Belong YOGApothecary

10/15/2026

"Loving Instead Of Judging"

10/15/2026

10/11/2026

Practicing yoga on rainbows and blue 🌈💙. My darling daughter gifted me my dream mat that had been on my wish list for many years for my bday. It was so precious that I was afraid to use it in our home that has dog and cat hair and chaos. This morning I took a deep breath and rolled it out. Pure joy. Also, I took “yoga pose selfies” after my practice just for this post and the effort was hilarious. Balancing while trying to get a camera angle, hahaha. 😂

09/22/2026

Day 1. I'm excited about this Psychopathology class. I love psychology and I like my professor's blurb here. I figured I'd start here before delving into Anatomy and Physiology today, so I can begin with inspiration and a little less anxiety.
I need to keep asking daily if more folks have a few bucks to add to my gofundme. Speaking of anxiety, the remainder of my tuition bill due October and November is worrisome. https://gofund.me/63491ba5f (link available on my instagram bio)

09/22/2026

Turns out that we are all struggling along, trying to make sense of the way things are and to become the people we are meant to be. We are all making an effort to be more present in our lives, to love our children just as they are, to appreciate life’s simple pleasures, and to be grateful for every ordinary moment of every ordinary day.

What we know, of course, is the very thing that we continually need to be reminded of: that life is fleeting and precious and beautiful, and that heaven is right here on earth if we will only pause long enough to really look, to really see: the cup of hot coffee, the tousled head, the wagging tail, the small hand held up in greeting, the curve of a chin, the blinked back tear, the sun, the moon, the star... the very life that we are blessed to live.

~ Katrina Kenison

09/22/2026

I had such a lovely day, I feel loved and celebrated, and I took a leap of faith and registered for hard classes which start tomorrow! I’m still needing to raise more tuition money, so I'm keeping on with the fundraising for a bit (it’s my birthday week, not just a day, right?). Here's that gofundme link again 🙏🤞 : https://gofund.me/e4c6b9462

09/20/2026

I want to share some of my backstory today, and give a shoutout to two great women who set me on my path. I am working hard to raise money for some education that means a ton to me. School starts in a few days, I turn 53 on Monday, and the link to my fundraiser with all of the details is here: https://gofund.me/19ac60298

09/19/2026

Y’all I talk so looooong and sloooow, I cut a ton out of this AND sped it up, lol. Neurospicy human here, and trying to be concise is a challenge. 🤪 Please find the link to my gofundme here:https://gofund.me/6148b043c. I still need to raise a bunch more to make my tuition payments. Thanks for your support!!

09/17/2026

Thanks so very much to the first handful of folks that donated to my birthday🎂 fundraiser. Im feeling hopeful!🤞Despite awkward discomfort in front of a camera, I wanted to share about the specific prerequisite classes I need to register for, and the minimum $ amount I need to put down to get into them hopefully in the next day or so! Classes start Monday and Tuesday and each only have just a few seats left so it’s a bit of a fundraising race at the moment! Link to my gofundme is https://gofund.me/5563d422f!

04/24/2026

Be As You Are
~ Tias Little

The real aim of any yoga practice is to be yourself, just as you are. It is ironic that we have to “practice” being who we are. Because the rest of society is hell-bent on making “progress,” we default to thinking that on the path we have to make ourselves better, more aligned or more enlightened. Dissatisfied with who we are, the whole practice can become a project in self-improvement. Now, while it’s valuable to hone your skills—mastering your backhand in tennis, memorizing a poem, becoming faster at Wordle—what people need most is to give themselves permission to just be. The path of practice is not about making progress. We only need to shed the shoulds that confine us, so that our spirit can roam freely through the world.

We are each born with an indwelling awareness, the precious Buddha nature. You are not here to improve on creation. You need not prove your significance or get better. In truth, when people strive to improve themselves they end up suffering and the whole practice becomes a game of cat and mouse. Rather, utilize your practice to realize the gift you’ve been given. As Thomas Meton once said, “We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we take time it will make itself known to us”. So take an hour each day to sit in the open wonder of awareness. Exhaust your word and empty your thoughts. Open all the windows and doors to the temple of your self, and rest in the beauty of just being. Relax any impulse to become better. Accept into your heart all that arises and rest in the sublime feeling of being just as you are.