EMJ Yoga

Messy morning PJ yoga 🧘🏻‍♀️✌🏻

Your mat doesn’t care what you look like just that you show up somehow on a regular basis!

[sped up x25]

Wu wei 無爲

An ancient Taoist philosophy meaning ‘non-doing’ is all about just ✨ letting things happen ✨

It’s the art of not trying to force things or change the direction of the natural flow of life (the Tao).

This can feel really hard when we feel we need to control everything around us to feel safe.

But fighting against the flow is like swimming upstream against the water current.

You’ll feel exhausted pretty quick and you won’t make the progress you were hoping for.

Allowing a situation to play out as it is supposed to can be the hardest challenge of them all. Things can change in an instant and your best well laid plans can go out the window in a blink — which almost always feels scary and unsafe.

Like life, water in a river that flows effortlessly, traversing the twists and turns of the river banks. Sometimes the water moves slowly, sometimes it will gush rapidly and crash down a waterfall.

Accepting and allowing yourself to be taken by the flow of life is actually more effortless.

Perhaps counterintuitively, letting go of trying to be in control actually reduces anxiety and stress.

So lay back and enjoy the ride 🌊💚

A joyful moment during my meditation this morning. I opened my eyes and saw the incense dancing amongst the leaves. There is always movement even in stillness 💚

What little moments of joy can you found today?

Find yourself hunched over as you work? Try this 60 second movement reset to feel and breathe better!

A gentle heart opening flow 💖

If you’ve been feeling closed off, hunched over a laptop or just feeling heavy lately this is your gentle reminder…

Stretch the chest and create space so you can breathe a little deeper, stand a little taller and open your heart to the endless possibilities in life ✨

A little sneak peak of my ānāhata chakra flow class from my online membership 🧘🏻‍♀️

3 WAYS TO SET UP YOUR COMFIEST ŚAVĀSANA 3️⃣👆🏻

1️⃣ Get COSY! Put on your cosiest jumper, trackies, socks, pjs, hoodie, hat, whatever it is that makes you feel warm and cosy.

2️⃣ Grab your PROPS! Cushions, pillows, bolsters, bricks, whatever it is that is going to support you to feel as comfortable as possible lying down. You might want to lie flat on the floor or lift your upper body up slightly like I have in the video. Your śavāsana, your choice!

3️⃣ ENJOY! Cover yourself with your warmest blanket and get comfy. Close your eyes, maybe even add an eye pillow or eye mask, shut off the lights, play some music, light a candle. Get the ambience right 👌🏻 then drift off into a dreamy relaxed state and let the mind soften and quieten on its own.

Give it a go and let me know how you get on!

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