Why I Love Teaching Yoga at Home- 6 Hidden Benefits

Why I Love Teaching Yoga at Home Why I love teaching yoga at home? Well, my teaching career did not start out that way! I began teaching in 2013, shortly after I discovered that yoga had the potential to change people’s lives, it had already changed mine. At the time, I was suffering from postpartumContinue reading “Why I Love Teaching Yoga at Home- 6 Hidden Benefits”

How Yoga Changed My Life- 1 Asana at a Time

How Yoga Changed My Life Listen on Spotify This is the story of how yoga changed my life. I have always been a physical person.  I grew up dancing ballet and continued to teach ballet until I had my second child.  I participated in heavy hitting cardio classes until I was 39 weeks pregnant withContinue reading “How Yoga Changed My Life- 1 Asana at a Time”

Yoga Nidra for Grief in Deployment- 15 min of Blissful Sleep

Yoga Nidra for Grief in Deployment Need a good cry? Let’s get our tears out with a Yoga Nidra for Grief in Deployment. During our deployment, I was listening to Josh Groban’s “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” (paid link) He has a beautiful version of the song with heartbreaking audio from deployed military members.  All ofContinue reading “Yoga Nidra for Grief in Deployment- 15 min of Blissful Sleep”

8 Things No One Mentions-How to Be Objective After Deployment

How to be Objective After Deployment Listen on Spotify! How to be objective after deployment? I did not thin about what happens after deployment. All I knew Josh was home and we were so excited!  I spent weeks keeping the secret of his homecoming bottled inside because it was so uncertain, and then I hadContinue reading “8 Things No One Mentions-How to Be Objective After Deployment”

Top 10 Deployment Tips for Survival all Military Spouses Need

Top 10 Deployment Tips for Survival Listen on Spotify! Deployment tips for survival- A thing we in the military know will happen but dread anyway.  All of a sudden you find yourself a single parent who shoulders all the tasks of the household (housekeeper, taxi driver, teacher, unpaid shopper) and all the emotions of loss,Continue reading “Top 10 Deployment Tips for Survival all Military Spouses Need”

Yoga Deployment Project- 3 Reasons it made this Spouse Happy

Yoga Deployment Project Listen on Spotify! When Josh was preparing to go on his deployment, he told me that many spouses will choose a project to complete during deployment to help them stay busy and pass the time.  I thought, “that is crazy!”  I knew that I would be plenty busy juggling the household, myContinue reading “Yoga Deployment Project- 3 Reasons it made this Spouse Happy”

9 Yoga Sutras for Deployment- Powerful for the Spouse

Yoga Sutras for Deployment Listen on Spotify! Yoga Sutras for Deployment- After my husband was on deployment for one month, I found myself looking for inspiration around me, including through the Yoga Sutras. Even with just a month gone, I can feel the frantic pace of my life without him. I often find myself outContinue reading “9 Yoga Sutras for Deployment- Powerful for the Spouse”

Yoga Namaste for Deployment- For the Brave 1 Overseas

Yoga Namaste for Deployment Listen on Spotify Yoga Namaste for deployment means “the light within me honors and loves the light within you.” Namaste is an expression of honor and respects the other person as being made as the same Pure Consciousness as you. (Rina Jakubowicz)  When we say and hear Namaste, we feel a senseContinue reading “Yoga Namaste for Deployment- For the Brave 1 Overseas”

Having Union Through Deployment- 1 Brutal day to go

Having Union Through Deployment Listen on Spotify! The word Yoga mean Union. How are we to be having union through deployment as we are approaching a separation? We have been preparing for Josh’s deployment since February of 2020. This is our first deployment so we looked for ideas of things that we could do toContinue reading “Having Union Through Deployment- 1 Brutal day to go”