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Trust: Day 13 of My 30 Day Yoga Journey
Day 13: Trust After nearly two weeks of practice, I’m already noticing differences. Physically, I can feel my muscles lengthening and feeling more confident extending deeper into movements. I can tell I’m getting into different places in my body based on how I’m able to move while doing other forms of exercise. When I’m lifting…
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Rinse: Day 11 & 12 of My 30 Day Yoga Journey
Day 11 & 12: Rinse Today felt like a fresh start. I was eager to get on the mat today. After a night filled with fried food, novelty cocktails, and decadent dessert, I needed it today. In no way do I care about working off the calories or earning my meals, that’s not what I…
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Let’s Celebrate: Day 10 of My 30 Day Yoga Journey
Day 10: Energy We’ve got a birthday to celebrate today! Instead of starting the day checking the news aka doom scrolling, we were right out of bed to start the day. She started with exercise and I started my day on the opposite side of the spectrum, baking a red velvet cake. I love to…
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Heart: Day 9 of My 30 Day Yoga Journey
Day 9: Corazón My heart isn’t in it today. My day has matched the winter sky, gray. There’s a lot going on off the mat, which is keeping my mind, body, and soul from being fully centered on the mat. Since the beginning of the challenge, I’ve been trying to show up for myself no…
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Slow Down: Day 8 of My 30 Day Yoga Journey
Day 8: Melt I cannot stand slow yoga practices. Have never enjoyed them. From the outside looking in, someone would assume the days of laying on the mat breathing in low-impact poses would be a breeze… It’s not! My brain has always moved fast. Since a kid, it’s felt like there were dozens of tabs…
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Be Like Water: Day 7 of My 30 Day Yoga Journey
Day 7: Flow “Be like water” I think to myself as I find my breath. I can remember going to a flow practice at my old studio one day for a hot yoga flow practice. As part of the practice we were asked to imagine ourselves as water. My brain went to a beautiful stream…
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I Am Strong: Day 6 of My 30 Day Yoga Journey
Day 6: Fan I feel great today, I think I’m gaining momentum. I saw a shift in myself today. Day 6 of these challenges typically focuses on core and this year is no different. Knowing this pattern, I had been bracing for this day since we started, then today turned out to be my favorite…
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Having Fun: Day 5 of My 30 Day Yoga Journey
Day 5: Hug Today, I had fun! Like the type of fun you see in kids as they pack into their winter gear to play in the snow. They’re not thinking about the cold and everything that comes with it, they’re thinking about all the fun they’ll have throwing snowballs, sledding, and building their own…
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Finding My Center: Day 4 of My 30 Day Yoga Journey
Day 4: Root Why is working the core such a challenge? I’ve been fairly active my whole life, yet I’ve never been able to make core work not seem like a chore. I grew up in the era of heroin chic and six pack abs, and I’m now wise enough to understand the impact that’s…
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Finding My Center: Day 3 of My 30 Day Yoga Journey
Day 3: Shift I hate going slow. Always have. I think it has to do with growing up in a household where the norm was chaos and moments of stillness seemed like we were simply biding time until the chaos could resume. Chaos became the status quo for me, it was my normal, and I’ve…
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