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MetaAnatomy 5 ESSENTIALS @pureyoganyc March 23-27 You are so much more than the sum of your parts and this is so much more than an anatomy training! Each day will begin with a tour of the gross anatomy of the Knees, Sacrum, Low Back and Shoulders but what makes this training so unique is that we combine technologies and techniques from the models of the Energy Body, Therapeutics, Physical Therapy, Hatha and Tantra to observe the body as a whole (and holy) interconnected and interdependent system. Each day will conclude with a full asana, pranayama and meditation class to weave together what we’ve discovered and leave you with an embodied experience as well as immediately applicable profound tools to address yourself and your students. I’m so excited to share this with you! Link in bio🙏💗🧠 (at Pure Yoga) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9W2TDlHZIV/?igshid=1ua24zsk1yq6q

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Registration now open! March 23-27 @pureyoganyc MetaAnatomy 5 ESSENTIALS 🙏❤️💀🧠🙏 You are so much more than the sum of your parts and this is so much more than an anatomy training. 5 days of diving deep into what makes you YOU! Over 25 years of studying the physical and energetic body, maps and models, systems and lineages I’ve created the ESSENTIALS series to give you immediately accessible tools to understand yourself and your students. Join me Link in bio🙏 (at Pure Yoga) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8_qNtgHpO1/?igshid=1dt6jrocwjc3v

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Rest and Reveal @pureyoganyc Monday Feb 17 Just like we can feel areas of great spaciousness or congestion in our lower backs we can experience that sensation in our own hearts. Just as we know ourselves to have standing patterns of tone and compensation, habits and patterns in our physical bodies, we experience the same, conceptually, in our mental and emotional forms. Some of our patterns support us, some are coping mechanisms, and some we find don’t work for us anymore or even bring about suffering. Through the practices of Yoga Nidra and exploration of our body maps and our own subtle forms we can bring about real, lasting, profound and unbelievably powerful changes to both our internal and external landscapes. Join us for this Yoga Nidra practice crafted specifically to unwind tension from the body, breath and mind and uncover the seed of bliss at our very core. Link in bio to join us💗 (at Pure Yoga) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8lr8fbng_b/?igshid=1z5d09eoxln9

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During an anatomy lab once, whilst holding a human heart in my hands, I felt myself tear up and get a bit emotional. My anatomy professor looked at me with great confusion. He exclaimed "There’s no emotion to be found in this cardiac muscle! It’s simply the body’s sump pump!” Now, admittedly, I don’t really know the ins and outs of a sump pump but I’m going to have to respectfully disagree with this mundane comparison. For you see I’m used to calling it—the jewel encrusted four-chambered mansion of the heart. -Excerpt from an article I wrote for @yogaanytime in celebration of this organ of Love Link to full article in bio Happy Valentines Day ❤️❤️❤️ (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jSS3zHzlF/?igshid=1eskgh1ql9i7z

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Cat’s out of the bag!! I’ve been working very hard over the last few months to write a book which will be published by @soundstrue next year! 🎉🎊🎉 I’ve just finished the rough draft and even though there is a long way to go I am really excited and proud of the work I’ve done and can’t wait for it to be in the world! The process has been .... interesting While I’m by no means an expert here are some things I’ve learned about the writing process ✏️ You have to interact with it. It’s a relationship. Just thinking about it, having theoretical arguments with it or stewing won’t get you far. Open the damn document. Find your way through the tough stuff by interacting with it, engaging with it, showing up daily. However messy. ✏️ The thing you are procrastinating doing won’t actually take that long and is not that hard ✏️ Like meditation the writing session will vary- keep plugging away and stay awake and grateful for the grace or miracle to show up I can’t wait to share more with you soon- like more work from one of my illustrators @laurenrebbeck who is insanely talented and a true joy to work with! She has captured my famous robot dance moves and my gorgeous kitty perfectly😂 (at East Village, Manhattan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8hifUFnvvp/?igshid=q2mrb3pux6t8

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“You didn’t come into this world. You came out of it, like a wave from the ocean. You are not a stranger here.” – Alan Watts (at East Village, Manhattan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8YlfBfnZ4q/?igshid=1wk2dh3iism3v

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While I'd studied the practices of Yoga Nidra in the past, it always seemed to be just a useful tool of relaxing the body and mind; sometimes even an excuse to take what I thought of as a holier version of a nap. Only now was I beginning to realize it as more of a process of shaking up the stubborn certainty of our separateness. It felt like an untangling of different layers of our being, almost like unwrapping those Russian nesting dolls that I loved as a child to uncover the seed of bliss at our very core. 💗 Excerpt from an article I wrote on a practice I’ve become extremely passionate about sharing (link in bio to read full article) 💗 I’d love for you to join me in person for my next Yoga Nidra workshop @pureyoganyc Feb 17 💗 Audio- download my Yoga Nidra CD - Yoga Nidra for Body, Breath & Mind 💗 Video- take my Yoga Nidra series of practices on @yogaanytime 💗 All links in bio🙏 Deep gratitude for @yogaruparodstryker for sharing these powerful practices and reigniting my Love for sharing them Art by Jason Levesque (at Pure Yoga) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8OitPSn6LC/?igshid=jen3cwyvnsth

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Let it all crumble What isn’t you What doesn’t serve you anymore The parts that keep us small that whisper the fallacy of our insignificance Let it all collapse The hierarchical systems that make us confuse the teacher with the teachings The silent tolerance of abuse in our communities Let it fall Systems that highlight the ONE way, pose, lineage, party, religion or teacher Systems that strip away nuance and plurality, individual experience and journeys that keep us separate and always at odds screaming “we are NOT THAT” And in its place From the rubble From the ruins May we grow new systems of tenderness, nurturance and the Truth of our wholeness Together Art by Frida Kahlo https://www.instagram.com/p/B7TNUf-HRKr/?igshid=dpzbxsq7dcj9

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The last day of the year! The last day of the decade!!! Good Lord the pressure! What if we didn’t set any goals and intentions today What if this New Years Eve- we were enough What if instead of trying to change our entire life at the stroke of midnight we committed to keep returning to the wisdom of our own hearts What if instead of resolving to lose weight this year we resolved to untangle the programming that weighs us down telling us that somehow we are unworthy What if we resolved to soften, to listen and to luxuriate in the entirety of who we are. Just a thought from a recovering perfectionist who has spent the better part of her life trying to “work on herself” May this New Year bring us the wisdom and grace to fully step into our perfect imperfect-ness. Art by Scott Saw (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6u_uXyHVH0/?igshid=mqh1kgwjjqeg

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Guys! I did a thing! My album drops today😂 (Is that what the kids say??) The practices of Yoga Nidra have been such a powerful and transformational tool in my life and I wanted to share them with you. YOGA NIDRA For the Body, Breath and Mind 3 Yoga Nidra practices to relax the body, breath and mind to reveal your True Nature Available on ITunes now! Cover art by the brilliant @hollis_mm 🙏💗🙏 https://www.instagram.com/p/B52hW1-HJ9F/?igshid=mqaaz3r9zvvl

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How are you digesting? 🔥 You know the saying you are what you eat? It’s really true! What you take in literally becomes the building blocks that make up who you are! It’s easy to reduce this to just the food we swallow down our gullets but as Yogis we begin to understand that every thought, emotion, event, concept, pattern and belief needs to go through an assimilative process of digestion to produce the nutritive components of your makeup while ridding ourselves of what is no longer needed. Come explore both the physical structures of your digestive system as well as the Yoga concept of Agni through lecture, experiential movement, meditation and 2 practices designed for chronic digestive disorders. Dec 9 @ishtayoga 🔥 Bonus: we will debunk the tired Yoga language of “twists detoxify the liver” and “we must always twist the right first...” 🔥 Link in bio to register Art by bastard comics (at Ishta Yoga) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5p6-sjnSG4/?igshid=1g5plwqq3nq99

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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better. Haruki Murakami Art by Jason Freeny @gummifetus https://www.instagram.com/p/B5klCZVnFyn/?igshid=akogxyl8r58h

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Our ancestors worshiped the Sun, and they were not that foolish. It makes sense to revere the Sun and the stars, for we are their children. Carl Sagan Art by Alejandra Sáenz https://www.instagram.com/p/B5datGAnPsN/?igshid=1scd53or5fx6n

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Thank you from the bottom of my anatomical heart for giving me the opportunity to share with all of your curious, open minded and heart-wide- open communities this past year! I still sometimes can’t believe I get to do this for a living! It is a sincere a true pleasure to share the Yoga and Anatomy love. I’m really excited to see where we get to go next! (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5YbxsxH0N6/?igshid=19m4d8rrdg75z

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Packing my bags and heading to Nashville! Join me for a full weekend of workshops @nupoweryogabarre @liberationnashville Friday - Getting Un-stuck An Exploration of the Diaphragms and Granthis Saturday- Spinal Reset Sunday - Anatomy of Stress Link in bio for more details and registration🙏💗🧠 Can’t wait! (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5FvHxCjxEB/?igshid=q4tq33pkvv84

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Why choose? Use the heart and mind to move behind, beneath and beyond to the unwavering True presence of who you really are This Wednesday @pureyoganyc Deep Relaxation for the Body, Breath and Mind Just like we can feel areas of great spaciousness or congestion in our lower backs we can experience that sensation in our own hearts. Just as we know ourselves to have standing patterns of tone and compensation, habits and patterns in our physical bodies, we experience the same, conceptually, in our mental and emotional forms. Some of our patterns support us, some are coping mechanisms, and some we find don’t work for us anymore or even bring about suffering. Through the practices of Yoga Nidra and exploration of our body maps and our own subtle forms we can bring about real, lasting, profound and unbelievably powerful changes to both our internal and external landscapes. Join us for this Yoga Nidra practice crafted specifically to unwind tension from the body, breath and mind and uncover the seed of bliss at our very core. Link in bio to register (at Pure Yoga) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4uXGubjG8r/?igshid=1dmdhdyof7hir

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Florida Yogis! Nov 17 @yogasanctuarypg How to get Un-Stuck- An Exploration of the Diaphragms and Granthis Whether it’s a tight knotted muscle or a feeling of emotional blockage in our lives we know what it feels like to be stuck. While we like to talk about the physical and energetic bodies as if they are two separate entities they are actually deeply interwoven, interconnected and interdependent. If one of the four - yes there are 4!- muscle-y breathing diaphragms are stuck there is a great chance energetically you are preventing the free flow of prana that your body richly deserves. In this practice we will first discuss the four major diaphragms and where they are in the body; then we will move on to a practice that combines asana, pranayama and meditation practice to help free the knots that bind. Link in bio to register🙏💗🙏 (at The Yoga Sanctuary) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4sFd4SjksG/?igshid=1qqgxqxubz8cd