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Happy summer solstice 🌞 and international yoga day🧘🏻‍♀️A few years ago, I became a certified yoga teacher to deepen my practice and spread the message of how yoga can help others. I used to think in order to be a real yogi you needed to be able to do advanced poses like handstands and arm balances. What I learned throughout years on my yoga mat is that the most advanced pose is to be able to sit and connect with our breath, silence our minds, and let go of whatever story is playing in the background. I hope you feel inspired to spend some time connecting to your body and breath on this beautiful long day of sunshine 😊📿🧘🏻‍♀️

It’s #wafflewednesday (which I didn’t know was a thing until I searched that hashtag) and I’m treating myself to some homemade whole grain waffles. This was my first attempt at making my own waffles and they came out so good! This recipe has only four simple ingredients (whole grain pastry flour, cashew milk, baking powder, and vanilla extract) which I kind of just threw together👩🏻‍🍳. One cannot fully enjoy waffles without an accompaniment so I added some sweetness by mixing defrosted frozen berries (and its juice) with maple syrup and topped with walnuts for some healthy fats. Have a wonderful (waffle-filled!) Wednesday 😊🍽

While in Sedona, my friend and I got to know our uber driver, Bev 💁🏻‍♀️🚙. One day after picking us up from one of our outings, she asked us if we wanted to go on a hike with her. Experience has taught me to listen to my gut and it screamed a loud, definite “yes!!!” so within 10 minutes, we were trekking up a remote rocky trail. Something I’ve learned from hiking is that you can’t overthink your next step or which direction to take, you just have to let go and and try not to look too far up or down because that’s when anxiety sets in—similar to how when we focus too much on the past or future it can lead to fear, stress, and feeling “stuck”. When we got to the top of the mountain, I noticed that the view from where we were looking out from was the same vantage point as the image on the back of my shirt. Earlier in the day, I debated wearing this shirt, but just went with my gut feelings to dress for comfort. It felt like a sign and a little reminder from the universe to trust your intuition and say yes to things that excite your soul; you never know what adventure awaits 🏜

Yesterday I meditated in a Buddhist peace park and saw this message written on a prayer flag. It made me wonder if everyone on the planet focused on healing themselves, instead of judging and hurting others, how different things would be. If we accepted that we’re all wounded, but we are whole. If we recognized that we’re not “bad”, but the shame that we carry as conditioned humans makes us label each other this way. I once told someone that I had been in therapy before, and the judgment from this person made me aware of how behind we are as a whole in examining ourselves. Instead of judging (which we all do), go meditate, go to therapy, go into the woods, travel, flail your arms in ecstatic dance, pray, do whatever you need to do to realize you are healed and whole 🧡

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