The Yoga House

Yoga is so much more than what we typically think. Since having covid, I can tell a difference in my lung capacity. What I used to be able to move through with ease, now causes me to be winded. Yesterday I started working on yoga to improve lung function and boost immunity. I’m hoping, slowly, my lung capacity will improve and this practice will help speed it along. If you have questions about this, reach out. I’d love to possibly help others who are struggling with this.

A little before dinner wheel work. It’s been a while for me. Slowly working back into it.

Good Monday morning! Still waiting to start offering classes. I was really hoping things would be better by now. Someday! Trusting God’s timing 💜🙏🏼. I hope you are finding ways to nourish your soul and stay active during this time.

Getting things ready at The Yoga House. Looking forward to practicing with you 🙏🏼💗

Getting in the weekly groove this Monday evening! Wishing we were still camping but grateful to be able to shake off the Monday blues with some feel good yoga! Enjoy!

Feel Great Yoga Flow A quick practice but you’ll break a sweat and get your body feeling good! If you’re in a crummy mood, take 15 minutes to get yourself back on track!

I like to tie my yoga practices to what’s going on in my body physically, emotionally and spiritually. Tonight I worked mostly on heart opening postures. Of course, physically these are actually “chest” opening postures and they have wonderful physical benefits! (Helps to create a healthy spine, creates a more flexible rib cage, experience better breathing, etc.) However, I start to transform emotionally when I work on “heart” opening postures. I’m more vulnerable in my thoughts and prayers, more open to other ideas, and I’m able to give and receive love easier than normal. Our body internally stores emotions and these postures helps us get them out. With everything going on in our world, I needed to open my heart tonight. I needed to open my heart to get my stored up emotion out and allow myself to openly receive thoughts and opinions of others. Some people ask me if yoga really helps me mentally and spiritually or if I just say that. Yes, it actually does! If you want to talk more about it ask me and we can chat...maybe...dare I say it...get coffee somewhere! It’s been so long! Or just check out a yoga video or class (coming soon)!

Do you need to calm down? Take a break? Walk away? Just breathe. Here is a quick calm down practice to get you body, mind and nervous system back to a regulated state.

Yoga to Calm Down This is a quick practice to step away from what you’re doing and help your body and mind to clam down.

This practice is a nice supplement to your other cardio/strength training workouts. Try it on a rest day or after a workout.

Recovery Yoga A nice practice to do after a cardio or strength training workout or on a rest day from your cardio/strength training program.

Sometimes I find myself saying or thinking, “I’m so stressed out.” Turns out, I just need a little break to think, process, pray, recenter and physically work out some tension. Here is a practice to help you do just that!

Yoga for Stress Relief A nice yoga practice to relieve some stress and wring out some things you might be holding on to.

There are many different opinions over how to handle our current situation. Should we open everything? Should we stay at home longer? You may even have a different opinion than your family or closest friends. I’ve read and heard some incredibly hurtful remarks lately. Lashing out in anger at someone else or even at yourself usually comes from a deeper emotion of maybe fear, attachment, or desire. Let’s try to rise above and be better to each other. Enjoy this Ahimsa practice.

Ahimsa Yoga Practice A slow practice to focus on non harming/non judgmental thoughts about ourselves and others.

Check out this week’s chair yoga practice!

Chair Yoga Practice with Balance This is a chair yoga practice with a little balance work holding on to the chair back.

A little self care on this Monday. I think Nova needed some self care today too. She kept invading my mat!

Self Care Yoga A nice practice to take care of yourself incorporating twists and some balance work.