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Post #72: 16-Minute Storytelling Meditation to Combat Loneliness & Remember God’s Presence

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Do you ever find yourself moving through life, everything is fine, then one day you wake up and it's like the whole world is against you? You feel like you have no friends, you feel like a loser, you feel worthless and unworthy, lonely and isolated, and you are beating yourself down in your head about something you said or did? What the hell happened?! Why do we do this to ourselves?! What triggers this? I have no idea why this overcomes us suddenly, but I do know that it happens...

June 16, 2022

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Post #71: Introduction to the 8-limbed path of yoga!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Summer is here!! And that means longer days in which to cultivate good, wholesome practices! Ashtanga Yoga means the 8-limbed path of yoga and this was written about in Patanjali's yoga sutras thousands of years ago. Understanding these 8-limbs of yoga helps us to understand the basis of yoga and what we are trying to accomplish with the practice. The first limb of yoga is called the Yamas. These are ways to properly conduct ourselves through daily life. One of these is ahimsa, or non-violence. When we say "violence" this can be the negative...

June 3, 2022

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Post #70: Wake up on the wrong side of the bed?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]We all do it. We have a great day. Life is good. Then from out of nowhere, bam! We wake up on the wrong side of the bed. Why is that? What happened from yesterday to today? Hormones? Bad dreams? Stress? Maybe a little bit of all of the above? This time you are prepared. Because this time you have a guided meditation that will help take you from the wrong side of the bed to the right side of feeling good again.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/99443313/"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

May 27, 2022

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Post #68: 14-minute Sacred Ceremony to Meet Your Higher Self

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]I hope you are ready because today I am sharing one of my favorite guided meditations. I was guided to put this one together after one of my friends and fellow yoga teachers passed away unexpectedly years ago. I led a guided meditation at a special memorial that was put together for her and I've never felt more connected with someone who had passed. The days leading up to the memorial I felt like she was helping me craft the perfect meditation that needed to be heard and felt by those she...

May 10, 2022

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Post #66: 7-minute breath-work exercise when you need to press the pause button

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Want to know one of the many things I love about yoga? The self-study. The yoga sutras say that yoga is built on 3 components: discipline, practice and self-study. As we practice yoga we learn to shift into witness consciousness. This is the aspect of consciousness that allows us to turn our focus onto ourselves and "study" ourselves. It's pretty darn cool. It's what allows us to slow down and begin letting go aspects of ourselves that we've picked up and learned along the way that no longer serve us well. For instance, one...

April 25, 2022

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Blog Post #62: 3 Myths of Meditation That Will Change Your Life

Once you understand these 3 myths of meditation it will change the way you look at meditation for good. 3 Myths 1) Meditation must be done in a quiet place with no distractions. 2) Meditation must be done for a certain period of time to obtain benefit. 3) Meditation is pointless for someone under extreme stress with little time. If we waited to meditate when we can sit in a quiet room with no distractions then most of us would never get to it. Granted, when beginning meditation it will help to sit in a...

April 9, 2018

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Blog Post 57: Need help letting go of a grievance toward someone? Try this yoga exercise.

Okay, are you ready to discuss a virtue that all of us are well aware that we need to practice but don't always realize how much it can affect us on a physical, mental/emotional, and even soul-level if we don't practice it regularly? Whew, that was a mouthful! So here's my question for the day: what are you doing in life if you can't learn to forgive the people who are hardest to forgive? It's easy getting along with the nice, easy-going people, right? But the ones who know just what buttons to push are the ones where forgiveness...

February 19, 2018

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Post 52: Finding Faith

Faith is the difference between a life of meaning and a life of doubt. Which would you rather live? A life of meaning-knowing that you are guided to do exactly what you are meant to be doing, knowing that God has your back, knowing that everything is playing out exactly the way it’s supposed to? Or A life of doubt-constantly questioning your role in life, feeling alone and disconnected, and feeling anxious and uncertain about the future and what it holds? Anyone can have faith and yet not everyone feels it. Faith is a natural...

January 15, 2018

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Post 51: Dream Big, God Has Your Back

Happy New Year! I know it’s the new year and you want to make a resolution that you know you’ll eventually forget about, but I want to give you a bit of a different challenge. I challenge you to dream big this year. Dig deep and find the higher intention behind the resolution. Something that’s bigger than simply losing 10 pounds or watching less t.v. Dream big. Maybe you’re going to lose those 10 pounds but the deeper desire is to gain confidence. Maybe you want to gain confidence for a deeper...

January 8, 2018

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Post 48: Stress-Buster Meditation for Your Desk

It's difficult sometimes to stop for a moment when we are "in" a moment of stress. We push ourselves to keep going, to get things finished, to check off that never-ending list. I know because I do it myself all the time! BUT, what if I told you that pausing for a few minutes can actually help you move through the list faster, more efficiently, with more focus, clarity and inspiration? Being a massage therapist has really taught me the power of taking time for yourself. Every other week another therapist and...

June 29, 2015

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