URyoga

C O U R A G E To recognize, accept and love who I am with all my heart. The good. The gritty. ... To listen to the whispers of My truth amidst all the caos of borrowed lives. To stop and peel off the layers of metabolic waste and offer compassion for whatever is found. Two beats (Like a drum) COU - RAGE; COU - RAGE (marking the tempo like when Sebastian and I try to figure out how many silabes the word has) But there is another one... F E A R... COU - RAGE; COU - RAGE (two fast beats) FEAR (one slow beat) Fast, fast; slow Fast, fast; slow Fast, fast; slow Fast, fast; slow The beats of my heart. The beats of my heart I’m listening.

The giant in the golden hour Its happening The magic time... I creeped out on my tip toes. I kissed my bearded sage. I watched my two favourite twits breath (controlling myself not to pick you both up in my arms and cuddle). You were all sleeping. That calm and care free sleep that one only feels on the morning of a weekend or when on holidays. Lisboa twitched her ears in expectation... Her legs weren’t ready after yesterday’s sand dune adventure. I walked. My legs weren’t ready either. Darkness gives room for light to reveal what already is there... Am I ready? Doubt with hope moves through my vanes. I take this for now. This is enough. for now... Families of ducks cruising along the shore. Crazy Loons making jokes while in a sinusoid pattern of liftoff and landing. The only human around. What privilege! The surface of the river resembles that of a lake on a still day. No ripples whatsoever. A beautiful mirror reflecting all the beauty around. I walked. I stopped. I saw. I felt. Dawn, Precious crepuscular moments... Thank you #dawn #gentlegiant #light #herenow #loving #natureismyteacher #meewasin #southsaskatchewanriver #thankyou Carla. Forever grateful for the door you opened #swasthya

We couldn’t find you. Silence.... Silence so many times is a sign of sneaky things being concocted by these little humans....... Let’s find them quick!!! 1 carrot and a handful of cherrie tomatoes being gobbled up! The smile on these faces. (Can I please freeze time?) A feeling of reverence for Nature fills me up. They all came from a little seed and look at them now: 2 little Jedi’s, 11 yummy tomatoes and a crunchy tasty like anything carrot. It feels like magic sometimes... #thankyou

~ Learning to Run ~ Think about a piece of music - some great symphony - we don’t expect it to get better as it develops, or that its whole purpose is to reach the final crescendo. The joy is found in listening to the music each moment. Allan Watts Today was my turn to run outside... ... It was great. It always is, but I wasn’t there. No wuhuuu today... Did the mistake of taking my phone and listen to one of my new elected podcasts #trailrunnernation and ended up there with them. I laughed and giggled and took mental notes of their tips. These #humans are incredible. The spider webs in my face indicating I was the first human on this trail today reminded me where I was but... I wasn’t there. I wasn’t there. As I arrived home I took my headphones off and heard the birds chatting away. There are less of them.... A sign of the changing of the season... I stopped. Took a breath. Slowly feeling grounded again... Here. Now. I made time to reconnect with what was happening inside and outside. Yoga...Yoga outside...Yoga outside after running. Feeling my muscles stretch... my joints move... my breath: in and out, in and out, in and out... Finding the rhythm. Sensing the tune... Laying down on the ground, eyes open, gazing at the grey sky that moved subtly. Pausing. Feeling. Listening. Accepting the #evenflow of my life. Reminding myself that behind the grey there is always a #blue #clear sky. It is what it is, and that’s OK. Note to Self - take those headphones off!! #pausetofeel #saskatchewan #mybackyard #learningtorun #learningtolive #itsok #grateful always grateful Love to all

#penatchon #feetontheground #pénaterra * Every other day we switch who runs outside. Having two little kiddos makes one be more flexible and appreciative for the moments (even though sometimes (more times than I used to admit to myself) it feels like it’s just about them... how horrible to say this! My twits... you deserve all of us of course!!! You do. How that goes is something we are still figuring out but we are getting there. That balance that every Parent Expert tal...ks about. It’s surfacing... I think... will I ever know? How much you need, how much I need, how much Diogo needs. Then the typical work etc etc etc... The juggle of grownups?... #bleark being a #grownup is a pain in the behind sometimes! .... Maybe it’s not that close to the surface .... hihihi (Back to focus) * Today it was your turn to breathe in the fresh air. As always, when it’s not my turn I turn to #tommyriverspuzey and travel somewhere around the world with him. He is sick (very very sick... fighting for his life sick). I take a breath. I can’t run. #listen (fill out the blank) (Keep saying this to Harper; I must be right ) The brain says: Never had knee issues in my life and now that I discovered the beauty of running this decides to show up! #argh so damn annoying to have to #listen ... I listen... He (#tommyrivs )runs I listen to myself and him and walk on the treadmill. Up, up, up... steady pace. Fast, but caring. I want more but I shouldn’t... I don’t. * You come back from your run. Smiling of course. I get frustrated... nããã! Can’t do that to me or you! * Washed and clean. #barefoot I go outside and just stand. * #pausetofeel outside in nature (even if it is the badly kept grass in our backyard) is always healing * #lovetoall #love to you and your family #tommyriverspuzey * #penatchoncarapinhanaceu #obrigado #saratavares

Hurting knees (Part I) * I’ve been #running every day for 5 weeks. Something I never thought I would be able to do or even enjoy has become #secondnature just like mindful breathing became when I discovered Yoga life times away... * Back in the times when life was self-centered I used to be compelled to just sit and enjoy the #horizon .... I guess that was #myyoga at the time. My time to pause and just observe. Just feel. * Becoming a Mum 6 years ago has been everything all at the same time. I have grown more in these years than I ever have. It’s as if the Universe has showed up in me in all its forms (creating and destroying on and on and on...) * Life happens for you, not to you I heard that once and never forgot it... Why is it that so many times one feels that everything happens to you? A tug of war between rushing around all the time and procrastinating while feeling sorry for one-self. * For the last year it was tough. Too much rush. The usual drop off, pick off times six, classes, work, asana practice in a rush (can’t even call it Yoga... maybe not even Asana but something hybrid of it like weird body contortions), making love in a rush, eating in a rush... everything had to be done now, now, now. Even #death * My brain just #freakedout out and the rest of me just got lost in the confusion. * I tried desperately to take control... i wanted to seek help but the procrastinating side was winning the war on that one. I tried my Yoga practice. Too hard. I wasn’t there, something was wrong. * Nature called again. Horizon, sun, wind, freaking cold... (oh Saskatchewan you crazy place!) * My sister’s running addiction when she was spiralling out of control in her own struggles came to my mind. I hated running. So so hard.... But she needed me so I went. I had a blast every time with her. But I moved again and without her, it just didn’t make sense. * In March when the whole world started struggling with COVID-19 and Saskatchewan finally gave us a day of -10C I went out to run. I had to. * I found myself screaming: Wu-huuu #smiling like it was an Asana!! I just couldn’t control it. * Consistency. I wasn’t there yet but something inside me was waking up See more

5:58 am.... * #Today I biked. * My soul (or whatever this that is me, is) sang again. ... * #wuhuuu #pelicans are awesome #living #exploring #outside is always better * * #wakingup .... #learningtolove again * Thank you #saskatchewan See more

After my noon class with the amazing girls of SPS I just couldn’t help my self and #stop to #contemplate the beauty. Plus, it’s not cold at all Oh #saskatchewan, it took me months to be able to say your name and I still hesitate when I type it but damn you can be #relentlessly #beautiful ... #nofilter #rightnow #saskatoon #myyoga #pausetofeel #thisisit no less no more See more

We’ve been out and about since 11th June and soaking every moment in. Will be back on the 16th August. Smile you soon lovely ones

If you haven’t come to our last two Full Moon workshops you still have time. This flower moon is spectacular and the experience we will be creating together will be unique. Don’t be shy it couldn’t be a more supportive and creative environment

It's that fun time again to delve deeply within. Join me and Angela Marshall this Friday for some more magic. We will flow to the beat of our heart and the rhythm of our breath with the support of each other (we will focus on our Heart Chakra this time) and we will gather and explore how this Moon's force can serve our heart's thirst and let go of what does not serve us anymore. Don't be shy. You will not find a lighter environment and a better set of smiles to help you be just what you need to be: YOU! :-)

We still have space! Come join us. It’s the perfect opportunity to be curious about who you are.

May your day (@jolissa and all You amazing crazy beings) be more beautiful than a unicorn farting rainbows + + #magic #unicorns #rainbow #yoga #love #chakras #friends #you #lovelyday #smilingfromtheinsideout #uryoga_space