Category: self-care

trauma yoga

Let go of yoga warfare and invite peace

I’ve spent years loving and pushing myself in power yoga and vinyasa yoga. I loved the physical benefits and feeling the growth and toning in my body. It took a while for me to notice that the voice in my head driving me was a drill sergeant, never satisfied, constantly competing and pushing. I suffer

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Why do you practice yoga?

Why do you practice? Why do you practice physically? Why do you practice mentally? Why do you practice spiritually? What keeps bringing you back? How has it affected you?  I practice, yoga, meditation, and tai chi for the overall well-being and dexterity balance of my body. It’s mobility. Bodily functions. It’s resilience. The physical aspects

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Just B Yoga stands with MSU

My heart is heavy and so are my legs. I’m not imagining it. I am sorrowful and my chest feels hollow – breath barely touching my insides. This is real. My body feels surges of electric heat, my anger taking up space. Evidence of the energy of yesterday’s terror still vibrating and rippling. It will

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The appearance of wellness

I don’t want to appear well. I used to. I used to be good at it. Meet the expectations of society and family. Wear the right clothes. Speak properly. Sound smart. Appear humble. Do good things. My teeth looked good. My hair looked right. People “looked up to me” But that was veneer. That was

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Yoga for recovery

Our Happy Hour Recovery Yoga (donation-based) is a weekly class (Fridays 5:30 p.m. EST) designed to help navigate the emotions and cyclical behaviors that keep us stuck in negative patterns, build a healthier relationship with our physical bodies and shift how we relate to others.

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Joy and pain: a practice

I am at a loss with your losses.
All I have is my presence and willingness to feel the loss with you without getting lost.

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Truth of feeling

Yoga frees us from a life of “feeling bypass” to one of immersion and growth and balance.

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Yoga for your eyes and vision

My eyes are tired.
They are tired of screens and electronic lighting.
They are tired of seeing the harshness of the world; trying to see things your way; not seeing what I need to. The eyes – the windows to the outside world and the portals to our inner vision and inner spirit guides – need just as much attention as hips and core and legs.

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Private Lesson Sale ends Dec. 31

Want to have private yoga or tai chi lessons? Get personalized instruction and work at your own pace? Sign up for private lessons with Belinda now and save 40%. What a great way to start the year investing in your practice and study. Half-hour sessions and One-hour sessions are available. BUY PACKAGE (contact info@justbyoga.com if

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Home Yoga Practice Week 10: Focus (Dharana)

I have spent a lot of my years believing that focus was lasering my will. It was how I believed my success in academics, my profession – heck anything – was achieved. Lasering my will was me forcing my dominance or defiance. For example, “I’m not going to let them think I can’t do something because I’m a woman. “ “I’m going to prove I’m worthy as a person of color and do it 10 times better.” I had to be THE best which means superior when you think about it, or when I think about it. And being superior by deductive reasoning means others are inferior. And that just lands me at dominance.

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Week 2: Plan your practice, Practice Your Plan – acceptance and binding

Acceptance of what happens is certainly a worthwhile chew for our times. The pandemic and our fight for freedom, justice and equality can stir discontent. At least it keeps our focus on what’s wrong and the need to fix. It can feel like acceptance means we are OK with the state of the world. It doesn’t.

Plan to practice yoga, practice your yoga plan

Developing a personal practice is one of the most difficult, sincere and rewarding things one can do in a life. And while I’m applying this concept to a yoga practice, it holds true for all. A spiritual practice. A martial arts practice. A creative practice. Making it your own, doing it with dedication and devotion,

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