GiannaYoga

Anyways, what have you been up to?

One white lady arguing to another white lady about the validity of yoga practice really be where we are at today, huh?

There are peoples rights being stripped away, people being torn from their homes and deported, there is violence, aggression, agitation, instigation … and this is what your time and energy is being put towards?

I believe in restorative justice. People need to find self care while deconstructing institutions that have raised us and imprinted their limiting beliefs on our lives and value. I can have opinions but I don’t get to tell people they are wrong in their practice.

Don’t let people tell you that what you’re doing, the thing that is bringing you healing should not be practiced. Take care of yourself so you can take care of others. Love more, yourself and your neighbors no matter what. It might not fix everything but i really believe it changes minds and can heal the world.

More is just more, it’s not better.

As an aging Yogi in a community that I’ve been in for 20 years, there are tons of expectations to maintain a certain level of ability rather than respect for the dedication to the discipline.

The amount of input does not always yield the output that you want to see. Sometimes more just leads to degradation, deterioration, or pain and sometimes more is better. It’s about being present enough to recognize the difference.

What used to work for me doesn’t work anymore. I can’t just hop onto my mat in a hot room every day and see the same results as I did.. my body is changing not because I’m treating it differently but because it’s going through It’s natural changes. I’m caring for it as it shows up not as how it used to show up.

The more that the work entails is more listening, more strategy, more patience. When feeling good and connected is the goal, the more is more complex.

Dedication to self discovery, to listening, to being willing to change, to applying new information, that is the practice.

Don’t let expectations you have not formed yourself get in the way of your health. And. Don’t forget to question the expectations you have formed yourself. Often your historic thinking was formed by patriarchal madness that serves no one.

Not personal at all. Totally general.

My favorite part about teaching is getting people to try new things and then not attaching their self-worth to their practice, not letting their practice dismantle their ability to be a functioning member of their lives and their family, and allowing life as a Yogi to make “non yogic” aspects of their life more present or more yogic by means of the physical practices.

Your last chances to catch me in Chicago are next weekend

Friday, July 24 at LIncolm PARK 4:30 - 6:30 26+2 COMPREHENSIVE BEGINNERS CLASS

Saturday, July 25 at 2-3:0 South ARM BALANCE INVERSION CLASS

Sunday, July 26 1 to 230 at Lincoln PARK ARM BALANCE INVERSION CLASS

all are open to all levels!

Take my class in Chicago, Rome, or Tucson or join our online community of asynchronous learners.

Ok bye.