Yogic Playground

07/15/2025

Good evening 🌙 Here’s a recording of the Restorative Yoga on IG live tonight (7/14/25). Please disregaurd my alarm going off in the beginning of the video 🤣 Without alarms I wouldn’t get anything done! Including showing up for a scheduled live class, lol.

01/21/2025

Hey y'all! Flow Like a River will be online tonight to accommodate for the extreme cold. DM me if you'd like the link :)

01/05/2025

Hello friends! This year, Yogic Playground will be featuring a monthly yoga philosophy focus, starting this January with Ahimsa (pronounced ah-hin-sah), or non-violence. I would be so grateful if you read and/or shared my blog post about the Yama Ahimsa. I wrote about my own personal experience with self-inflicted violence through thoughts, something I have struggled with as someone with PTSD and ADHD. Ahimsa calls on us to be kind and compassionate towards others, choosing a path of peace over anger and resentment. This applies to the self, as well, especially in moments of negative self-talk or shame. Happy New Year! To growth, change, and the loss of what no longer suits you🎆 Sending love to you all 💕

Ahimsa (pronounce ah-hin-sah) is one of the Yamas, a branch of the Eight Limbs of Yoga, a set of pathways, proposed in the Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali, that lead to a life with purpose and meaning. T…

07/08/2024

Tonight is the first night of my summer Forest Bathing Yoga series! Feel free to pop by Schweitzer Environmental Center in Wes Dundee tonight! Class starts a 7pm, $24 BYOM + Water

11/21/2023

With Thanksgiving being only a few days, I am sure for most of us there is a multitude of feelings bubbling up from stress and anxiety to joy and excitement. Here’s a brief journaling practice to help you get grounded and grateful:

*Have a journal and pen ready*

1) Find a quiet place where you can be alone. (Make sure to communicate with your loved ones or living mates that you would like alone time 🧡)

2) Make your area safe and comfortable. Declutter if needed and add candles, incense, soft lighting, pillows and blankets to create a cozy journaling spot. Music is optional. Choose music that soothes you 🎶

3) Find a comfortable seat, cross-legged or in a chair, and begin to drop in to meditation by first noticing your natural breath. You may start to close your eyes and deepen your breath after a few moments, drawing plentiful amounts of breath through your nose and into your belly. As you exhale, release your breath slowly and completely through your nose. Focus on your breath flowing in and out of your body. Notice how your breath feels in your body. After a minute, ask yourself: “What am I grateful for? How can I celebrate my gratitude toward others?
You can visualize what you are grateful for and even imagine yourself showing your gratitude for others to deepen the meditation. (2 minutes or longer).

4) When you are ready, slowly come out of meditation and begin to journal. You can write from your heart using these sentence frames:
I am grateful for _______.
I show my gratitude by _______.
AND/OR
Simply record your thoughts and feelings that came up in meditation. Perhaps you can reflect on specific ways you plan to show gratitude?

I hope you enjoy this practice! Peace + Love to you and your families ❤️💛🧡

07/05/2023

Happy July ☀️ I'm pleased to say that I have quite a few announcements for you.

1) Flow Like a River Yoga at Schweitzer Environmental Center is cancelled this Saturday, July 8th as I'll be celebrating my 5 year anniversary with my partner, Bubba!

2) I've just re-branded the Yogic Playground website and it looks amazing! Please take a look if you have time. There are new pictures, I've written a new bio and I am working on bringing you blog posts as well. I would love any feedback you have about the site. DM me!

3) I HAVE NEW CLASS OFFERINGS!!!!!!! Starting July 16th I will have new classes at Willow & Birch Wellness Boutique in East Dundee. I am over the moon with this new community partnership 😊 Willow & Birch is a wellness boutique that sells a variey of wellness products that support women-owned, BIPOC-owned and environmentally friendly bussinesses. Upstairs they have created a gorgeous yoga space where we have big plans for wellness workshops, as well as special yoga experiences (like sound healing yoga 🎵). This is just the beginning! I hope to see you for our opening week! Check my events page or head to yogicplayground.com for more details about the classes.