Elemental Studios Yoga & Wellness

Bonus points if you comment your fav style of yoga below 😘

Winner will be chosen Friday 8/7 so send away yogis!!!

We have a daily class schedule filled with Yoga, Pilates, and Barre classes 🫶🏼

Xoxo

I’ll let you in on a little secret….

We don’t care if you can touch your toes, we don’t care what you’re wearing, we don’t care if you wobble, take Child’s Pose five times, or need to rest.

What we do care about is that you breathe, listen to your body, and leave feeling a little more connected to your Self than when you arrived.

Some of the strongest yogis I’ve ever met aren’t the most flexible, they’re the ones who keep showing up despite their limitations. They choose presence over perfection, curiosity over comparison, and growth over ego.

If you’ve been waiting until you feel “fit enough,” “flexible enough,” or “good enough” to come to class, this is your reminder that you already are 🫶🏼

Can you relate to any of these? Was there a self limiting belief that almost stopped you from trying Yoga?

Share your answer in the comments! You might just encourage someone else to take that first step. And if someone comes to mind who needs this reminder, send it their way 🙏🏼

We spend so much of our lives building an identity.

We become the responsible one, the people pleaser, the perfectionist, the high achiever, the strong one, or the caretaker.

At first, these identities help us navigate the world. They protect us and help to give us a sense of belonging.

But over time, the boxes we build for safety can become the very things that keep us from experiencing who we truly are.

Yoga isn’t asking you to become someone new, it’s inviting you to remember who you are.

In yogic philosophy, there’s a beautiful distinction between the self and the Self.

The lowercase self is the version of us shaped by our experiences, our fears, our accomplishments, our labels, and the stories we’ve been told about who we should be. It’s constantly changing.

The capital Self is something much deeper. It is the quiet awareness beneath every thought, every role, every emotion. It is whole, peaceful, and untouched by success or failure. Yoga teaches that this Self has been there all along we’ve simply forgotten how to listen.

Every time you step onto your mat, you practice peeling back another layer. Not to fix yourself, not to become more worthy, but to soften the armor you’ve been carrying long enough to hear the wisdom that already lives within you.

Coming home to your Self isn’t a destination, it’s a remembering.

✨ What parts of your self are you ready to let go of so your true Self has more room to shine? I’d love to hear in the comments 🫶🏼

There will always be another email to answer, another load of laundry, another errand to do, or another person who needs something from you.

The to-do list never really ends, but somewhere along the way, we’ve moved ourselves to the very bottom of it.

We tell ourselves we’ll rest when everything is done, we’ll move our bodies when we have more energy, or we’ll finally take care of ourselves once everyone else is taken care of.

The problem is, when you put everything else above yourself, you become so drained you have no more to give.

It’s that old adage; you can’t pour from an empty cup. Once you’re poured your glorious life force into everything and everyone, your cup empties and you have nothing left to pour.

That’s why you can’t wait to care for yourself. And in doing so, you might notice it actually gives you energy filling your cup back up so you have even more to give.

Self-care isn’t a reward for getting everything done, it’s a non-negotiable. It’s the reason you have the energy, patience, and presence to do the things that matter most.

Whether it’s rolling out your yoga mat, taking a walk, reading a book, enjoying your coffee in silence, or simply taking five deep breaths, giving yourself a few intentional moments isn’t selfish. It’s necessary.

Today is National Self-Care Day! So in honor of that, give yourself permission to choose you today even if it’s just for 10 minutes.

We invite you to practice a little self-care today, and then take a moment to notice how you feel afterward. Really notice the shifts in your body, mood, and energy.

Now we want to know, what is your most favorite form of self-care? Tell us in the comments!!! We’d love to hear what fills your cup, and it might inspire someone to do the same ❤️

Video & concept by the wonderful Brittany Carragher 🙏🏼 thank you for your creativity, vision, and sharing your beautiful energy ✨