Better Day Yoga LLC

11/15/2025

If you’re like me, you make a cup of tea regularly. Why not do it THIS way? So magical! 💫 ✨ 🍵

Intention Tea Ritual

Put the kettle on like you’re summoning something ancient. Today’s nourishment is simple: make yourself a cup of tea, but do it like it’s a spell, not a beverage.

As the water heats, rest your hands gently on the counter or around your empty mug. Name your intention quietly — the real one, not the polite version. The desire you feel in your chest, not the one you’d say out loud at brunch.

When you pour the hot water over your leaves or tea bag, imagine the steam waking up your intention, carrying it upward like a tiny offering. Let the scent in the air feel like a message being delivered on your behalf.

While the tea steeps, don’t rush. Watch it darken. Let the color change remind you that transformation doesn’t need to be dramatic to be powerful. It can be slow, subtle, and happening right in front of you.

When it’s ready, hold the warm (not too hot!) mug in both hands — like you’re holding a small altar. Whisper your intention into the steam. Let it rise toward your face, carefully, noticing the warmth without getting too close. Let it bless you a little.

Take your first sip as if you are drinking in the energy of what you want. Let the warmth move through you. Let it settle.

Let your body feel like a yes.
This is your ritual. Gentle, sacred, accessible. A tiny moment of magic disguised as tea.

From: https://divinepurpose.beehiiv.com/p/your-friday-manifestation-ritual?utm_source=divinepurpose.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=your-friday-manifestation-ritual&_bhlid=e5625c5d69614b55d9388cf23b0f1a61a1ccb970&last_resource_guid=Post%3A5534093e-c3b9-445c-abe6-86e0fd99e166&jwt_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJzY3JpYmVyX2lkIjoiODcwZDYxZDAtODZlZS00ZTRhLWFmNzktNDU2NGU2MTFmODA1IiwicHVibGljYXRpb25faWQiOiIxODEzNGM4My0zN2Y0LTRiNzktYmNmMy1jNmYwYzgyODRhMmMiLCJhY2Nlc3NfdHlwZSI6InJlYWQtb25seSIsImV4cCI6MTc2MzI4OTkyNywiaXNzIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9hcHAuYmVlaGlpdi5jb20iLCJpYXQiOjE3NjMxMTcxMjd9.p7C2Zz8Iwt7YhuFapIn25V-bqsqfro13jaxBLqKCptk

11/13/2025

I love “I GET to move”! I often say to my students , “we move so we get to move”! AND I LOVE taking a dance break while I’m cleaning the house! 😉

Let’s do this!

“In fact, a large study of over 25,000 self-identified non-exercisers found that just three 1- to 2-minute bursts of vigorous activity per day (tracked via wearable devices) slashed the risk of cardiovascular death1 by nearly 50% (compared to those who did none).
That's not a typo. Half. Just from picking up the pace while living your life.

When you shift your mindset from "I have to work out" to "I get to move," these small wins start to add up—not just physically but emotionally.
Movement has been shown to reduce anxiety, boost mood, and improve cognitive function, and exercise snacking makes those benefits more accessible.

How to make it happen
All you need is a moment to get started:

Take the stairs and pick up the pace for an added boost.

Power walk between meetings or while on calls.

Do 30 seconds of jumping jacks when you feel your energy dip (or every few hours).

Carry your groceries instead of rolling them.

Add a dance break—turn on some music and get moving.

If it gets your heart rate up and your muscles working, it counts.”

You'll be taking the stairs with pride after this.

11/12/2025

So much to unpack here. ❤️♥️

“We are the dreams of our ancestors. We carry their lives within our DNA and within our energy bodies, within our physical stem cells and as genetic inheritance, and as a function of how we were parented, of our environment.

As I state in Ancestral Dreaming: "Deep in your history, your ancestors—your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents, as far back as you can imagine and then some—had a dream, an image, a vision of what they hoped for the lives of their descendants… The very fact that your ancestors survived, sometimes against all odds, is testament to the power of your ancestral dreams. You are that dream, the time-traveled embodiment of their hopes and visions."

Our modern world is becoming more aware of the importance of acknowledging, connecting with, and honoring our ancestors. We are also reconnecting with unique wisdom that can be ...

11/08/2025

I often mention fascia in my yoga classes. And I often say “we move so we get to move.” Any movement helps release tension and sticky points in our fascia. As we move AND acknowledge THAT we appreciate the movement—any movement—as we’re doing it. Appreciating as we DO keeps us doing! Do more yoga! 🧘‍♀️

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Our bodies are honest storytellers, and the physical symptoms we experience are frequently clarion calls from within — signaling that our hearts or minds may be holding more than we realize.

Intuitively, we know that stress shows up in our bodies as muscular tension. But when we look more closely at the mind-body connection, we see that fascia — that intricate web of connective tissue surrounding every muscle, nerve, and organ — plays a key role in how we experience physical pain. Fascia is alive with sensory nerves, constantly responding to how we experience life. When movement is limited, or we’re carrying the weight of emotional overload — a quiet wave of tension begins to ripple through the body. Bit by bit, the fascia tightens and constricts, manifesting as discomfort, weakness, or a loss of coordination.

Fortunately, there is a pathway to healing. We can begin to release that tension — through mindful embodied practices, gentle movement, nourishing hydration, or slow, focused fascia stretching. When we do, something remarkable happens: Our nervous system feels safer, movement feels easier, and we are able to enjoy the activities we love with greater freedom and happiness.

From DailyOm.Com

11/07/2025

Do more yoga 🧘‍♀️ 🙏♥️

Can yoga help lower blood pressure?

Despite these limitations, several mechanisms have been proposed:

Enhanced baroreceptor sensitivity – Regular yoga practice may help the body detect and respond to changes in BP (blood pressure) more efficiently (Selvamurthy et al. 1998).

Improved autonomic balance – Yoga appears to reduce sympathetic nervous system activity (the ‘fight-or-flight’ response) and increase parasympathetic (vagal) tone, promoting cardiovascular calm (Vijayalakshmi et al. 2004).

Slow breathing effects – Controlled breathing, a hallmark of yoga, has been shown to improve baroreflex sensitivity and lower BP in people with essential hypertension (Bernardi et al. 2001; Joseph et al. 2005).

Meditation and attention training – Focused awareness activates brain regions such as the medial prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate gyrus, both involved in regulating BP and emotional stress (Posner & Petersen 1990; Williamson, McColl & Mathews 2004).

The takeaway is that it’s the state yoga creates, including mindful attention, slower breathing, and reduced reactivity, that seems most beneficial for cardiovascular health, not specific poses alone.

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11/06/2025

Have you moved through “less than ideal” emotions?

When I first heard the answers to my “whys” from my childhood experience during my YogaFit for Warriors trauma -informed yoga training, I also melted when hearing scientifically I was “not broken.”

This led me to write the chapter titled “The Whys Matter: War Trauma Wisdom Heals Ancestral History” in Chapter 5 in the Amazon #1 bestselling book The Wellness Universe Guide to Complete Self-Care: 25 Tools for Transformation.

Thank you Shaye Molendyke. 🙏❤️

This is from TuneUpFitness.com:

“The Role of Compassion in Resilience
In my work, I have found that the key to fostering resilience is compassion, and the key to compassion is education. Many of us are taught to feel ashamed of our natural response to difficult situations.

Sadness, anger, or fear are seen as the opposite of strength and resilience. In fact, I have experienced that the ability to acknowledge and move through these “less than ideal” emotions is itself resilience.”

“The feeling in the room is palpable, when someone hears for the first time an answer to their why that is not their own mind saying “because I’m broken.” When you offer a student an answer to their why, you open a gateway to compassion. You offer them the possibility that there is in fact nothing wrong with them.

This is because a fact is not an opinion, so it is not subject to the same scrutiny to which our judgmental minds default. I have seen remarkable change in refugees, survivors of assault, and even everyday humans who come to my studio classes, when I teach them why, scientifically, it is practical to be self-compassionate.

You create your own recipe for resilience, using the building blocks inside you. You do it by integrating compassionate knowledge into your study of yourself and your teaching to others.”

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11/05/2025

My sister, Helen. Her connection will forever leave an imprint on my life. I have not outgrown her (as mentioned below). I have grown more fully because of her. She was my anchor, my safe place, my advocate. I would tell her THAT. And I would thank her AGAIN as I did when she was present and knew. Thank you Helen. I will never forget.
Below is from my Divine Purpose email.
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Which connections have faded…and what would you say if you could thank them one last time?

Let yourself be honest here. You don’t have to be dramatic, nor poetic (unless you want to!). Remember you’re not trying to “wrap it up with meaning.”
You’re just being real.

Think of the people who were once close, once formative, once daily. The ones who shaped you — even if it was brief, complicated, messy, or unfinished. The ones who taught you something you didn’t realize you’d carry.

There are friendships that drift. Loves that end quietly. People we simply outgrow by living.

This question isn’t about rekindling anything. It’s about acknowledging the imprint.

If you were to thank them — not to reopen the door, but simply to recognize the chapter — what would you say?

You don’t have to send the words. You don’t have to tell them. You don’t have to fix anything.

Just hold it for a breath. Honor what was, so you can open to what is.

BEFORE YOU GO
“What we have once enjoyed deeply, we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”

Helen Keller
We spend so much time trying to define relationships — what they were, what they meant, whether they were “worth it,” whether we should have stayed, left, tried harder, known better.

But love doesn’t disappear when the form changes. It leaves texture. Imprint. Muscle memory. It becomes part of how you now recognize softness, safety, wonder, desire — even if the person isn’t in your life anymore.

You don’t have to keep every person you’ve loved. You just have to keep the love.

You are not empty where they once were. You are bigger.

You are proof that connection leaves traces. You are living evidence of the soul’s capacity to expand. There is new love ahead. There are new mirrors.

There are people you haven’t met yet who will recognize you instantly.
Go gently. But go.







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11/01/2025

Ancestors on my mind. 🙏❤️🧡

10/31/2025

Do more yoga. 🧘‍♀️ 🙏❤️

Using Yoga And Breathwork For Long Term Pain

Other Factors That Can Impact Chronic Pain

Other factors can also determine how much pain is sent to the body. For example, if these receptors are activated repeatedly, the brain can decide these receptors should be more sensitive to protect the body from further injury. Over time these receptors can become so sensitive that even a light touch may induce pain. In some cases, the nerves learn to send more efficient pain signals. In this case the message is amplified - and so is the pain. This is common in people who live with chronic pain.

The longer this pain continues, the harder it is to become less sensitive.

Factors such as mood, expectations, and past experiences can also determine how painful an experience will be. If you’re in a great mood, stepping on a Leggo may not feel as painful as if it happened when you were stressed or angry. If you’re already stressed because your kid didn’t do their homework and made a huge mess, stepping on that Leggo will be much more painful.

Your support network of family and close friends can also determine your experience of pain. Adults who had little support from their family or had traumatic childhoods may be more sensitive to pain.

Yoga And Breathwork Exercises To Help Manage Pain

Breathwork or yoga breathing exercises have been studied as a pain management tool. When a person struggles with chronic pain, their nervous system is in a reactive state. The sympathetic nervous system is activated - this is the fight or flight response. As mentioned earlier, those with chronic pain often struggle with anxiety and depression as a result of this fight or flight response being constantly activated.

Breathwork has been proven to activate the parasympathetic nervous system - this is the rest, digest, and heal part of the nervous system and the body’s relaxation response.

Through working with the breath, you can activate the parasympathetic nervous system and change your heart rate - and even alter your brain waves.

Breathing Exercises For Pain Management

Specifically, slow deep breaths activate this part of the nervous system. And the effects of breathwork can last for hours.

Some types of breathwork to use and to offer to your students are Intra-Abdominal Pressure (IAP) breathing, Ujjayi, and Nadi Shodhana

Full article:

https://beyogi.com/teach-yoga/using-breathwork-for-long-term-pain/?j=2020952&sfmc_sub=204280734&l=4891_HTML&u=94793609&mid=100018697&jb=21003&utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=beYogi_never_WeeklyVibe_10.31.25&utm_term=beyogi_newsletter_10.31.25&utm_id=2020952&sfmc_id=204280734

Yoga and breathwork have long been studied as pain management tools as a way to regulate the nervous system – here's what you should know.

10/28/2025

Small excerpt from a full report:

Remember the first time you stepped onto a yoga mat? The mix of anticipation and curiosity, the unfamiliar yet welcoming environment, the soft hum of tranquil music in the background…

Yoga classes have become a sanctuary for many people. But before that first time, there was a why. What made you consider yoga? Here are some of the most popular reasons people choose yoga:

Health improvement 98%
Physical exercise 80%
Stress management 73%
Prenatal or postnatal care 7%
Injury rehab and prevention 19%
Medical condition 28%
Flexibility and balance
Opportunity to socialize

Why do YOU do yoga? Do more yoga!🧘‍♀️










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