Prakrti AyurYoga

01/31/2026

Prakrti classes February 1-7 include:
🧠 AyurYoga for ventral vagus activation
🧘Hatha Yoga to promote self-acceptance; to alleviate stress through breath; to bring balance into the heart chakra; and for shoulder strength, stability, and mobility
📿 Meditations - Tartaka and a Yoga Nidra to encourage effortless non-doing, especially beneficial for HSP
😴 Restorative Yoga designed to calm your emotions; support emotional regulation; and to be fully present as you cultivate sweetness and appreciation toward yourself and others
🧘‍♀️ Yin Yoga to support and regulate the nervous system; to quieten intrusive thoughts and cultivate self-awareness and non-attachment to thoughts; to promote ease and calm; to strengthen your Wei Qi aura; and to restore balance within the water element and /Kapha dosha

Offsite classes:
🪻LoCo Yoga - small group in a private location off TN-72. Address given upon registration.
🥗 Brewhouse Flow w/Rigazzi at Peaceful Side Brewery

🗓️ Small group studio classes, offsite sessions, and virtual classes are all levels appropriate and require registration. Registration links are in bio. Text the studio number if you need scheduling assistance or have any questions or concerns.

❄️ Remember to use caution as the weather is still wonky in E. TN. Currently travel is unsafe for me. In-person class registrations and Ayurveda appointments might be cancelled, but you should have or will be given the option to reschedule or to be sent a link to join your session from home. Please watch for texts from the studio number if this applies to you! If you’re joining me virtually from anywhere in the world, I love to see you in cozies, and I love your fur babies, so keep those cameras turned on so I can see your beautiful faces!

01/30/2026

Candle Gazing Tartaka

This purifying class was inspired by The Hatha Yoga Pradipika and Pantanjali’s Yoga Sutra, and has been on rotation in our small group studio sessions and virtual classes. Ayurveda clients are also requesting this practice to be implemented into their private sessions until they are comfortable practicing on their own, and I just love their commitment to their overall wellbeing! ❤️

The Hatha Yoga Pradipika defines trataka as “looking intently with an unwavering gaze at a small point until tears are shed.”

This particular meditation was designed to:
🕯️ Encourage focus via single-pointed concentration (Drishti)
🧘‍♀️ Draw your senses within (Pratyahara)
🧘 Gather your focus and consciousness inward (Dharana)
💫 Create a continuous inward flow of consciousness, or keen awareness without focus, to allow you to move from doing into being (Dhyana)

01/28/2026

Pleasure vs Joy

Even though we can move in and out of joy and that might make it look like temporary, it is not joy that stops or ceases to exist. We disengage from it.

How do you stay connected to JOY?

01/25/2026

Prakrti’s class schedule this week includes classes for HSP, for those who need nervous system regulation, for those who need calm and ease, for those who want to increase capacity for unconditional love especially for themselves, and for those experiencing mood swings. We’ll focus on techniques to lessen the noise of intrusive thoughts, to reduce stress and overwhelm, and to provide protection from electromagnetic radiation and habits that cause self-harm, whether intentionally or not.

Offsite classes:
🧘‍♀️ LoCo Yoga - small group in a private location off TN-72. Address given upon registration.
🙏 Brewhouse Flow w/Rigazzi at Peaceful Side Brewery

Small group studio classes, offsite sessions, and virtual classes are all levels appropriate and require registration. Registration links are in bio. Text the studio number if you need scheduling assistance or have any questions or concerns.

Because the weather is wonky in E. TN, for now our in-person sessions are still scheduled. However, if travel does become unsafe, I will notify registered students of cancellation and give the option to reschedule or to be sent a link to join the session from home. Always know, if you’re joining me virtually from anywhere in the world, I love to see you in cozies, and I love your furry friends, so keep those cameras turned on and bring me joy!

01/17/2026

Prakrti AyurYoga classes are designed to support overwhelmed and exhausted perfectionists and highly sensitive people as they connect with the restful, restorative parasympathetic nervous system. This week, we’ll let go of accumulated physical, mental, emotional, energetic, and spiritual tension, while recharging our energetic batteries and tuning in to explore our full range of emotions. If you’re feeling anxious or in need of bringing scattered energy back to yourself, come join us and find focus and balance in a world constantly vying for your attention.

Offsite classes:
LoCo Yoga - small group in a private location off TN-72. Address given upon registration.
Brewhouse Flow w/Rigazzi at Peaceful Side Brewery

Small group studio classes, offsite sessions, and virtual classes are all levels appropriate and require registration. Registration links are in bio. Text the studio number if you need scheduling assistance or have any questions or concerns.

01/11/2026

Prakrti AyurYoga classes - Week of January 10 - are designed to:
- Ground scattered energy
- Store energy reserves
- Offer protection from unhealthy habits
- Encourage emotional balance
- Improve emotional health
- Offer self-compassion
- Offer self-forgiveness
- Allow for letting go of expectations

These classes are especially supportive for the highly sensitive person (HSP) who may need a bit of support dealing with difficult emotions.

Other classes:
- LoCo Yoga - small group in a private location off TN-72. Address given upon registration.
- Brewhouse Flow w/Rigazzi

Virtual classes and small group studio/offsite sessions are all levels appropriate and require registration. Registration links are in bio. Text the studio number if you need scheduling assistance or have any questions or concerns.

01/03/2026

This week, virtual and studio classes are all levels appropriate, and will include mindful movement and techniques to help regulate your nervous system.

10/04/2025

Any time I have a participant that’s never explored Yoga, I usually ask “Do you have any preconceived expectations about yoga or any questions before we start?”

Usually, I’m met with “I’m not flexible so I can’t do this.” I know I’m not the only yoga teacher who tries not to roll their eyes when we hear this 🤦🏼‍♀️ It’s likely the primary excuse heard by those who won’t try the very thing that’s needed 😂 but for those who get over themselves enough to show up that first time, I silently celebrate their effort and consider it a victory.

After all, that’s why we practice the physical postures of yoga… to gain flexibility. But also, we practice asana for strength, among many other benefits.

Today, I asked the question to someone who’s never practiced yoga, and she responded “I’m just here to take a break from my responsibilities and to go with the flow.”

And I thought to myself, “I have nothing to teach you!” 😂

I taught anyway, and she practiced. Afterward she left with a smile and a feeling of accomplishment, ready to get back to her duties.

I’m quiet here lately, but I still love what I do and the people I get to work with. ❤️

09/25/2025

Yoga is not about perfection. It’s about connection.

Connection to breath. Connection to body, mind, and spirit. Connection to Your True Nature and/or Higher Power. Connection to others.

Rigazzi and I would love to have you come connect with yourself and others in an all levels appropriate yoga session Peaceful Side Brewery.

🔗 Class info and registration for Brewhouse Flow can be found at https://www.rigazzimobilewellness.com/community

08/28/2025

Huge shoutout to my most devoted client for graduating her Yin Yoga training this morning!! As a teacher, I’m honored to be witness to her transformation through the years. As her …. ummmm…. much older friend… my Momma Heart couldn’t be more proud! ❤️

Yoga, in its purest form, is designed to create change within us, and I love to watch the ripple effect as it’s carried off the mat into the real world.

08/11/2025

Because I want my clients to get the best from their Ayurveda Yoga Therapy care treatment, I’m always looking for other resources that are outside my scope of practice for referrals.

Could you benefit from this lovely soul and/or her colleagues at Cove Mountain Counseling? When you’re ready, make that call! If you need, I’ll sit with you as you do!

(Yes, I personally know and highly recommend this sweet birthday girl.)

08/01/2025

If you know, you know!! 😂

Accurate 😂