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In our places of worship we sometimes find humanity and in our places of devastation we sometimes find divinity patient under the movement we find stillness rustling under the stillness we hear the drums of life whispering to us what we already know inviting us back to who we already are welcoming us home to our hearts that have been waiting for us all these years . Yoga today, 5:00 @gatherencinitas

What if it isn’t ”just the way I am” and instead it’s actually our phenomenal biology-turned-pathology-or-personality from what we’ve experienced in our lifetimes.... and what would happen if we acknowledged and embraced the plasticity of our brains, the biotensegrity of our bodies and emotions and the courage it would take to step into a lifetime of showing up in a new way, ready to fall and fail and fear the amount of I’m-sorrys and I-love-yous it would take to repair the rupture we suffered or created... what relationships would be able to go forward despite their brokenness, heal in spite of their hurt..... what if. _____________________ #sundaymorningslacking #soullistening #fullmoonrecovering #questioneverything #thisisnotadressrehearsal

What is your embodied window of tolerance as you move through the postures? That place between feeling hyperaroused (can feel like anxiety) and hypoaroused (can feel like you’re tuning out or want to take a nap.) . The postures can expand this window and teach us what it feels like to hold charged energy. Emotions in our body also have a visceral charge. A fast heart rate and elevated energetic charge can feel very similar to anger. How do we hold that charge? Can we hold that charge or do we need to back off or change our focus so the sensations don’t feel bigger than our bodies? . This ancient practice can support or override our biological systems depending on how we approach it. . Yoga today at 5 @gatherencinitas ____________________________ #polyvagaltheory #traumainformedyoga #emotionsinthebody #encinitasyoga

Sorry, Summer. Couldn’t wait til June.

Flowers for the Mothers Day mandala we’ll be creating this morning on the deck @indigodragoncenter (10:30-noon) . Come move with us and find a way to honor your mother or child with support. . @thegriefpractice

you come from a line of freedom seekers, truth tellers, medicine people, magic makers, healers and holders. . find your place in that lineage, my son. stand your ground. . you come through generations of trauma, passed down through beatings and shaming in the name of god, silence in the name of respect and humans who turned a blind eye when they should have stood up and roared. . roar, my son. roar. . you come from the earth, which is why the dirt under your nails feels like home, and you come from the sky, which is why you want to fly. . bow down, my son. and then rise up. . you come from roots deep as the earth, strong as love and steady as your heartbeat. . remember, my son. remember.

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