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THE BEAUTY OF THE HEART.

THE BEAUTY OF THE BREATH.

This Monday, I wrap up my time with the Tumblr Holiday Blues series with a Holiday Heart Meditation. Join me live where I'll offer you one of my favorite reflective practices for embodying the tenderness, kindness, and love we all so deserve.

As we move through this season where the pressure for measuring "what's to come next?" and "what did you accomplish this year?" can be so overwhelming, I welcome you to think instead: what am I inviting in right now? How can I trust the moments where I am just able to show up as whole and loved? Let go of the constraints of time and urgency, and lean into your liberation.

JOIN ME on Sunday, 12/13  (10 am EST) for a 10-minute meditation to open your day.

All my love🌻

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Wellness partnership with @tumblr ? Yes, please!!

I'm so excited to continue this partnership with Tumblr for their Holiday Blues series to offer you all some much-needed respite during this holiday season. Join me live for yin yoga and meditation: This Sunday, 12/5  (10 am EST) 12/13 (10 am EST)

My sessions are rooted in the power of movement through mourning.

The holiday season used to be such a magical time for me. It meant endless laughter, cousin antics, and gluttonous eating of Mama Liberia's food. (As we say in Liberian english - before goo' foo' waste, leh belleh buss).

This shifted in 2011 when we started losing loved ones in unfathomable ways. The years were unrelenting. We have never been the same...I have never been the same. So I fell in love with the pursuit of healing.

I believe new parts of ourselves form between breath and movement. Space awakens. We shift from moving on, to moving with.

This holiday season, I invite you to fall in love with the pursuit of healing. To BE WITH the work being done through you. And to do this in community together.

See you on the mat 🌻

#HolidayBluesWithTumblr #yinyoga #restorativeyoga #generationalhealing #yoga

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you are welcome here.

coming up for air and find I'm still breathing. I took time away from most of social media for almost 1.5 years. I slowly started to reemerge this last month, noticing how this space impacts my nervous system and making the necessary adjustments for my wellbeing. I hate it here and I love it here. And then I realized - this too is being in relationship. To dance in the grays so often. To draw nearer to the messages of my body. To reset, relearn, and try again. And so here I am. I fear being unknown to those I've known for so long. But, I plan to relate to this space as a vessel for sharing my heart, breath, reflections, and practice. I invite you into this journey, and want to make sure you feel alright being here. 

Do you want to be in this space with me? Does it feel alright for you? Do I have your consent? Through my own deep personal work I've wrestled with years of being coaxed away from my own desire, pleasure, knowing, choice, and consent. No more of that for any of us. So I invite you, if you want, to journey with me towards seeking, creating, and forming the balms. Of tending to our care. Of working towards generational healing.

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Holiday Blues with Tumblr

Feeling down? Dreading the short days and long nights? Well, this holiday season, Tumblr is here to help you conquer your Sunday Scaries all week long!

We’ve partnered with amazing yogis, wellness brands, and mental health enthusiasts to bring you Holiday Blues with Tumblr. With a huge shift in the weather, hours of daylight, seasonal affective disorder season, and whatever else the world is throwing at us this week (🐝Murder Hornets just entered the group chat), we want to empower you to participate in some transformational acts of self-care 🤗.

Don’t worry, we know ‘self-care’ can feel like a chore, not to mention another dent in the bank account. That’s why Tumblr wants to meet you where you are—on your dash.

How does it work, you ask?

EASY! PEASY! LEMON 🍋 SQUEEZY! All we need from you is to show up; we’ll take it from there! Over the next six weeks, Tumblr and our partners will host LIVE classes: fitness classes, mindfulness exercises, interactive quizzes, playlists, and maybe even a dance party.

What if you miss class?

NO STRESS!! We’ve thought of it all. If you can’t make it to the live class (you will be sorely missed), each class will be available here on Post It Forward or on our Youtube channel.

Get to the point! When is the FUN?

Hold your horses — starting November 22nd until January 2nd, here’s what you have to look forward to:

📿Mindful Mondays📿

LIVE morning meditations run by some cool folx

💗Wellness Wednesdays 💗

Mood-boosting tips, tricks & playlists 

💪Flex Fridays💪

LIVE CLASSES and all the yoga 🧘 your heart could desire. All levels welcome—Yoga is for everybody and EVERY BODY

💆Self-Care Sundays💆

Think expressive writing meets self-discovery … with a dash of Dance Dance Revolution. And did we mention, it’s LIVE?

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We will also have reminders for each class…. we told you WE GOT YOU!

Calm your mind with Mindful Monday on 11/22 (add to your calendar)

Break a sweat with Flex Friday on 11/26 (add to your calendar)

Pamper yourself with Self-Care Sunday on 11/28 (add to your calendar)

A Few Gentle Reminders:

Make the time for yourself if you think it might make you feel better 🤗.

Showing up is the hardest part. You take care of that and we will take care of the rest.

This is meant to be fun (and we want to make sure you do JUST THAT here on Tumblr).

This is YOUR JOURNEY, so do it your way! Take the classes that make you feel good. Come to the live sessions, or just catch them later. Show up to every class, or do the same class every day for the next six weeks. You do you, boo boo.

One LAST thing:

LIKE, SHARE, and BE THERE!

We need your help to spread positive vibes as we conquer the Holiday Blues. Use the tag #HolidayBluesWithTumblr to share reflections from Mindful Monday , a sweaty selfie from Flex Friday, or anything that comes up for you after a Self-Care Sunday session.