Tag: yoga pose

Your Yoga Practice isn’t about the Pose.

If practice makes perfect, then the end goal of yoga is to master every pose, right? (Spoiler alert: it’s got nothing to do with the poses)

My ACCESS Journey: Week 6

We were given some time to discuss preparations for the Gala Fundraiser, which we had this past weekend, thanks to all the hard work from the ACCESS group, it ended up being a blast and we raised a lot of money for AIM to Empower (the total raised is still being counted, because donations are still rolling in)!

My ACCESS Journey: Week 4

Meet J – a current Spring 2019 ACCESS Trainee – and follow her as she shares about her experiences, breakthroughs, hurdles, and unexpected results through the Evolution Training Institute ACCESS 250-Hour Training!

My 40 Days Diary: Week 6

Ah yes, the triumphant Week 6 is upon us! Cue a heavily meditated, healthy and powerful new me! It feels amazing to have finished the program. I am so proud of myself and everyone who completed 40 Days. We reached our goals! This is so appropriate as Week 6 is all about triumph. In the […]

My 40 Days Diary: Week 5

I can’t believe it’s already Week 5 in the program! Week 5 is all about centering. Baron Baptiste describes centering as “emancipating”. He explains, “As we practice staying centered we discover that we have the capacity to be aware of the little gremlin voices in our heads and that we don’t have to get caught […]

My 40 Days Diary: Week 4

Week 4 feels like I’m finally starting to get the hang of this 40 Days thing! This week’s theme is restoration. Merriam-Webster defines restoration as, “an act or process of returning something to its original condition by repairing it”. When I think about this word, I think about making something new again. However, this word […]

My 40 Days Diary: Week 3

Week 3 marks the 40 days program in full swing for me. The theme of week 3 was equanimity. Merriam-Webster defines equanimity as, “evenness of the mind especially under stress” and “balance”. At our weekly in person group meeting we defined equanimity as, “calm in the storm”, “sitting with discomfort”, “balance of strength and ease” […]

Yoga; an unexpected journey.

I knew for a fact yoga was 100% NOT for me. Well, at least that’s what I thought before I actually tried out a class.