I’ve been lingering on this gem from @aaronxrose for a while, and especially now, as every hour seems to bring a new opportunity to evaluate the story of how I’m acclimating to the current “situation” 🤪
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For the most part, I optimistically see this time as a once-in-a-lifetime moment to reinvent myself and positively shift the stories I’ve been living in to create a better future. Then I bump up against another side of myself - where I am overwhelmed with how unfair, challenging, and frightening this time is.
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And then I remember - that is a story too.
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Every time I catch myself telling a story that doesn’t help me (or the people around me), or that I just don’t want to subscribe to any longer, I remember that I also have the chance to re-write it. THIS is the beauty of witness consciousness in yoga 🙌🏼 I have the incredible opportunity to decide if the story I’m telling myself, and ultimately living in, is serving me.
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And if it’s not - I alone have the power to change it. It is no one else’s responsibility to write my story, but my own.
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I understand that this is like nothing else I’ve/we’ve ever experienced before. And rather than focus on the tragic (which I know is an undeniable chapter), I choose to believe that there is also so much magic in the story that is unfolding. How about you? 💫
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#livingyoga #bethechange #newparadigm #yogateacher #sandiegoyogateachers #mindsetmatters #awareness #witnessconsciousness #chooseyourstory #staythefhome #empowermentthroughembodiment
Alright friends - who’s ready to move, breathe, sweat and have a little fun?!? .
If that’s you, join me for an IG LIVE Sculpt and Flow class tomorrow (Sunday, 3/22) at 9:30AM PST 🎉
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Sculpt and Flow is one of our most popular formats at Yoga Six; and is a blend of Power Yoga + Weight Training/Bodyweight exercises/Cardio + a Stretch + Savasana (sweet rest) at the end. All you need is a yoga mat (and honestly even if you don’t have that, you’re fine, the extra gripping helps to build strength) and a towel because you’re going to sweat! You’re welcome to use weights if you’d like, or something similar (puppies + babies are welcome 😍), but they’re not required.
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Let’s just move and breathe together (apart)! Drop a 💪🏼 below if you’ll be there! Tagging some of my Sculpt students here too - I hope you can make it, I miss you so much! 🙏🏼
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#onlineyoga #onlinefitness #yogasculpt #sculptandflow #yogasix #yogateacher #togetherwerise #empowermentthroughembodiment
The space in between...where the magic happens ✨the great pause that holds all the potential 💫
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The only question is, are we willing to receive it?
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Our studios have closed as of today. But the yoga doesn’t stop because the studios have closed - as my beautiful sister and co-lead YTT facilitator @jencarpenterstory says, “this is what we have been practicing for” ❤️
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Please remember that yoga is so much more than the physical postures. The physical postures (asanas) help move energy through so we can experience being fully expressed human beings who are kind, honest, gracious, disciplined (now is a great time to find out what you are a “disciple” to) reflective, self-aware, and content with what is happening in the moment. Contentment is accepting what is. There is no denying reality, however, you can hold the scary unknown and the promising potential all at once. They are not mutually exclusive. .
The biggest noticing that has been weighing on my heart lately - please be kind. There is always so much more happening that what you/we can see. Before you make that harsh judgement, utter those bitter words, jump to that fear-driven conclusion - ask yourself, “is it kind? Is it truthful? Is it necessary?”
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There is so much bull***t to wade through these days, let whatever you create and consume be a blessing. And as much as possible honor the great pause that we have all been given right now. Easier said than done, I know - but what have we got to lose? 🙏🏼
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#yogaoffthemat #bekind #ahimsa #yogateacher #livingyoga #empowermentthroughembodiment #bethechange #liveyouryoga #howyoydoanythingishowyoudoeverything #dontbeanasshole #wereinthistogether
Today, I celebrate 9 consecutive years of sobriety!!! 🎉 Approximately 3,285 days of facing life on life’s terms, suiting up and showing up, doing hard things, embracing my blessings, basking in the wonder and mystery that is this epic life, one day at a time.
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I know I would not be where I am today without a community of support, loving mentors, friends and family members who didn’t give up on me (and some who did, because let’s face it - it’s one of the fastest ways to hit rock bottom), a benevolent higher power guiding me every step of the way, AND - my own willingness to stick with this path and trust that I was meant for more. As I continue to step back in to, and fully own, my sovereignty and power after giving it away for so long, I acknowledge how important it is to give myself credit for how far I’ve come. Yes, I couldn’t have done it without help, but I had to be willing to seek that help out and receive it, I had to retrain myself to step out of the victim role and in to the ownership that I was, have, and always will be, co-creating my experience.
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Even when I admitted I was powerless over alcohol and drugs - I was the one who had to feel that in my core, own my truth and realize that it was killing me, no one else could have done that for me, no matter how much they may have wanted to. And from that rock bottom foundation, I built a life that I am extremely proud of and grateful for, today.
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Never forget how powerful YOU are in your own equation, and that you have the capacity to pivot in a different/better direction in any moment. But the only one who can make that choice, and stick with the intention to be consistent in creating a life you love, is you.
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Thank you for all your love and support along the way - here’s to more of living life fully, intentionally and sovereignly, together ❤️
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#powerofyou #nineyearssober #onedayatatime #sovereignty #sobermama #Ican #nervoussystemhealing #somaticexperiencing #empowermentthroughembodiment #yogajourney #yogalife #livingyoga #selfhealers #sobrietyrocks
