Restoraflow to wellness

Tree pose: bringing strangers together through shared instability. 😂

Thank you so much to each of you who came to A Blue Moon Sound Experience The restorative frequencies, the energy, and collective stillness filled the space so beautifully. Loved seeing faces, new faces; truly grateful for our growing community.

To those of you who couldn’t make it, we missed you! Hope you can make it to the next one for the Summer Solstice if we don’t see you before.

Whether you’re actively practicing, dropping in on e in a while, or been off you’re mat for quite some time - this is so worth the read!

The missing mindset piece to your practice👇🏻

The Thursday before last, I went to bed way later than usual having attended my husband’s final choir concert of the year.

I was tired, amped up from how well the kids had performed, a little hungry, and fully in the “I’ll do it tomorrow” mood.

But before I went to bed, I still brushed my teeth. I didn’t stand in the bathroom debating whether I felt inspired enough to do it. I didn’t tell myself I’d fallen off track because my schedule got weird. I didn’t decide that one late night meant I should probably just give up brushing my teeth altogether until Monday.

I just did it because it’s a practice.

And that got me thinking about yoga.

Somewhere along the way, many of us started treating yoga like it only “counts” when conditions are perfect.

We convince ourselves that we need a full hour, a calm nervous system, enough energy, and the perfect mindset before we can step on the mat. Then life gets busy, a few practices get skipped, and suddenly it feels easier to stop altogether than simply pick back up where we left off.

Meanwhile, we still take care of the other things that support our lives.

We brush our teeth even when we’re tired. We still shower after a long day. We still feed ourselves when life gets hectic.

There’s an understanding that these things are part of caring for ourselves, even when the timing is off or the day didn’t go according to plan.

So why do we treat movement, breath, strength, mobility, mental clarity, and spiritual connection differently when they impact every part of how we experience our lives?

Your practice was never supposed to be something you only return to once life finally settles down. Your practice is one of the things that helps you move through messy seasons with more steadiness while life is actively happening around you.

And maybe this is the shift.

Maybe yoga starts feeling more sustainable when we stop treating it like a performance and start treating it like care. Some days your practice will feel focused and strong. Other days it will feel distracted, clunky, rushed, or small. Some days you only have time for twenty-five minutes. Other days you find a full ninety minutes to devote to yourself and your practice.

The power has never been in doing it perfectly. The power is in returning again and again because it’s part of what you do and part of who you are.

Because that’s what a practice actually is.

And if you didn’t brush your teeth for a week, you’d feel it pretty quickly. Your teeth would feel gross, your mouth would taste terrible, and eventually you’d probably look in the mirror and think, “Alright… this situation has gotten out of hand.”

Your yoga practice really isn’t that different.

After a week or two away from practice, most people can feel the difference pretty quickly. The body tends to stiffen up, little aches begin creeping back in, and stress suddenly feels harder to navigate. Even your patience can start wearing thinner because one of the things that helped you feel more grounded, capable, and connected to yourself slowly disappeared from your routine.

And yet, instead of simply returning to the practice the way we would return to brushing our teeth, we tend to make the whole thing far more complicated than it needs to be. We act like we need to restart perfectly on a Monday morning with the ideal class, the perfect amount of motivation, and a completely clear schedule.

Meanwhile, the practice itself is sitting there going, “You could have just rolled out your mat for twenty minutes on Wednesday.”

That’s why I think the word practice matters so much.

A practice is something you return to because it supports your life, even when life gets messy.

And maybe this is your reminder to stop waiting for the “perfect” moment to begin again.

June classes inside the studio begin a week from Monday, and in many ways, this is the perfect time to step back into your practice with support, structure, and a community of women who are showing up right alongside you. Some students will be joining for the first time, some are returning after time away, and some have simply decided they’re ready to stop putting themselves at the bottom of the list again.

You don’t need to restart perfectly.

You just need to return.

I’d love to share the practice with you.... I'll drop the link to join the studio below ⬇️

Memorial Day, we practice for free in gratitude for those who sacrificed all so that we may be free.

Regular class schedule.

How can we learn to stay in discomfort? Without forcing.. without judgement.. without escaping the pose we might be struggling with..

Most of the time, we think discomfort means.. “I’m doing it wrong.” “I’m not flexible enough.” “I need to come out of it.” “Everyone is better than me.”
But discomfort is not always the problem..

Discomfort can become a doorway..
Not to push harder. Not to perform better.
But to observe what arises inside.

You might not only be meeting tight hamstrings.. you may also be meeting..
fear
Impatience
Comparison
Self judgement
Resistance

The pose reveals the mind.
Ask yourself.. and let your teacher guide you in noticing what part of you wants to escape..
Pain says: stop, adjust, protect.
Discomfort says: slow down, breathe, observe.

This distinction creates safety and depth.
Remember to use your breath as an anchor.
Staying with the breath before you react to sensation.. this creates steadiness.
Can you feel the sensation without making a story about it? This helps to stop judging the body, and move inward towards a self study.
Meet yourself with awareness, kindness, and patience.

Give yourself the space to stay.. even when it feels hard. Finding your strength through softness and through challenge.
Not to push yourself through pain.. but to push yourself into observance and awareness. Breathing through the discomfort. Meeting yourself where you are.. as you are.. 🙏🏼

What people think yoga is vs what yoga actually is..

Always love hearing what people say after their first Thai appointment.

Thai curious? Book yourself a mini sesh or take the plunge and treat yourself to the full 90 minutes.

TikTok · BrookeAnnie 57 likes, 9 comments. “On fire but also my bones were stretching. & my muscles hurt so bad but felt good. I really don’t know y’all. It was wonderfully tragic & painfully glorious all at once. 🤣 10/10”

Solve them, maybe not… give me a different perspective or space to process, ABSOLUTELY!

Well… have you?

See you back on the mat Thursday & Friday. Maybe a little slower, a little more mindful - but we’re flowing! Hope you’ll join us.