Martha xii - Yoga

02/10/2025

Have you ever gotten that post-yoga high? You know, that feeling that nothing can get you down, that you’re the epitome of relaxation, and that you’re basically two downward dogs away from enlightenment? For many of us, it’s this feel-good sensation that gets us hooked and keeps us coming back...

06/19/2024

“Pranayama is more than a simple breathing exercise.

It is not merely breath control but is one of the powerful yogic techniques used to regulate the flow of energy, ‘prana’ in the body to a higher frequency.”

Use this ancient practice to greatly improve your breath while swimming.

https://yogainternational.com/article/view/yoga-for-swimmers

Asanas ^

11/01/2022

A little late for Samhain - and ode to bone health & yoga.

She is just amazing for anyone wanting a FREE experienced RYT to guide them.

I still use her flows.

#𝔟𝔦𝔬𝔥𝔞𝔠𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤

Happy Halloween!💀 We have a fun brand new practice up on the YWA YouTube Channel: YOGA FOR BONE HEALTH. Yoga is an incredible tool for helping you build and maintain bone health so that you may be strong, capable, mobile, and sturdy as you age. Yoga can also protect us from slips and falls as well as assist us in advancing our yoga practice, improving our balance and coordination with whole integrated movement - which is the Yoga With Adriene style of practice. *Costume and decoration is for the Halloween holiday. But this is an excellent practice to implement into your routine any time of year. 20 min practice to help you feel it in your bones!

You can find it on the FWFG membership (or under New Releases in your Find What Feels Good Yoga App) and on the YWA YouTube channel here:
https://youtu.be/raUEsDttCL4

10/15/2022

Days of the week: colors and qualities

Monday — Moon Yantra — Receptivity, Nourishment, Nurturing, Divine Feminine, The Mother (pastel blues, silver, grey, white, mauve)

Tuesday — Mars Yantra — Focus, Action, Passion, Warrior, Strength (red, orange, bronze)

Wednesday — Mercury Yantra — Study, Learning, Communication, Nature, Playfulness (greens)

Thursday — Jupiter Yantra — Community, Family, Knowledge, Generosity, Ritual, Friends (gold, yellow)

Friday — Venus Yantra — Senses, Beauty, Art, Romance (white, pink, lavender)

Saturday — Saturn Yantra —Simplicity, Silence, Physical, Boundaries (dark blue, black)

Sunday — Sun Yantra — Eclectic, Fun, Party, Adventure, Integrating (orange, gold, red)

https://teach.yoga/days-of-the-week-planetary-yantras/

Some really neat aspects to add to your practice 🛠

Don’t forget your theory!

Ayurveda = Being in tune with yourself and the world around you. Two-part series. Ayurveda is the science of life, and more concisely, the science of your life. We ask the question in order to feel harmonious and healthy: how do we tune ourselves to the seasons, the environment, the lunar cycles, th...

10/09/2022

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Breath Practice

Three Part Breath

Sanskrit:

Dirga Pranayama
Dirga = complete
Pranayama = breath

Deer-gaa praa-nuh-yaa-muh

Benefits

Calms the mind and nervous system
Increases lung capacity, increases immunity, and blood circulation, Relieves stress.

How To

1. Begin in Easy pose on your mat. Lengthen up through the spine and draw the shoulders down away from the ears.

2. Take a big inhale in through the nose and fill up your belly first with air, then the ribcage, and finally the chest. Pause and hold the breath for a second or two longer.

3. Exhale out through the nose, allowing the air to release down from your chest first, then the ribcage, and finally the belly. You can also inhale through the nose and exhale out through the mouth if this is too much for you.

4. feel this breath movement by placing one hand on the belly and the other on the chest. This will allow you feel the gentle flow of breath flow through the chest, ribs, and belly.

This breath practice can be done at the beginning of a yoga flow or towards the end.

It's also a good way to prep for meditation. This practice can be taught sitting in Easy pose or in Savasana.

Experiment and try to feel the flow of the breath through the three different parts of the body.

#𝔇𝔦𝔯𝔤𝔞𝔓𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔞𝔶𝔞𝔪𝔞 #𝔟𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔨 #𝔟𝔦𝔬𝔥𝔞𝔠𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤

10/06/2022

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ℑ 𝔞𝔪 𝔤𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔫𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔲𝔫𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡 𝔪𝔢.

ℑ 𝔞𝔪 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔤𝔲𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 ℑ 𝔡𝔬.

ℑ 𝔞𝔪 𝔤𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔞𝔤𝔢𝔬𝔲𝔰.

ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔱𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔞𝔤𝔢.

ℑ 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔦𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔰𝔢𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔢.

𝔄𝔩𝔩 𝔬𝔣 𝔪𝔶 𝔫𝔢𝔢𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔟𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔢𝔱.

ℑ 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔰𝔞𝔣𝔢.

ℑ 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔫𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔡, 𝔤𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔡, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔥.

#𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔰 #𝔤𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤

10/02/2022

~Josie

09/21/2022

How to chant Om mantra - know here the benefits, method and significance of chanting om mantra.

09/21/2022

MABON 🧘‍♀️🍂

Named after the Welsh god, Mabon, son of the earth goddess, Modron. At the equinox, night and day are again of equal length and in perfect balance. But from now the year now begins to wane and from this moment the nights become longer than the days. This is the second harvest when we gather in the sweet fruit harvest: apples, pears, and berries.

Mabon Traditions

A time for harvesting, feasting and preparing for the cold months ahead. Today many pagans, witches and druids celebrate Mabon much as our ancestors would have. Simple practices may include:

Picking and preserving apples; a common symbol of the second harvest.

Setting up an altar with symbols of the season, such as fruits, and other seasonal harvests.

Celebration with a feast for family and friends.

Working the Seasonal Energies
The time in between each festival also has its own unique energy and significance, which can be honoured and acknowledged in ritual, spellwork and yoga practice. I've suggested practices to nurture our creative spirit during each of the seasons. Your inner yogi, witch and creatrix may just need a little encouragement to emerge or this can be a reminder to reconnect. After all, the witch, yogi and creatrix energies live within us all, just as the changing energies of the seasons do.

This is a time to Gather and Harvest
GATHERING (Lughnasadh to Mabon)

Gather with your inner yogi: Explore fluid movement – being in flow with body and breath. Gather in a feeling of gratitude for the abundance of wonder that is your beautiful body.

Gather with your inner witch: Gather herbs, flowers, wood and seeds in the late summer sun to add to your altar or spell supplies.

Gather with your inner creatrix: Explore and celebrate ways to get closer to nature while the weather is still warm: organise a beach clean, a tree planting, or track animal footprints.

HARVESTING (Mabon to Samhain)

Harvest with your inner yogi: Practice gratitude, non-judgment and non-criticism in your yoga practice.

Harvest with your inner witch: Reflect under the September full moon, known as the Harvest Moon. Consider what you've worked for: where has your path led you? What fruit has grown from your actions?

Harvest with your inner creatrix: Create beautiful and nourishing foods with the harvest of nature; jams, soups and wine will bring joy and sustenance!

Yoga For Witches - https://sentiayoga.com

09/21/2022

09/12/2022

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