Everyone needs a break… Including Yoga Instructors
Category: Choice, Fibromyalgia, Fitness, Life, Medical, Meditation, mother, Nap, Overthinking, Plus Size, Power Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Stress, Uncategorized, Yoga
Vacations are good for the mind, body, and soul. It's nice to get away from what your, "normal," life is. That is what I did. My father recently moved from Illinois to Maryland and I decided to go visit him. Which was a huge thing and it involved a lot of firsts. First time flying by myself, first time navigating through an airport by myself, an first time I got to entertain my niece for
Yoga Doesn’t End After Savasana
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As Savasana/final relaxation comes to an end all the yogis on their yoga mats start to twitch and wake up from their yoga naps, roll over to one side for fetal pose, and than gently sit up and say namaste. After class ends some people roll up their mat right away, other people stay in their yoga nap positions, and others just like to stay and meditate. Each different ending to a yoga class (the
One Fish, Two Fish, Crescent Lunge, & Prayer Twist
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Inhale lift up your right leg, exhale low lunge plant your lifted foot between your hands, and inhale crescent lunge. As you get settled in your crescent lunge, notice how your thigh, hips, and shoulders are feeling. What sensations is your body giving you? What part of the body is stretching? Are you remembering to breathe? Try to deepen your breath a little more. Use the breath to relax the body or a body part.
Growing Up Pains…..Or Maybe To Many High Planks?
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Change happens whether we want it to or not. But, even though change can't be stopped...people still hate the fact it is happening every second of everyday. This past week I experienced change in a big way. I got diagnosed with fibromyalgia. For those who don't know what that is...fibromyalgia is where your muscles don't get enough secratonin, causing chronic pain. Now, as much as I am happy that I have a diagnosis for my
Can I Bananasana With You?
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Compassion is an amazing quality for a person to have. Understanding, gratefulness, and just a sense of happiness are also great qualities and vibes/energies a person can give off over their day, week, month, and year. I have notices since I have been reiki trained that I can pick up on the energy people give off, their own personal vibe. If it's a stressed out vibe, I immediately feel it and 9 times out of