Jacquelyn Autrey Yoga

Join me online for a live Thanksgiving day meditation November 23rd, 10:30am az (12:30pm NYC)here:
https://www.villageyogasedona.com/online-yoga-classes

OR if you are local to Sedona, AZ I'd love for you to join me for an in-person Vinyasa yoga class at 9am and then meditation at 10:30 am.
Register in advance because the Thanksgiving day class is typically full!
Register here for in-person yoga or meditation:
https://www.villageyogasedona.com/schedule

I hope everyone has a great holiday. Here's to harmony spreading throughout the world

A 2 hour workshop for my Jacksonville FL friends this Sunday 9am in San Marco. We will practice yoga meditation and philosophy!

Register here in advance: https://app.etapestry.com/cart/CulturalCenterAtPonteVedraBea/default/item.php?ref=4138.0.1713228011

This class supports the , a non profit that provides fine art exhibitions, art classes, language classes, culture, community and more to the residents of Jacksonville! Sunday December 18th 9-11am at Pawsitive Healing and the Office of Life Coach Dr. Carla Rodrigues - 1617 Thacker Ave, Jacksonville (in San Marco)
•Cost: $40 ($35 for current FCCC members)
•A 2 hour in-person yoga, meditation, & philosophy workshop, open to all levels.

About the Yoga Workshop

As we approach the end of 2022 and look to the year ahead, this yoga workshop builds on the Tibetan Buddhist tradition with a focus on manifesting your dreams. Set aside a morning in December for yourself and join this special yoga workshop with visiting instructor Jacquelyn Autrey of The Yoga Experience in Flagstaff, Arizona. The workshop will include movement (up to 1.5 hours) as well as time for philosophy and meditation. Beginners, experienced yoga students, and fellow yoga instructors are all welcome to attend this inspiring session.

Benefits of the workshop:
•Practice yoga in the Hatha yoga tradition, which includes alignment, and vinyasa.
•Learn a short meditation practice to develop concentration on our highest goals
•We will discuss the philosophy of karma (or cause & effect) sourced from Tibetan Buddhist texts.
•We will experiment with a 2,000 year old system to develop the power of our mind to manifest our dreams.
•We will have an accountability support group.

Contact Toni Thomas with questions about this class: mailto:[email protected] or 904-280-0614 ext. 1206

What is your biggest obstacle to doing yoga every week?

Who knew ones legs could open the heart? Binding foot to hand creates a feedback loop of Prana, a flow of life force grounded in the practice of moving for the sake of others. When legs are grounded and hips level it can create a balanced sense of lightness in the chest and shoulders. Let’s go deeper past the skin muscles bones, there’s is breath thoughts and then prana running in the channels-what thoughts can open the heart chakra? Have you tried doing a pose for yourself vs doing a pose to benefit someone else? reminded me of this practice in her movement class for the mixed nuts translation program today😘There’s an underlying misunderstanding that yoga seeks to destroy, a grasping to a wrong idea that things and people are coming at us for no reason at all. These thoughts create the choke points or chakras around the central channel-shushumna nadi. When we take responsibility for our experience and actions, our thoughts become more generous and understanding running through the central channel. In my experience, this switch of motivation can lead to an abundant divine smirk like That lovely feeling after yoga or the sun warming your face on a cold day. A smirk of knowing, an understanding of where reality comes from which provokes behavior that is overflowing with love wisdom and understanding. That smirk or smile is even a result of the side channels falling to side and moving towards the center due to the thoughts and prana. So if you are feeling afflicted, looking at a photo of or think of a happy time that you created to redirect the prana:) So today I practice smiling and dancing rejoicing in the good things I created and dedicating to some days not sucking at all😂🤣🙃

Thinking about alignment as an outer practice vs. inner activities to merge the mind with highest intention today. What brings the mind to the center of the energetic body... to sushumna. What are the ultimate and conventional causes?.. what are some practices you do to feel centered? Comment below 👇🏻 today I had the honor of subbing yoga for the amazing and am so grateful to be able to share yoga. When I can fully serve others with joy it helps me move my mind to a higher centered place. I get to step out of my own agendas and self centered thinking and let the intention of sharing the beautiful practice of Hatha yoga open my channels. The three Spheres, taught in Buddhism, is another way I move my mind to a centered place by focusing on the emptiness of myself, the action and the receiver of the action. If this interests you check out the mixed nuts reading club on thursdays and for more teachings on emptiness.

If you feel separate or alone today, just know that you are not alone, there is likely someone to else who feels the same way. Kriya meditation:
1. Take a deep inhale and receive your own infinite wisdom through the crown of your head, down the central channel to the pelvic floor.
2. exhale it to every cell of your body. 3. Do this three times until you fill your whole body with light. 4. Co tongue to inhale and receive light love wisdom, continue to exhale and Expand it into the subtle space around you in a bubble. 5. Expand beyond the bubble to anyone who needs support right now. I love you all of you