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A modification of a Yoga pose is simply a communication that suggests a change to the alignment of a pose. I may ask you to back out of a shape a little bit or change it slightly, so the pose is more stable or more energetically expressed. If needed, I may gently adjust your body or offer a prop to help you.
Has this ever happened to you? You are practicing a pose and your expression of it doesn’t look or feel like anyone else’s. You feel awkward and off balance and maybe you are struggling a bit to get the shape right.
Fresh cut herbs from my garden, my favorite beat up wooden spoon, and a well used cutting board. As I looked down at my prep space, I was taken in by the simplicity and the feeling of contentment it created.
With the ease and convenience of electronic communication, and the ridiculous amount of time I spent running my downtown business for 5 years, the most important things in my life slowly began to slip away. I have felt pieces of myself get chipped away and fall to the ground where I thought I could retrieve them when I wasn’t so busy. Important relationships took a back seat to the less meaningful tasks of attempting to keep a business going that wasn’t even nourishing my soul the way my family and friends could.
If I have the ability to improve my handstand with consistent practice, what's to stop me from attaining any of my goals and intentions?
I choose day by day what I will create with my life. I am reminded that some of my choices have not supported me and moving forward, I can choose something different.
I deliberately slowed the sequence down and really tuned into how my body was feeling while linking slow, long breaths with each movement.
What if you really, really, really liked yourself? What if YOU were your own biggest fan? What if you knew it really isn’t that difficult and is 100% in your control? Being your biggest fan depends on how you take action to increase your self-esteem in every area of life.
Meet my Yoga Gypsy friend, Dawn Jex. Besides sharing a name, we share a passion for Yoga, wellness, and life!
Thinking about the Yoga Foundations class, I think my biggest take away was self-awareness.
It's hard to look back and think about that decision. What made me go? And I couldn’t tell you completely what compelled me to go.
How many people have thought of yoga as folding yourself in half; having to wear weird clothes that show everything; or being in a room full of people, not understanding what the strange names of the poses mean and how to do them correctly so you don't break or fall over.
I was recently at a point in my life where I found myself thinking “What am I going to do when I grow up?” My kids were and continue to be getting older and not needing me as much. I felt directionless, sad, and needed to feed my soul."
A testimony to the empowering benefits of Yoga from Giszelle as she navigates her young daughter and herself through the most difficult time of their lives:
5 Myths that keep you from doing Yoga and having the calm, peaceful lifestyle you deserve!