Stacy Lewis Yoga

🌟 Join Us for Saturday Sangha! 🌟

Take a moment to pause, breathe, and reconnect with yourself in our Saturday Sangha series. Each week, we explore mindfulness, meditation, and meaningful conversation in a supportive and welcoming community.

🗓️ When: Saturdays in February (Feb 1, 8, 15, 22)
⏰ Time: 6:30-7:30 PM
📍 Where: In person at 1217 Park St., Alameda, CA 94501, or join us online via YouTube Live

Each session is FREE and open to all, with donations supporting the Oakland Peace Center.

✨ This week’s theme: Mindfulness of Emotions
Discover tools to find calm, clarity, and connection in your everyday life.

🎥 Watch the video below to learn more, and we hope to see you this Saturday!

Embrace and Release: A Journey Through Emotions 🌿

Take a mindful journey through your emotions with compassion and presence:

✨ Hold space for your emotions, allowing them to move, shift, and evolve naturally.
✨ Remember, every sensation is temporary, even when it feels overwhelming.
✨ With awareness and compassion, let your emotions release from your field, creating space for peace and clarity.

This practice encourages emotional healing and self-compassion, helping you embrace and release with grace.

🌟 Watch the full meditation on YouTube StacyLewisYoga and journey through your emotions with ease.

🌟 Join Us for Saturday Sangha! 🌟

Take a moment to pause, breathe, and reconnect with yourself in our Saturday Sangha series. Each week, we explore mindfulness, meditation, and meaningful conversation in a supportive and welcoming community.

🗓️ When: Saturdays in February (Feb 1, 8, 15, 22)
⏰ Time: 6:30-7:30 PM
📍 Where: In person at 1217 Park St., Alameda, CA 94501, or join us online via YouTube Live

Each session is FREE and open to all, with donations supporting the Oakland Peace Center.

✨ This week’s theme: Living with Intention
Discover tools to find calm, clarity, and connection in your everyday life.

🎥 Watch the video below to learn more, and we hope to see you this Saturday!

Tuning In: Breath, Body, and Stillness 🌿

Turn inward and reconnect with your breath and body in this grounding practice:

✨ Notice the natural rhythm of your inhalations and exhalations as you settle into stillness.
✨ Tune out the outside world and bring awareness to your body.
✨ Gently draw both knees into your chest, creating space for relaxation and release.

This practice invites presence, calm, and a deeper connection to yourself.

🌟 Watch the full meditation on YouTube StacyLewisYoga and experience the power of mindful awareness.

The Art of Letting Go: Embrace Freedom 🌿

Discover the profound peace of letting go in this guided meditation:

✨ Let go of the need to do or be anything in this moment.
✨ Embrace freedom and rest in the stillness of simply being.
✨ Allow yourself to release tension and experience the tranquility within.

This meditation is a gentle reminder to find peace in surrender and reconnect with your true self.

🌟 Watch the full meditation on YouTube StacyLewisYoga and master the art of letting go.

Mastering the Plank to Cobra/Upward Dog Transition 🌟

Refine your Plank to Cobra or Upward Facing Dog transition with mindful breath and control:

✨ Step back to Plank, engaging your core and finding stability.
✨ Inhale: Hold at the top of Plank, feeling strong and steady.
✨ Exhale: Lower down with control, keeping elbows close to your ribs.
✨ Inhale: Lift into Cobra or Upward Facing Dog, opening the chest and lengthening the spine.

This foundational movement builds strength, mobility, and breath awareness in your flow.

🌟 Watch the full tutorial on YouTube StacyLewisYoga and refine your transitions today!

Extend and Release: Hamstring Stretch Flow 🌿

Give your hamstrings the stretch they deserve with this gentle, flowing movement:

✨ Extend through the hamstrings, feeling length and release.
✨ Optional: Sway side to side to deepen the stretch if it feels good in your body.
✨ Let your breath guide you, softening into the movement with each exhale.

This practice is perfect for improving flexibility, relieving tension, and creating ease in your lower body.

🌟 Watch the full flow on YouTube StacyLewisYoga and stretch with intention today!

Breathe in Calm, Let Go of Resistance: A Guided Meditation 🌿

Reconnect with your breath and embrace a sense of peace in this mindful meditation:

✨ Inhale: Draw in calm, refreshing energy, filling your body with ease.
✨ Exhale: Release tension and resistance, allowing it to flow away like a stream dissolving obstacles in its path.
✨ Let each breath anchor you in the present moment, creating space for stillness and clarity.

This practice is perfect for grounding yourself, reducing stress, and cultivating inner peace.

🌟 Watch the full meditation on YouTube StacyLewisYoga and find your flow today!

Reacting vs. Observing: A Mindful Approach to Emotions 🌿✨

In moments of emotional intensity, we often react without awareness—pushing emotions away, clinging to them, or getting caught in their grip. But mindfulness offers a different path:

✨ Pausing to notice emotions before reacting.
✨ Naming what we feel with awareness and non-judgment.
✨ Allowing emotions to pass, rather than resisting or holding on.
✨ Cultivating a sense of balance and presence in emotional experiences.

By shifting from reaction to observation, we create space for clarity, understanding, and self-compassion.

🌟 Watch the full session on YouTube StacyLewisYoga and explore mindful emotional awareness today!

Breathe in Calm, Exhale Tension: A Guided Relaxation 🌿

Take a moment to reset with this simple yet powerful breathwork practice:

✨ Inhale deeply through your nose, inviting calm and clarity.
✨ Exhale slowly through your mouth, releasing any tension or heaviness.
✨ Allow your breath to guide you into relaxation, creating space for ease and stillness.

This practice is perfect for grounding yourself, relieving stress, and finding inner peace.

🌟 Watch the full meditation on YouTube StacyLewisYoga and breathe your way to calm.

Mastering Humble Warrior: Strength, Surrender, and Balance ⚔️✨

Deepen your practice with Humble Warrior, a powerful pose of strength and surrender:

✨ Fold over or inside the front thigh, grounding through the legs.
✨ Option to bring the hands overhead, extending through the arms.
✨ Pull the right hip back and under, keeping the foundation strong and steady.

This pose cultivates balance, flexibility, and deep introspection.

🌟 Watch the full tutorial on YouTube StacyLewisYoga and refine your Humble Warrior today!