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Outdoor Yoga on Urban Glamping Vacation

I went “urban glamping” this week at a tiny home community that provides homes for homeless and Airbnb/Inn retreats for people like me! It was a really inspiring experience, seeing how Intentional Action creates community and changes lives! I’m planning to go back and volunteer to be part of the positive change. Here’s a six minute seated session for my morning yesterday. Violet busts out of the rent at the end- she just loves meditation! Song Suggestion for background music here: One...

Outdoor Yoga on Front Porch in Warrior Routine w/ Side Plank Variations, and Waves (Silent Practice)

Hey Y'all! Here is a snippet from my practice yesterday:

>Warrior Two with Reverse Stretch

>Warrior One with Basket Clasp

>High Lunge Twist with Bind

Watch the full video and give some of it a try! 

More videos with a guided practice are on the way :)

Beginner Yoga Technique on Front Porch in the Rain

DownDog with heel lift: 

>Inhale bending the knee (count 1, 2)

>Exhale extending the knee (count 1, 2, 3, 4)

>Repeat :) over and over and over again

Engage actions to stretch:

>Plank, inhaling

>Descend, exhaling

>UpDog, inhaling

>DownDog, exhaling

20min Foundations of Flexibility Flow - no voiceover

4 Min Flow with guided voiceover

This instructional video is part of a longer 20 minute Exclusive Practice. Watch it and practice this important with me! Feel the potent architecture within your foundations~ ankles, feet, hips. Explore freedom of expression from your core. Notice how practicing this pose translates the message of your foundations & expression through your body, mind, and spirit. 

You are seeing this first on the Exclusive Practice Current. 

Remember: Don't be shy. Give it a try! You...

How to do King Pigeon with Toes to Crown!

Yoga Tutorial demonstrating how to clasp your foot (it's all your wrists! & shoulders, chest, and hips..) how to apply action, and how to extend your body to get your toes to your crown!

Guided Yoga Class | Warrior, Tree, Pigeon, and Wheel (20 Min Class)

From my practice to you- a video to get your body mind & spirits flowing! Follow along with me~ You’ll need the strength, stretch, and proprioception from this video to follow along with the king pigeon + bound side angle tutorials:) Proprioception is the ability to orient your body in space. It helps improve basic things like agility and performance, and tricky things like knowing your a** from your elbow! **..which reminds me how my king pigeon tutorial is going to be excruciatingly f...

Outdoor Yoga - First 3 Minutes of 20 Minute Class

Here is the first 3 minutes of my next FULL LENGTH FLOW. I paused/postponed/procrastinated making the next 18 minutes of voice over in order to upload and share this, now!!! :) So if you need a quick pick-me-up, here it is. In this video I'm guiding Downward Dog, Wave Flow, and Seated Stretch for ya! Full flow up next. Can you feel yourself deepening, developing, breathing with practice?

Filming Yoga Outside Today

Snapshot!

Key Pose Pics for Vinyasa Warmup

1) Inhale 2) Exhale 3) Inhale 4) Exhale :)

Follow Along with the 4 Minute Vinyasa! Sink into your Hips, Lift into your Heart, Breathe into your Motion

As a daily practice this simple routine will nurture your proprioception (knowing where your body is in space) and develop agility while bringing balance to your strength in body, mind, and spirit. I hope this video finds YOU in positive spirits & serves to empower your health and well-being. Note- it’s the perfect warmup for the Backbend videos I am making for you this weekend!

Touching Toes to Crown in Royal Pigeon Pose

This pose feels so natural, so comfortable, so soothing. It’s on the other side of my struggle; past the crashing waves on the side that gets to hear the subtlety of life, I’m sharing breakthrough tips about ALL expressions of Pigeon Yoga in a video tutorial for my Patrons, so you will be able to cross the threshold of your crashing waves and enter a zone of magnificence and tranquility. In your own sweet time. Let’s practice :) Tutorial video coming soon.

7 Minute Floor Routine | Pigeon Pose with Hip/Shoulder Opening

You don't have to go all the way into king pigeon pose, but if you WANT to try I can take you there! Whether the position comes easily for you or you can't even imagine the possibility, I have a tutorial video to make sharing tips to help you practice and gain the most benefits from your time spent in the pose, or your attempts (and/or refusals) to enter :) For now, enjoy this floor routine to unwind, and create flexibility! 

8min - How to Do Bird of Paradise | Yoga Bind and Handstand

I made this video as a creative exploration into advanced yoga posture. This adventurous practice helped me to "move on" from past stress, and regenerate strength, balance, agility, and focus. I'd love to hear how the adventurous sequence into Bird of Paradise works for you!

7 Minute Yoga | Making Waves with Strength and Flexibility

Are you ready for a yoga flow to practice on repeat? I'm posting all 3 parts of my routine now so you'll have them, but I recommend everyone attempt this video 1) FIRST before trying to follow along with 2) and 3) because it sets the standard. Once you watch it once or twice, you can get into the groove of practicing the parts-- practice Making Waves and practice your DownDogBalance. Does it feel too complex? Are you falling out of your Dog pose? Do you want a tutorial to harness more strengt...

Yoga for Runners

Do you like to strengthen and stretch your legs BEFORE going for a run? I do! Follow along with my routine in this video :)

I really love taking my dog for a walk in the late afternoon / early evening, when the sun is glowing from beneath the tree lines rather than shining overhead. I walk where there are hills, so it's more like a "city hike" and sometimes I run. 

It feels right for my body, mind, and spirit. 

Well, I made this Yoga For Runners video to fulfill a ...

Hello Hips.

In this video I use two primary positions ~ reclined with knees bent & wide leg perch ~ to demonstrate (and explore) fun, natural movements to unlock tension in your hips and lower back.

Pre-Run Yoga Routine (w/personal intro for special request)

I really love taking my dog for a walk in the late afternoon / early evening, when the sun is glowing from beneath the tree lines rather than shining overhead. I walk where there are hills, so it's more like a "city hike" and sometimes I run. 

It feels right for my body, mind, and spirit. 

Well, I made this Yoga For Runners video to fulfill a request from a yoga-friend-patron. The sequence that I teach and demo in this video will energize your muscles and stabilize your ...

12min - “Kickin’it” w/Handstands and Yoga this July

12min practice begins at :30sec with guided instruction and demonstration. Enjoy!

Guided Home Yoga Sequence (Playful Balance)

Wala! Here's a structurally sound, yet challenging sequence to hug your hips and and open your heart! Give it a try if you're ready to be playful with your balance ;)

Yogini's Habitat! Dancing in the light

Here is a high speed snippet of my latest practice from my weekend retreat in this tiny cottage. I will talk you through this in Exclusive Practice, soon. For now, have fun watching this and see if you can figure out how it all comes together on both sides (right and left) in a sequence dancing in the light ~ give it a try ;) 

Yogini Moments in a Tiny Cottage.

Some mindfulness for you ~ in time, place, and background music :) I'm enjoying the simplicity of my stay in this tiny cottage, while I rent my apartment out for a few nights :) I'm writing more about my experience (with key points about what's happening) in a private blog with I have shared with you on Patreon. A guided voice-over will be added here for the Exclusive Practice so you can follow along and practice these transitions.

For now, enjoy a mindful moment with this preview.

Warming Up to Backbends | Flexibility Stretches

Oh, my dear quads and hip flexors. Last month I had Backbends on my mind but they did not make it onto my schedule so this month I'm warming up to the idea with some tried and true practices. 

YOGA BREATHING AND MINDFULNESS GUIDE

You know how in yoga, ordinary movement patterns can seem to become extraordinary through the methods of synchronicity and complete cycles of breath?! In this video I'm sharing a mindful practice with breath and talking about the experience. It's my secret key to unlocking "super" vital forces in life. It feels so good! Watch the video and try it with me. 

Fixing my hair and having fun... Pony Tail vs Twirly Bun.

This is a 30 second teaser of me getting ready to step into my practice. It's 8am and I'm fresh out of the shower (yes, I shower before yoga) and now I've got to do something with all this hair! 

Then I'll Almost be ready for yoga!

Almost.

30min | Flexibility it Tough!

Hi Patrons! Ready for a new guided yoga session? I'm sharing this 30-minute video with you NOW because I want you to have a video to practice while I am getting the new June content ready to post. 

This flexibility routine will help tremendously when we embark into the SUMMER YOGA BACKBEND SERIES, which I am currently editing and making voiceovers for. So far, my new practice for June consists of 2 sessions (one practice for the morning and one for the afternoon). These practice se...

HulaHulahooping (Two Hoops)

Feeling so much Peace, Love, and Joy with these Hulahoops!

Hulahooping Tricks : 101

It’s Sunday Funday and while last week I was celebrating the little victory of getting out of bed, this week I am celebrating the power of healthy manifestation! The high levels of stress I was feeling are now shifting into waves of creativity and nothing is there to stop me from taking one step at a time to flow from an embodiment of peace and love and focus and joy. So, here’s some Hulahooping:) When was the last time you flung around a “hula hula”? That’s what they call it in Cos...

Wearing my NEW ONZIE YOGA PANTS everywhere!

...and going to get a new s.d. card. Woot!

3min Yoga Practice for Super Power :)

I got this new top and the color is called Blue Venom. It’s my new favorite thing* and so I ordered more.... Blue Venom yoga pants! Here is an energizing sequence you might like to do after (or before) Handstands. It sure felt good to me! P.S. this morning I sat down with my face in front of the camera to share a Vlog with you. Woweee! It was fun. I’ll post it soon. Sending love!