach to the practice can be more challenging to my students then a fast power flow . We focused a lot today on turning the movement into meditation and allowing ourselves to go within . The intention set for this class was as follows : “Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out. Don't try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest. “ there can be the feeling of anxiousness when you relax , because now suddenly you are alone with your thoughts . The mind is a powerful place and if we don’t learn to be the observer we can become over whelmed . Which is why slow meditative practices are so beneficial. I invite you to slow it down today , take some time for gentle stretches and meditation and bring the Yin to your normal Yang. Hosts @kinoyoga @omstarsofficial (at Source Energy Yoga Studio)

I’m making this the year of self love . Today in my class that was our intention , but self love isn’t all happiness and smooth sailing , it’s letting go , clearing out , and learning to forgive yourself . We all carry around burdens and we believe sometimes we don’t deserve as much love , but you do and there’s no one in this world who deserves your love more then yourself . You’ll never be perfect , we can look for the perfection in our lives or in those around us but it won’t be there and that desire will continue the cycle of suffering . You can only love yourself for who you are now . Work from this moment to build the peace and strength you deserve! (at Source Energy Yoga Studio)

You forgot, didn’t you? You’re not just a mess. You’re not just a woman barely holding it together while muttering curses under your breath. You’re not just heartbroken, sad, tired, or lost. You’re a force of nature Gathering strength like a cyclone Your hair in tangles Emotions coming in gusts Dragons panting from the fire of your breath Falcons diving at a thousand miles an hour When you shake your hips As the past peels off As you dive deeper, deeper And face it all The gritty pearls of this life— The pain The horror The loves lost The loves gone terribly wrong The pain, yes, the pain The pain you inflicted on your Self because you didn’t remember. Because you thought you were worthless Because you didn’t know you deserved plushness and nectar Because you forgot. But you remember now, and that changes everything. The pain was just your initiation. It was dipping your toes in the exquisite salt waters of your becoming. There is a pulse, a song You’ve been dancing to Writing his whole time And it’s not small. It’s glittering, it’s grandiose, it’s soaked in truth and seeded in stars Your rising is imminent It is written in stone Your rising was guaranteed by the fire you kept alive Even when you didn’t know that’s what you were doing...<3

You know what I love most about Yoga ? That it’s fun ! Yes it’s serious and spiritual but it’s also fun . It makes me smile and feel light, and it builds courage and allows me to laugh at myself ! I take this approach when I teach yoga as well , it’s a deep,spiritual breath focused practice but you can bet your sweet tush you’re gonna chuckle at least once in my class ;) today I ask you to have fun to find time to laugh and just enjoy this day ! On and off your yoga mat !

Day 14 of the #upsidedowniscomingtotown is hollow back / forearm scorpion Wow so this so challenging ! A very intense shoulder opener ! Until you feel stable I suggest starting like I am and keeping one toe on the wall . It’s not much but it really helps to stabilize. Practice is just that practice not perfect . We will need props and walls and straps and help along the way . Which is amazing and so helpful ! Don’t feel bad just accept and love the journey !!

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How do we come to accept ourselves as we truly are ? I believe it’s many years of self awareness practice . When I started to meditate many years ago at my local #zendo I remember about two months into it I was sitting on my #zafu ( meditation cushion ) and I started to have this horrible panic attack , I was sweating and my heart was racing and I just couldn’t believe what was happening ! I finally for the first time ever saw the inner workings of my mind and my body and mind connected . I didn’t like who I was ! I had spent years in addiction trying to run from that person , years with self abuse to just ignore ever having to face who I was . And there on that cushion was just me, myself and I . I got up and left and didn’t go back to the zendo until 6 months later . I realized that it was time to dive deeper into what I had a small glimpse of . To become brave and ready to embrace this journey of self discovery . I gotta say that I’m still very much on that journey and I travel the path inward everyday with my #Yoga #practice and my daily #meditation , there is no easy fix , there is no escaping the connection. To be here now in this moment is all there is . #namaste 🙏🏻🕉

To myself ; I am sorry for giving you less than you deserve, and I am sorry for putting you in the hands of strangers. I’m sorry that I fell in love with everything and everyone and never you. When all along it should have been you that I loved, it should have been you that I invested all my time into. You are not the names I called you. You’re not ugly. You are good enough. All along you’ve been more than enough. You don’t have to change anything about yourself. I have loved everyone and I have uplifted everyone while I did nothing but put you down. You are the body that my soul dwells in, you are all I have. When everyone left, you stayed. You are my home and I’m sorry it took so long to learn to love you. But so glad that now I do . (at Source Energy Yoga Studio)

People have said that it takes a lot of trust for this pose to happen . And that brings me to the thought of trust . How does one trust and keep it ? It’s more then just saying please don’t drop me , which sometimes happens lol but it’s about an unspoken bond , a way of life . Trust is a very fragile thing and especially for those who have already been hurt . I think it’s about taking the good with the bad and determining what it is to you that makes you trust someone . Because with out trust you cannot have love , and that’s what makes a strong bond between two people ❤️.

Have patience. The pendulum that swung too far in one direction will swing back. At the moment of its turning, everything hangs in the balance. All the momentum of past actions is suspended in mid-air, and those who care about what happens next are poised with it. There is a long and anxious pause before the motion shifts, and then the sense of free fall, when the world is turned on its head and nothing is known or normal. Have patience then, and do not rush to either extreme. The way will paint its own arrows on the trees if you can wait for clarity. ~ Danna Fauld

Don’t think. It complicates things. Just feel, and if it feels like home then follow its path. Robert M. Drake. #practiceandalliscoming #practicenotperfect #yogaeverydamnday #yogalover #yogastudio #dolphinpose #ashtangayoga #yoga

This is the day of your awakening.

There comes these moments in your life where the practice of yoga takes over and you have to realize your self worth . Are you to full of chaos in other areas of your life and if you just let those areas go , you'd find more peace ? Take action , don't wait for it to get better , go out and take action . Do what feels right , take the roots of the yoga sutras into consideration and stay motivated. First sutra says and now the practice of yoga begins . Yoga means Union . It is everything not just the poses.