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Join me Sept 21-28 in Orada, Portugal for a yoga retreat of a lifetime! I’m assisting fellow Certified Baptiste Yoga Instructor, Kerry Armstrong in the beautiful hills of Orada, Portugal. Expect a week of morning and evening yoga, hiking, taking a day to explore the lakes and beaches 30 min away, experience essential oils, soulful music, and take time to be still and connect with self. 💖 . 🙏🏽 During our week together you will have the chance to experience European cultures such as exceptional home cooked meals, quiet evenings around the campfire and bright starry night skies. Our venue for the week is a countryside home called, Monte da Orada. Monte da Orada is one of the oldest buildings on documented records to stand in this beautiful region. The name Orada means “prayed for” and legend goes that many people came to this sacred place to rest, heal and recall their positive energy. 🙏🏽 . I’ve known Kerry since I started my @baptisteyoga Level One in 2013 and have taken her workshops during her Bay Area visits. She lives with a beautiful balance of power and peace and her presence is grounding and uplifting. I’m excited to assist her in this retreat and hope you’ll gift yourself this time of adventure and self care. 🙏🏽💖 . For more information and to book your spot visit kerryarmstrongyoga.com.I care more about peace than being right. ✌🏻 ☮️ 🙏🏽 . . #peace #inspiration #tuesdaytruth #choosepeace #quoteoftheday #yoga #meditation #transformation #goodmorning #danville . Tuesday 930am Power Vinyasa and subbing 11am #Yin + Meditation @joya_yoga #SanRamon"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough." -Eckhart Tolle . . 🙏🏽 It’s only January and my 2019 yoga life has already been so abundant and my heart is full! 💗 Because of yoga I’m surrounded by a global community of uplifting souls who make me want to be a better person and keep me on my path as a warrior of empowerment and service. Grateful to my assistants who support me and our @baptisteyogasf students! (I ❤️You Joshua and Catherine! @sonderphile @vegan_.lion ) Thanks to the @joya_yoga Yoga Teacher Trainees...you rocked our last Art of Assisting training! So inspired by my Vinyasa workshop students who showed up at @joyadublin today and did the hard things...your willingness and playfulness made the hours fly by! Thanks to all my studio owners and front desk support and karma yogis! Grateful for all my regular and new students at BYSF, @justbeyoga #Danville, Joya Yoga, and my private students! Thanks to many many not pictured here but, etched in my heart with gratitude and inspiration. And, always thanks to my family who support me 100% to follow my passion and live my dreams. 😍 Surround yourself with the doers and the dreamers and together we’ll rise to our highest and brightest selves! Namaste 🙏🏽 . #sacredsunday #yoga #gratitude #prayer #grateful #lifeisgood #inspiration #quoteoftheday #eckharttolle #community #sangha #yogatribe #abundance #loa #soulshine #whybaptisteyoga #riseup #disruptthedrift #light #love #thankyou @jenniferjsilvera @seantsilvera @jenni.wendell @simplyanthea @trailerparkyogi @hasnirazi#Repost @donte.colley ・・・ You made it through to a new day!! #keepgoing #keeppushing #yougotthis #itsanewday ☺️🌟⭐️💛 #YouAreAStar #soulshine #inspiration #lit #livewoke #feelingalive #love #dance #danceislife #fun #choosejoy #smile #dontecolleyI see you and, in my workshops I REALLY see you 🙏🏽 . Why do I teach vinyasa workshops? Primarily because I don’t want others to get injured, like I did, from unknowingly “doing yoga” out of physical integrity. For the last 6 years I have taught Vinyasa Fundamentals classes because I injured my rotator cuff from almost 10 years of yoga, long before I became a teacher. I loved the flowy vinyasa classes, which I started in gym fitness classes, but I never learned the proper alignment. I got caught up in the fun, high energy music, the awesome sweaty workout, but, I honestly didn’t realize how I was contributing to my torn rotator cuff, mainly from repetitive sloppy alignment in chaturangas. (NOTE: this is not a knock against gym yoga classes! This is just MY experience. I’ve taught yoga in gyms and know AMAZING teachers in gyms. 🙏🏽) . . As a Power Vinyasa instructor, I know firsthand the challenge of limited time to stop within a 60-90 min class to REALLY teach alignment. I speak to alignment when I teach but, it’s not enough time to individually create proper habits or break old habits. So every year I lead and encourage my students to step into a workshop. . I THOUGHT I was an experienced yogi before I took my first Baptiste yoga class in a studio and was blown away when I took my first Intro to Vinyasa workshop. That was over 15 years ago! When I became a yoga teacher I vowed I would do what I can to lead students to get the most of their practice, physically safe and connected to something bigger than themselves. . Never tried a vinyasa class? Feeling lost in group classes? Wondering if you’re creating the intentional physical posture of each pose? Confused about the names of the poses or how to do that Darth Vader breath?? Been doing vinyasa classes forever yet struggling to experience ease? Have an injury and curious if you can modify your practice for YOUR body? . My intention is to lead you into a more easeful and efficient practice to experience vinyasa, to flow with breath. I will observe each one of you and give custom feedback to encourage a safe physical practice to prevent injury through proper alignment. #swipeleft + ⬇️ for more deetsThe time to meditate is when you don’t have time to meditate. - Dr Dean Ornish . Wednesdays with me @joya_yoga #SanRamon . 7pm Yin Yoga 8:30pm Meditation + Yoga Nidra . . ✨✨✨ ✨✨✨ ✨✨✨ #Yin #Yoga #Meditation #YogaNidra #eastbayyoga #wednesdaywisdom #inspiration #quoteoftheday #drdeanornish Photo: @meelsyoga #halfmoonbay #sunset
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“The light in you is all I see.” – @GabbyBernstein #SpiritJunkie #JudgmentDetox
Inspired by Gabby Bernstein’s blog post titled “”Say This One Sentence to See the World Differently.” Repeat this mantra ““The light in you is all I see” throughout your day to shift your perspective, rewire your brain, change your mood. … Continue reading
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YOGA IS A WORK-IN AND A WORK-OUT
Yoga has made the most impact on my inner-life, in the way I experience life with ease, with less reactivity and more assuredness and connection to who I am. Yoga and meditation taught me to cultivate a habit of being … Continue reading
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YOGA IS A WAY TO FREEDOM FROM FEAR, ANGUISH AND LONELINESS…
“Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish and loneliness.” – Indra Devi
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I TEACH BECAUSE I CARE
Seven years ago I attended a yoga retreat where I set an intention to manifest my dream. After being led through a process of inquiry and, making a declaration in the present tense, I simply wrote “I am a yoga … Continue reading
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VACATION WITH INTENTION, LET GO, HAVE FUN!
I’m 0ff to recharge my spiritual batteries, enjoy the great outdoors, play with my family and friends, and even do nothing! Take time to nurture your soul. Don’t just take the time off from work. To make the most of … Continue reading
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Day Twenty SFY Mindful May Challenge – Festival Yoga at the JFFA Festival in Port Angeles, WA
Such a pleasure to teach festival yoga this past weekend at the Juan de Fuca Foundation of the Arts Festival again. And, coming HOME to Port Angeles? Oh…so good for my soul. xoxoxo Namaste… – Yogamama Meels
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