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PSA yoga teachers fall out of poses all the time too 😝 I love creative and challenging variations of poses. The purpose of a pose is to learn to find presence even within challenge and uncertainty. The point is to be able to fall out of a pose and see that with neutrality; without judging ourselves or attaching some storyline to it. It’s more about what the pose can teach us than what the pose looks like. And these variations are all fun teachers 😊 #creativeasanas #yogaflowideas #yogaflowinspiration #yogainspiration #yogaideas #vrksasana #vrksasanavariation #creativesequencing

One of my favorite things about the path of yoga is that it led jimboweekend and I to each other. The first day we met, we bonded over our mutual love for yoga philosophy. He pulled Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras out of his bag and I said, “I’m studying that right now too!” What I didn’t know when I began my yoga practice was that it goes much, much deeper than just an hour long class where you move your physical body. I’ve come to learn that’s only the tip of the iceberg; asanas (postures) are only a small portion of what yoga really is. Yoga is a way of approaching life. Many asanas still humble me 9 years later, and there is enough profound yogic philosophy to study to last the rest of this lifetime and many more (if you want any pointers on books or resources, we’ve got you 🕉️). So thankful we get to help guide each other and many students on the path of yoga. 🧘‍♀️🙏🧘‍♂️ 📸: huge shout out to christinaleighphotos for capturing this! #charlestonyogateacher #chsyoga #charlestonyoga #follybeachsc #charlestonlifestyle #acroyoga #yogaphotography #yogaphotoshoot #couplesyogaposes

Can we challenge ourselves to see things from other angles? 👀 Sometimes we get stuck in a comparison game or in thinking we aren’t enough. We focus on what went wrong or what yoga poses we can’t do. But what about all that we did accomplish and the progress we have made in our practice? This relates to the yogic concept of Avidyā - which means misconceptions or to not understand. There’s an ancient elephant parable where blindfolded men observed different parts of an elephant, all thinking it was a different thing and therefore saying the other men were wrong. We get trapped in Avidyā when we only see things from one angle. It’s not that our perspective is necessarily wrong, there are just more angles to it that we aren’t considering. Moving out of Avidyā and into a space of true understanding, we are able see from a place of wholeness and correct knowledge. We can observe rather than judge. 📸: becominggrass #yogateachertips #avidya #avidyā #yogaphilosophy #perspectiveshift #yogadharma #dharmatalk #charlestonyoga #chsyoga

Happy meetiversary jimboweekend // lungtayoga ❤️ When I made my list of what I wanted in a partner (only a few weeks before we met), I asked for a man who loved yoga. Turns out, the Universe gifted me one who was actually a yoga teacher. 🥹 He was everything on that list and so so much more. Spirit knew what I wanted/needed even more than I did. When we met, we immediately became best friends. Like, that day. Cheers to 1 year & 1 week of being besties and yoga buddies for life. Grateful to venture on the yogic path together 🧘‍♀️❤️🧘‍♂️

Samskaras are subtle impressions of our past actions, what we call conditioning. 🧠 When we perform an action, a subtle impression is deposited in our mindfield. Each time the action is repeated, the impression becomes stronger. This is how a habit is formed and we begin to operate on ‘auto-pilot’ - or automatic responses. They lead to seeing through a colored lens, which is known as vasanas (literally meaning coloring agent). This is helpful in discerning and making quick judgments and decisions when needed, but it’s up to us to get curious about which samskaras actually serve us, and which hinder us. 🌻 Loving this song by vandeluxmusic recently! #samskaras #samskara #yogaphilosophy #yogicphilosophy #mentalimpressions #yogateachertips #creteyoga #yogaingreece

Kinda obsessed with binding after practicing ashtanga yoga for a week straight 🌟 Feel like it’s a struggle to grab the opposite foot? Work on these with your hand behind your back and focus on opening up that shoulder - it gets a little easier every time! #creativesequencing #ashtangavinyasa #ashtangayogapractice #yogateachertips #yogainspiration #yogaflowideas #yogaideas #yogaingreece

Yoga is a way of existing in this life. When we are on the yogic path, we practice yoga at every moment of the day. Your entire day becomes an opportunity to be your Sadhana (daily spiritual practice). Yoga isn’t just asana, or physical poses. In fact, that’s only a small sliver of it. Yoga is also our studies, the morals which we abide by, meditation practices, pranayama (breathing), mantra (chanting/prayer), and how we interact with both ourselves and others. It’s how we show up day to day and it’s all about integrating the lessons we learn into our daily lives. Every moment is an opportunity to live your yoga. ❤️ Loving my time at creteyogaretreat with jlunapaz and bryce_delbridge! #liveyouryoga #inspirationalreels #charlestonyoga #yogateacherjourney #yogajourney #yogapractice #yogateachertips #authenticyoga