Elaina Rioux Yoga

"The first two steps toward controlling the mind are the perfection of YAMA and NIYAMA. However, it is not possible to practice the limbs and sub-limbs of #YAMA and #NIYAMA when the body and the sense organs are week and haunted by obstacles. A person must first take up daily #ASANA (posture) practice to make the body strong and healthy.... When the body and sense organs thus stabilized, the mind can be steady and controlled." Ashtanga Yoga Master Sri K. Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India . . . #ashtangayoga #eightlimbyoga #patanjali #practiceandalliscoming #spirituality

Happy little munchkin!

Thankful for this practice that keeps me present, open, and grounded. And most of all to the authentic teachers who have kept the lineage alive. . #throwbackthursday #yoga #yogaforall #yogaoflife #inwardjourney #dharana #fromgrosstosubtle #asana #pranayama #concentration #ashtangavinyasayoga #intermediateseries #balance #gunas #bodymindsoul

#tbt Handstand practice from a few years ago. Back to training three times a week and starting to build strength after baby number two!! Woo-hoo .... #4monthspostpartum #fitmom #yogamom #ashtangamomma #onedayatatime

Love getting to know her. She has affectionate eyes like her father . #motherhood #motherdaughter #portrait #preciousmomentsintime

Over a decade since our lives crossed paths...feels like just yesterday and at the same time absolutely timeless. I thank the universe and all circumstances for bringing us Together, my love, my partner, my friend. Couldn't be more grateful for the life we've created and the family we now have. Thank you for just being you and for always loving me for the woman that I am. I love you to the stars and beyond

Happy 19 months big brother . #siblings #toddler #brothersister ... #family See more

New moon Momma and her baby cub

My little gurus...teaching mama every day . . #mamaoftwo #twoundertwo #family #love

Welcome to the world, Maddyanne Grace! Born early in the morning on October 19th, 2020. She's perfect in every way and we love our baby girl so much!!!

"This is just the beginning. You will have to pass through more and more strange lands. Truth is stranger than any fiction. But be courageous. Before you start entering inside yourself, you don't know how much of yourself was never known to you. You were living with just a fragment of your being. You were living like a drop of water, and your being is like an ocean. You were identified with just the leaf of the tree, and the whole tree belongs to you. Yes, it is very strange,... because one starts expanding. New realities have to be absorbed. Each moment one has to come across facts that one has never come across, so each moment there is unsettlement, and the chaos becomes continuous. You can never settle. You can never become certain, because who knows what is going to be opened to you in the next moment? That's why people never go in. They live in a settled life. They have cleared a small land of their being and made their house there. They have closed their eyes and they have made big fences and walls, so they think, "This is it". And just beyond the wall is their real, wild being waiting for them. That is the challenge, the call of the wild." Osho . #authenticity #breathe #dream #followyourheart #tuneintoyourtruth #osho See more

The pleasure of standing . #13months #toddlerlife #boymama

It won't be long until we meet! . #pregnant #yogamama #babylove... #LittleBean #Familyof4 #29weeks #blessed See more