Butterfly position 🦋 Another pillar of my seated series. Beneficial for the hip adductors, this pose can be strongly enhanced by utilizing the arm and back muscles to press firmly, hands into thighs. I enjoy holding this posture for long periods and once you reach your peak, a lovely adjustment from a partner assist can in pressing your legs past your limit 🎆
2023-08-06 13:02:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This is mostly an organic movement but if I was to call it anything it would be a staggered leg, seated twist with extension ✨ Keeping the sit bones rooted and hips square, this twist derives from the hip, simulating the motion of pressing and pulling. Stretching through the intercostal spaces of the ribs, the reach creates an enigmatic opening for the side body through the armpit and lateral side of the arm. Last part of the twist, always the gaze, feeling the reach in the neck. *A wonderful way to say Good Morning to your body*
2023-08-05 17:11:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Good posture is the 🔑 to a healthy spine 😉
2023-08-04 15:30:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Seated twists with staggered legs ✨ The best way I’ve found to get into my glute medius and TFL muscles. Adding the twist is a bonus for the spine and detoxifying for the organs. Depending on spine flexibility, your gaze will either go sideways or you can look back at it 😜
2023-08-03 17:22:40 +0000 UTC View Post
In Chinese Medicine, we prevent disease when we live in harmony with nature and the universe 🍃 Well, today is a full moon, so how does one live in harmony with that? 🤔 On days of a full moon, the best practice is to refrain from overt physical exertion, demonstrated in the tradition of Ashtanga Yoga, moon days are rest days. Moon days are opportunities to promote the yin energy of the world with meditation, cooling energies and moments of restoration 🕊
2023-08-01 21:33:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Combining two loves… reading and cooking 👩🏼🍳 The Momofuku cookbook is an amazing at home resource for healthy and balanced receipies that may not be a no-brainer. Simply put… I can’t make a tasty ramen without it! Secret ingredient to every recipie are the chili crisps! I shamelessly put them on everything, if you love spice and crunch, you will too 🌶
2023-07-31 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Chest openers for the Heart Chakra 💚 This posture aids in expanding the lungs, sending energy to the heart and 🅱️lood to the brain 🧠 In difficult times, I like to find rest in this position… allowing my heart to be open and my mind relaxed
2023-07-30 17:16:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Today is a day of mourning. Unfortunately I had to say goodbye to a life long friend. We all experience loss as apart of life. It never gets easier…
2023-07-30 00:46:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Añjali Mudrā, also known as prayer hands, is commonly used in yoga as well as meditation. Having the hands close to the heart and chest is known to be a centering position for the mind and body. In sanskrit, Añjali Mudrā translates to *divine offering*. A beautiful way to start any day.. giving an offering to yourself and the divine ✨
2023-07-25 14:16:01 +0000 UTC View Post
You like the fit? It’s a lotta nude 🙀
2023-07-24 03:53:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Saturday morning gym sessions >>> My favorite way to spend the morning… well, next to snuggling 🥰
2023-07-22 16:16:05 +0000 UTC View Post
What Woman doesn’t love shopping 🛍 Especially at *Onlyfans* HQ 🦋
2023-07-21 12:49:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Quali Patches 🔥 If you are an athlete, fitness junkie or simply pulled a muscle moving (all the above), these herbal patches are the best for healing sore muscles and tension knots. Primary ingredients are menthol ginger, frankincense, myrrh, rosin and turpentine ⚕️
2023-07-20 17:51:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Can't get enough Sun ☀️ We are on the decent from Summer Solstice (June 21) and days of Sunlight are slowly getting shorter. Get as much Sun and Daylight while you can, Winter is coming.... ❄
2023-07-19 17:39:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Guasha is one the best modalities to release muscle tension, especially for difficult or tender areas such as the neck The Sternocleidomastoid muscle or SCM as well as the Scalene muscles are particularly difficult to release with efforts of stretching and/or massage, that is when I go to my tool belt for the guasha spoon. Especially in my self massage practice, I try to guasha at least 2-3x weekly 🕊 Fun Fact: If you don’t have a guasha spoon handy, you can supplement with a Snapple cap ✨
2023-07-18 19:10:05 +0000 UTC View Post
In the process of moving 😩 It is commonly said that moving, death and divorce are 3 of the biggest life stressors. If you are able to conquer these 3 with eloquence and grace, you are in a good position to handle anything that life can throw your way. No matter what weight you may be feeling today, always remember, everything in life is a moment in time... this too shall pass ✨
2023-07-17 17:05:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Got caught in the rain so I’m all wet 😂 Sometimes I’ll stand and let the rain wash over me i feel as if it’s cleansing me and the world of all the negative energy ✨
2023-07-14 17:41:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to my Kitchen! 🫖 A stable that is always out, my clay pot for herbal decoctions 🌿 This is used for raw herbs and the process is simple- 1. Soak the herbs in the pot for ~15mins 2. Bring to a boil, allow to simmer on low for ~20mins (herbs depending, some have longer/shorter times) 3. Pour out water into a holding container 4. Add 2nd batch of water, repeat boil and simmer 5. Strain herbs in cheese cloth and squeeze 6. Pour remaining water into holding container Done! Raw Herbal Tea ☕️
2023-07-13 18:39:22 +0000 UTC View Post
What is a sanctuary? 🕊 A space that is dedicated to your tranquility and calm, amidst any chaos that may come up. A space where you can find your breath, when some moments leave you breathless. Intrinsically imperative to a path of self actualization, because we live in a physical world, you need a space that is sacred to you 🕉
2023-07-12 19:01:29 +0000 UTC View Post
The beauty of Herbology and Plant Medicine is that if can easily be found in nature....like the tall Reed grass growing behind me 🌾 *Lu Gen* or Rhizoma Phragmitis belongs to the category of herbs that *Clear Heat and Drain Fire*. Specifically, this herb is used when there is an internal pattern of heat with high fever, symptoms of irritability, dry mouth and throat. It is used to clear heat in the Lung due to infection and Stomach heat with symptoms of vomiting as well as remedy food and/or alcohol poisoning. Properties of *Lu Gen* 🌡Temperature→ Cold 👅Tase→ Sweet and Acrid ✨Channels→ Lung and Stomach
2023-07-10 17:16:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Fitness is enjoyable and superiorly beneficial when executed in many forms. Congruent to a financial portfolio.... diversify your fitness portfolio 💸💪🏼 Happy Friday Love 💋
2023-07-07 19:30:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh The Places You'll Go! 🌈 I spent time adventuring in Cusco, Peru and this has to be one of my favorite hikes I've ever been on.... Montaña Arcoíris or Rainbow Mountain 🗻 At a whopping 17k feet elevation this hike is no easy feat.. but the views are worth it. The colors of the mountain are created by sediments/minerals emulating the colors of turquoise, pink, lavender and gold. True to form, once I reach the top, I'm in Natarajasana Dancers Pose What is your ideal type of travel?
2023-07-06 18:29:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Attempting to regain my focus and momentum after a day of Sun and celebrating. The 4th is definitely not my favorite holiday in big part because, fireworks give me anxiety 😩 Luckily I got acupuncture today to align my mental and emotional back to baseline
2023-07-05 20:18:52 +0000 UTC View Post
🌸 *When physical appearance and spirit are kept together, this is identical with an endowment of utmost longevity. Because one carefully nourishes [body and spirit], one receives the true [qi] from heaven. Hence it is possible to make full use of the years allotted by heaven*🌸 (Excerpt from *Huang Di Nei Jing*) The *Huang Di Nei Jing* is the classical text for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Daoist beliefs. It is over 2,200 years old (dating approximately 168 BCE) and was discovered in Hunan, China in a royal crypt with several other medical texts and an immaculately preserved body! The *Huang Di Nei Jing* is comprised as a discussion between the Emperor and his physician detailing how to employ ying yang theory, five elements and control environmental factors of wind, damp, hot and cold, to consciously control ones *qi* (energy) conducive to overcoming aspects of aging and disease 🕊
2023-07-03 17:52:12 +0000 UTC View Post
How do you express yourself? For me… it’s in the arts 🎨 Painting, writing, dancing.. Expression is so imperative to our evolution as humans and in the journey of self actualization. Without expression, we are doomed as a society to mediocrity and complacency. Consider this… beyond dwelling in emotions, how can you utilize your emotions as a mode of transformation? It does not need be in the arts, but any form of expression, what is something you do that brings you fully into connection with yourself 🕊
2023-07-01 22:01:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Kates Famous Breakfast Sandwich 🥪 This is one of my go to morning snacks if Im not juicing or smoothie-ing ☺️ Plant based sausage patties, 2 slices American Cheese on English Muffin with a dipping sauce of spicy guacamole and hot sauce 🥑🌶
2023-06-30 18:10:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Breathing, precision and timing…🔫 Shooting range is a more than a place of just target practice. It is almost as meditative for me as a yoga studio… almost ☺️ How do you think I did??
2023-06-29 17:20:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Warning ⚠️ Air Quality is of the utmost importance for Lung and overall health. It saddens me to write this post because our world is literally burning and we are seeing the effects of global warming and climate change at our doorsteps, yet doing nothing about it.
2023-06-28 19:30:50 +0000 UTC View Post
