Jolly Mama

07/15/2022

What a treat to get to speak with one of my favorite people about one of my favorite subjects! In this talk we discuss Practical Yoga, what it means to be present and aware, and several stress/overwhelm hacks to get back to center. Listen and let me know what you think! Link in bio. 💜

09/06/2021

Being gentle with yourself: the most advanced and useful Yoga for this moment. Thankful for grace in this moment. And the awareness that the experience is what it's all about. Thankful for every scrap of allowing and letting go that I can muster in any given moment. I am right where I am supposed to be.

09/01/2021

Mid-week is s a great time to renew commitment to one's own well-being.
Meditation in nature is just one of the ways we can do just that!
Another way is to take a Yoga class. And I happen to teach 2 of them Wednesday evenings at ! Join me for 6pm all levels AND/OR 7:30 wind down. Giving this hour of practice to yourself is a great way to renew and refresh for the rest of the week!
Register at www.yogabirdstudio.com for IN STUDIO or LIVESTREAM classes. 💜🙏🏻

08/02/2021

Look up
See the wisps of earth in tangled tendrils dangling from each branch
See how the curve of this limb or that tells a story of the conditions and oppositions they had to grow through
See the sway of the trunk seamlessly winding its way down to the ground
Look down
See how this tree came to be through a hundred or more roots throwing shoots into the darkness
There was nothing there but a galaxy of dirt and rock and something in the seed felt it was worth total destruction-it's complete end-to reach out into the unknown.
Worth the stretch of death walked holy and still-for just a chance this new being might be birthed.
And the roots don't know as they spread and grow the life they are creating-supporting-housing-making shade for~
If the seed could trade its existence to become this
It was all worth it
Completely
Totally
Worth it
Just look up.
~HLRC

We are collectively in a season that feels like an end. In fact, it is just the beginning. It is an interesting time to be alive and an extremely potent time to look inward with love and curiosity. 💜

08/08/2020

This Thursday start challenging everything you think you know about yoga. If you have ever said "I am not flexible enough to do yoga." Or "I could never do a headstand so yoga is not for me." I am talking to you specifically. Join our livestream Yoga 101 offered every Thursday 6:30pm EST for free to see exactly what I am talking about. Yoga is for all bodies and is not about flexibility. Spoiler alert: it's about so much more!! We will start with connecting to the breath and moving the body with awareness. That is the steady and enduring foundation we will create together in this hour long class. If you have ever been curious, what better time than now?

03/12/2018

This right here. The real talk. 💕 You are doing great Mama. The clouds will part. Sleep will come. But right now, in this moment, it’s ok not to feel happy. It’s ok to be exhausted beyond what you ever thought possible. It’s ok. And you are the best Mom for your child. ❤️

Six weeks ago, I came home from the hospital with a new baby, and my world got dark. It wasn’t what I expected.

11/18/2017

Shout it from the rooftops!!! Malasana is the stuff!!! ❤️💕🙌🙏🙌💕❤️

Westerners have forgotten how to squat, and it's causing health problems.

11/15/2017

Great article!

A tiny detail we’ve lost since the hunter-gatherer times and how to fix it

11/09/2017

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