Zen Jen Living

Never underestimate how much happiness you'll get from eating spoonfuls of peanut butter from the jar.. OR for making time during your weekend for a mellow, feel good flow 🌼☀️

💥 FREE live streamed 45min class tomorrow 💥

To book and for more information please head to:
https://justbelievefit.com.au/event/free-community-slow-flow-yoga/

Listen to your body! Or maybe not- mine is pretty clear at letting me know it wants to be fat and unemployed lol. BUT I can assure you that yoga and nourishing from within could be just what you need, compared to the usual Netflix and slowly decay.

Hope to see you!! Please take advantage of our free community offering ❤🧡

1love, stay blessed 🌸

📚YogaPhilosophyBite📚
🌅THE YAMAS: the first limb of the Eight Limbs of Yoga, originating from the ancient Indian philosophical text 'The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali'

Kidnapper: Wow you're too fat to fit in the boot of my car.
*drives off*

[Later]

Police officer: Did he hurt you?

Me, tearing up: So bad, honestly.

Ahimsa is the first yama, and is roughly translated as nonviolence. I assume you're not an overly violent person (unless you're out there choosing pulp in your orange juice, wow that's outright violence), but as Iyengar states, "violence is a state of mind"; it isn't just about not physically harming ourselves, or others, or the world, but also not thinking negative thoughts towards ourselves or others.

Examples of Ahimsa:
🌼Can you enter a pose peacefully?
🌼Can you attempt a challenging shape, whilst holding compassion in your mind if you struggle?
🌼Can you pop a bug outside when its lost its way, rather than squishing it 😪?
🌼Can you maintain a feeling of love and peace when your cat has s**t all over the carpet?

So, be kind to strangers. You never know if they're rich and eccentric and might put you in their will. Lol I joke. Be kind to yourself (I recommend grilled cheese by phone light- follow me for more self-care tips). Be kind to the planet.

See if you can honour Ahimsa both on, and off the mat today.

1love, stay blessed 💓

The lost art of being true to yourself. 🌱

[During lockdown on the sofa watching Netflix]

Me: *doesn't move for 90minutes*
Partner: *gets up to p*e*
Me: can you get me some biscuits and a drink and my paw paw cream and that charger and that remote and that blanket over there?

If you can relate at all, join me in moving our bodies TOMORROW for a live streamed vinyasa class at 🐣 if you're in Victoria, it could be one of the kindest things you can gift yourself during this stressful and uncertain time!

Visit the yogaplace.com.au to reserve your spot and get the zoom link:

🌸$25 for one class pass

🌸$39 for 2weeks unlimited yoga and pilates

1love, stay blessed 💓

Can't. Raising my vibration.

[Through a mouthful of biscuits] but how do you get past the never falling in love thing again?????

S**t happens to all of us. Not everyone is out there to support you. Not everyone will stay. Life is about finding peace in that.

HOWEVER it's a pretty human thing to ruminate on it (wyd 3am pull up to my crib for an anxiety party), or resent and resist anything that contradicts our self-definition, or who we want to be.

Replaying past failures in your mind over and over again only serves in programming you to continue to fail. Our thoughts and feelings are energy- they emit vibrations and what we continually send out.. we get reflected back (not woo woo but actually quantum physics). Therefore whatever we give our attention to, grows and GROWS.

Forgiving will not erase the wrongs, but will free you from their hold. Go through that uncomfortable process. Stop dodging it, as you're delaying what is necessary for you to evolve.

Nothing will ever be like it was and we should be grateful. We are always one second away from a completely different future. This is actually pretty freeing, no matter how suffocating and overwhelming your nostalgia or regret feels.

Be here now, and see what opportunities and adventures arise. Remember, 'some of the best days of our lives haven't happened yet'. 🦋

Stay hydrated, order pizza, basically find a gesture of love for yourself today. May your heart be calm and your vision clear.

1love, stay blessed 💓

Your assignment - should you choose to accept it - is to count how many times my cat shows you her ass during an online yoga class.

In other words.. online yoga classes (via Zoom) are available for wherever you are in the world!! 🦋

Types of classes I teach are:
🧘🏼‍♀️Slow flow
🧘🏼‍♀️Vinyasa
🧘🏼‍♀️Hatha
🧘🏼‍♀️Relaxation and basic stretching
🧘🏼‍♀️Meditation

🌈🌈First class is FREE!!!!🌈🌈

I aim to provide informed guidance and inspiration sharing yoga, in a judgement-free and loving space. By teaching with humour and humility, I focus on helping people experience the gifts of self-awareness, self-acceptance and self-understanding, ultimately opening pathways to feeling empowered and joyful in everyday life.

DM if you'd like to schedule a free class. Water yourself and see how you bloom. 🌼

Oh you like fruit and vegetables? Name three that are spoiled at the back of your fridge's keep crispy drawer.

In case anyone hasn't told you today, I'm thankful for you 🌼

Have you noticed that different parts of your body make different sounds when you scratch them

Hi everyone, just letting you know I just posted pics of all my new throw pillows on my OnlyFans.

Lol false advertisement. That content would be PRIMO though!!!! But now that I have ur attention..

🐠MATSYASANA/FISH POSE🐠
This asana can be so delicious for opening us up in all the ways we may not want but need. Also I find myself imagining how COOL it would be in this posture if we had LASER TI***ES SHOOTING UP TO THE SKY but it's still pretty badass without this addition.

Most of us for a lot of the time block the energy centers in our neck and heart with general poor posture. I for one sit like Gollum 80% of the time. Therefore when I'm in this shape, the expansion of these normally shielded areas feels too good. I instantly feel rejuvenated, more confident, and more alive. 🌸

The opening of the throat is not something we practice often, and because of this it can lead to instances of miscommunication, or inability to speak our truth. Thus when we do care for this energy center, we are encouraging free expression and therefore the capacity to create and manifest exactly what we want and need in our beautiful lives.

Finally, we open up our ❤big❤sensitive❤heart❤ when we come into this shape and lift our upper back and chest up. Sometimes with back bends my brain is like I finally see how I die but if it feels too intense, know that you can add a block or blanket both under either the head and/or the lower edges of your shoulder blades for extra support. Feeling afraid, self-critical and stressed/worried can happen when your heart is closed to life.. practising Fish pose helps to cultivate compassion and joy and well-being. I am sure the path to happiness ends with Caramilk, but I'm also sure that opening up your center of love and connection with all beings would bring you pretty close.

I hope this has inspired you to include this asana in your personal practice, and that your day has lots of smiles and peace.

1love, stay blessed 💓

Shazam but for why my cat is biting me

P.S. enjoy my head stand into a forward roll, clearly I was a Jiu Jitsu warrior in a previous lifetime. Love that for me