#thisismyyoga

Today, I taught my first in-person class in over 2.5 months. I cried. I don’t have words to express how grateful I am for community. To be around each other, moving, breathing, laughing again. It felt surreal, almost a dream.

To @buckasana, @jjjmmmeee, and @momentomyoga — thank you. Thank you for being an example of unwavering love and support to bring us together.

It absolutely fucking matters that we come together. Hug. Touch. See face to face. Smile. Laugh. Cry. Feel each other. Connection matters. It is our life force. It is not up for debate. Thank you for showing up for you, for each other, for life. You all inspire me to do the same.

#communityisimmunity
#momentomyoga
#momentom
#movementismedicine
#wearestrongertogether
#thisismyyoga
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAqQsBehq-S/?igshid=12z8l5z5vc5d6

active vs passive = practice both. there was a time i had an “oh, shit” moment learning active range of motion vs passive. i wrestled with movement for some time, even demonizing a lot of moves on the mat. i had to label something “bad” in order to share the “good.” our minds have a way of warping the perception of our truths, according to what’s “right” for us.

it took me some time to figure out i don’t have to label something “bad” and push it away. instead, we can learn a helluva lot more by including “the thing” — understanding through curiosity and generosity. when it comes to active vs passive, we can practice both; each having purpose towards balance in the body. both can be taken to extremes and both can teach us what our work is.

like the times we are living now, we don’t have demonize someone or something in order to justify our truths. we all have different experiences, influences, emotional states, and ideas of moving forward. if you find yourself in high states of adrenaline, hyperactivity making others out to be wrong — challenge yourself to look for what’s right. find the humanity in the human. this is our practice, this our our yoga. lead with curiosity and generosity, inclusion. see others in their highest selves and let’s see ourselves at our highest.

to love humanity, is to love the human.

#thisismyyoga
#yogatidbits
#yogamama
#holywomanhood
#howtoyoga
#activevspassive
#movementismedicine
#feelyourway
https://www.instagram.com/p/CADsfYUhn8W/?igshid=18j8ymtp9nph8

In flow, I trust. In trust, I flow.

#flowstate
#thisismyyoga
#yogamama
#holywomanhood
#yogatidbits
#movementismedicine
#writeandflow
#onebreathatatime (at ZUDA Yoga)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_0fTUJBZ0Z/?igshid=dyfr22o01do

If you want to go fast, go alone; you want to far, go together.

We get it, it’s crazy out there. These times we are living are uncertain. We can’t control what’s happening outside but we can control who we are during.

We created Sacred Soul Survival 2020 to give you our best tools and teachings. @amkzing and myself are committed to doing the work. The work doesn’t mean we get it right or perfect ourselves, this work is about getting real and using tools in our belt when life gets hard.

This is a two week online program that focuses on breath, yoga, meditation, nutrition, and more.

What you’ll get:
- Zoom training classes (live & recordings); April 27, 29, May 4, 6th.
- Access to daily Zuda classes.
- one 1:1 meeting w/ AMK or Steph.
- Community Connection & support.

Join us from anywhere you are in the world, all are welcome. Share with a friend, loved one. Let’s help each other thrive!

Sign up at www.zudayoga.com
Or visit the link in my bio.

@zudayoga
#sacredsoulsurvival
#zudayoga
#thisismyyoga
#breathelifeintoyourlife
#thisiszuda
#liveyourtruth
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_VARCDB9d3/?igshid=13l0pfre4lxip

Last week, I was a guest on @kristaripma’s podcast. I share my take on how to stay grounded through times of uncertainty. We chat about influencer responsibility and not feeding panic, how I’m parenting at this time, dumping your baggage on others, why it’s vital to have boundaries and be willing to walk away from business and people that no longer feel sacred. “As an influencer, you have a responsibility to not share bulls*t for the sake of attention…” Oof. We went there!

Have a listen to today’s episode and subscribe to @authenticaudience on iTunes. One of the best ways to support podcasts is to subscribe to them. @kristaripma is one of my marketing gurus and she’s always been an advocate for me to go out and do big, scary, audacious things. By following and listening to her, you can’t help but be inspired to do life in big ways.

You can find the podcast on my website (under move with me) and linked on my stories.

#authenticaudience
#thisismyyoga
#holywomanhood
#holymotherhood
#thinkbigpicture
#feelbigpicture
#holyandwholly
#saywhatsreal
#writewhatsreal
#writeclubnow
#truthbombs
#podcastlife
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-NB69yh_4y/?igshid=1r7uizgffev2

Let your life be living proof that love exists.

#thisismyyoga
#loveliveshere
#holywomanhood
#holymotherhood
#writeclubnow
#writeandflow
#loversgonnalove
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Fve_cBind/?igshid=10uv8p93aclbi

Insert your joy here. I have found myself a few times this week proclaiming amongst friends that I feel really freaking good. Joyful, in fact. There are moments when I feel like I “shouldn’t” feel this way during such times. Absolute nonsense! Fuck off should, I mean it. And send grace to those that attempt to should you.

By god, if you can tap into your joy, please do. And please share it with others. If we have the capacity to give, then we must give.

What moments of joy have found you this week?

For me:
- teaching my son to hula hoop, so fun!
- daily dance parties
- soul posse sneaks
- getting outside, making out with trees
- reading & meditating w/ Dr. Joe Dispenza
- yoga twice a day, breathwork
- watching our garden grow
- helping studios and teachers all over the world feel confident to create online classes
- extra sleep
- making art, seeing art everywhere
- feeling grateful to be alive

Share yours below so we can feel your joy with you.

#inlivingjoy
#loveliveshere
#thisismyyoga
#writeclubnow
#writewhatsreal
#writeyourheartout
#becomingsupernatural
#holywomanhood
#holymotherhood
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-CrMGsBrV9/?igshid=1uwzkr3kj1jt1

I’ve shared FREE online classes on my website, link is in my bio.

As of right now, my studio classes are beginning to cancel. I don’t know what tomorrow holds, or even the next hour. I’m doing my best to not worry. My son believes we are on spring break. We are creating a temporary normal. Extra snuggles, more sleep, not rushing our schedules, playing and staying home like one of those storms that would roll in when I was a child. We are safe. We are home. We are praying and playing.

This is our normal for now. We can do this. We know we can. If anything, things like this show us how we can come together, take care of each other.

I’ll be creating more online classes so you can keep showing up on your mat. Let me know how I can support you. I’m here.

This is our temporary normal. We will be okay. More than okay.

#freeyogaclasses
#offeringseverywhere
#thisismyyoga
#yogatidbits
#writeandflow
#writeclubnow
#holywomanhood
#holymotherhood
#communitynow
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9zPakehSTA/?igshid=1fqvwsbsxw5ul

Everyone is doing their best, with the information they have, in the best way they know how. I have to remind myself when I’m met with others that don’t share the same views. All we have is the present moment. What we can do in the now, how we can be in the now. How can we use our gifts to help each other?

I am the oldest of 5. Since I was a child, I have always remained calm and collected in high stress situations. My instinct was always to scoop up the kids and get them to safety in emergencies. Like when our house caught fire or when my siblings needed stitches (the list is long). It’s why I became a lifeguard as a teenager, because I could stay calm in times of crisis and I wanted to help others. I know these are a couple reasons why I teach yoga.

We are in a time of freak out for many people. We all live in different realities. Panic and scarcity is a real threat for some. If you have the ability to stay calm and collected during times like these, share it with others. If you have skills, extra food, space, toilet paper — share with others. If you have the capacity to give, then give.

My prayer is that we set aside hyperactivity and remember our humanity. Keep our immunities up (as my friend and health guru, @scott_estrada says, “health is about stacking odds in our favor”), give people solutions to lowering stress. If you’ve got more tips, please share below. Or write a prayer, mantra, words of loving-kindness for others to take comfort.

Hugging you all. Be well, friends.

#thisismyyoga
#calmiskind
#cleariskind
#immunityboost
#outsideisfree
#holywomanhood
#holymotherhood
#beaforklift
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9rgDIghcJW/?igshid=14wr55xifh8fw

As @amkzing often says, “life is like waves: learn to surf.” Highs and lows, everything in-between.

#zudayoga
#beaYES
#lovecreateslove
#thisismyyoga
#goingbacktobali
#bali
#learntosurf
#lifeisaride (at Uluwatu Beach)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9muCgrBH8f/?igshid=1c6nyd7cpm0qf

I finished this book and keep re-reading passages because breath is fucking life. If you’ve been in my classes for last few months, you’ve likely been invited to join in on that “weird, hippie, breathing thing.” It’s not your average breath and holds. It’s big and expansive breaths. It’s been really beautiful to witness people overtime lean in towards the breathwork. I see you dropping your guard, closing your eyes and committing to yourself in a way that feels vulnerable and new, scary perhaps. It’s inspiring. You inspire me.

Conscious breathing every damn day is where it’s at. It’s wisdom has been passed on for thousands of years and science is finally trailing the tail of ancient sages, sufis, masters, and healers. Breath is life! It’s healing, energizing, spiritual, and harmonizing. It’s the teacher of sensitivity, non-reactivity. It is everything.

We must learn to breathe bigger than we think we need to. Relax into our breath, body, mind, and emotions. If we want to transform our lives (from the inside-out), we’ve got to breathe as if our lives depended on it. Because it does.

Get unstuck and unwind your patterns that keep you from being the highest version of yourself. Breath is the pathway until it all ends and begins again, if you believe in such a way.

Today’s writing prompt is in your box. It’s titled water fast. And my learnings snd takeaways from doing that “radical” thing.

Not until we stop reacting can we truly be sensitive — Just Breathe by Dan Brulé.

#justBreathe
#breathemotherfucker
#thisismyyoga
#breathislife
#inspiredbreath
#consciousbreathing
#breathwatching
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8wROg_hGZ8/?igshid=b1v75x5g9jol

In this light, I am. In darkness, I am.
I honor all of which make me whole.

#inthislight
#lightanddark
#writewithme
#thisismyyoga
#tattoolovers
#writeandflow
#holywomanhood
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8cA-94hpwU/?igshid=10qcn3sgkp88j

Move in such a way so that you feel free. This is my prayer for you and my prayer for me. Let us move so that we do not fear our own bodies; instead make contact and make love, connection from the inside-out.

#contactandconnect
#thisismyyoga
#freeflow
#flowstate
#holywomanhood
#holyandwholly
#movementismedicine
#yogawithbirch
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7teArqh0kr/?igshid=i2djprzlxken

Let us live well and love deep.
You be you and I’ll be me in this land of we.

#writeclubnow
#thisismyyoga
#zudapowerful
#writingcommunity
#writeyourheartout
#writewithme
#yogaforlife
#holywomanhood
#youbeyou
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7R-BqahDIN/?igshid=1lyrfqq8jyb9b

Bloop, bloop: this is who I am. New classes coming soon. Please enjoy these pep-talk bloopers for now.

#thisismyyoga
#yogavideo
#practicewithme
#yogatidbits
#movementislife
#holywomanhood
#thisiswhoiam
#stephbirchyoga
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6_Y2d3BKwi/?igshid=152g0vowb8mkc

More joy, please. : @janna_yoga

#inlivingjoy
#morejoyplease
#holywomanhood
#loveliveshere
#thankyoulife
#thisismyyoga
#imalive
#writeclubnow
https://www.instagram.com/p/B64HH-Mh3Z7/?igshid=q9uo0ptq23pb

Let people have their resolutions and revelations. It costs us nothing to elevate this world and the people in it.

#holywomanhood
#happynewnew
#2020yearofvision
#writeclubnow
#writeyourheartout
#writewhatsreal
#thisismyyoga
#2020challenge
#2020resolution
#lovealltheway
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6q5O-4BHth/?igshid=187k6p92dgaqe

Your breath is more important than the shapes you make on your mat. It’s our breath that transforms our lives. I will always love the movement of this practice, like coming home and kicking off my shoes. It’s familiar and safe.

But what’s truly been keeping me alive this month, the end of 2019, is breath and meditation and dancing and writing sh!t out. I intend to bring more of this wild n out in the open in 2020. It’s long overdue and my commitment for this new year is: expansion. It’s my word and I’m sticking to it, letting it stretch me to uncomfortable depths and freaky new territory.

What do you intend to bring out in 2020?
#writewhatsreal
#thisismyyoga
#meditateeveryday
#holywomanhood
#outoftheboxyoga
#zudayoga
#breathingandhealing
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6oa4yTBc0O/?igshid=1nza03r1fs0ee

Today was a first! Cryotherapy at @climbsocietyfolsom. I’ll definitely be back for my chill sessions. Thank you, @jennjharmon.

Do something everyday that scares you or shakes you up a bit.

#cryotherapy
#climbsociety
#getchilled
#breathemotherfers
#holywomanhood
#thisismyyoga (at Climb Society Folsom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Bc_39BSI4/?igshid=16nct2bn2ua0w

Live your love story.

#lifestodo
#writeyourheartout
#writeclubnow
#thisismyyoga
#holywomanhood
https://www.instagram.com/p/B55X7ZEB65J/?igshid=7p1e7uz8tboe