AIM YOGA -Asana In Me Yoga

Got some nice decor up.🖼😍
A few years ago, I asked my sister to paint these words as a gift.🎁 I placed it where it can often be seen, I love the constant reminder.🥰 I even moved my yoga mat to look at it while I practice or meditate.🧘🏻‍♀️
Thanks again Lily 🙏🏿 💝we all need reminding!🫶🏿💓

I got all dolled up💃🏻 to take myself on a date at the art museum to see an awesome local ukulele player, and at the last minute, it was canceled.😭 Bummer.😏 It's okay. I breathed, regrouped, put music on, practiced yoga, and had fun revisiting poses I hadn't done in a while.🧘🏻‍♀️🕉🐦‍⬛ It was fun just playing, my curls down, laughing, no agenda, I even took pics!😳🤳🏿👩🏻‍🦱😆 Later on, the fresh mango, salad, pizza, and wine were on point!😋✊🏿🥭🥗🍕🍷 It was a great night after all, full of self care. 🫶🏿🌸🧘🏻‍♀️🕉💝

This is what true love looks like to me... green smoothies!🤤💚😋🫶🏿😆💚

*I didn't know my partner took these pics of me, that rascal😂 but they were too nice not to share, i hope you enjoy.🙏🏿🧘🏻‍♀️🏝🌅🕉💖
I went to the beach to watch sunset on New Year's Eve and day, I always like to see the first and last sunsets of the year. I also got to see two sea Turtles, a pig on the beach, followed by a gorgeous sunset.🌅 I was sitting there mesmerized by the beauty🥹 and I quickly jumped up and began doing sun salutations to honor the sun.🧘🏻‍♀️🙏🏿☀️❤🕉 I thanked the sun for showing up every day, giving me life, energy, warmth, and love. It was a powerful moment.🫶🏿❤️‍🔥
A year ago I just suffered a knee injury, i could barely walk, I was in severe pain, i needed surgery, and I was UNABLE ALL YEAR long to do my favorite "child's pose" in yoga... until January 1st, 2023!!!😱🥹😭🙏🏿 It happened after another beautiful beach day, more sun salutations, an amazing sunset, party snacks, later chilling and stretching in my home studio, something just told me to go for it!🫡 Maybe it was just the magic of New Year's Day🎉, the beach, i don't know, but I did it!!!🥹🙌🏿 I was so excited that I took a pic of my 2023 New Year's Day miracle.🤳🏿💫💝
Happy New Year 2023 y'all!🫶🏿🥳🧘🏻‍♀️🧿🪅🌸🪬🎉💝🍾🩷💐💘

For Dia de los mu***os this year, I had a small celebration in my new little shala.🎉
I built an altar, everyone brought a pic of a loved one to place on it, i cooked food for an offering, and even put a Hawaiian pineapple out.🍍❤️‍🔥🧘🏻‍♀️🕉💀🏵🪅☠️🌹🌮🍰🥂💖 We then meditated, did a little yoga, listened to sound bowls, ate some yummy food, shared in good energy, love, laughs, honored, and welcomed back our loved ones for the night.🙏🏿❤️‍🔥
It was a great night, so much fun, and hopefully many more good times to come.🫶🏿 Thank you for supporting me, my culture, love, and good vibes!🙏🏿🏵☠️🧘🏻‍♀️🕉🩷
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Aloha!🙋🏻‍♀️ I moved to Hawaii about a month ago.🏝🌺 I'm still in living in a hotel, adjusting, navigating my way in a new place...but my yoga practice goes with me everywhere i go.🙌🏿🧘🏻‍♀️💞 That's the beauty of yoga, it can be done anywhere, anytime, and this is proof!🕉😅 You just gotta make it happen- no excuses!👊🏿💯
**but I do hope to be practicing and teaching in other places soon!🙏🏿🧘🏻‍♀️😆🌺🏝🌈❤️‍🔥

I made my dream come true, I took the Hello kitty shinkansen (bullet train)!!!🌸💗😻🚄🌸💗
This was one of my TOP things I've wanted to do while living in Japan, it almost didn't happen, but I persisted on this dream of mine, and it was wonderful.🥰 Think what you want, but I was honoring the young girl still in me that always loved Hello kitty.👧🏻😻
I'm extremely grateful for this opportunity.🙏🏿🧘🏻‍♀️ Don't give up on your dreams, whatever they may be, and never forget to honor and give your younger self some love!👊🏿💞 ARIGATO!🙏🏿🌸💗

Celebrating St. Patrick's day with some yoga, and having a little fun!👊🏿🎉🙏🏿🍀💪🏿🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏿‍♂️💚🕉☘
Today i felt extra grateful to do our daily practice together, and to just be enjoying the beautiful day.🙏🏿🍀💚🌈
Last night there were TWO BIG back to back earthquakes (6.4 & 7.3) here in Japan, and they were very scary!!😞 We are okay, just a bit shaken up, but I know many others are suffering from its destruction.🥺
Sending prayers, good energy, and love to all!🙏🏿💚☘💗🍀

Yoga challenge day 7🕉
Easy pose "sukhasana"
Topic: Gratitude & non-attachment
I chose this pose for non attachment reasons. I have a knee injury, and for months now I haven't been able to do this pose at all.😭 It seems so simple I know, but I couldn't do it, I missed it🥺 and it's reminded and taught me to not have attachments- even to yoga poses.🙌🏿🧘🏻‍♀️
On the last day of this yoga challenge, I decided to go to a small Shinto Inari shrine in the neighborhood.⛩🦊 There are SO MANY beautiful shrines and torii gates⛩ in Japan! I wanted my last day to be in a place iconic of Japan. This one certainly isn't the biggest or fanciest (there are places with THOUSANDS of torii gates, shrines, and temples) but fancy isn't the point, they are everywhere here, and ALL of them are special.☺⛩ This one is in a bustling city, on a very busy road with lots of people, houses, stores, buildings, and right by a high traffic🚙🚚 tunnel entrance. You will still see people stopped, paying their respects, and praying.🙏🏿⛩ I love how these shrines are all around, it's a chance to stop, breathe, reconnect, give thanks, and be aware of a higher power.🙏🏿❤ I'm grateful to live here, learn, and be reminded of gratitude and a higher power all around us.🙏🏿⛩❤🧘🏻‍♀️🕉💖


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Yoga challenge day 6!🕉
Cresent pose "anjaneyasana"
Topic: womanhood & environment- Society has always referred to our planet as "mother earth"🌎 and it is ALL of our jobs to take care of her.🤗💞 You only get one mother, just like you only get one planet mother earth- be good to her.🙏🏿🌏💖🧘🏻‍♀️

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Yoga challenge day 5!
Wide angle forward fold "Upavistha Konasana"
Topic: womanhood & social equity
In my almost 44 years🧘🏻‍♀️ on this earth, I feel womanhood has changed a lot in society- but there's still so much change and growth needed.🙏🏿 This pose, just like women will all look different, and can teach you many things.🕉 I feel this pose is a balance of listening to your body, not going somewhere uncomfortable for you, but owning it- total commitment in the pose, yet also surrendering, relaxing into it, and know you're growing.🙌🏿🌸💗
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