You know what the best kind of morning is? One where you wake up in pain. Your mindset immediately goes to a negative space because your whole being feels that negative state. You feel the stiffness in your body, the aches and sharp pains radiating throughout. You don’t want to get up because you’re tired, and tired of feeling this way. Obviously, that is the opposite of an ideal morning. But it’s the kind of morning most of us allow…
Warning: what I am asking today is not easy. Today, I am asking you to think about things that may be harder, or uncomfortable. Why? Because, In my experience, it has been those moments where we really learned some of our biggest lessons. It was in those moments where things felt heavy, wrong, upsetting, not as we wanted them- it was there that we learned more deeply, and faster than we have before. So… What was one of the harder…
Are you familiar with the “whole” idea? The idea that eating foods in their whole form is better for you because your body knows how to recognize this DNA pattern better, and therefore can digest it better. I think this goes for just about everything. When you are not your whole self, this causes harm to your system. When you feel like you have to break yourself down into smaller pieces for people to chew, you are holding yourself back. …
Try this for a moment- Think about how you talk to your closest friend. Your best friend, who you love. Do you talk to them in a fun, kind, supportive and loving fashion? You probably have their back, right? Now, think about how you talk to yourself. Can you say you speak to yourself in the same way? My guess is no. We usually don’t. It is so easy to get down on ourselves. To be overly critical. Now, I…
When was the last time you defined your boundaries. For your friendships. Your relationship. Your family. Yourself. What do you need to have space to grow? What challenges you to strive towards your best self? What are the things you cannot, and will no longer, tolerate to save your energy and peace of mind? Some of my favorite ones that I have personally learned and enforced these past few years are: Mutual respect Mutual support Trust Show up, especially when…
Is it when you walk the edge, testing how far you can go with something you have never tried before? Or maybe pushing yourself to run just a little further? What about watching a sunset with your friends? What are the moments that you hang on to every second of? That you are completely aware of each breath, each movement because you are fully and completely present? These moments are important. They give us renewed purpose and joy. They light…
Do you believe in the power of manifestation? I do. The Law of Attraction has been a very powerful thing in my life. And, as I have gotten older, the more powerful it has become. Not necessarily because of my age, but because I continue to learn how to access it and apply it into my life. Tips on the power of manifestation: Be positive. The Law of Attraction does not differentiate between positive and negative. Whatever is on your…
We often do not realize how far we have come until we look behind us. It is easy to feel like we have not moved at all, when in reality we have climbed mountains. If you look back at your life over the past year, I bet you would find a few big changes. If you look back over the last five, I bet you would be surprised. The last ten? Even more so. We get so caught up in…
I was 17 when I did my first yoga class, and it was on a Wii Fit. I was 18 when I started going to Hot Yoga classes off the U.C. campus. Looking back now, I hardly recognize that girl on that mat. I was ego-fueled and A-Type competitive. I was an insomniac with depression, anxiety, ADD and OCD. I would go to the gym for hours on end during the day and stay up all night studying. I laughed…
I found out the hard way that form is important. You would have thought I would have known this at that point- I had already done my 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training and been in sports for as long as I could remember. Yet, I messed up. When I was 22 I was living in upstate New York with my then partner. We were both avid fitness people, and challenged each other to see who could do the most burpees in…