Peace Offering

In many ways, physically, mentally, emotionally & spiritually, our yoga practice is a peace offering to ourselves.  We wave a white flag through our breath and movement & we invite relaxation to take root within ourselves.  Through our practice, in all we do, we make peace with ourselves! Coming soon is my personal explanation of yoga which is based on 10 years of yoga experience with various traditions & styles of yoga.  Within it will be my explanation of Scaravelli…

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One Way to Be

Walk softly, breathe deeply, love life. By walk softly I mean leave a soft imprint on the world. Be gentle with yourself as well as with others. Walk with an awareness of your feet in contact with the earth. Be more aware. Breathe life in. Breathe in to fill your belly, rib cage & shoulders. Let your belly and rib cage expand up, out and around. The breath is very circular. Breathe up into your shoulders; let your shoulders relax…

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Moving Through Fear

Everyone experiences a range of emotions from ease & anxiety, peace & dis-ease, joy & sadness, the list of emotions goes on. Of all human emotions fear seems to be one of the most crippling. One morning not too long ago in church my Pastor spoke of how we must overcome fear to discover, develop & use our God given gifts & talents & how the spirit of grace is our surest path to moving through the pain & suffering…

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Learning Curve

There is a learning curve to all things & the further into the process of Bottoms Up Yoga I get, both the creation of the bags & the website, the more I learn about design, fabric, the web, sewing, math, personal relations, business, time management, people & life. I didn’t expect to learn so much & certainly didn’t realize when I began how much I would need or want to know. I will confess, I don’t understand it all, but…

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