Alana

. One way to heal is to choose different. My Yoga teacher @carolynannebudgie said this last night during her slow flow class with @oneyogavan ... She planted many good seeds within me last night with her earnest loving words. This 40 days of practice is already bearing good fruitsfruits I can share with the kids I work with in schools, with my coworkers who are also serving the kids, that can ripple out into community we live in. How are you taking your practice off the mat these days? What kind of seeds are you receiving? Which ones are you planting? . . . . . #alanagrowandglow #meditatedaily #40daysofpractice #thesoberyogi #healingjourney #kidsyogateacher #yogainschools #youthwork #traumainformedschools #selfloveclub #eastkootenay #kimberleybc #kimberley #agoodplacetobe

. Find ease within the effort. My Yoga teacher said this while we were standing in Warrior II pose. It’s a timely theme for this stage in life. ... The fall brought endless opportunities to pivot. As a result, I found myself striving, sprinting on one spot into an imagined future. More stable. More fun. More endless. More hugs. More...more. Maybe you can relate? I quit my job of a decade. I moved 10 hours east to a small town away from the city. The big move also included one more ‘little’ move (move twice in 3 months? Sure ) There’s real winter here. Snow, frozen lakes, and alpen glow. The altitude is way above sea level, unlike Vancouver. Being tucked in the mountains, we lose the sun early. And, Yoga studiosmy home away from homeare closed for the most part. I started a brand new education position in the middle of a pandemic. Oh, and I just learned how to light and keep the fire in a wood stove stoked. Apparently that’s common knowledge around here. All of this is simply to say, it’s been a lot. Today begins 40 days of recommitting to the Asana aspects of my Yoga practice. We were at the cabin on Jan 1stwhere cell phone service is blissfully spotty at best, which means I missed the kickoff for the @oneyoga ‘40 Days of Practice’ with @ryanlier on Friday. It also means I’ll be doing 2 classes a day for the next couple days, so it’s win/win. Whatever you want more of in your life this year, you can have it. Whatever you seek is already seeking you. Find stillness. Be ready to receive everything coming your way. All is coming. Believe that. You don’t need to chase it. It’s already yours. Find the ease within the effort. . . . . . #alanagrowandglow #meditatedaily #thesoberyogi #healingjourney #selfloveclub #newyear2021 #sadhana #kidsyogateacher #traumainformedyoga #yogaforyouth #yogainschools #youthwork #kimberleybc #agoodplacetobe #findingawesome

. This goes for Christmas, too. It doesn’t have to perfect. It just needs to be true.... So many feels happening for me today. I finally saw this message on a gift I’ve been looking at for weeks. I hope you find the love that’s true so the morning light could shine on you. I hope you find what you’re looking for, so your heart is warm forever more. You are loved. Today and every day. . . . . . #alanagrowandglow #meditatedaily #thesoberyogi #christmas2020 #lovingkindness #christmaseve #goodgrief #selfloveclub #healingjourney #kimberleybc #agoodplacetobe

The only progression is compassionan ever evolving ability to view our path without judgment. This message came to me while I was doing an at-home practice with @allymaz this week. When Yoga studios began to close, I stopped my Asana practice along with it. ... By grace, we can always begin again. Last week, I could flip my dog, and this week I couldn’t. My neck was too sore from my first day back on my snowboard in 5 years. Some would call this a regression in my practice. But, I know I am learning because I didn’t throw judgment on my experience. This is today, I said to myself. That was last week. Why should they be the same? Yoga is choosing Child’s Pose when everyone else is doing Down Dog. Not to compete or compare, but to become that much more compassionate to whatever shows up each time we step onto our mat. And then, synchronously, the 40 Days of Practice with @ryanlier and @oneyogalions showed up on my doorstep. As I said in my stories, if things slipped a little during this whole rigamarole (a worldwide pandemic experience), fear not. What an opportunity to start again. . . . . . #alanagrowandglow #meditatedaily #thesoberyogi #selfloveclub #healingjourney #traumahealing #yogafortrauma #traumainformedcare #posttraumaticgrowth #athomeyoga #asanapractice #eightlimbedpath #bodhisattva #kimberleybc #agoodplacetobe #eastkootenays

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