Budding Tree Yoga Fest

Here’s a bit of the full moon flow that I’ve been practicing this week. It’s a cooling practice that I did after my workout so don’t mind my crazy hair! I’m sha...ring so that you can see the realities of a home practice. It’s not glamorous! There’s toys around me, I can hear my kids FaceTiming with their friends and I know, at any moment, my dog will freak out because the neighbor’s cat crossed the street in front of our house. Even with all of this going on around me, I still practice yoga asana every day. Why is it important? So that all of the lessons that I learn from the other seven limbs of yoga are processed on the physical level and get into the muscle memory. That way, when my body communicate with my mind, my mind responds appropriately and when my mind communicates with my body, my body responds appropriately. Namaste See more

There’s been so much to deal with this year and it’s easy to get stuck in a negative state of mind. As a way to balance those thoughts, we’ve been practicing gr...atitude since Thanksgiving with our attitude of gratitudejar. Every day we add something to the jar and we will open it up on Christmas Eve and read them. It is great to see my family write things down and add the things that they are grateful for to the jar. Some days, I come up with one thing, some days I fill in five little pieces of paper. Either way, I always find something to be grateful for. If there is nothing tangible in my mind, I can always find gratitude for the breath. The fact of my body is breathing, taking in this nourishment on my inhale, cleansing my body on the exhale. When I start there, all of the other things that I am grateful for come to the forefront of my mind. Give it a try! Namaste See more

Do you need a boost? Did you know that just the act of smiling releases endorphins from the brain? Go take a look in the mirror, remind yourself how beautiful you are, and give yourself a smile! You deserve your own love!

Happy Holidays! This is not like any other holiday season that we’ve ever experienced so we may have to dig a little deeper to feel the light & the joy. If you’re not quite feeling it, maybe watching my family get goofy will help you out! Namaste

Happy Thanksgiving

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