May 2019 | Essential You Yoga

Take a Breath!

Have you taken the time today to breathe? Please do, close your eyes, and take a deep breath, then a looooooooong exhale.

Thank you!

I know how hectic life can get, and it’s hard to find a minute to come back to the self.

I want you to feel more deeply connected to yourself and the world around you. That’s why I’m hosting a slew of events this summer to help you step away from the chaos of everyday and drop into the magic of the present moment.

Monthly Reiki Circles are an opportunity to experience the health and energy benefits of this ancient Japanese Relaxation technique. We’ll be meeting this Friday in Seminole Heights at 6 pm. Be sure to email me to request the address, as we are off-site this month.

Also, did you know you can sign up now for the Reiki Retreat for Self Love and Healing? We extended the retreat to include an extra day so we can give you access to more sound and color healing, gentle yoga, Reiki Circles, and fire ceremonies. Check out the video below, and click here to reserve your space. We are limiting attendance this year, so please sign up early to reserve your space. (Two of the Four single rooms are already spoken for)

Stretch for Water. I’m pleased to announce that YouFit, where I teach Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 8 am, has paired with UNICEF to raise money to increase access to water for families in Ethiopia. Please consider donating here.

Still Water

On the surface, we’re just doing yoga, or meditating, or practicing Reiki together, but on a deeper level we’re creating an opportunity for you to acknowledge the complex and unique person that you are.

My hope for you each time we gather is that you’ll be able to set aside the everyday stressors that make up most of our lives and breathe deeply into the limitless compassionate self that lives within.

I want you to be able to connect with the part of yourself that is never-changing and always present, observing each thought and breath and moment.

It is my belief that the more you are able to plug in and connect with this intrinsic part of yourself, the more patience and compassion you will have with yourself and others.

And patience and compassion, my friend, are what the world needs right now. Spreading more of that will help prevent senseless tragedies like the ones we saw this weekend.

When each of us learns to step beyond the patina of our everyday, we receive the tools we need to process and release feelings of anger, frustration, and helplessness. As we dig in and connect more deeply to our own selves, we also connect more deeply with the human Spirit that unites us all.

That is my wish for you, that you can spread the compassion and peace that you cultivate in your practice to the other people in your life, and through that, the world will become a kinder and safer space.

May you be filled with loving kindness, May you be well
May you be peaceful and at ease, May you be happy.

Free Book – Yoga for Mobility

Last year, I wrote an e-book that links current research on how yoga can help solve normal conditions that arise as we live our lives. Recently, I edited that book to include more up-to-date research as well as information linking Meditation and Reiki to real, measurable results.

Today, I am pleased to offer you a free download of my e-book, Yoga for Mobility. This will be available for free only until June 5th, so please act fast!

In this book, you will learn how leading doctors, psychiatrists, and disease specialists are working to prove the ways that Yoga, Meditation, and Reiki can impact your health, wellness, and happiness.

My intention is for this book to both inform and inspire you so that you can begin making the simple changes that will improve your quality of life today.

Happy reading!

Learning & Growing Together

Kula, Sangha. Comunidad. No matter how you say it, community matters. One of the great reasons to come out to a yoga class is to practice in community. Sometimes it helps to see another person out of the corner of your eye wiggling to balance in tree pose or to hear somebody else’s ujayi breath syncing up with your own.

In this life, other people act as our mirrors and teachers, our friends and our inspiration. They remind us of all the beauty and complications that come with living in this time and place and they keep us from taking life too seriously.

Some of my closest friends are ones that I made while practicing together – in class every week, in workshops, or going through the intensity of teacher trainings.

That’s why it’s important to me to take yoga out of the studio and into the world, and that’s why I’m offering a ton of events over the next few months that have a big social aspect.

After all, we’re all just walking each other home.