Alice Nova

The best thing yoga has ever taught me is to always choose love.
To love my children, significant other, my family, the cutest of animals, and creatures belonging to the insect family (who I’ve been trying my best not to squish😣). Even my ‘enemies’, and everyone and everything in between.
And last but definitely not least to love myself.

I’ve learned that; it’s when we choose Love that we conquer fear and all other negative notions that come with it.
So remember to choose love today and always.
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Happy International Yoga Day.
🧘‍♀️🙏🏼👽🌏

By the time we are five or six we have already been driven mad by the collective fear of the world. We lie, we cheat, and even steal to protect selves we see as isolated and unsafe. When we come into a genuine spiritual practice, we most likely have grown tired of our fear but we know nothing else. The first messages that break through to us are that we no longer have to hurt ourselves and no longer need to be afraid. This comes as an indescribable relief. In meditation and on the mat we slowly deconstruct the physical, mental, and spiritual fear.
And what occurs in the absence of fear? Love.
(Borrowed from Rolf Gates & Katrina Kenison 🙏🏼)
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It’s taken me a long time to get out of my fears, but I’m so happy to be letting it go.

~I am not afraid to love myself~
-Me
💗💚💗
and

"You, just as you are, and your life here, right now, are all there is and all you need to know. You don't have to do anything special. Mostly, you have to be open to meeting face to face, and even dancing with, the truth that pertains to your life right now. You have to find a way to collect your fractured pieces, examine them, and then accept them as part of who you are. Spiritual practice is about transformation, but it's also, and more importantly, about working with what is."
-Angel Kyodo Williams

Perfectly said. 🙏🏼

~Message to inquire about private classes~

"Let the beauty that you love be what you do."
-Rumi

What would you do if you had all the time and money in he world? What do you do in your free time when no one is watching?

Chances are we already know what makes our hearts sing, we already know the beauty that we love.
The problem is that we have been trained to believe the power to fuel our dreams lies outside ourselves...Dharma is a gift inscribed upon the heart. Once we begin to recognize it, we realize it has been with us all our lives. It is what makes you YOU. Our practice readies our bodies, our hearts, and minds for the deep work of living our dreams. As we inhale, we prepare; as we exhale, we deepen the posture. Coming to the mat, we prepare; going forth into our lives, we shine. Our practice is an inhalation, our Dharma is an exhalation.
-Rolf Gates

Been pouring love into these poses for a long time, and boy does it feel good to share the fruits of the love and time I give to myself when no one is watching. 😌💗🙏🏼

Yoga fills me with so much joy and peace and love that I just want to share that with everyone I meet.
This is why I became a yoga instructor- this is part of my Dharma.

What is yours?

"Bring all to your practice. Do not use it as a means to control your weight,or your appearance, or the effects of aging, or anything else. Let your practice be a means to discover your fullness. Be vulnerable, be sad, be happy, be mad, but be there. Just let it happen. Life is about giving, and through giving we receive everything that we need. Let your practice be about giving- give of your heart, give of your spirit, give of your virtue."🙏🏼
-Rolf Gates

Happy Thanksgiving 🍁 🤸🏻‍♀️🙃💗