Topsail Island Yoga & Counseling, PLLC

02/22/2026

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02/18/2026

We’re officially in the Year of Fire Horse 🔥🐴

Which of these mantras resonate with you?
Your self-talk has so much power. How you speak to yourself matters.

🔥🐴These mantras were shared during an inspiring offering: “Fire Horse Threshold Journey,” led with the wisdom from Tricia Odham of Phoenix Soul Coaching https://phoenixsoulcoaching.com/ & inspiring stories from Mary Miller-Jordan of I AM HERD Mustang Sanctuary https://iamherd.com/

These women are committed to collective growth & have souls of gold…please check out their services via their websites above!🫶🏼

My takeaways:
✨Shedding layers rooted in old programming like external validation or people pleasing. Knowing this was rooted in survival and does not support my vitality & ability to move forward with sovereignty.
✨Witnessing the magic of Wild Mustangs building trust by experiencing Mary’s grounded nervous system with co-regulation, care, & compassion. It made me realize we all have the ability to connect to the wild & powerful essence of this year’s Horse energy when we’re rooted in our own authentic, regulated self & operating from discernment, rather than fiery impulses.
✨Consistency: my word bringing me back into alignment. Focusing on small, daily habits rooted in balance that honor my holistic needs, as a necessary precursor to attend to the needs of those around me. Self-attunement sets the foundation for self-authority, one tiny consistent habit at a time.
✨Trust as an invitation to surrender control of outcomes. Trusting in the timing of events, knowing that some detours are divinely-led and necessary for my continued growth & learning.
✨Magnetism: the life I’m creating is a magnet for miracles. Higher vibrations are drawn to me as a direct result of living in alignment with my values. Trust that what is not meant for me will gently fall away without any interference.

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01/24/2026

*Please note change due to cold winter weather forecasted*
✨TBA in the Spring✨
🧡💛💜C4: Creative & Compassionate Community Conversations🧡💛💜

🤍Our world needs compassionate listening + creative solutions now more than ever. Be the positive change in your community, one loving conversation at a time.🤍



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12/27/2025

✨Now offering in 2026✨
Mobile Restorative Yoga Services!

🧘🏼‍♀️Returning to my nomadic yogi roots & honoring my sacred need for change (the only constant in life!)

💫Perfect gathering for a grounding girls night in💫

🕉️I bring ALL props to your home, set up & clean up. Props include mats, blankets, bolsters, blocks, straps, sandbags, & lavender eye pillows. 60 minute offering.

🍃Sage + palo santo cleansing with a dreamy Koshi chime savasana 🎶

📱DM, email or text to book (contact in bio)

✨Make the intention now to ground in 2026, look forward to guiding you!✨

12/05/2025

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Hope you’ll join us in the Spring TBA once weather warms up under the trees at Hampstead Village Plaza, weather permitting.

Bring a friend/partner, comfortable layers for practicing outside, yoga mat/pillow/bolster/blanket to keep yourself comfortable & cozy.


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09/25/2025

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✨bottom up approach. Change your tone, soften your jaw. Begin to normalize checking in with the physical body before responding to charged emotional content.✨

09/24/2025

✨ ✨ In honor of one chapter closing, another begins to unfold… ✨✨

🙏🏼 This Sunday, 9/28, from 9–11am I’m officially launching my grassroots movement. After years of dreaming, my inner social activist is finally stepping forward. The time is now.

🌱 C4: Creative & Compassionate Community Conversations 🌱
Igniting social change.
Because fear divides us.
Love unifies us.
And love always dispels fear.

C4 is about remembering our shared humanity and re-learning how to connect in real life. Keyboards and screens are destroying our ability to truly see one another — this space is for face-to-face listening, sharing, and healing.

This first gathering is also a farewell blessing to my office space. For the past two years, these four walls have held so many beautiful souls. As I move on, I’m committed more than ever to walking in alignment with my dharma: to serve, to do no harm, and to build peace.

🕊️ Sunday’s Flow
• 9:00–10:00am → FREE guided meditation + paired sharing (with prompts) + heartfelt community discussion. Open hearts and open minds only, please. This is a skill-building space, not group therapy, and politics will not be discussed. Coffee, tea, water will be provided.
• 10:00–11:00am → Donation-based yoga (outdoors, weather permitting). BYO towel, blanket or mat for gentle outdoor practice.

✨ Come as you are. Bring a friend. Let’s practice listening, compassion, and creative solutions — building change from the “bottom up,” since the “top down” has failed us.

Peace to all 🕊️
I can’t wait to see you Sunday.

09/23/2025

✨Pro-tip: support your local soul sisters: ✨

🩷My girly-pop & I had date with a yummy Fall Equinox Restorative Yoga & Sound Bath ~ our cells were vibrating so zen afterwards, highly recommend 🙏🏼

🐰We met a rabbit visitor offering a reminder of gentle playfulness…in mind, body & spirit. (I have to intentionally connect with my inner child daily 😎 to stay balanced)!

🤙🏼Chips, queso, pineapple 🍍 guacamole for our post-yoga snack. Thank you , I know we got there 20 minutes before you closed! Your staff is always kind 🙌🏽

✨Feeling renewed + recharged!
🍂May you invite in planting seeds for goals you want to nourish over the next 6 months 🌱

🍁Happy Fall, y’all…you’re my favorite season 🍂

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09/12/2025

✨Attention fellow Women in Wellness: we hope you’ll join us for our Autumn Equinox Retreat October 11, 10am - 4pm!

🍁Expect Ayurvedic fall wisdom to integrate into your self care practices + lifestyle, gentle yoga + somatic embodiment practices, healthy lunch featuring seasonal vegetables! Related intention setting in preparation for season of stillness + rest of Winter.❄️

🌙Early bird special of $175 ends 9/15/25, after that $225🌙

💸 To save your spot: (7 spots remaining!)
https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3702833979328392935&created=1757697613.281968&printed=1

🙏🏼Please DM with questions about signing up! We hope you’ll join us for a day just for you, just being yourself + we do the rest!

09/12/2025

✨Buzzing in gratitude for the opportunity to offer our first clinical case consultation group, followed by grounding vagus nerve massage + restorative yoga ✨

✨Bittersweet knowing that this is our final offering in this space, yet surrendering to the faith in what the future has in store ✨

✨We will continue to offer clinical case consultation group in my new office space + provide adapted, accessible chair yoga for yourself + your clients ✨

🤍Thank you for being my soul sister + inspiration to grow + collaborate!

🙏🏼SO excited for our Autumn Equinox Retreat for Women in Wellness on Saturday, October 11, 10 am - 4pm at their Hampstead location.

🍁Expect an opportunity to connect with other women in wellness professions + learn about Ayurvedic wisdom for the Fall season, combined with gentle yoga + somatic practices, + healthy lunch featuring seasonal foods (hello, butternut squash soup!)💛

🫶🏼Please DM with questions about our retreat offering! Early bird special ends 9/15!

07/20/2025

and I are excited to announce the return of "Self Care for the Feelers & Healers" ~ unique yoga offering for licensed mental health clinicians/therapists. This fall, we're expanding our offering to include a clinical case consultation for first hour, followed by grounding with gentle yoga, breathwork, & nervous system tools to not just use for yourself, but your clients in your practice.

Friday, September 12 @ 9-11am, $30 pre-registration required with Venmo :
https://www.venmo.com/u/topsailislandyogaandcounseling

~Autumn Equinox Retreat for all Women in Wellness professions! Therapists, yoga teachers, school teachers, wellness body workers (massage therapist, Reiki masters), doctors, nurses, first responders...this is designed to recharge those who serve the health & wellness of our community! Time to pour into your own cup!

When: Saturday, October 11, 10am ~ 4pm

Where: Reclaim Counseling & Wellness ~ 144 Merchants Circle, Suite 101, Hampstead, NC

What to expect:
~Gentle Yoga in alignment with fall season
~Fall Ayurvedic Wisdom
~Nourishing lunch offering seasonal fruits, vegetables & grains
~Intention setting for Autumn Equinox & related embodiment practices
~Community with women in the health & wellness industry

DM with questions & comment below if you're interested in joining us!

From our hearts to yours,
Carolena & Jess

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07/10/2025

〰️The shadows of the human experience can often feel heavy, dark, and uncertain.

🏠Honoring these challenging aspects is possible when we’re reminded that we are our own sanctuary.

🧐We’re invited to witness the emotional pain, rather than cling to it.
Hold it gently.
Notice what you see, smell, taste, hear, feel, & sense with your intuition.
Allow curiosity to guide where you notice your body in tension. Where in your body are you more open? Invite the inhales to expand the sensation of spaciousness, the exhales release tension.

Today, I invite you to PAUSE.
Postpone
Action
Until
Serenity
Emerges

When in doubt, wait.

And repeat after me:

I am my own safe & sacred space.
I am a witness of my own suffering.
I release the attachment of the identity I required to survive.
I invite curiosity as I continue to heal.✨

May you all realize your highest good, even in the dark.