Lavender Koi Yoga

12/09/2025

The practice of yoga helps you connect with the natural rhythm of our Being. And at the very core of that natural flow state is balance.

If we look around at all the magnificent teachers we get to learn from every day; nature, relationships, Mother Earth, space, physics, time, etc. All in which live, grow, evolve through balance. Why would we be any different? And to test this theory, what feels better - a life in balance or one that isn’t?

At The Koi, we practice discovering the natural rhythm of the self✨. Join us anytime🤍!

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12/09/2025

The World Needs Your Magic✨💎✨!!!

12/08/2025

All the families have been adopted!!! THANK YOU❤️!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12/06/2025

Every morning we wake up to a day full of unlimited possibilities, choices, opportunities. Some days we rise with the energy to conquer the day. Some days maybe not so much…. Just sticking to our schedule like it’s a mundane chore.
But here is the thing….why do we feel as though these are our only mind-set selections to have?

Firstly, we call a day, a day. What happens in our minds when we refer to something as a singular entity? We act accordingly, by treating a day as singular event. Yes, this is not a black and white fact. But if you think about it, we usually don’t merge Tues. and Wed. together as one event unless one event took place across those two days, etc. We call a week, a week. We ask others, “how was your week?” Like it is a singular event.

Secondly, our minds were designed to think this way; depending upon your culture. And in this case I am referring to the American culture, which is definitely designed to label EVERYTHING individually.

Thirdly, by having such specific parameters around how we take in information we miss the beauty and wisdom that surrounds things because we are not paying attention to it. For example, if we were going for a walk and I said, “hey, look at that pretty flower (as I was pointing at it).” What would you look at? The flower, right?! You might take it in and say, “yeah, that’s a pretty flower.” But what information are you taking in and labeling it as a flower? Just the object at hand, a singular object, a flower. So what beauty is missed? What wisdom was lost? What understanding was not understood?

When NOT a singular mind takes in the flower, it not only sees the flower but everything that brought that seed to fruition. It has too. It does not make sense to that perception of reality to look upon an object without taking in how it came to be. Because it would not exist otherwise.

Fourthly, the design has been set in stone. Everyday we subconsciously train our brains to function singularly. Thus, becoming conditioned. Limited in our capacity to take in information. Missing so very much, but if you don’t know you are missing it, then does it matter to you?😊

12/04/2025

Liberation and struggle are two sides of the same coin✨🪙✨.

12/04/2025

“Yogis used their own minds and bodies as laboratories for experiments in living. They arrived over and over again at a series of stunning insights into the human condition.”

We had some insights after practicing this posture this past week✨.

Come make shapes with us, all while discovering the “fetters” of the mind that present themselves to you.

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12/03/2025

Adopt a family drive ends 12/17! Please reach out to Lezlee Ann or I if you would like to get involved and contribute by adopting a family or making a donation!

Gaia Dawn 2026 Goddess Calendar which is more like a monthly guide to your inner workings! $30. at The Koi, you can also visit Gaia Dawn’s Socials to get more information on Jenn, her work, her mission and you get to view her extraordinary talent!

January will be coming in hot🔥 at The Koi!

Enjoy your holiday season by keeping yourself balanced by intentionally practicing Yin (self-care) to balance out the Yang (holiday season)!

See you on your mat🙏🏼! Drop-ins matter✨!!!!

12/02/2025

12/02/2025

Every moment we create is our consciousness manifesting into reality.

We all have an eternal North Star that guides us, but if we don’t listen to our depth then we only have the competence for surface level living.

We as humans were gifted the greatest gift of all, free-will.

I know it is really hard accepting responsibility for every single aspect of our lives, but at the same time…..would you want to not be in control of every aspect of your life?

It’s a tough one, for sure. But the reality is that we are given full province over ourselves so that we can learn from our mistakes, we can choose how to grow ourselves, we can show others how we like to be treated, we get to design and destroy every part of ourselves. It’s the gift of free-will. The gift of free will is like winning the lottery…… you get the ultimate gift and the powers that be get to watch what you do with it. Lose all the money in a year because you don’t know how to manage it (continuous suffering)? Or have the competence to be able to manage it for a lifetime (continuous liberation).

Your inner guidance is your soul’s song. We were all born for a purpose, or we would not exist. Purpose is your Dharma. Why life presents obstacles is to grow us, it is our lessons to learn, Karma. Why we loose our path or never get on it, Free-Will. Free-will also keeps us on our life path. Free-will is only as expansive as our ability is to hold and manage our awareness.

Yoga is the practice of free-will expansion!

11/29/2025

Anatta is the Buddha’s teachings on “No Self”. Just this idea alone is liberating! Anatta is one of the greatest teachings of the Buddha. If you are nothing, then you can become everything at any given moment. You are the instrument of consciousness. Whatever you are aware of, your being brings it into reality. Why don’t we ever question this??? Because we were born into it!

Just like the earth omits a high pitch sound that we don’t hear because we were born into it. Same idea…..

We as a species always question why we exist. Where do we come from? Why do I exist?

As I am studying more and more Zen, I have definitely come to the conclusion that these are the wrong questions to ask to get to the answer one is seeking. Even though the questions are so directly put, the mind asking the question can not quantify the response. Because the answer is simply but the mind asking the question has been developed incapable of comprehending any justifiable response. So what has happened in society because of this fact? Human’s have made-up ideas of creation, life and death. Moral values so people act accordingly so they don’t go to hell. Fear is the ultimate control, fear gets people to act accordingly.

The question we should be asking are what we will be discussing in tomorrow morning’s Sunday Satsang.

I will breakdown the mindset capable of grasping the idea of the Buddha’s greatest teaching and then we will ask the questions that will liberate the human mind from the illusion of the self.

* why did I use an image of ppl on a roller coaster? They actively choose to create their reality by getting on the rollercoaster. It is up to them how they experience it. They look like they chose, fun😁. It’s the experience-er having the experience.

9:30am Gentle Hatha, In-person or live-stream. Sign up at LavenderKoiYoga.com

Choose liberation✨!

11/28/2025

What happens when you become present?

Reality is revealed. It is such a gift, but here is the thing. I’ve been noticing that my reality has been becoming richer; more has been being revealed to me, as my practice….to take in the seen and unseen held within the present moment is evolving. Life is the practice of yoga, it is contained within consciousness, manifested through the breath, captured by realization, and put into action by intention.

In this small video clip, I am enjoying being the witness to the ever changing relationship between my children in the back seat of the car. I hear their banter, but their relationship is not held within the humorous sharp jabs of words. The connection between them is witnessed within what is happening behind their words to each other. ✨

My husband is telling me a story about his past that I heard a thousand times…… the gift is…. I am the only person in this world that understands this past experience. And how that experience has touched his life. He tells me the story, not because he thinks I’ve never heard it before, but because he knows I know how awesome it was for him and we can share the meaning of the memory together in this moment. Pure, safe, raw connection, it exists but sometimes unexplainable, yet so real!
It’s a constant play of, “I got you, you got me.” Let’s totally play❤️!!!

Truth definitely lies behind the words. I am so unbelievably grateful that I was given the capability to witness and understand the exquisite beauty that runs parallel to the surface experience. Surface experience of name and form is fine. But for me, and especially around my family, I want a little more; I want to see your soul shining through your eyes, I want to feel your passion in my spine, I want bare witness to your vulnerability in my heart. I want to feel your song running through my veins.

You are my world, today, forever and beyond❤️. Grateful✨