Awaken Yoga

12/10/2025

Watch our latest Yoga Session! Ken Mika demonstrates and talks in-depth about how breathwork can quiet your nervous system, reduce stress and tension, and help cope with head pain.

If you find yourself battling a migraine, or just craving a moment of inner peace — this yoga session is for you. Let’s breathe deep, slow down, and find calm together. 🧘‍♂️

👉 Watch here: https://bit.ly/4iYxoo4

11/28/2025

✨ The Chair Yoga for Migraines session is now live!

Mind+ Neurology has posted the full recording of our Chair Yoga for Migraine Relief session on their YouTube page.

If you missed the live class — or want to revisit the breathwork, gentle movements, and grounding practices — you can now watch the entire session anytime. 🪑🌿

This practice is designed to calm the nervous system, ease tension in the neck and shoulders, and support migraine relief in a safe and accessible way.

Grateful to Mind+ for sharing this resource and for our continued collaboration in bringing holistic wellness tools to the community. 💛

🧘‍♂️ Link is available on the Mind+ YouTube page
(Search: Mind+ Neurology Chair Yoga for Migraines)

11/22/2025

I’m grateful for the opportunity to partner with Mind+ Neurology to have lead this wellness workshop on using breathwork to support stress relief, headache reduction, and overall neurological health.

Breath is one of the most accessible tools we have; free, portable, and always with us. With just a few intentional techniques, we can calm the nervous system, release tension, and create space for healing.

Thank you to the entire Mind+ team for bringing this workshop to their community and for their commitment to integrative, whole-person wellness.

If you or someone you know could benefit from these practices, you can watch the full workshop through Mind+’s link.

Our Latest Wellness Workshop is Live!
✨ Break Free: The Power of Breath to Ease Stress With Host: Ken Mika
▶️ Watch here: https://bit.ly/3LMnjhz

In this workshop, Ken dives into simple, effective breathwork techniques you can start using today to calm your nervous system, ease tension, and support your overall neurological health.

Take a moment for yourself — for your body and mind. 💜🧘‍♂️

11/21/2025

Grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with Mind+ Neurology today and share my pranayama for migraine relief presentation. 🌿💛

We explored how intentional breathwork can:
✨ Calm the nervous system
✨ Reduce tension in the head, neck, and shoulders
✨ Support long-term migraine relief
✨ Build resilience against stress-based triggers

This session was offered exclusively for Mind+ members, and I’m incredibly thankful for the partnership and the trust in bringing holistic wellness tools into the neurology space.

If you’re interested in access to sessions like this, reach out to Mind+ Neurology about becoming a member.

11/04/2025

🌙 The Way of Yin

Yin reminds us that not all growth comes from movement — sometimes it comes from stillness.

In the Way of Yin, we soften instead of strive, surrender instead of force, and listen instead of lead.

Each posture becomes a quiet meditation — a chance to meet yourself exactly as you are.

Yin teaches patience, acceptance, and the beauty of slowing down.

In stillness, we find depth.

In surrender, we find strength.

🪷 This week, let’s honor the Way of Yin — gentle, grounded, and deeply restorative.

10/26/2025

✨ Helping kids understand their emotions through Yoga Nidra ✨

Children experience big feelings — joy, frustration, excitement, worry — often all in one day. Yoga Nidra gives them a safe space to pause, breathe, and feel. 💗

Through gentle guidance and imagination, this practice helps kids:
🌈 Notice where emotions live in their body
💫 Learn to name what they’re feeling without judgment
🕊 Calm their minds and reset after an overwhelming day
💛 Build emotional awareness and self-soothing skills

Each session invites peace, creativity, and connection — helping them carry more calm into their everyday lives.

🕯 “I can feel my feelings, and I am still safe.”

10/21/2025

✨ Drift into dreamland with Yoga Nidra for Kids ✨

This gentle bedtime practice helps little ones slow down, release the day, and fall asleep feeling safe and loved. 💤

Through imagination, color, and breath, children are guided to relax their bodies, calm their minds, and connect with the peaceful energy within. 🌈

💗 Benefits of Yoga Nidra for Kids:
🌙 Eases bedtime worries
🧘‍♀️ Encourages mindfulness and self-soothing
💫 Improves sleep quality and focus
❤️ Builds emotional awareness and confidence

Whether they’re floating on a dream cloud or imagining their heart glowing with love, Yoga Nidra helps them end the day in calm and comfort.

✨ “I am calm. I am safe. I am loved.” ✨

10/18/2025

🧘‍♂️✨ Grateful for today’s collaboration with Mind Plus Neurology!

Together, we hosted a 30-minute Chair Yoga for Migraine Relief session — blending mindful movement, breathwork, and healing to support those managing migraines and stress. 🌿

Thank you to the amazing team at Mind+ Neurology for creating space for holistic wellness and inviting Awaken Yoga to share the practice of gentle healing and balance. Here’s to more mindful collaborations ahead. 💫

10/16/2025

🌞 Finding Balance on the Road 💛💚

When you travel, your energy shifts — new environments can stir both excitement and imbalance.
Yoga helps realign your inner light.

💛 Solar Plexus Chakra – Strengthen your core and confidence through movement. A few standing poses or gentle twists awaken your personal power and stability.
💚 Heart Chakra – Open your chest, soften your shoulders, and breathe into compassion. Traveling becomes more peaceful when you move from love, not stress.

Wherever your journey takes you, balance begins within — between strength and softness, movement and stillness. ✨

10/14/2025

🧘‍♀️ Grounded Wherever You Go ❤️

Travel can pull us in many directions — new places, new energies, new routines. Yoga helps you stay rooted no matter where you are.

Take a moment to stand tall, feel your feet connect with the earth, and breathe deeply. Your breath is your home — always with you, always grounding. 🌿

09/28/2025

☀️ Sunday Renewal ☀️

Sundays are for pausing, breathing, and realigning. 🌿
As we move into a new week, take a moment to release what no longer serves you and open your heart to renewal.

💚 Place your hand on your heart.
💨 Take three deep breaths.
✨ Whisper: I am open to growth. I am open to healing.

What renewal are you carrying into the week ahead?

09/26/2025

💨 Breath of Renewal & Chakras 💨

Your breath is your greatest tool for renewal. 🌬️
Each inhale and exhale awakens energy centers within you:

❤️ Root Chakra – Inhale stability, exhale fear
🧡 Sacral Chakra – Inhale creativity, exhale resistance
💛 Solar Plexus – Inhale confidence, exhale doubt
💚 Heart Chakra – Inhale love, exhale heaviness
💙 Throat Chakra – Inhale truth, exhale silence
💜 Third Eye – Inhale clarity, exhale confusion
🤍 Crown Chakra – Inhale light, exhale limitation

✨ Try this today: Inhale for 4, hold for 4, exhale for 6. As you breathe, imagine each chakra being renewed.

Which chakra are you focusing on renewing this week?