La Yoguista

She loves her yoga ❤️‍🔥

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⭐️💫🌟

I’d like to thank of for all the endless love, unicorns, wisdom and lessons to get here.

Looks like I’m in need of refining my visual focus and pelvic tuck!

🤳 the man always behind the cam

See you tomorrow at 5:45PM for *heated power* vinyasa .0

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Started my day with some prenatal yoga for one of my besties ❤️

What a gift to be in your life. I’ll never forget the journey to meet you (my first on the street bike ride after my accident carrying a watermelon in my backpack).

Here is our friendship story in emojis:
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Authenticity

Still pondering the alignment of yoga and friendship…

In yoga, we attempt to strip away the distractions and ego, tuning into our true selves - that inner voice. We embrace imperfections, and breathe through challenges (while sometimes cursing the teacher). Friendship is no different. It’s about accepting the other’s flaws, weirdness and offering support without judgment.

Both yoga and friendship remind us that authenticity creates space for growth, healing/forgiveness, and deep connection. As in yoga, friendship is about holding space—allowing someone to be themselves, without pressure to perform or change. In fact, I would say an authentic friendship empowers you to be more YOU.

When in downward dog or sharing a laughter filled moment with a friend, remember: it’s the real, raw moments that build the most meaningful bonds with ourselves and each other.

Presence.

I got to thinking about the similarities between friendship and yoga. Our yoga practice time and time again asks us to be in the present moment - and that moment only. I’m transported back to Vegas when I think about the first time I was truly present with Amy: we were on a group vacation, but both sick in bed - and in a contagious fit of laughter. It’s a moment forever burned in my core memories. We’ve spent a fair bit of our friendship with many miles between us, in the blossoming years of it until I relocated to Colorado - and again when I relocated from Colorado. Yet we’ve maintained and even strengthened our friendship through a choice to be there for each other - moment to moment, past present to the ever changing present.

You are comprised of 38 trillion cells,
84 minerals,
23 Elements,
and 8 gallons of water.

You have been built up from nothing by the spare parts of the Earth you have consumed, according to a set of instructions hidden in a double helix and small enough to be carried by a s***m. You are recycled butterflies, plants, rocks, streams, firewood, wolf fur, and shark teeth, broken down to their smallest parts and rebuilt into our planet’s most advanced living thing.

Eka Pada Raja Kapotasana

Benefits:
•Stretches the thighs, groins, hips, gluteus maximus, and chest
•Regulates digestion
•Tones the abdominal muscles

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