Today we begin a new astrological year with the New Moon in Aries - a fire sign that heralds confidence, bravery, courage, and new beginnings. This is a time of connecting to our personal power and will - our Solar Plexus Chakra - to build a steady and strong flame. This helps us affirm our wor...

In every breath, naturally and organically, there is space - stillness - quiet. At the end of each inhale and each exhale there is this sweet space - a place to just be. No doing, no demands, just stillness.

Between each pose, there is the opportunity, especially in Yin Yoga, to just be, feel,...

Forgiveness is hard whether it's a situation, a person, or even ourselves. There is anger and frustration, a holding onto the past, and the hurt feelings that accompany it all. Today we use mindful movement, breath and intention to help us process and release it all - opening ourselves and othe...

In Ayurveda, we are made up of one, two or all three doshas. Our "base" dosha is what we have been throughout our lives and at times, one or the other doshas will be out of balance.

Kapha is made up of earth and water and is more dense and grounded in nature. Compassionate, loving, stable an...

Love is infinite and the more you invite love in and offer love to others, the more love flows in your life. Can you begin to open the door to a deeper love of self, love of all living creatures great and small, love of others? As we open this door, it becomes more effortless, easier to open ou...

Do you ever just need a moment of quiet, stillness, breath? As we connect more deeply to this present moment - our bodies, minds, and feelings - we become more grounded, aware, and focused. By allowing ourselves to settle in and soften and take a moment we inspire new thoughts, feelings, energy...

Maybe you need to release body tension and tightness; maybe you need to release some thoughts and feelings you have been struggling with; maybe you need to release some ideas or people that no longer serve your higher growth and good. Whatever you need to release - join me for breath, mindful mo...

Magic is all around us, in everything we do, we see, we experience. And magic is IN us. Most importantly - our very breath is magic. Open your heart and mind to the magic/miracles/divine in your life!

I am magical, miraculous, and divine.

Poem: Miracle Fair by Wislawa Szymborska

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A balance of myofascial release for the sacroiliac joint and glutes, Yin Yoga poses for Kidney/Bladder meridians and hips, and mindful yoga flow meant to release tension in the hips and open up the space of the entire hip complex.

Yinspired practices are a combination of myofascial release tec...

A deeply restorative and healing practice to release tension throughout the body, breathe deeply, and open up the upper back, chest, and breath. We spend a little time opening the side body in static stretches and move into long held, fully supported yoga poses to soften and relax - allowing the...

Winter time is a time of all of nature turning inward, storing up, healing, resting and connecting to our natural inner flow in preparation for Spring with it's new ideas and activity. Now is the time to slow down, soften, and allow. It's a time of preparation and that means healing and rest. ...

Balance - an ever shifting target in our lives. How do we create more balance? Presence. Being fully present in the moment provides us with awareness and awareness gives us clues to what we need to support our minds and bodies natural, organic balancing.

I am fully present in this moment allo...

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, our Lungs are the Prime Minister or Minister of Heaven for the body - protecting and detoxifying the body through the skin and the breath - taking in fresh prana to "feed" the body, and helping maintain balanced fluid through working with the kidneys.

The Lungs...

In this month's practice we explore creativity by working with the Sacral Chakra (hips), Heart Chakra, and the Throat Chakra. Using breath, affirmation, awareness and mindful movement we connect to our inner creativity - infusing passion and love into it and opening up our ability to communicate...

We are to the final Yama on our journey into Patanjali's 8 Limbs of Yoga - aparigraha or nonattachment. Keeping in mind all of the other Yamas - they all work together and support each other - we explore the idea of loosening our hold on expectations, things, beliefs, thoughts. We explore allow...

I honor the innate intelligence of my mind and body.

In this New Moon practice we are exploring and connecting to the innate intelligence of the mind and body through Restorative Yoga, breath, and a mindful body scan.

There are two kinds of intuition - the one we often think about such as tha...

Have you ever felt really tired - so tired you wake up like that?

Well, this practice is all about finding some deep rest with fully supported poses that do all the work for you - helping rest, soothe, and balance your adrenals and kidneys. Join Miss Lucy and I for long held poses, sweet purr...

The world seems filled with negativity and if that has you feeling weighted down and overwhelmed - remember HOPE.

Hope is that potential inside every living being, filling us up, giving us the desire to move on, and bringing light into the darkest of days. Today we work with hope, sensing i...

We are so often told to hide our feelings, bury our responses, control our selves - and while that may be the societal rules we have to live by - there are times where we need and should ALLOW ourselves the time to grieve, cry, be angry, feel all the feelings and have all the thoughts and simply ...

Chi, prana, or vital energy has a pathway - intake, assimilation and elimination. We are born with a certain amount of chi which is stored in our Kidneys and throughout our lives, we also acquire Chi through food, breath, environment. This "acquired chi" moves through the body from the Lungs/He...

Freedom is a word we are all familiar with - in life, community, concept, politics. But what does freedom mean for you personally? How do you feel free?

We explore the idea of freedom - of letting go, exploring, examining our long held emotions and ideas and working to find space. Feel ligh...

Today we are working with the hips in our Beginner Yin Yoga series (60 minutes) - the hips are the densest area of connective tissue and the area most affected by the longer holds of Yin Yoga. Get ready to feel opening, spaciousness and release!

If you are new to Yin Yoga and interested in why...

In this 1 hour Yin yoga practice we focus on the heart, lung & pericardium meridians to open your chest, shoulders, arms and upper back. Longer deep holds allow you to really sink into the poses and experience an introspective and quieting practice from beginning to end. We focus on nourishing ...

Welcome to {Y}ingenuity - practices diving deeper into Traditional Chinese Medicine and including long, deep holds to allow you to settle, soften, and become more introspective.

Today we are working with the Shen, or the House of the Spirit - the heart. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Hear...