What would happen if you spent two weeks away from all your vices, eating only organic food, away from the city and next to the ocean, meditating and doing yoga everyday, waking at sunrise, immersed in a practice devoted to individual and collective liberation among 50 other like minded yoga seekers/ badass human beings? (Thanks @kestyoga for posing this question at the beginning of our training!)
The answer? Your outlook gets more hopeful, your body gets stronger, your heart opens, clarity comes, inspiration lands, your tribe grows, wisdom deepens, and life gets better.
You are an accumulation of who you spend most of your time with. You are what you do and what you surround yourself with.
These opportunities are sacred and rare.
I'm forever grateful for the transformations that came from this time at @becomeayogi and time with all these incredible humans. Miss you all already!
The last two weeks of training with @becomeayogi has been an incredible whirlwind full of classes, learning, and socializing.
Now, that we're complete, my schedule is wide open.
I resisted this spaciousness at first, my busy mind wanting to review my notes and create flows for classes, but then I remembered the beauty of slowing down and the gift of presence.
The lesson is this:
Your senses call you back to your nature.
Slow down, so you can savor, so your life can become an intimate slow dance with the universe.
Practice makes progress!
Here are a few poses I've "unlocked" during my 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training the last couple weeks.
✨Scorpion chin stand
✨One legged crow
✨Handstand progress
Get those reps in!
Being by the ocean I feel even more connected to my inner animal 🦀✨... Crabs are clumsy sometimes!
@animalflowofficial
(( Sweet and silly beach memories with @amari_chiroyogi 🤟 ))
We only have three days left!
This has been incredible so far. I've been so inspired, not just by all the learning and growing thanks to our trainers @becomeayogi@kestyoga@heidizudayoga@jimmyhwheeler@shelbss44@yogi_alex_hya , but by all the amazing people I get to share this journey with!
💖 Big love to my cohort
🎀💪Ready to wrap this thing up strong
Just a girl cuing a few of her new besties through a lil funsie flow in paradise after another incredible day with her 300 hr fam @becomeayogi 💞 (had to put that stunning backdrop to work obvi!)
🎥 @kestyoga
Pose to pose, breath to breath, this practice creates space to notice. To return. To feel. To experience. To surrender.
Grateful to learn with & from @julia.intheflow 🫶🏼
During breakfast today I had the privilege of learning from philosophy teacher Alex who came all the way from Thailand to share philosophical wisdom with us.
He shared that happiness, peace, and love are not emotions but are our nature. When they spontaneously arise we are remembering our true essence. When we seek them out it is our ego, our mind moving away from consciousness.
To live a life of purpose, meaning, and happiness means to remember our nature by residing in awareness rather than being driven by the goal of self development and peace.
Thank you @bryony.kenndoff for your lovely morning practice to prime my attention for this wisdom and meditation. 🫶
Days have been full of sweat, study, and self inquiry. Ocean breeze, organic foods, and connection.
I've been learning so much and am so grateful to be here 🌊🩷🪽
At my 300hr Yoga Teacher Training with @becomeayogi
Sun C today thanks to @heidizudayoga ❤️🔥
Had so much fun flowing in today's sequence during my 300hr yoga teacher training hosted by @kestyoga@becomeayogi
Today was just day 3 and I'm already so inspired
❤️❤️❤️
The month of Spring has arrived. With it I'm dropping my spring studio schedule here ✨🍀🌀🌱.
Would love to see you! Feel free to DM me with questions :)
SUNDAYS
Hatha Flow 11-12 @yogasanctuarympls
Kids Yoga Spring Series 3-4 @yogasanctuarympls
Restorative Yoga 7-8pm @minneapolisboulderingproject St Paul
MONDAYS
Gentle Yoga & Yoga Nidra 4:15-5:15 @yogasanctuarympls
Vinyasa Flow 5:30-6:30 @yogasanctuarympls
TUESDAYS
Power Flow 4-5 @minneapolisboulderingproject
Power Flow 5:30-6:30 @minneapolisboulderingproject
Hot Power Flow 7-8 @minneapolisboulderingproject
THURSDAYS
Hatha & Restore 10-11 @yogasanctuarympls
SATURDAYS
Animal Flow- 12-1:30 the second Saturday of the month @minneapolisboulderingproject
WORKSHOPS
Spring Equinox Nature Altar & Ritual Friday 3/20
Nature Mandala at Lebanon Hills Saturday 3/28
Intergenerational Yoga TBA
Family Yoga Day: I am Nature at Lake Harriet Rose Gardens Sunday 4/26
This Spring I'm also continuing with my advanced studies in yin, restore, somatics, breathwork, and yoga which will be finishing Mexico! Looking forward to continuing to bring my learnings to you 🧠🫀💜
Grateful also to be teaching in partnership this Spring with Dakota Parks, Minneapolis Public Schools, Partnerships for Permanence, Casa de Corazon, and Hooyo Peoples Center. If you're with an organization/business that would like to bring in yoga, mindfulness, or mediation, or would like to book a private session for individualized instruction, feel free to reach out!
