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Sliding through the rest of the week like a Lizard 🦎.... low and under the radar. #lizardlunge 2 more opportunities this week to practice with me. Both at @sacredchillwest. Friday 9:30 am for Flow and Be Still and Saturday 11 am for BEGIN. #bowflex #XCessiveGenius #yogaeverydamnday #yoga #blackboysdoyoga #stretching #flexibility #mobility #suppleleopard #mwod #buffandbendy #swoleandflexy #lululemon #lululemonmen @lululemonmen #lululemonHoMi #joblove (at Sacred Chill West)

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The HoMi team, representing the Home team. #RISEUP #bowflex #XCessiveGenius #FILA #atlanta #ATLhoe #falcons #dirtybirds #blackandred #lululemonHoMi #lululemon #joblove (at lululemon athletica Atlanta ITP)

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AWESOME sweater....AWKWARD smile😬! Never met an oversized Native American print sweater that I didn't like. #bowflex #XCessiveGenius #blackboysdress #sartorial #lululemon #lululemonHoMi #lululemonmen @lululemonmen (at lululemon athletica Atlanta ITP)

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When it s OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL. T-shirts and the Grand Opening @sacredchillwest yoga studio. #bowflex #blackboysteachyoga #XCessiveGenius #yoga #yogaeverydamnday #sacredsquad #sacredchillwest #SCW #community #lululemon #lululemonmen @lululemonmen #lululemonHoMi #joblove (at Sacred Chill West)

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"The intentions of a tool are what it does. A hammer intends to strike, a vise intends to hold fast, a lever intends to lift. They are what it is made for. But sometimes a tool may have other uses that you don't know." Please join me @sacredchillwest on March 11 for my workshop "Sacred Athlete: Stretch. Smash. Strengthen" where we will use tools like balls, blocks, blankets and bolster in ways that you many not be use to, to facilitate an exploration of our body as well as improve range of motion and flexibility of tight muscles. Link for more details and to register is in my bio. #bowflex #blackboysdoyoga #yoga #yogaeverydamnday #sacredathlete #stretchandsmash #sacredchillwest #SCW #buffandbendy #swoleandflexy #stretching #flexibility #mobility #lululemon #lululemonmen @lululemonmen #lululemonHoMi #joblove (at Sacred Chill West)

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In physics, Newton's 3rd Law says "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." In Alignment based #yoga we call it "Balanced Action". My mother always told me, "Too much of anything, even a good thing, can become a bad thing". Science, yoga and my mama....the three major resources and references in my life. I'm a Libra ♎️so my whole life's endeavor has been about finding balance. There are always two forces or energies at play...the yin/yang ☯️, inhale/exhale, masculine/feminine 🚻, discipline/freedom, strength/flexibility. In yoga it's about ENGAEMENT/EXPANSION, EFFORT/EASE, MUSCULAR/ORGANIC ENERGY. Balanced Action creates and optimal amount of both STABILITY and FREEDOM of movement in the body so energy can flow freely. Off the mat, Balanced actions in our life helps us to move and express ourselves freely and safely as we flow through life. Thank you to the 4 ladies that joined me this morning at my 9:30 am SLOW Flow class at @sacredthreadyoga O4W. One lady left the class saying "Wow, that felt like a workshop. You should really think about doing a workshop!" I receive that planted seed sistren. 3 more opportunities to practice with me this week. Monday 7:30p #strechandsmash @totalfitnessrev @sacredchillwest Friday 9:30a Flow and Be Still Saturday 11 am BEGIN #bowflex #XCessiveGenius #blackboysdoyoga #blackboysteachyoga #yogaeverydamnday #buffandbendy #swoleandflexy #sacredthreadyoga #STY #sacredchillwest #SCW #flexibilty #mobility #stretching #eatclean #traindirty #lululemon #lululemonmen @lululemonmen #lululemonHoMi (at Sacred Thread Yoga)

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Another week another Alignment Action from the #AlignmentJunkies @richard_rhucasey81 and @_carlybrown . This week it's all about firing up the muscles of our lower legs and feet. Toning the #calves, spreading the toes and lifting and strengthening our arches. We will be talking about the Balanced Actions of Muscular and Organic Energy as well as Ankle and Shin Loop. All of this while working toward some deep squats and a #anjaneyasana as our peak pose. Check us both out at @sacredthreadyoga O4W 9:30 am time slot. Me on Mondays her on Wednesdays. To find out where else around the city she is teaching hit her page to peep her schedule. #bowflex #blackboysteachyoga #blackboysdoyoga #yoga #yogaeverydamnday #alignmentbasedyoga #sacredthreadyoga #STY #sacredsquad #lululemon #lululemonmen @lululemonmen #lululemonhomi #joblove (at Sacred Thread Yoga)

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I am so happy to announce my first ever yoga workshop entitled "Sacred Athlete: Stretch, Smash and Strengthen". Is been years in the making, months and months of studying, development and refinement. It a unique system that combines myofascial release techniques, yoga inspired stretches , and therapeutic strengthening drills to help heal injuries, put you body back into balance as well as refine and prepare your body for peak performance. If you have a body, then you are an athlete. So this is for yogis and athletes alike. And if you are someone who reveres mindfulness as a practice, is detached from results but committed to the process, then you're a "Sacred Athlete" I am so grateful to the mentors/teachers in my life like Gina Minyard who help plant this seed, @octaviaraheem who help water it and @rockyheron who continues to help me prune and refine this offering. Nothing could make me any happier than if you would join me on this journey. "The athlete in me, bows to the athlete in you. #namaste 🙏🏾" (Link for more details and to register is in bio) #bowflex #blackboysteachyoga #yoga #yogaeverydamnday #SacredAthlete #stretchandsmash #strengthen #sacredchillwest #SCW #flexibility #mobility #stretching #lululemon #lululemonmen @lululemonmen #lululemonHoMi #joblove (at Sacred Chill West)

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@_carlybrown and I join together to make the #AlignmentJunkies. We have turned the 9:30 am time slot on Mondays and Wednesdays at Sacred Thread Yoga O4W into your weekly meetings where we talk Alignment and Actions. Join us for the next 11 weeks where our classes will be dedicated to breaking down and teaching specific Alignment Principles and/or Key Actions that will help unpack and deepen your understanding of a multitude of poses. Each week will be dedicated to a different principle/action and we will travel week by week from feet through the body all the way to the skull. At the end of the 11 weeks you will have an understanding and an infrastructure on how to align yourself in any yoga pose to help find the fullest expansion and expression of that pose. Join me Mondays at 9:30 am and Carly on Wednesdays at 9:30 am at Sacred Thread O4W. #bowflex #XCessiveGenius #blackboysteachyoga #blackboysdoyoga #yogayogaeverydamnday #STY #sacredthreadyoga #buffandbendy #swoleandflexy #lululemon #lululemonmen @lululemonmen #lululemonHoMi #joblove #thesweatlifeATL (at Sacred Thread Yoga)

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Word of the Day: BEGIN People always ask me, "How do you stay so disciple in your yoga practice and fitness routine? How do you CONTINUE to stay so CONSISTENT?" My answer: the key to CONTINUING is to BEGIN...AGAIN, and AGAIN and AGAIN. Each day I step on the mat or into a gym I feel like I am just BEGINing AGAIN. And thats because I approach it with a BEGINNERS MIND and a STUDENTS HEART. That way there is always something new to learn, it hopefully never gets boring, and you're excited to BEGIN AGAIN, the next day. So don't worry about CONTINUING, just keep BEGINING. Thanks for the #WOD @baconeda. That #yogahour 202 class at @toughloveyoga a great way to BEGIN AGAIN. OAN: Just because you don't see me (in the video), doesn't mean I'm not practicing. So #pleasePRACTICE #namaste🙏🏾 #bowflex #XCessiveGenius #blackboysdoyoga #yoga #yogaeverydamnday #badassandbendy #buffandbendy #swoleandflexy #eatclean #traindirty #thesweatlifeATL #lululemon #lululemonmen @lululemonmen #lululemonHoMi (at Tough Love Yoga, Atlanta)

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"NOW...BEGINS....the exposition of #yoga" ~ Yoga Sutra of Pantajali 1.1 At this time of the year so many people are focusing on new starts, new intentions and new goals. They are deciding on the 1st day of the 1st week of the 1st month of 2017 that NOW is the time to BEGIN. Begin to eat healthy, get back in shape, start practicing yoga, start a budget etc etc. The commitment to BEGIN is commendable, but I am also encouraged that NOW doesn't have to be at the start of a new year, that NOW can be any moment in time that YOU CHOOSE it to be. That NOW can be at the start of a NEW BREATH, and that each moment is an opportunity to be your NOW, your moment to BEGIN or BEGIN AGAIN....and again and again if that what it takes. I want to say thank you to the 13 souls this morning that made my 9:30 am {Slow} Flow class at @sacredthreadyoga O4W their NOW. We worked on The principle of "Set The Doundation" grounding trough our feet, legs and hands, and "Opening to GRACE" aligning and finding length through our spine. We RECONNECTED to the foundational pose #tadasana aka #mountainpose over and over again, so we could RECREATE the actions in other poses and shapes. 2 more opportunities to practice with me this week. I would be honored if you made either of them your NOW moment. Friday 9:30 am "Flow and Be Still" and Saturday 11 am "BEGIN" both at @sacredchillwest #bowflex #blackboysdoyoga #blackboysteachyoga #SCW #STY #sacredchillwest #sacredthreadyoga #yogaeverydamnday #buffandbendy #swoleandflexy #eatclean #traindirty #lululemon #lululemonHoMi #lululemonmen @lululemonmen #joblove (at Sacred Thread Yoga)

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Yeah, this JUST happened. #reversemudra 🙏🏾 I didn't think that this could ever happen. I had resigned in my mind that my #shoulders just weren't made for this to be possible. But I kept working, kept #stretching, kept smashing, kept strengthening and kept studying, then today it happened. It's not pretty, my fingers look like I'm throwing up a gang sign and my right #scapula is still winging off my rib cage a bit. But I am quite surprised at how even they are compared to past pictures. I want to give a big shout out to my mentor @rockyheron for our online sessions and nerdy talks and emails about the complicated anatomy of the shoulder. @bextrussellyoga for her post about rolling her #teres muscles, it inspired me to explore stretching smashing and strengthen that #rotatorcuff muscle more. And @_carlybrown for that cue about keeping your chest lifted in twist during her Slow Burn class this week, it really me engage those muscles more. Lastly, who knew that engaging your #pectineus muscle (a small muscle that connects your thigh bone to you pelvis) had such huge implications on your shoulder flexibility. I am forever a student of my own body and what is capable of doing, and forever an explorer of the landscape of this physical temple. #bowflex #blackboysdoyoga #yoga #yogaeverydamnday #stretchandsmash #buffandbendy #swoleandflexy #latenightyoga #mobilitywod #romwod #yin #lululemon #lululemonmen @lululemonmen #lululemonHoMi #seawalltrackpants #joblove (at CrossFit Atlanta)

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Quick little lunch time 🕛 technique session! The #WOD was: 5 min EMOM of 1 strict HSPU + 2 kipping HSPU 💪🏾👐🏾 -----then---- 1600 meter (1 mile) Time Trial🏃🏾 💨 -----then---- 5 min EMOM of 1 strict HSPU + 2 kipping HSPU💪🏾👐🏾 #bowflex #blackboysdogymnastics #blackboysdocrossfit #blackboysrun #blackmenrun #gymnastics #gymNASTY #handstandpushups #HSPUs #inversions #gettgeeffupsidedown #crossfit #crossfitatlanta #lululemon🍋 #lululemonmen #lululemonhomi #joblove #sweatlife (at CrossFit Atlanta)

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When you realize all those #navasana poses in yoga are starting to pay off. #Lsit Legless #ropeclimbs #bowflex #blackboystrain #gymnastics #gymNASTY #yoga #yogaeverydamnday #crossfit #crossfitmidtown #eatclean #traindirty #mobility #mobilitywod #suppleleopard #flexibility #stretching #buffandbendy #swoleandflexy #lululemon #lululemonhomi #lululemonmen (at CrossFit Midtown)

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#HardCORESundays @geraldsaluti offered up this deceivingly difficult #core exercise. It looks easier than it is. So much so I had to scale the squat to a block instead of the floor and you can hear how hard I am breathing because of how hard I am working. In addition to working my transverse abs in this drill the benefits also include a great stretch for the fascia in the bottom of the feet, works ankle mobility by putting the joint into deep flexion as well as a strong stretch and strengthened for the quads. Don't mind me in my #lululemon🍋 undies ("No Boxer Boxers"), was too lazy to change into shorts after a long day! #bowflex #blackboysdoyoga #yoga #yogaformen #yogaeverydamnday #latenightyoga #yogaafterdark #homepractice #lululemonmen #lululemonhomi #practicemakesprogress #buffandbendy #swoleandflexy #romwod #mobilitywod #mobility #flexibility #stretching #romwod #malasana #yogisquat #thunderboltpose