Healthy Happy Yoga

Create a Circle of Protection and Courage

Here's a meditation I've been sharing in class. I'm sharing with you, while acknowledging what was offered to me by teacher and mentor, Michelle Cassandra Johnson: social justice activist • anti-racism trainer • author • yoga teacher. https://www.michellecjohnson.com/ Many of these words are hers, and the framework is hers. She has given permission to adapt the prayer. 

I am seeking no gains from sharing this but to be in community with you. 

Each of us is finding our way to contribute to the greater good. This is my current personal practice leading up to the 2020 US election and beyond, for as long as necessary. This is my way of showing up in integrity right now. 

Of course I made a voting plan. When I see injustice, I will be standing up and speaking up. This meditation is how I'm remaining centered and in community despite our physical distance. 

Please join us, to add your power and courage to the circle. Free Meditation Download:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XWT28uez_F6lew8XXlQM0Bd3lVPrFO16/view?usp=sharing 

If you breathe, you belong here.

My core values are empathy, integrity, equity and respect.

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Has too much stress and sitting tied your back in knots? Try this gentle 13 minute video to awaken your deep core and hip flexor muscles:

Free Video: Quick & Gentle Yoga for Your Core & Lower Back https://healthy-happy-yoga.ck.page/022f9cb24b

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This warming and balancing flow is slow and mindful. 

We begin with cat and cow on hands and knees. Please center yourself with breath, and warm up your wrists before coming to all fours. 

Activate your warmth from within. Remember that it takes strength to keep your heart open and remain grateful and generous. Love is not passive, it is an action word. Rolling around on the ground, give your nervous system a soothing massage. Pay attention to your senses from a variety of perspectives. Explore nonjudgemental sensory awareness, and bask in loving kindness practice: both giving and receiving. 

Nothing here is medical advice. 

If you breathe, you belong here.

My core values are empathy, integrity, equity and respect.

Your 5 star review helps other people find this podcast!

Has too much stress and sitting tied your back in knots? Try this gentle 13 minute video to awaken your deep core and hip flexor muscles. 

Free Video: Quick & Gentle Yoga for Your Core & Lower Back https://healthy-happy-yoga.ck.page/022f9cb24b

Join Healthy Happy Yoga to learn simple tools to build resilience to anxiety, breath by breath. healthyhappyyoga.com

A mindful movement practice for pregnancy. Call on the source of your strength. End with guided relaxation, and a meditation to cultivate trust in your inner capacity. Nothing here is medical advice. 

Please join our community at healthyhappyyoga.com 

Nothing here is medical advice.

Your 5 star review helps others find this podcast.

Has too much stress and sitting tied your back in knots? Try this gentle 13 minute video to awaken your deep core and hip flexor muscles.

Free Video: Quick & Gentle Yoga for Your Core & Lower Back https://healthy-happy-yoga.ck.page/022f9cb24b

Join Healthy Happy Yoga to learn simple tools to build resilience to anxiety, breath by breath. healthyhappyyoga.com

For my peers who are also parenting differently wired kids. 

Our culture can be unforgiving, and their future unclear. Here, I’m sharing a process I’ve found beneficial for my peace of mind, while having tangible results day to day. There’s a grounding mindfulness meditation, a visualization, and writing prompts.  

This episode has been so popular, we've created our own M-PAK podcast! 

Join us there: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mindfully-parenting-atypical-kids-podcast/id1530252372 

If you’re interested in learning more about growth mindset and my family’s process through many specific examples, there’s a longer version of this podcast, and a companion article on The Mighty by the same name. 

Connect with other parents in the Facebook group: Mindfully Parenting Atypical Kids Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/3229904633801703/?ref=share Download the Mindful Meltdown Cheat Sheet & join my newsletter https://www.healthyhappyyoga.com/meltdown

If you breathe, you belong here.

My core values are empathy, integrity, equity and respect.

Your 5 star review helps other people find this podcast!

Has too much stress and sitting tied your back in knots? Try this gentle 13 minute video to awaken your deep core and hip flexor muscles:

Free Video: Quick & Gentle Yoga for Your Core & Lower Back https://healthy-happy-yoga.ck.page/022f9cb24b

Join Healthy Happy Yoga to learn simple tools to build resilience to anxiety, breath by breath. healthyhappyyoga.com

Beginning with a gentle core & psoas awakening sequence on your back, ask yourself what you most want to feel in this moment. Use your breath to connect with that intention. In this slow, gentle flow, please begin in constructive rest: lie down on your back with your knees up.  Breathe from your strong center, expanding your circle of inclusion wider. End with guided relaxation and self-compassion. As you listen, connect with your inner teacher and deepen into the present moment. Take refuge in the rhythm of your breath, and awareness of your body. Nothing here is medical advice. 

Nothing here is medical advice.

Your 5 star review helps others find this podcast.

Has too much stress and sitting tied your back in knots? Try this gentle 13 minute video to awaken your deep core and hip flexor muscles.

Free Video: Quick & Gentle Yoga for Your Core & Lower Back https://healthy-happy-yoga.ck.page/022f9cb24b

Join Healthy Happy Yoga to learn simple tools to build resilience to anxiety, breath by breath. healthyhappyyoga.com

Walking meditation is something I can take refuge in right now. Feeling my feet on the earth, one and then the next. Sometimes I’ll simply listen. Sometimes I’ll use a breath pattern. Affirmation and mantra connected to my breath, in rhythm with my steps. I hope you’ll join me on the path of awakening, and experience a sense of gratitude, purpose and mindfulness during your walking meditation. 

This podcast has a companion article: https://accessibleyoga.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-path-of-awakening-walking.html 

If you breathe, you belong here.

My core values are empathy, integrity, equity and respect.

Your 5 star review helps other people find this podcast!

Has too much stress and sitting tied your back in knots? Try this gentle 13 minute video to awaken your deep core and hip flexor muscles:

Free Video: Quick & Gentle Yoga for Your Core & Lower Back https://healthy-happy-yoga.ck.page/022f9cb24b

Join Healthy Happy Yoga to learn simple tools to build resilience to anxiety, breath by breath. healthyhappyyoga.com

And now for something a little different! Healthy Happy Yoga Podcast isn't going away. Look for the New Podcast: Mindfully Parenting Atypical Kids

My son Ocean suggested we do a podcast to help other kids with ASD who have been affected by the changes due to Coronavirus. He shares his strategies and what has been the hardest. At the end, try a few simple eye exercises, in case you are also experiencing stress and eye strain. 

This episode has been so popular, we've created our own M-PAK podcast! 

Join us there: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mindfully-parenting-atypical-kids-podcast/id1530252372 

Connect with other parents in the Facebook group: Mindfully Parenting Atypical Kids Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/3229904633801703/?ref=share Download the Mindful Meltdown Cheat Sheet & join my newsletter https://www.healthyhappyyoga.com/meltdown 

If you breathe, you belong here.

My core values are empathy, integrity, equity and respect.

Your 5 star review helps other people find this podcast!

Has too much stress and sitting tied your back in knots? Try this gentle 13 minute video to awaken your deep core and hip flexor muscles:

Free Video: Quick & Gentle Yoga for Your Core & Lower Back https://healthy-happy-yoga.ck.page/022f9cb24b

Join Healthy Happy Yoga to learn simple tools to build resilience to anxiety, breath by breath. healthyhappyyoga.com

“It’s not enough to experience suffering. We much also touch peace.”

-Thich Nhat Hanh

Restorative Yoga, breathing patterns, guided relaxation and self-compassion practice to touch peace within. 

Begin in a supported fish position. Lie back over cushions or blocks placed under your upper back and the base of your skull, knees bent and knocking towards each other with feet apart. Make sure you are warm.

Nothing here is medical advice.

Your 5 star review helps others find this podcast.

Has too much stress and sitting tied your back in knots? Try this gentle 13 minute video to awaken your deep core and hip flexor muscles.

Free Video: Quick & Gentle Yoga for Your Core & Lower Back https://healthy-happy-yoga.ck.page/022f9cb24b

Join Healthy Happy Yoga to learn simple tools to build resilience to anxiety, breath by breath. healthyhappyyoga.com

Moving our bodies in unison with each other, and with breath, can happen even in the virtual space. After a short standing warmup, send loving kindness to the world as you flow through simple sun salutations. Nothing here is medical advice. Find virtual connection at healthyhappyyoga.com

If you breathe, you belong here.

My core values are empathy, integrity, equity and respect.

Your 5 star review helps other people find this podcast!

Has too much stress and sitting tied your back in knots? Try this gentle 13 minute video to awaken your deep core and hip flexor muscles:

Free Video: Quick & Gentle Yoga for Your Core & Lower Back https://healthy-happy-yoga.ck.page/022f9cb24b

Join Healthy Happy Yoga to learn simple tools to build resilience to anxiety, breath by breath. healthyhappyyoga.com

It’s normal to feel contracted right now. Yoga and meditation can help! 

On the day the gyms closed in NYC, I taught this down-regulating, calming practice to address the inevitable discomfort arising from Coronavirus anxiety. In this slow, gentle flow, we begin in constructive rest: lie down on your back with your knees up. As you listen, connect with your inner teacher and deepen into the present moment. Take refuge in the rhythm of your breath, and awareness of your body. Nothing here is medical advice. Find other ways to stay connected at healthyhappyyoga.com 

If you breathe, you belong here.

My core values are empathy, integrity, equity and respect.

Your 5 star review helps other people find this podcast!

Has too much stress and sitting tied your back in knots? Try this gentle 13 minute video to awaken your deep core and hip flexor muscles:

Free Video: Quick & Gentle Yoga for Your Core & Lower Back https://healthy-happy-yoga.ck.page/022f9cb24b

Join Healthy Happy Yoga to learn simple tools to build resilience to anxiety, breath by breath. healthyhappyyoga.com