Sarah Fletch |

Practicing gratitude

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Sutra 11.42 : Supreme Joy is attained through the practice of gratitude

Easier said than done sometimes.

What are some things you're grateful for?

🌱 GIVEAWAY Round 2! 🌱

The last giveaway was a lot of fun and this year has been pretty rough, so what better time to share some more yoga with all of you!

What you'll win:
2 private yoga sessions:
1 session for you and 1 to give away

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How to enter:
☝ Like this post on IG & follow
✌ Tag a friend (each tag is an entry!)
👌 Comment - who needs some yoga?
🖖 Bonus 3 entries: share in your story (don't forget to tag me so I can see it!)

👏🏻🌱 these classes are beginner friendly. No yoga experience necessary 🥰

Contest closes Monday September 6th @ 10:00 PM PST. Winner will be chosen at random and announced Tuesday. This giveaway is in no way endorsed, sponsored or affiliated with Instagram, etc. Just want to give away some yoga. Classes will be held virtually to be safe and to follow public health guidelines 🌱😍🤞

GOOD LUCK! 🤘

This island life 🤙

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As much as I miss Vancouver, having a backyard like this is pretty hard to beat 🥰😍

Earthing // to realign the electrical currents of your body with those of the earth.

Also known as .

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Its been 6 whole months now since we moved
& I hadn't put my feet in fresh water yet.

I talked about the need to a few times but I just hadnt yet 🤷‍♀️

. Could I ever feel the need though

Then yesterday as we were driving home from Victoria Winston started to cry in the backseat. We pulled off the highway to give him a bathroom break & where we parked was here 😍

Surrounded by chirping birds and ancient trees I kicked off my sandals and strode in immediately. 🐦🌲

I felt all the tension float away with the current as my barefeet balanced on the slippery rocks.

Finally home now.

I hold space for others every week but sometimes I forget that I need to hold space for me too. 🙌🏼😌

Thanks to the Universe for making us stop the car. For answering my needs through our dog.

(He did not have to p*e lol)

I promise to listen more again.

This is what you'll see when you do 1-on-1 yoga with me. 😁🦚🧘‍♀️

= My proud face when you show up to your mat and don't cancel on yourself 🙌🏼

Private yoga isn't about you keeping up with me & my practice.

Its my job to guide you in your practice where YOU are at today. No expectations.

Its okay if you don't know the names of the poses.

Its okay if you aren't flexible.

Its okay if you don't feel strong.

The hardest part is showing up 👏🏻

👉 I'm looking to add a few more hours a week to my teaching schedule now that we are settled into the house post move. 👈

Dm me if you have any questions or would like to book a class with me. 🙌🏼

❓Whats the hardest part for you showing up to the mat❓

For me, its the to-do list getting in the way before I feel like I can practice.

Sometimes I forget how grounding it is to just get outside. 🍃👣

I get stuck in my head with all the things that need to be done in the yard , then it gets dark and I tell myself "ill go out tomorrow".

Trying to detach the expectation of getting stuff done and being outside. I dont have to garden to enjoy the garden.. ya know?

So here's your friendly Friday reminder to go outside and get some fresh air today. 🥰✌

For me, feeling fresh makes feeling gross a lot harder.. because my brain knows that I'm clean now. 🧼😍

Yesterday, I woke up feeling gross, heavy, and just generally bleh. You know those days? 😒

But..

❣That's how healing starts: you start to recognize it, acknowledge it then you can change the narrative ❣

Instead of puttering around the house half-zombied.. I put on a face mask that I love, told my reflection that she was beautiful, had a long hot shower, exfoliated, brushed my hair and put on comfy but cute clothes.

Thats what self-care is for me.

I felt better. I was still aware of the thoughts, but now I atleast felt fresh. And feeling fresh makes feeling gross a lot harder... because your brain knows that you're clean now.

Negative body days are always tough and they seem to happen more intensely for me the week before T.O.M. comes.

🥰 Id love to know what self-care looks like for you? 👇❣

Mourning for what was doesn't mean you don't appreciate what you have now.

I was building a business last year. Covid closed her before she even had a chance to open. She closed before we were able to be a safe space and a welcoming light to people who needed it. We were going to do things differently.

I was so happy. I was so excited. I was so proud.

I started prepping my taxes for this year, and I was writing out all the classes I taught since lockdown, and couldn't help but compare it to the months before. Wow

Overnight I went from teaching 20+ classes a week in studios with every moment outside of that doing financials, meeting with city planners, realtors, property management companies, banks, and designers to none of it.. all of a sudden.

Heck, when we were in Rome in September I did a conference call with small business advisors & financial planners in the middle of the night because it was my new life and I was excited.

Now, I havent stepped into a yoga studio physically since March 13, 2020.

I know that we are very lucky and that the universe had my back because we were able to walk away but I did spend a few months mourning what could have been last year.

Yesterday, organizing my finances for 2020 that all came back up - so, I let myself have a good cry.

For those of you whove asked, maybe one day I'll open a studio but its no longer "in the plan". We've got other businesses to start for now ✌

Its okay to mourn for your precovid life. It doesn't mean you're any less grateful or happy now. It just means you're also sad for what could have been.

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Does yoga once.. looks over edges like this now 😂🤸‍♀️

Happy Monday 😘
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💖🌱 My pronouns are she/her 🌱💖

This may seem obvious to some that I would be called she/her while you're talking about me, but someone's are not always so clear.

I've had my pronouns in my ig bio for about a year now, but I still see a lot of people in the service industry who have not added theirs yet. 👀

🎬🔥 This is your call to action to add them to your bio, to your email signature, and to any forms that you send to people to fill out. 🔥🎬

Yesterday, I needed to send out par-q forms to new yoga clients (its been a while but YAY new p*eps!) and before I did, I made sure to add this little box.

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✅ In the second picture, you can see how quickly and easy it was to gently correct a friend while she commented on s amazing, inspiring and heart-warming video that I shared to my stories.

They're amazing and I wish covid was gone so I could just give them a biggest hug. We all know must be an amazing hugger. 🌞

As a yoga teacher, safe space holder, and general earthling its important that I honor people where they are individually in their journey. No matter what that means FOR THEM.

Holding safe space isn't about me.

What are your preferred pronouns? Do you have them listed somewhere for others to see?

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[Image description: the first is a video that shows a par-q yoga registration form glittering with an Instagram filter as Sarah types in 'preferred pronouns' to a new box for others to fill out. The second is a screenshot of a message sarah received where someone said about Jeffrey "he could tuck me in and rub my head all night" in which Sarah responded "right?! All the back tickles. Also theyre a they!** Not a he :) ]