Jessica Lee Yoga

When was the last time you set time aside to just — do nothing?

I mean *actually* doing nothing, just being. Because even when we make time to do things that we enjoy, we’re preoccupied. I used to feel that time was only well spent when I’m doing a million things at once, that I could never “do” meditation because it’s too boring, yet over the last few months I crave my one hour a week (or month) when I can climb into the sensory deprivation tank and shut off the world (and all its notifications) for a little while.

Thank you .hk for creating this space to reconnect by disconnecting 💙

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Wow, hello. I know it’s been a *while* since my last post, and I just wanted to check in and say I’m still around 👋🏻

Between juggling work, social happenings resuming post-COVID, and the lack of vacations to break up the passage of time, it’s been a physically and mentally exhausting few months playing catch up to life 🥵 I unintentionally took some time off social media to live a little more presently without the need to capture everything, and before I knew it, one week turned into two, and here we are after a month and a half 😬

At first, there was a LOT of guilt. When I missed the first week of not posting, I beat myself up about breaking the streak, but also didn’t want to make up a post out of nothing just for the sake of posting something. For a while now I’ve convinced myself that being authentic meant I had to always share something personal, deep, and/or meaningful, so when I didn’t feel like oversharing my personal life, I didn’t feel like I had much else to say. When combined with my need for things to be “perfect”, overthinking how to create the right content to fit my grid and drafting the right caption to go with it, posted at the right time became a much dreaded chore, instead of something I looked forward to.

But as the weeks passed and realizing nothing changed (aside from losing some followers, which would’ve bothered me in the past but 🤷🏻‍♀️), I’ve finally accepted that it’s okay to not post out of obligation because it’s “good for the algorithm”, and that there actually IS a lot that I do want to create and share.. I just needed to do it on my own terms.

Here’s to a (metaphorical) fresh slate ❤️

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Yoga has meant different things to me over the years, teaching me many lessons about my body, my mind, and life. My practice allows me to reconnect to myself and tune inwards by magnifying my breath, movements, emotions, and thoughts without distractions. Sometimes I leave the mat feeling calm and relaxed, while other times it uplifts my energy and mood. Yoga reminds me that everything, from tough poses to tough situations in life, are only temporary. It’s taught me to see and understand the world differently, and to be better at letting go of expectations and going with the flow. Yoga helped me discover my purpose of giving back and sharing with others the tools that changed my life. Grateful for all the teachers and students I’ve met on this journey who’ve played a role in letting me do what I love ❤️

What does yoga mean to YOU?

Happy International Yoga Day! 🕉

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If you’ve ever met me in person, you’ll know that I sweat a lot (actually A LOT) and super easily. By the time I get home after a long day of teaching and walking around in the Hong Kong humidity with my mask on, I can’t wait to get all of that sweat, dirt, and pollution off my face.

Thanks to the clean beauty brand , caring for my skin has become a lot easier. The Kind to Skin range offers a full skincare regime gentle enough for even the most sensitive of skins, which are full of multi-vitamins and skin-loving ingredients minus toxic ingredients like color, perfume, and harsh chemicals.

My favorite product from the line is the Refreshing Facial Wash, which not only leaves my skin feeling light and fresh, but also brings back memories of when I was briefly living in the UK back in 2015 and used to get this exact same face wash!

I also love that I’m able to take my skincare on the go with the Micellar Cleansing Wipes for freshening up when I’m out and about & between classes, especially on days when I teach back-to-back at 🔥🥵

Choose kindness - to your skin, to people, and to the planet 💚

A little late, but happy 1️⃣st birthday ! 🥳

I never thought I’d ever teach hot yoga, let alone at a studio that *only* offered classes in a 40-degree, candlelit room, but now I can’t imagine not being a part of this strong, sexy, sweaty family. Thank you for creating the space to allow me to share my love for yoga and curating music, encouraging me to push past my limits as a teacher and yogi, and bringing together an amazing community of people that I look forward to seeing (and getting my sweat on with 💦) every week.

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Strong is the new sexy 💪🏼

Not gonna lie, I have *zero* idea what I’m doing when it comes to boxing 😂 but that doesn’t stop me from feeling empowered and ready to kick some ass in the new x collection 💥🥊

@ Swish Club

Dedicating this post to my momma!

It’s Mother’s Day today and I only just realized I never made a post about the carnation tattoo I got last March. Ever since finding out about my dad’s cancer recurrence back in 2018, I decided to get a tattoo for each parent, so I can always “carry” them around with me for the rest of my life. I got my dad’s signature on my wrist one month before he passed, but wanted to wait until I found the right design for my mom’s.

In the end, I decided on a collection of carnations 💐 as that’s her favorite flower, and seeing them always makes me think of getting pink ones for her birthday/Mother’s Day as a kid. Despite her general disapproval of me getting more tattoos, she agreed to this one (also huge thank you for creating the perfect design that my mom is actually happy to show off 😂).

Now you’ll always be with me .yau ❤️

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“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.”

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Anyone else “forget” to eat until they’re absolutely starving? 🙋🏻‍♀️ This happens to me more often than I’d like to admit, sometimes because I’m so busy running around to even think about food, but more often than not I’m procrastinating because I get overwhelmed by decision paralysis. By the time hanger kicks in, it’s too already late to cook or order food in (nothing worse than waiting for delivery when you’re hungry, time slows down x100).. not gonna lie, there’s been times where dinner was a family sized bag of chips because it’s all I had lying at home 🤭

Thankfully .hk makes this part of my life *so much* easier! I opted for the 3-day meal plan last week, which delivered breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a snack daily to my door at 7am (in eco-friendly packaging too! ♻️), so I was set for the day. Whenever the hunger would start to set in, all I had to do was reach into my fridge and heat up whatever delicious thing they had on the menu for me to enjoy.

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Long weekends don’t really hold the same meaning anymore when you’re a yoga teacher, as we’re typically busiest when everyone else gets time off to do things that they’re normally too busy to do.. like go to a yoga class. Despite having to teach three out of the five days this extended Easter break, I decided to take time “off” in my own way - by temporarily ignoring work-related messages (which was super hard, considering work and personal are so intertwined on messaging apps these days) and avoiding using my laptop aside from looking up a recipe for the delicious loaf of banana bread I ended up making 😋 With that extra space in my schedule and mind, I explored, spent time with friends, and gave myself permission to do nothing.

How was your Easter? I hope you all enjoyed your downtime (whatever that meant to you) and had a much-deserved break 🐣

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