Teaching you how to embrace pain + discomfort to unlock limitless potential.
You don’t have to know what you need before you start — just make the space for it.
I was a yoga teacher that couldn’t find calm.
I was teaching inner peace while struggling to maintain my own.
Returning to the gym made me realize I was forcing a method of restoration that my body didn’t need at that moment.
Trying to manage postpartum as a SAHM while balancing the stress off external life didn’t ask for another vinyasa. Returning the gym reconnected me to what I needed which was grit and evidence. That I was strong and capable.
This made space for yoga to be restorative. Breath led. Focused more on silence and inner exploration than nailing a handstand.
A calmer nervous system emerged from balancing the two. Strength AND stillness.
We need both.
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We don’t wake up first thing and tune into what our bodies need. We immediately send our attention to the world. To others.
These are my moments to turn inward and give myself the attention and intention it deserves. To stretch farther, sink deeper, feel or think a bit less.
✨ a couple tips to deepen your experience on the mat✨
* Extend your exhales (think inhale for 4 and exhale for 6-8). This activates your parasympathetic nervous system signaling calm and relaxation in the body.
* Tune into sensation (feel the ground under your feet. Notice your palms expand as your reach high. Send your breath to your thighs instead of your chest. Breath map around your body)
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The most expensive thing you will ever pay for is disconnection from yourself.
Tune in, breathe deep, and welcome in this gentle reminder.
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Change isn’t hard because you’re weak—
it’s hard because your body was wired for safety, not uncertainty.
Every time you try to create a new habit, step into calm, or let go of an old identity, your nervous system asks:
“Are we safe here?”
How you respond makes all the difference — and it’s what most of us aren’t aware of.
In this episode, I share why it’s worth releasing the language of “unmotivated” or “lazy” and instead learning what your body is really trying to do: protect you.
That understanding is the first step.
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09/25/2024
When starting something unfamiliar the hardest thing to let go of is the expectations surrounding “the end.”
A positive return was always expected for any and every investment.
But when it comes to releasing the old habit, practicing a new behavior or thought, going out on a limb and taking risks… a lot of that, we can’t and won’t know if there will be an end benefit.
This time, if I choose to release instead of succumbing to the feeling of overwhelm or unworthiness, and picking up the drug or entertaining the friend that feeds my insecurities because I want to avoid my emotions, maybe I can call in a different outcome.
Maybe. The effort and ultimate discomfort comes from making a choice that may not pan out.
But our growth exists in the practice. In the trying. In the choosing other, just this once, to see if the result could be different.
Trust that it will be different. Until it is.
09/21/2024
12/01/2023
Let’s talk about relapse. Some folks never experience it, others, like me, know it all to well. Regardless of where you are I want you to remember that it is common and that it is not the end all be all for your story.
LEARN from every misstep. They teach you where you’re still vulnerable and where you need to grow.