Welcome to this New Moon - a time of deep transition, the coming of Late Summer, and the element of Earth in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Today we are exploring moving slowly, holding poses longer with intention and really reaching down into the earth for some centering and grounding energy alo...

We are given genetic gifts from our ancestral line at birth and we are able to nurture ourselves throughout our lives with the choices we make. What will we choose? How will we make the best of some challenging genetic gifts and how can nature help remind us of what we have available to help us...

Welcome to Lughnasadh or Lammas - the very first harvest festival of the year in the solar cycle wheel of the year. Often celebrated as a coming together to share space, food, harvest, and connect to not only nature but your neighbors, Lammas is a celebration of abundance and the beginning of th...

There will be some days you wake up and you feel you need a big dose of self love. What could be better than Restorative Yoga to begin your day? Join me on the mat with some sweet heart openers and a little kitty mischief and love to begin your day or anytime you need 30 minutes of self love ti...

I am so happy to have you join me here on the YRS Self Care Studio! I am thrilled to share this library of supportive and uplifting practices with you along with our community.

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Join me in celebrating the summer solstice and the new moon with this solar powered mandala yoga flow focusing on our fire and water elements to create balance and honor the energy of this time of year.

Props: optional blocks or blanket for comfort

All of us, at one time or another, will have our digestion go offline and feel bloated and uncomfortable but yoga can help. With some gentle stretches, twisting, and compression, we can help support healthy digestion and the reduction of bloating and discomfort. A great practice to include dail...

Crystals can be a beautiful way to reconnect to, heal, and align your chakras as well as your intuition. Today we work with three crystals (not including the quartz boost crystal), to help facilitate healing and realignment with our intuition through the third eye, heart, and sacral chakras. Fe...

Whether you are working indoors or out, caring for your yard and home can wreak havoc on your back, shoulders, and legs. This Yin Yoga practice is a short focused session to help reduce overall soreness and discomfort and open your body up, releasing tension, tightness, and helping you relax aft...

The summer solstice is the peak of our energy during the solar cycles of the year - the culmination of the rising and lengthening of the sun for longer days and more warmth. Today we explore that energy through Restorative Yoga using backbends, heart openers, and upper body stretches to open up ...

Circles are sacred spaces throughout time and across cultures. Today we are exploring the energy of this sacred circle space through a Yin Mandala Yoga practice focusing on the lower body - helping us ground, center, and feel supported.

Welcome the transitions as we move from one pose to anot...

When we feel the rush of energy in Spring, it can be a bit unsettling at times. This practice is about grounding down and reconnecting to our roots - the Muladhara Chakra or Root Chakra. This month with the New Moon in Taurus, we are being called to ground and center into our family relationshi...

Sometimes I have walked around a room ten times feeling anxious and unsettled thinking how do I fix this and becoming more anxious at that thought. In steps yoga. Yoga, with it's flow and breath can help guide your energy back to ground - helping center you and release excess energy that might ...

What is we saw each experience, each heartbreak, each misguided choice or decision, not as "breaks" but as creating a more precious, skillful, valuable, and beautiful us? The Japanese art form of Kintsugi sees a break as a space to repair with gold, silver, platinum, making the "broken" object m...

Many of us struggle with digestive discomfort and bloating - usually towards the end of the day. And that can make us feel incredibly uncomfortable. Today's short yoga practice is all about helping support healthy digestion and reducing bloating to help you feel your very best - even at the end...

One of my favorite things to do right before bedtime and falling asleep is to practice pranayama. Just a few minutes of shifting my breath, being fully aware of it can help me fall asleep faster, slow down my thoughts and my body, and release that last bit of tension both mentally and physically...

Taking a moment to soften, release, and find deep peaceful rest is a great way to welcome the new season. Today we explore our breath and allow it to help us heal - through awareness, presence, and release.

Reading: The Radiant Sutras as translated by Lorin Roche.

Lots of people think that whenever we work with the solar plexus chakra or focus on courage, the practice should be heating, fiery, intense. While that's often wonderful too, I have been finding that I mindfully reconnect to my sense of bravery and courage through slow, connected, mindful moveme...

In this practice we are working with the concept of interoception and proprioception to bring more awareness to how we feel - physically and in relation to our surroundings and/or our movement in space. This practice helps us become more mindful, focused, and aware of how our bodies, and minds, ...