02/05/2026
Winning Best Yoga Studio of 2025 for Best Self was… big.
And very on-brand for me, I didn’t actually stop to feel it until February 2026.
What’s wild is I didn’t even know I was nominated. The email landed, the award followed, and I kept moving, teaching, holding space, building, pouring.
Somewhere in there, I skipped the quiet moment where you sit back and let it register that someone out there sees you. Needs you. Chooses what you offer.
I love what I do, deeply. I wear that like a badge of honor.
But sometimes (okay, often), I’m so busy doing the thing that I forget to pause and acknowledge how far I've come. And the true win--- allowing myself to fall, to fly, to run, to crawl and not losing myself in any of it.. or at least always finding my way back to my (like what I did there 😉)
I told someone today: imposter syndrome is a loud little liar. Exhaustion is louder. Together they’ll convince you you’re still “trying to arrive” at a destination you’ve been sitting in for a while already.
Like when your GPS doesn’t clock that you’ve already made it.
You’re parked. Engine off. Shoes off. Fully settled in.
And then, out of nowhere, it chirps you have arrived and you jump because you forgot it was even on.
That’s where I’m at.
Not “almost there.”
Not “one more turn”
I’ve arrived and I’ve got a long-standing "we still in this bitch" energy.
Established. Rooted. In motion. Still building. Here.
Some wins don’t announce themselves loudly. They just patiently wait for you to find your pause and even in a humble whisper acknowledge. I did it. This is mine.
Meeting the other winners was beautiful.
But the real moment was carrying my little smirk as I mingled
Clapping for myself. Proudly!
So yes, see you on the mat tomorrow.
Its over due to let go of the low self-regard, the second-guessing, the internal nonsense that pretends humility means shrinking. It doesn’t serve the people that choose you and the world that need your uniqueness... and it definitely doesn’t serve ourselves.
Forever grateful.
unhinged and Very full of love.
— Ari 🤍
“You are in rooms you haven’t even stepped foot in”
Put it on repeat.
