#yogastoned

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[yogaventures]

Had the pleasure of sharing corporate yoga for the Dulux team in New Farm Park, Brisbane today. Bloody love yoga - but beginner yoga it our all time fav! We shared lots of laughs, shoulder openers to counterpose long periods at a work desk and deep belly breaths to combat stress and anxiety. After Savasana, one of the students said they felt so relaxed it was as if they “just smoked a big fat joint” haha. We’ll take that as a compliment! 👉🏽👉🏽 Swipe right to see students in Savasana 🧘🏽‍♀️ 🌿 #yogastoned #corporateyoga (at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz0EG0RgRKS/?igshid=a2rrorqp7mbc

[fawhanna]

Have courage in what you're passionate about because whatever that is meant to be is meant to be and always remember that you are loved. Happy International Women's Day! #notetoself #toestand #padangusthasana #yoga #yogadaily #yogaeverydamnday #yogaonethatiwantstudios #yogastoned

[kenjmanderson-blog]

@sisiasantewaa When you're about to give up... yesterday I was convinced that I wasn't going to progress with handstand unless I took a class. Felt like I was regressing. Then last night my beautiful yoga sister @labonitaz posted her amazing handstand and inspired me to no end. She thanked @catbradleyyoga for her awesome tips so of course I headed over and had a look. @catbradleyyoga THANK YOU!!! Moving my hands closer in, leaning my shoulders over my hands, butt kicks, bending my stronger leg before hopping up. And I was breathing easily as I balanced. THANK YOU!!! I even tried it away from the wall. #progress 👊 #yoga #yogalove #yogaaddict #yogastoned #igyoga #colorsofyoga #blackgirlyoga #handstand #magic #surrender #divinetiming #gratitude #balance #breathe #namaste (at Des Moines, Iowa)

[darshanamacrame]

ישפה קשתית 💎 האבן מעניק חוכמה, כוחם של ראיית הנולד והחוזק; תורם ליישור היחסים בעבודה, עם הרשויות. משמעות סמלית: אומץ. מומלץ ללבוש למזלות כמו: 🌛 בתולה, קשת, מזל שור. ג'ספר לא מתאים לתאומים וטלה. האבן קשורה לאנרגיות של כוכבי הלכת צדק, מרקורי. ג'ספר מסוגל להאכיל אדם באנרגיה חיובית ⚡, ולכן זה מאוד שימושי ללבוש מוצרים העשויים מאבן זו. במדינות רבות, מאמינים כי ג'ספר מושך מזל טוב, אושר ושגשוג לבית. Rainbow Jasper 💎 The talisman bestows wisdom, the power of foresight and fortitude; promotes the alignment of relationships at work, with bosses. Symbolic meaning: courage. It is recommended to wear Virgo, Sagittarius, Taurus. Jasper is not suitable for Gemini, Aries. The stone is associated with the energies of the planets Jupiter, Mercury. Jasper is able to feed a person with positive energy, therefore it is very useful to wear products made of this stone. In many countries, it is believed that jasper attracts good luck, happiness and prosperity to the house. #emyhandicraft #macrame #macramejewelry #macramelovers #macramenecklace #bohojewelry #handmadejewelry #ethnicjewels #hippiejewelry #hippienecklace #macrameartist #macramegift #gift #magicstone #propertiesstone #jasper #macramejasper #yogastone #yogajewelry #necklaces #macramependant #macramechoker #festivaljewelry #floraljewelry #redmacrame #jewelry #etsyjewelry #etsymacrame #etsy (at Ma`Alot, Hazafon, Israel) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWstXZrok3M/?utm_medium=tumblr

[kellyspauldinglove]

#yogastoned (at Indigo Hot Yoga Center)

[shasharishi]

I feel like I've been taken to another dimension today. Within a single day @jambodragon has shed more light on the roots of my health issues than multiple experts have garnered over the course of the last 4 years. Big gratitude to @ruthie_rooster who invited me to attend this #functionalanatomy weekend. Because I trust her recommendation and I thought it was about time I did an anatomy refresh I just signed up without looking into it much. I am so grateful I did. After this weekend (another day tomorrow yay!) it is entirely possible that I will be transformed once again. And again, and again as I work with new understanding. Overflowing with gratitude right now! Thank you so much Jambo Dragon for breathing your healing fire over us 🙏🏼🐉🔥 #shashaspiritledlife #jambodragon #makeyourownpath #doityourway #divineenergy #naturalhigh #yogastoned #sweetdreams #grateful #yogalove

[flartista]

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[sacredstoneco-blog]

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[thetomentosashop]

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A post shared by 🍁🍂🍃🌲 Stephanie 🌲🍁🍂🍃 (@thetomentosashop)

Good Morning my little elves 🙏🍃🌲🙏🌼🌱🍃🌲🌱🌼 I'm so happy it's finally Saturday, this week was a bit stressful, many docto appointments involved and everyday issues that has to be cared for... but everything is fine and now we get to relax and enjoy... What's your weekend mood? In the video a gorgeous #macramecuff that is waiting patiently to be adopted!!! The stone is a #kiwijasper and I would love to tell you more about it.. 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎 Kiwi Jasper is also known as Sesame Jasper. It is a light teal green color with black and clear spots stone. 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎 Kiwi Jasper is a great stone for healers or therapists that work in the healing realms on behalf of others. 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎 It is also very helpful for people that are working on overcoming addictive behaviors or compulsive habits. It helps them gather up the emotional strength and energy to face reality. It is also a great stone for those that are concerned with fair play and justice on all levels. 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎 It also helps one to accept responsibility and become more grounded in the stabilizing energies of the earth. Metaphysically Jasper helps to balance the yin and yang energies and stabilize the aura. 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎 It works to soothe any dysfunctional energy of the aura and keep ones energy levels high. Kiwi Jasper is a wonderful stone to give to people that have been sick for a long time because it helps ones energy to remain strong and consistent. 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎 It represents the Base & Sacral Chakras and the element of Fire 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎 And from the Astrological point of view it is a birthstone for Aries, Leo, Sagittarius . . The bracelet is available for grabs in my etsy and if you use code TOMENTOSAINSTA in your check out you will get a 10% discount. Link is in my bio 🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃 . . . . . #thetomentosashop #jasperjewelry #crystalhealing #strega #pastelwitch #pastelgoth #romanticjewelry #handmadebracelet #pastelboho #meditationstones #yogastone #chakrabalance #chakrastones #chakrajewelry #groundingjewelry #basechakra #supporthandmadeartists (στην τοποθεσία Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwMMzgBo3tM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4roo5gqlz643

[royalstain]

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[fawhanna]

Day 11 of #MyBendyHomies. Stop, drop and do yoga cos why not?! Lol. So sooooo proud with my wheel progression. #selfproud #chakrasana #wheelpose #stopdropyoga #yoga #yogadaily #yogastoned #yogaeverydamnday #yogaonethatiwantstudios #yotiwfam HOSTS: @yean.yoga @belle_yogi @jennihsurf.yoga @indalinama @grace_kimkimkim @yogawagon @doloresleongyoga SPONSORS: @_rawsome @yoginirepublic @dyogahub @sweetglo.scrubs @kelsnatural @ashbenimble . . .📷: @abirkot

[kenjmanderson-blog]

@ladydhalsim 15 days into this new year and i just keep REACHING THESE GOALS! YASSS! I never EVERRRR been able to do #FlyingCrow. And i finally was able to get it!😌🙏 And @synseer1 lets go back and see Beres😍😍😍 his voice does something to my sooooul🙌 #YogaEverydamnDay #yogalife #yogagirl #practicedaily #PracticeAndAllIsComing #yogahigh #yogastoned #zenasfuck #igyogacommunity #igyogafamily (at Des Moines, Iowa)

[yogistripperwitch]

Why Don’t You Just Do It?

Happy Taurus sun cycle! And also, congratu-fucking-lations to each and every single one of us for surviving the Mercury retrograde cycle so far.  Seriously, we all deserve a fucking medal just for getting out of bed today.

[I’m off from my restaurant job, and I had fully planned on going into the club and dancing tonight.  I got back from a doggy playdate with some friends just before 7 and thought to myself, “Okay, you need to start getting ready soon,” - and then I laid down on my living room rug next to my dog and didn’t move for nearly 45 minutes.  I kept telling myself that I needed to get up and get ready and it kept not happening.  The floor was just so comfortable.  I wasn’t even really tired; more, I was mentally exhausted, and the thought of getting up, putting makeup on, walking into the club, and smiling and hustling all night made me feel sick.]

I went to a noon Flow class at one of my favorite studios today.  The studio itself is two years old and is  a boutique-y, mom-and-pop little joint that’s way south of where I live. I only go there about once a month – partly because it’s a hike, and partly because it’s a little expensive (thank god for ClassPass) – but every time I do, it gives me exactly what I need. The classes are artfully sequenced, the studio is beautiful, and the teachers have never made me feel less than loved and welcomed.  

I’ve been going to the studio on and off since it opened two years ago because one of my favorite teachers (I’ll call her Mama) opened it with her husband.  Shortly before that, when I was doing my teacher training, I’d found her at another local studio and immediately fell in love with her.  She’s charismatic and loving, and her classes are dynamic and challenging.  She’s one of those people who could make you believe in unicorns, who seems to walk around with glitter trailing from her fingertips, but she’s also so genuine and down-to-earth.  Shortly after I attended my first class with her, she stopped teaching to prepare for the opening of her and her husband’s new studio.  I waited excitedly for the studio’s opening so I could start going to her classes again.  Her classes are the kind where you lay in savasana and you can feel the love of the universe raining down on you almost as if it were physical rain.  (Is that too cheesy and hokey?  Too bad, I don’t care.)

Mama and Papa’s studio is the kind of place that you walk into and it feels like walking into church – in a good way.  You unroll your matt and you sit down on it and you feel immediately safe and secure, nurtured and welcomed by something bigger than yourself, as though you could collapse on your mat in a complete state of surrender and vulnerability and it would be okay.

Mama’s husband (we’ll call him Papa, for simplicity’s sake) is also a yoga teacher (and a Thai masseuse to boot!) co-opened the studio with her and also teaches there.  I think the first time I went to one of his classes it was an accident – he was subbing one of Mama’s classes and I hadn’t realized it. It was SO good.  Where Mama’s classes are loud and in-your-face about awareness, Papa’s are subtle.  She commands a room, but he manages to look at every single person in the room and make him/her feel understood, loved, and appreciated.  (I guess it doesn’t hurt that he’s really, really attractive…)  As my own practice has deepened and become more nuanced and subtle, I’ve come to appreciate his classes more.

Anyway.  So I went to one of his classes at noon today.  It was crowded, but I found myself a nice little corner spot where I only had neighbors on one side and could use the wall to support my fledgling handstand.  I’ve been running and doing body weight exercises a lot lately (because as a stripper, it’s more important now than ever that I look good naked) so my hips and hamstrings exist in a constant state of tightness.  

He walked in, thanked us for being there, pulled out a white board from some hidden spot, and turned it to face the room.  Without any other kind of preface, he said, “These are a couple of the things that have been on my mind.

“The first is the things that I should do that I don’t do.  Things like practicing yoga, things that we dread and dread and dread and put off – like doing taxes – until eventually we buckle down and get started and realize, that wasn’t so bad.  And why do we do that?  We all do that.  Whether it’s an artistic pursuit or some task we have to accomplish or – or learning the guitar, I don’t know.  We psych ourselves out and we put it off and put it off and finally, when we start it, we realize it really wasn’t that big of a deal.  So what is your one thing?  What is the thing that you keep postponing because you’re afraid of failure or afraid of what could happen?  

“The other two things are svadhyaya and santosha [these were written next to each other, with arrows pointing to one another].  Svadhyaya is the act of self-study.  That’s why we’re here, that’s our only obligation in this life, is to self-study.  You are enough, you are a gift unto yourself and the moment you realize that and begin to dive into self-realization is the moment that everything else will work itself out for you.

“Santosha means contentment. Santosha is the act of accepting the here and now, of going with the flow instead of against it and allowing yourself to be borne along by it.  It’s allowing life to happen and choosing to be okay with it.  And these are both interconnected and important, we can’t have one without properly having the other.  So, with that, let’s come to a seated position with hands on the thighs, invite the eyes to close, and begin.”

I love his classes because they’re challenging, but not so challenging that you don’t have room to monitor your thought process and observe patterns/reactions that come up. I felt like a goddess.  I felt powerful and sexy, drenched in sweat and capable and in tune with my body (except for that brief moment in pyramid pose when my left foot cramped up, but hey, that’s part of the practice, right?). At the end of the class, while we were in savasana, he read us a poem by Mary Oliver, “The Summer Day.”  The final two lines, which are also painted on the wall of the lobby at Mama and Papa’s studio, are,

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious life?”

[Link to the full poem here, in case you’re interested.  It’s a beautiful poem.]

Needless to say, I’ve been yogastoned all day.

For me, the “thing” that I avoid like the plague, more so than even my taxes (which I actually did early this year, hey-o!) is writing.  I love writing.  Or, rather, in the words of Dorothy Parker, “I hate writing, I love having written.” Writing forces me to be vulnerable and attentive to myself, and that’s so hard to do.  Especially when I’m used to anesthetization via distraction – Snapchat, Netflix, work, etc..  

But deeper than that is the fact that I’m afraid of failure.  I’ve spent a good part of my adult life turning in circles, trying to figure out what to do with myself, and one of the only constants that I keep coming back to is writing.  I’ve done the corporate 9-5 thing and hated it.  Stripping and restaurant work are great, but they aren’t sustainable in the long-term (not for me, at least).  Grad school isn’t off the table, but then there’s still the question of what to do after grad school.  And I think and think and lie awake and think and take baths and think about what I’m good enough at to get paid for and could do for the rest of my life without wanting to kill myself and the only thing that comes is: writing.

Which means, if I want to have a stable writing career to fall back on when stripping and waiting tables don’t cut it anymore, that I need to start developing said career, like, right now.

And that’s terrifying to me. It’s terrifying to think that there is something that I could and should pour my whole heart and soul into and it might not be enough.  So I keep not doing it, because you can’t fail if you don’t try.  On the occasions when I force myself to sit down and write, I remember, “Hey, this isn’t that bad. It feels kind of good” and then I pull up snapchat or have to leave for work and the moment’s gone.  

So my intention for today – and moving forward – is this: no more excuses.  No more avoiding my writing like I avoid taxes.  No more looking away, no more not taking the plunge. Just, this.  Self-study and contentment.  And, always, yoga.  

Love,

yogistripperwitch

[flartista]

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[sacredstoneco-blog]

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