Hampstead Yoga Studio

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hey hampstead yogis!

sharing the below link/information - the traveling yoga studio is holding a class on january 28th in surf city. the class is donation based and all proceeds go to braxtons family.

please continue to pray for Braxton 🙏🏼

hope to see you on your mats! ❤️

It’s been so amazing to watch our community come together to support Braxton and his family after his accident on Christmas Eve, and I’m blessed to be able to contribute by doing one thing I love the most 🧘🏼‍♀️

Join me Sunday, January 28th at noon .stbc .travelingyogastudio for an all-levels Foundational Vinyasa flow — sign up is donation-based and all proceeds will go directly to Braxton for his care as he continues to fight! 💪🏼

Sign up on the Traveling Yoga Studio website or at the link in my bio! Not local? You can still donate to this incredible cause! 🫶🏼

Namaste and THANK YOU! 🙏🏼 Katie 🧜🏼‍♀️

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https://www.thetravelingyogastudio.com/virtualclasses

hello all!

sharing Braxton’s Army page - and asking for prayers for this sweet boy and his family ❤️

Braxton update as of 12/31 am
At 4:10 am, Braxton had his brain monitor removed and is currently doing well. However, he had chest X-rays and ultrasound scans to examine his lungs. He does have pneumonia.
Braxton had slight movement in his right arm! The doctor was “ mildly impressed ” by the slight movement of his right arm towards his chest, which did not seem like posturing and appeared to be more coordinated. (We will take it!!!) The MRI will be postponed, the focus for the next couple of days is to clear up the pneumonia. jen and Ryan agree 100% with this plan! Keep those prayers going!!!!

happy new year everyone!! reminiscing on the years of our new year’s day flow together, and hope everyone is well and gets to spend some time on their mats today 💕 miss you all!

one of the many wonderful things about yoga is that it gives you time to slow down. you intentionally become still, you intentionally breathe deeply into the stillness - you let the body relax and feel each breath move through the body - and slowly, breath by breath, you take the seat of the witness “yoga is to still the patterning of consciousness.” this practice is to still the thinking mind, instead of continuously following the repeating loop, we see it, we choose to watch the thoughts, we watch where our words come from, where our actions come from, we dive deeper to where the continuous repeating loop comes from, and have the opportunity to rest in that space of understanding and escape the hold of the unconscious mind, coming off of our mats with a deeper knowing of the self. ❤️

“Our minds like to think. They like to be busy. They like to be occupied.

They’re creative, cunning, and clever.

They want to take up all of our attention. They will if we let them.

They want to pull is into their web of stories. They’ll obsess over anything if we let them.

Our minds will always be occupied—make us feel mentally occupied—unless we cultivate stillness, unless we create distance.

When we begin to observe our minds, when begin to watch our thoughts and how they move and the relentless nature of them, we cultivate a presence that sits outside of them. We understand that those thoughts are not us; they’re not who we are. We can see them, witness them—from a distance.

This distancing from our minds, this watching and observing, is a practice.

It’s knowing we’ll get lost in thoughts, realizing it when we see it’s happening, and then coming back to the present. It’s breathing and observing. It’s allowing. It’s watching the thoughts that are moving, noticing how even the want to resist them is an urge, an impulse that can be watched and observed.

Eckhart Tolle talks so beautifully about the present moment, about the power and purity of being in the present moment.

Here are 10 Eckhart Tolle quotes that will make you feel like you can breathe:”

10 Eckhart Tolle Quotes that will Make You Feel like You can Breathe. | elephant journal Our minds like to think. They like to be busy. They like to be occupied. They’re creative, cunning, and clever. They want to take up all of our attention. They will if we let them.

a photo from tonight’s 6 pm restorative flow ❤️

one of the many wonderful things about yoga is that it gives you time to slow down. you intentionally become still, you intentionally breathe deeply into the stillness - you let the body relax and feel each breath move through the body - and slowly, breath by breath, you take the seat of the witness “yoga is to still the patterning of consciousness.” this practice is to still the thinking mind, instead of continuously following the repeating loop, we see it, we choose to watch the thoughts, we watch where our words come from, where our actions come from, we dive deeper to where the continuous repeating loop comes from, and have the opportunity to rest in that space of understanding and escape the hold of the unconscious mind, coming off of our mats with a deeper knowing of the self. ❤️

monday night yoga 💕 6:15 pm. one hour of flowing with marissa 🙏🏼

happy monday!

join us for our monday night all levels flow - 6:15 pm 💕

How Restorative Yoga Can Improve Your Relaxation Restorative yoga is a relaxing style that can be used to heal and to help relieve stress. Learn some of the benefits, poses, and what to expect.

restorative yoga - every wednesday night - 6 pm. 1 hour of deep stillness, deep breathing, and quiet. hope to see you on your mat! 🙏🏼

How Restorative Yoga Can Improve Your Relaxation Restorative yoga is a relaxing style that can be used to heal and to help relieve stress. Learn some of the benefits, poses, and what to expect.

monday night yoga - 6:15 pm. 💕 hope to see you on your mat to flow with marisa 🙏🏼

happy monday!

join us for our monday night all levels flow - 6:15 pm 💕

6 pm - thursday night yoga 💕

thursday night yoga - 6 pm - intermediate vinyasa flow - every thursday with melody 🙏🏼

melody is one of the studio’s newest teachers, and brings a super great energy and really fun flows that are a balance of spending some time slowing down to become centered and moving into a challenging flow.

sign up through mindbody to reserve your space, or text 910-228-9124.

hope to see you on your mat! 🙏🏼