At the end of each training we journal for a bit. I was reading a while back, and listened to a TED talk, all about how memories are formed. It highlighted that often times we synthesize memories not based off of the whole event, but how we ENDED feeling. The last important part of an…
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Why Do I Practice Yoga? And… an Announcement
A frequent, consistent, and well-loved yoga practice did not come easily to me. My healthy relationship with yoga, what a ‘yoga body’ really is (any body, doing any form/amount of yoga), and what it is that yoga could give me that wasn’t just physical body related has been a long and, embarrassingly, hard fought battle. It…
The Moon Is Always Full-Northwest Yoga Conference 2017
We drove down the road, sleepy round eyed children peeking out the windows and the Full Moon hung giant in the 5am, winter sky. I felt nervous and excited, off to a full day of yoga, learning, and being surrounded by strangers that I knew would become community. The moon followed us down the road…
5 Ways to Refresh Your Yoga Practice
Whether you are brand new to yoga or a seasoned yogi, your practice can feel stale sometimes. Whenever I am starting to feel that ‘ho-hum, get it done’ feeling, I try to center myself on a few tips that always re-up my adoration for what yoga gives me. Yoga has been a pathway to appreciating my…
Instagram Yoga
I’ve been playing out my yoga journey on IG primarily. I’ve found some great and empowering yogi’s to follow, and am keeping up with cranking the music and making my own flows, or popping on a YouTube (Yoga With Adriene!) video most days. I wanted to share a few of my top posts from there….
The Northwest Yoga Conference, Giveaway!
Last year, through sheer luck, I got to attend the NWYC on behalf of another blog, I was excited and nervous, but really had no idea what I would walk into. And I certainly had no idea that, surrounded by all of these confident yogi’s and yoga teachers, I would feel like I had found…
Staying Motivated to Workout- 6 Reasons to Switch Up your Workout Routine!
I am coming up on 2 years of consistently having a workout routine. Routine might be a misleading word, as it hasn’t been the same thing every day, at all. And there have been short breaks (maybe 5 days at most?) mostly because I have done so many different things over the course of two…
What No One Tells You About Meditation
Meditation is a buzzword of late, and even the most scientific types are singing its praises. The importance of positive thinking, time spent calm, and how important space and breath can be to our brains, bodies, and achieving goals cannot be undersold. However, what no one tells you about meditation, is that if you approach…
Know Thyself, getting to know myself.
The older I get the more I realize how much control I really do have in this moment. I am not at the whim of my monsters, I am in control of them. Because they are me. Those thoughts, are mine. Those words and cruel intentions, mine too. The desire to lash out, say awful…
Working out, with kids everywhere.
I remember when I was 20, working out was just on my list. I’d go to classes at this building and that and then end my day watching ANTM or The Pickup Artist (anyone know these shows? My love of terrible TV has been around forever) on the treadmill at my University’s gorgeous rec center….