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Balanced Yoga & Wellness

BYW is a referral-based private practice in Berlin, MD that offers evidence-informed Yoga Therapy Why not strive to become as fully integrated as possible?

BY&W employs an inter-disciplinary approach to the art and science of yoga: from mindful movement and breath-centered practices, to positive psychology and the latest in anatomy, neuroscience and pain research, our aim is to bring the nervous and musculoskeletal systems back into functional balance, to increase stress resilience (our ability to 'cope'), and from that space, encourage integration of the body-mind-spirit complex. The goal is a sense of self-empowerment through connectedness - whether it's the lumbo-sacral rhythm, the head-to-heart (thoughts-to-emotions), the gut-to-brain (the enteric nervous system), or the Self-to-the-Whole...what we create on the microcosm of our sticky mat, we bring to the macrocosm of our world.

12/30/2025

Each year, I choose a word.
Not as a goal, rather, as an orientation.

A quiet reference point.
A way of returning to what matters when things feel noisy or complex.

The art of choosing a word (e.g. courage, integrity, strength, harmony, ease) is the embodiment of what's alive right now, coupled with a subtle yearning to BE the living expression of this quality that, mind you, already prevails in the expanded version of you.

I invite you to consider a word of your own.
Something to reflect on, return to, and carry with you through 2026. Feel free to share in the comments, I'd love to hear yours!

12/29/2025

As the mental noise of the holiday season settles, are you yearning for some moments of sacred silence to be with yourself, to hear your Self (your heart, your soul) clearly?

Two of the most powerful tools to influence perspectives, thoughts, feelings and actions are Stories and Questions.

Stories allow us to imagine, through the eyes of another person, situation or scenario, what is possible for our own life; they engage a part of our brain that holds a mirror to our own experience, and challenges us to discover our own depth. ��Inquiry leads to in-sight; the better the question, the clearer our Truth is revealed — not just in the answer, but in how we arrive there. Often we learn far more from the endeavor to resolve something within ourselves than from the answer itself.

Glide into 2026 with an evening of gentle movement, self-reflection, and deep restoration to discover what your already-expanded-Self wants you to align with.

This workshop is an intentionally organized Guided Journey to safely explore how your life experiences to this point have intelligently shaped your perspectives and informed your patterns of thought, speech and action in your personal and professional lives.

Experience a deliberate sequence of somatic practices, philosophical musings and sincere inquiries designed to connect to the Signal of wisdom and integrity already in you.

Slow down and attune inward to discover how much your heart already knows about what you want and how to access the courage needed to embody it.

Register at BalancedYogaWellness.com (or click Link in Bio)

REFLECT & RESTORE
ZOOM ONLINE - WED, JANUARY 21, 2026
6:00 to 8:15 PM EST; $65

SALISBURY, MD - FRI, JANUARY 23, 2026
6:00 to 8:15 PM EST; $75
HOSTED BY ABBI CUSTIS ART STUDIO
Mats & Props provided

12/28/2025

When the body moves with intention, energy pathways open and the nervous system responds. Each breath, each shape, creates space for balance and regulation.

This posture is a reminder that even in moments of surrender, the body is recalibrating — finding strength, restoring clarity, and remembering its natural state of coherence.

Surprise yourself: get on all fours and push the earth away from you, make this shape of spinal flexion, then follow what your soma leads you to do next, and next, and next...

12/25/2025

Tis the season to wish each other a Happy Holiday!

Knowing that for some, the holiday season may amplify a felt sense of loneliness, anxiety, grief, pain and frustration, my wish for all is E.A.S.E.

EASE - may your body experience freedom from pain, physical or emotional;
ACCEPTANCE - may your breath deepen in surrender to WHAT IS, here and now;
STRENGTH - may you know that GOD IN YOU CAN;
EXPANSION - may your thoughts and actions be aligned with and in-spired by the steady Signal of your truth.

Wishing you ease through this season, with space to slow down and time to connect with what supports, uplifts, strengthens, and inspires you!

May the new year bring continued clarity and presence.
xoxo, Kelli

12/22/2025

Ready to de-stress, unwind tension, breathe a little deeper, easier? It is amazing what can shift in just a few minutes, let alone a whole hour. Discover what's possible when you slow down, LEAN IN, and just BE for just a little while...you may just amaze yourSELF.

You may show up different for your family during the holidays -- more relaxed, more centered, more in touch with your heart's longings. You may have more capacity for patience and mindful responses, more spaciousness in your lungs, your body, your mind, more freedom in your movements, more connected to your choices, your preferences, your boundaries.

If any of these possibilities sound appealing to you, join me in a FREE Online Class this evening
7:00 to 8:00 PM EST via Zoom.

Come as you ARE, move with LOVE.
You can leave your camera off if you wish! Move and breathe in the most gentle, mindful ways in your PJs if you like...this is a gift of solitude from me to you.

Register to receive the Zoom link - it's free and open to ALL, feel free to SHARE!

www.balancedyogawellness.com

12/22/2025

There’s a potency within you that becomes realized when you slow down, withdraw your attention from the distractions of the world and attune inward.

Whether sitting in stillness, or moving with awareness, the intention to focus on your inner experience — on who and how you ‘BE’ in relationship with THIS moment, on how you are ‘shaped’ by this experience, allows this potency to become embodied.

In client sessions, we might explore mindful movement, breath, or neuro-sensory exercises to bring the body-mind-soul complex into a more coherent state in THIS moment. We learn to source stability from within, building capacity to hold whatever unfolds in THIS moment, with resilience and grace.

We might use simple props, the floor, a journal, or simply breath, to explore the nature of the dialogue between body and mind.

Whether it’s rebuilding strength, finding ease in movement, or cultivating more coherence between thought and sensation, each session meets you exactly where you are in THIS moment.

It’s not about performance.
It’s about knowing yourself more deeply, investigating your sources of safety and stability, recognizing the distortions that block you from your truth, and gaining skills to live a life of radical presence and authenticity.

12/16/2025

Somatic Experience
Free Online Class

During this season of gratitude, I invite you to slow down, breathe deeply, and move with mindful awareness. Join me for a free online Somatic Experience class designed to help you reconnect with your body and find ease through gentle movement.

Applied Somatics is movement re-education rooted in awareness. It is a root cause approach to chronic muscular pain, discomfort, and stiffness caused by the stresses of life.

Somatic movement is appropriate for every body. No previous yoga experience necessary.

December 22
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST

12/06/2025

I recently discovered that there is a *spark* of light that occurs at the moment of conception. Science calls it a zinc spark, a biological flash that symbolizes the soul entering the body…
the merging of lineages…the moment of consent, of consciousness becoming form…
a sacred “yes”: I will come forward. I will grow. I will become.

Dear son, you began as a spark of light, and for the past 18 years you have shared your brilliance with courage, integrity, and enthusiasm. You have always marched to the beat of your own drum; be it hair styles, clothing styles, hobbies or interests, I admire how you passionately pursue what lights you up each step of the way and follow your heart with happiness, humor, and love as your guides.

We are so incredibly proud of the young man you’ve become. As you move forward, grow and become, I have complete faith that you’ll be a rock star at whatever you put your mind to!

Happy 18th Birthday William, I LOVE YOU!

12/02/2025

There is a lot you can miss if you think eyes are the only way to see.

11/30/2025

In a world that asks us to fill every moment, nothingness can feel radical.

Sometimes the mind-body get so wound up there's no clear path how to come back down.

*Pause* and the moment you feel the urge to move (to scroll, to eat, to clean, to do anything, to leave Yourself), WAIT 10 MORE SECONDS.

And the next time you try it, wait 20, then 30, then get yourself up to one minute of pausing in no-thing-ness.

Change happens when we ride the wave of impulse. And that impulse is always to leave ourselves.

STAY. Stay with YOU. Eventually, in those pauses, the quiet in-between, clarity and calm have a chance to arrive, to offer you untold possibility.

I love you.

11/27/2025

If you are reading this, you already have so much to be thankful for...

You have functional sight.
You have literacy.
You have financial resources to purchase a device with which you can access instant information, education, connection, expression and inspiration.
You have time to scroll.
You have intellect to distinguish, interpret, sift and sort through the bounty of content and pause on something that reminds you how much you already have and how precious these boons are.
You have lifeforce (Source) breathing your lungs, beating your heart, animating your body with little to no effort on your part.
You have the view out your window to remind you that nature is always available to soothe your nervous system, to remind you of patience, presence, perfection - that everything is unfolding with precision and purpose.

These things and so.much.more. do I and all who come across this post have to be thankful for!

At Thanksgiving, and always, I wish you abundant blessings, a heart of gratitude, and a deep, loving connection with the invisible force that sustains Life.

11/22/2025

Somatic Experience
Free Online Classes

In this season of thanks, I am inviting you to pause, breathe, and move with awareness. Join me for two free online Somatic Experience classes designed to help you reconnect with your body and find ease through gentle movement.

Applied Somatics is movement reeducation rooted in awareness. It is a root cause approach to chronic muscular pain, discomfort, and stiffness caused by the stresses of life.

Somatic movement is appropriate for every body. No previous yoga experience necessary.

Sunday, November 23, 2025
6:30 to 7:30 PM EST

Monday, December 22, 2025
7:00 to 8:00 PM EST

Advance registration required
www.balancedyogawellness.com

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10045 Old Ocean City Boulevard
Berlin, MD
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BY&W employs an inter-disciplinary approach to the art and science of yoga: from mindful movement and breath-centered practices, to positive psychology and the latest in anatomy, neuroscience and pain research, my aim is to bring the nervous and musculoskeletal systems back into functional balance, to increase stress resilience (our ability to 'cope'), and from that space, encourage integration of the body-mind-spirit complex. The goal is a sense of self-empowerment through connectedness - whether it's the lumbo-sacral rhythm, the head-to-heart (thoughts-to-emotions), the gut-to-brain (the enteric nervous system), or the Self-to-the-Whole...what we create on the microcosm of our sticky mat, we bring to the macrocosm of our world. Why not strive to become as fully integrated as possible?

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