Bloom Yoga

01/02/2024

“…… And so may a slow wind work these words of love around you, an invisible cloak to mind your life.”
Happy 2024. May clarity and love surround you this New Year ✨
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10/01/2023

Grateful for the beauty found in a good friend’s garden. 🌼🌸🐝🦋🌺
“One day you will look back and see that all along, you were blooming.” ~ Morgan Harper Nichols
“Happiness is to hold flowers in both hands.” ~ Proverb
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09/10/2023

A blessed day at 🙏🕊️💖
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04/22/2023

“The Earth laughs in flowers.” ~ Emerson 🌺 🌸🌿 Happy Earth Day! 🌎
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02/19/2023

A boa constrictor digesting an elephant, my favorite fox, a tiny prince. “No one has tamed you & you haven’t tamed anyone. You’re the way my fox was. He was just a fox like a hundred thousand others. But I’ve made him my friend, and now he’s the only fox in all the world.”

10/10/2022

Mental health is just as important as physical health. In fact, the two go hand-in-hand
According to the World Health Organization, 1 out of 8 people worldwide are living with mental health issues. For instance, depression is one of the leading causes of disability and people with severe mental health issues die as much as two decades earlier than the average person due to preventable physical health issues, such as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke
Despite the prevalence of mental health issues worldwide, services, treatment, and funding are often inadequate due to stigmatization & ignorance. While mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being, it is above all about the health of our brain. Life experiences & biological factors can cause changes to the chemical and physical structures of the brain. This formula (environment + genetic factors = manifestation of illness) is no different than the manifestation of other forms of illness
The WHO is calling for 80% of nations to integrate mental health into primary care by 2030, recognizing that there is no room for skepticism, scorn, embarrassment, or outdated beliefs when it comes to our mental health
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07/17/2022

📷 #1: So proud of this TRIATHLETE!! Great job on not only completing your first triathlon but in coming in 3rd in your age group 🏆💖
📷 #2: Flashback to our inaugural 5k representing at the 2017 Earth Day run at Steep Rock where Emma 🐾 & I had less grey hairs on our head 😉 Only you look unchanged! 😍 I can’t believe how much time has gone by since this photo was taken. I have really shut down since the start & continuation of COVID, but you have continued to bloom & thrive 🌺🌸🌺 & that’s super inspiring!!! I will always value your support & enthusiasm for anything I offered as I started the studio — and will always remember my first planned hike & yoga to the Pinnacle two months after this photo was taken, when only you & .america.1776 showed up. I felt so embarrassed, like I was wasting your time by not having a large turn out or like the curtain was pulled back to show how little I knew about running a business, but we had so much fun anyway & braved all the weather elements that came our way. I’m sad that so much has changed since COVID & that you live too far away to come to class now, but I’m so happy that you’re living life courageously & and that your move has brought you happiness, success, & love. 💖💖💖

01/22/2022

Perhaps one shouldn’t feel sad about his passing, but I do.

Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk and founder of the Engaged Buddhism movement, died today in his home country of Vietnam. He was 95.

01/18/2022

“If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail. If you can’t be a sun, be a star ⭐️ For it isn’t by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.” ~ MKL
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📽: youtu.be/ZmOGXreTOU

01/20/2021

“Somehow we’ve weathered & witnessed a nation that isn’t broken but simply unfinished.”
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01/01/2021

Happy & Healthy 2021! -

Hello Everyone, May this new year meet you with equanimity, peace, & ease. I thought I'd share this haiku by Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), Japanese poet and lay Buddhist priest. In light of the past year, feeling "about average" at the start of 2021 seems to be a good place to be. Maybe you can relat...

09/19/2020

Bored on this beautiful day?? Take a ride to Wassaic & visit me & Emma for some herbal teas, treats, clothing & jewelry. The weather is gorgeous — blue skies, sunshine & a hint of fall colors in the leaves! 🍁🍂Until 4:00pm today. 67 Kent Road, Wassaic, New York