Melding TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) heart fire focus with traditional yoga philosophy chakra energy of the Manipura or Solar Plexus chakra, we connect to, engage with, and create a stronger 'fire' within. Twists, intentional core awareness, and heart openers to access these spaces of our ...

Welcome to a blended Pilates and Yoga practice that incorporates ground bound, stabilizing core movement with core activation and stretches to build a little heat! This is slow, steady, and aware core activation - perfect for helping stabilize your entire core, lower back, and maintaining a str...

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the heart is the element of fire, the place of passion, purification, and purity. In traditional yoga philosophy, the heart chakra is translated from anahata as "unstruck". What a beautiful way to see the heart!

In this practice we will be balancing our inner h...

Welcome to the Spring Equinox and a New Moon! Today we are working with the energy of release, clearing out, making space. Whether that be in your home, your practices, or your personal health and wellness - this is a great time to do a little Spring cleaning. Let go of the things that are tak...

Today we are exploring hatha yoga, ground bound, and focusing on the upper body - building strength and awareness by moving slowly and holding poses for longer. This is a great practice to build upper body strength and awareness as well as build resilience in the upper body.

Props: No props ...

The fire element of Traditional Chinese Medicine is related to the heart and pericardium meridians - all located in the hands, arms, shoulders, and upper chest/back. Using gentle openers with support, this practice focuses on bringing balance to the fire element - soothing, cooling, and creating...

In today's practice we are exploring the element of wood - Traditional Chinese Medicine links the liver and gallbladder to this element and it is related to the season of Spring. New growth, letting go, firing up our energy, energy rising - all of this is part of Wood. Join me as we explore pos...

Wood is the Traditional Chinese Element related to Spring, to growth, to moving forward, and to our energy rising - clearing out the heaviness and density of Winter earth and water. Today we explore the practice of Kapalabhati breath - Skull Shining Breath - to clear out old energy, revive and i...

What does it mean to tend to your heart? How do you tend your heart flame - keeping it balanced, healthy, strong? This Restorative Yoga practice focuses on heart opening poses using props to release tension, make space, and feel more expansive - followed by a short guided meditation. Enjoy!

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Water is a wild wave and a calm pond, the white caps of the ocean and the trickle of a stream. Water is powerful beyond measure - cutting a pathway to the ocean at its whim yet still able to be contained and shaped by a container or freezing. Explore the element of water in this kidney/bladder fo...

Welcome to Imbolc - the solar cycle celebration that begins the awakening of new life. This is the time to release the last vestiges of winter heaviness, begin to open up, stretch, and invite new life, new dreams, and new energy in.

Today we are exploring a full body practice focused on openi...

Welcome to a new year and a new moon! In this practice we focus on healing, nurturing, and supporting ourselves with guided awareness, breath, sensory awareness, and a body scan.

Props: anything and everything you think you will need to support yourself in any way.

Guided meditation, journaling, movement, and sharing in our circle to honor this Winter Solstice and reflect on where we have been, how far we have come, and what energy we are embracing as we finish out this calendar year.

What if you had a savings account for a challenging day? A savings account with kindness, love, compassion, and tenderness?

Today's meditation is about filling up your personal bank account with all the "good" stuff" so when you need it, it is there for you to withdraw it. Soften, settle, and ...

Come explore "the flow" as we soften, release, and allow the props to hold us in this kidney/bladder meridian/water element poses.

Props: bolster or two pillows, 1-2 blankets, 2 blocks or two throw pillows and any other props you would like to use to support and hold you for this practice.

Today we are exploring the element of water through Hatha yoga - choosing poses that are focused on the Kidney/Bladder meridians (back body and inner leg lower belly area) and holding poses for longer to build strength and resilience as we move through a mandala flow practice.

Props: a blanket ...

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We begin our exploration of alchemy - the ancient science of transmutation/transformation - with the basic element of water. In ancient yoga philosophy and practice - this is the Sacral Chakra (the lower belly/pelvic bowl) and the place of emotions, creativity, relationships, and flow. In TCM, ...

So many of us struggle with holding too tight, gripping, trying desperately to control situations/relationships/life. Control is what we seek so often when everything gets challenging. But what if we could use our practice to learn how to feel more easy with uncertainty? What if we could use ...