I wrote this a few years ago but it is resonating with me once again. I hope that this quarantine is giving everyone the opportunity to go inside and take time to just BE. 💕
PAPER MONSTERS
We feel the need to be constantly stimulated, avoiding the uncomfortable filling ourselves with distractions and pleasures. We encourage it in our society with the idea that being uncomfortable is negative and should therefore be avoided and suppressed. But avoiding or suppressing the uncomfortable doesn’t make it go away, on the contrary, it makes us addicted to pleasures and distractions to the point that we can’t live a single moment without them. Give this a try, I have been doing this for a few days…. Feel the need to comfort yourself? Try to not act on that feeling and sit and soak up the emotions that come up. In the end, it won’t be so bad, it will be uncomfortable but so what? Build a new relationship with that emotion, it is only “negative” because we have been taught it is so.
So how do we suppress our discomfort, you probably already have an answer to that. We suppress discomfort with TV, the internet, our phones, food, vices, s*x, and any type of over stimulation of the senses. It is the reason why it is virtually impossible for us to just sit and breathe. The most natural thing in the world for humans to do is all of the sudden virtually impossible. That on its own is a sign of just how sick we are as a society and planet.
So what is discomfort: Discomfort is our fear to look inside and get to know ourselves. We are afraid of our divinity but also our shadow. Finding stillness in discomfort is important because it allows us to get to know ourselves, our totality but it also connects us to universal guidance.
Nature, the world is dying to speak to us! It is shouting but we are so disconnected and over stimulated that we cannot listen. It doesn’t seem like a coincidence that Iquitos, the main city you pass to get to the heart of the Amazon in Peru is one of the loudest and most stimulated cities I have ever experienced. With the Amazon rainforest as a place filled with sacred energy and knowledge, people in Iquitos need that much more noise to remain oblivious to its cosmic message. And the message is…. WAKE UP!!! Stop feeding the ego before its far too late. Stop suppressing your emotions with muck, it is time to surpass that. Find stillness, reconnect.
The world is sick and we can feel it, as a reflection of our same earth, we are sick too! There is no denying it, just suppressing it. In our totality we are not just light beings of love and peace. And that is OK, what is within us is within the world and vice versa. Changing this dynamic will take us owning up to that fact. Being willing to soak and sit with the darkest aspects of ourselves. Because once we sit with discomfort, become intimate with our light and our shadow, we realize that there is nothing negative about our totality. Our shadow is simply the things we have chosen to hide from and suppress within ourselves. Little paper monsters casting big shadows.
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"Practice and all is coming" - Pattabhi Jois Acro and Ashtanga Yoga teacher living in New Orleans! Send me a message for privates/events.
01/08/2019
Teaching Ashtanga yoga today and every Tuesday, 6pm at Balance yoga! Join me and try a more traditional style of yoga. No music or distractions, just your breath guiding you through a moving meditation 🧘♀️
Also find me on the schedule Monday-Thursday 6:30am and Sunday 8:30am ✨
Ask me about privates, currently have an opening!
07/31/2018
Coming to NOLA, hand to hand workshop next Saturday, August 4th from 2-5pm at Aikido of New Orleans!! 🌟
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Bryson and I are excited to be co-teaching this event. Message me for details 🖤
06/13/2018
Acro Nola!!! The best monkeys to have ever monkeyed around 🖤🖤🖤
04/21/2018
Not afraid to reinvent and redefine myself and the things that bring me joy. Clinging to ideas of who we are and what we like can keep us stagnant. When things stop flowing naturally and walls begin to form it is time to follow a new path. A path that flows naturally with little resistance. Because when we align with our joy we allow the higher vibrational things that are meant for us find us! Major time for change and growth 💜
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So, love somebody until you don't love them anymore. Do a job until you don’t love it. Quit s**t. Start s**t. Walk away. Go find what gives you relentless joy, and if that thing changes — go find what else does. - Janne Robinson
03/28/2018
Today I choose to open my heart and trust 💙
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"If trust didn't require risk, it wouldn't be trust. And without trust, fear is the only possibility"
03/05/2018
So many things changing and shifting in my life at the moment. Spring is in the air and it’s time for me to begin new projects and adventures! ✨
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I am excited to announce that I will be teaching a handstanding workshop on Sunday, March 11th from 12:30-2:30pm at the !
Come get upside down with me! 🤸♀️🤸♂️
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Only 12 spots available, book through Mind Body.
Had so much fun working on one step with .kirchmaniac on Wednesday! First time trying this washing machine, think we did pretty well 😏
Have been working really hard on my back bends and I am starting to see some small improvements! ✨
To give you an idea; I have been partially working on the Ashtanga intermediate series for over a year. The first time I ever got into kapotasana was around Christmas time last year. Since that glorious moment, I wasn’t able to achieve the pose again until a couple of weeks ago. I was terrified of it, so much exposure and vulnerability to opening the heart to that degree. ✨
This goes to show that growth is not always linear. We may achieve a pose one day and not be able to get back into it for a long time. That’s alright because the real yoga is in the process. In our ability to stay present and focused, honoring where we are mentally and physically on any given day. Be patient with yourself and love where you are in your journey. With persistence you will always see improvements even if they are little and far in between. 🦄💕
Playtime should not be reserved for children, it’s what keeps one young! Now is a good time to play and be silly. Don’t take yourself too seriously in this crazy journey called life 💕💖
12/12/2017
Had the best time making shapes with my loves and . So much power in playtime, strong ladies unite! 🖤🖤
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