Explorer Yoga

12/22/2025

Buddhist monks and their dog as they “Walk for Peace” across the U.S. 🙏🏼🕊️

12/21/2025

December asks us to remember what our culture forgets. That darkness is not a failure of light. That slowing is not a deviation from the path, but part of the path itself.

We live in a world that praises the bright, the busy, the blossoming, the forever-spring of productivity and performance.

But the living world whispers something older.

Winter is the season that teaches the roots how to deepen. The season that gathers the stories we were too hurried to hear. The season that turns fallen leaves into nourishment and creates the rich, dark soil that makes all future blooming possible.

Nothing in nature rushes through this threshold.

The trees soften into stillness.

The fox moves with deliberate economy.

The seeds rest, carrying whole futures inside their quiet bodies.

Even the light withdraws in gentle increments, as if showing us how to tend ourselves with patience.

December is not a void but a womb. A place of brewing, composting, gestating. A time when the unseen work is the most powerful of all, the kind that reshapes us from the inside out.

As we enter the deep of winter, may we remember that darkness has its own kind of beauty, its own kind of truth.

And that every bright, blooming April is rooted in a December that dared to rest.
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Happy Solstice to All! 🙏🏼☀️

Words by Brigit Anna McNeill, art by by Ruth Evans Art

12/19/2025

Recover from the Christmas rush and leave with tools you can use all year long! 📿🙏🏼☺️

Get all the deets and sign up at www.ExplorerYoga.com!

Peace to all! 🕊️🌲✨

This morning 🌞

> Move slow.
> Breathe deep.
> Reset gently.

Need something to look forward to after the holidays? Join us for Merry Merry Mala December 27th📿 at Explorer Yoga

The details ✨
> Mala Workshop (meditation beads)
> Guided Meditation
> Sound Bath

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12/08/2025

If you or anyone you know needs assistance. Please share 🙏🏼🍎

Our Chillicothe Produce Market scheduled for Wednesday, December 10, 2025, has been cancelled.

If you are in need of food assistance, please dial 2-1-1 or use the links provided to find food resources available in your community.

Chillicothe & Ross County Public Library:
https://www.crcpl.org/food

Freshtrak:
https://www.freshtrak.com/events/list/45601/10/

Click this link to chat with a 2-1-1 resource specialist:
https://www.211oh.org/

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11/27/2025

HOLIDAY LOVINGKINDNESS CHALLENGE!! 🙏🏼🎄❄️
Everyone who reacts, comments, and shares this post will be entered into a drawing for some great gifts! Drawing will be on December 20th 🎁🎁🎁🎁

Here’s a stripped down explanation of lovingkindness (Metta) meditation, with more info at the link:

At least twice a day (upon waking and at bedtime) is a great way to start. Hit the snooze button in the AM and practice! ***Feel free to practice anytime; try it when waiting in line or in traffic. And SMILE at people if you make eye contact! 😀

Remember that lovingkindnesss can be given freely and (unlike money) you don’t have to worry about losing it! The more you give, the more you receive ❤️🙏🏼

Think of someone you love unconditionally. It might be yourself (but we’re not all there yet) so start with a family member, friend, or a pet.

Repeat to yourself: May I be happy. May I be well. May I be safe. May I be peaceful and at ease.

Next, think of someone you are acquainted with, and repeat the phrases. Take your time, and visualize the person during each of the steps. “May YOU be happy…”

Then, a neutral person (cashier, person on the street) that you don’t know and don’t have a beef with).

Next, bring to mind a person you dislike. Repeat the phrases.

Lastly, focus on someone you detest. Repeat the phrases.

>>> Consistency matters, so try this for at least a few weeks; this simple technique is TRANSFORMATIONAL when practiced daily! 🙏🏼❤️

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Founded by Frank Ostaseski, Metta Institute is a catalyst for individual and cultural change. Inspired by Buddhist tradition, they offer educational programs integrating the spiritual dimensions of living, dying and transformation.

11/02/2025

In case you forgot:

10/29/2025

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10/24/2025

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10/19/2025

Clean air, water, and soil is what’s best for everyone! When we ALL do better, we all do better. (And, it’s the right thing to do)! Diversity in plants and people is what is needed to heal the earth, and all who reside here.

We've got to start exposing, reflecting upon, and confronting the hierarchies that keep us subservient in a system that's not working. That system is evident in lawns and the municipal w**d codes that defend / support lawns and the corporations that profit from lawns. The system is based on class and racial warfare as well, because our country was founded upon genocide and slavery -- the engine that still grinds on and keeps us from a true democracy. That's how I see it. That's what I wrote in my forthcoming book -- a mix of peeling back the social layers while applying practical methodology to rewild and unlawn America (an unlawning that means more than it says).

09/27/2025

If only everyone would get on board!

“…….And when you feel afraid
(Love one another)
When you've lost your way
(Love one another)
And when you're all alone
(Love one another)
And when you're far from home
(Love one another)
And when you're down and out
(Love one another)
And when your hopes run out
(Love one another)
And when you need a friend
(Love one another)
And when you're near the end
(Love, we got to love)
(We got to love one another)

[Chorus]
Light of the world, shine on me
Love is the answer
Shine on us all, set us free
Love is the answer”…..

🙏🏼❤️

Provided to YouTube by Rhino AtlanticLove Is the Answer · England Dan & John Ford ColeyDr. Heckle & Mr. Jive℗ 1979 Atlantic Recording CorporationPerformance:...

09/12/2025

Need to rebalance and/or reset? Come for a group practice! For a little while, you’ll have nothing to prove and no where else to be. Time to listen to what your body and heart are telling you. Are you helping or hurting others right now? What can you reframe? What stories are you telling yourself that don’t ring true (and maybe never really did). Remember that a different perspective can change everything. Lead with love, and your path will find you. Keep exploring, friends 🙏🏼❤️🕊️

09/04/2025

We highly recommend Dr. Gabor Mate’s work 🙏🏼❤️