Tag: health
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🦋 Honoring the Right to Feel
For me, this week has felt expansive, warm, and deeply affirming. The sunshine outside mirrors what has been happening within me; a sense of flow, gratitude, and emotional presence. Another chakra workshop unfolded exactly as it was meant to, my heart felt full connecting with my children, and I intentionally took time for self-care that…
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🦋 The Pause We Did Not Choose
For me, this week offered a lesson I didn’t plan for and one I clearly needed. It began with movement and joy: a beautiful hike with my pup Quila, fresh air filling my lungs, presence coming easily. It softened into a slow Sunday afternoon nap… and then, abruptly, my body asked for everything to stop.…
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Returning to the First Breath: A Birthday Reflection on Becoming
Today, on my birthday, I’m choosing to pause. Not to celebrate in the traditional sense, but to reflect deeply, intentionally, breath by breath. Birth begins with an inhale. That first, instinctive breath marks our arrival into the world where we are naked, exposed, and without pretense. We do not yet know our name, our story,…
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✨ The Power of Breath: A Gateway to Presence and Purpose ✨
Breath. Something so simple, so constant, and yet so incredibly powerful. 🌬️ Over the past few months of teaching yoga and guiding others through different breathing techniques — ujjayi, alternate nostril, box breathing, and more — I’ve come to rely on them myself in ways I never imagined. Breath has become my anchor: to focus,…
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The Gift of Being Seen: Community, Kindness & Connection
There are moments in life when something shifts—quietly, deeply, and in a way that changes you forever. For me, one of those moments happened at the end of my yoga teacher training. During a closing reflection exercise, we were invited to share what we appreciated about each person in our group. One by one, heartfelt…
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Just Breathe
Are we born knowing how to breathe? I assumed so, until one Friday in 2019, during what I thought was a wonderfully relaxing massage. My massage therapist suddenly slapped his hand on my chest, jolting me out of my “relaxation.” He was concerned that I had stopped breathing. He had often suggested that I try…
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