becOMing yogini

Simply put, one yogini's journey to discovering her true self.

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Okay, can't not share. Sorry guys.(For those who are wondering, the scar is from a surgery related to Crohn's disease that saved my life). Girl on the left, bloated, tired, and toxic yogini from six months ago. I was quite literally doing everything "right"...I juiced, I ate smart, I practiced yoga, and I was still really miserable in my skin. Enough was enough. I couldn't survive that way anymore. I decided to jump on board with a group of friends who were nutritional cleansing...although many results happened within the first few weeks...the bloating went away, the energy came back...it still took a little bit of time to really notice significant progress in my body. This is 6 months later, and it has been the easiest lifestyle shift I've ever made. Not only am I practicing and teaching yoga multiple times a week now, but I've had enough natural energy to pick up running. Who knew I would also LOVE to run?! I have to let you guys know about this because it would be far too selfish of me not to share, everyone deserves to feel incredible in their bodies and if I can help one person by posting this, then it's so worth it! If what you're doing isn't working for you, please send me an email ([email protected]) or comment below with yours...I would love to connect. 😘 have a ridiculously amazing day! #teamanchored #startyourlife

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Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. #wellnesswednesday #startyourlife #teamanchored #handstand (at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina)

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Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished. ~Michael Strassfeld #startyourlife #teamanchored #namaste (at Hilton Head Island Beach)

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Prepped this compass pose through my Flow & Yin class tonight at @jivayogacenter, but we never made our way around to it...didn't want to waste the stretch! Especially not with a sunset like this!! #hiltonhead #compasspose #teamanchored (at Sonesta Resort Hilton Head Island)

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God always speaks to me when my body is working the hardest, it's just the way it happens every time. It's when my mind is clear and I'm connected to my source. This morning I was hearing all about belief in myself and comparisons to others. Let me start by saying, I ran 9 miles and I've never run that far before. Sure, there are millions of people who use 9 miles as a warm-up. There are also even more people who have never tried or who have tried and quit. The only thing separating these two groups is belief. Before today, I was a member of the second group. Not because I couldn't physically work up to 9 miles, but because I never believed I could do it without getting distracted from the process and quitting. Six weeks ago I set out a goal to run a marathon by the end of the year. This is a laughable goal for the yogi girl with twig legs. I LOVE LAUGHABLE GOALS. I will achieve it because I have blinders on, all I can see is the finish line. I can't see the millions of athletes who have proven its possible, I can't see the person next to me still in mid-process, I can't see all the people I'm leaving in my dust. Because no one else matters, all that matters is that I BELIEVE I can do it. We have choices my friends. We can choose to see all the things in our way, or how we weren't planted in the right place or the right body for success, or we can get to work and see the opportunity to inspire ourselves and others and SHINE like God intended us to shine. The only thing separating us from achieving our goals is OURSELVES and our lack of belief, along with the excuses we've made as to why we can't. It's not going to be easy, my friends! But whatever your excuses may be, they have nothing to do with the TRUTH of who you are or what you are capable of. We would be doing an incredible disservice to this world if we tried to tell God how small we were when He already instilled within us EVERYTHING we need for greatness. Believe it. I love you all, have a ridiculously amazing day! #teamanchored #teamanchored90daygp #startyourlife (at Hilton Head Island Beach)

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Our Pose for Day 10 of #anatomicalyogis is Plow Pose ❂ Halasana ❂ 1. Begin by lying flat on your back with your legs extended and your arms at your sides, palms down. 2. On an inhalation, use your abdominal muscles to lift your legs and hips up toward the ceiling. Bring your torso perpendicular to the floor. 3.Straighten your legs and slowly lower your toes to the floor with your legs fully extended. If your toes do not yet touch the floor, support your back with your hands. Lower your legs as far as possible, keeping your legs straight. Continue to keep your back supported if your feet do not touch the floor. 4.If your feet rest comfortably, extend your arms along the floor and interlace your fingers. Press your upper arms firmly into the floor, drawing down through the pinkie finger side of your hands. 5.Align your hips over your shoulders. Un-tuck your toes and press the tops of your feet into the floor. 6. Lift your tailbone higher, and draw your inner groin deep into your pelvis. Keep a space between your chin and chest, and at the same time, lift your chest to open the upper back. Soften your throat. Gaze down toward your cheeks. 7.To release, support your back with your hands. Then, slowly roll down, one vertebra at a time, bending your knees if you need to. Benefits: Plow Pose opens the neck, shoulders, and back. By compressing the abdomen, it massages and tones the digestive organs, which improves detoxification. This pose stimulates and regulates the thyroid gland, relieves excess phlegm and mucus, and regulates the breath. Check in with @lamjessfit for Day 11! Make sure to tag all the Hosts: @om_yogini @becomingyogini @lamjessfit and @yogawithbrie As well as our Sponsor: @bybriellebelle @mindfulfolks @thesundaymarket and @fitfit_activewear

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@becomingyogini - Our Pose for Day 6 of #anatomicalyogis is Wild Thing ❂ Camatkarasana ❂ Start in Downward Facing Dog Pose. Raise your right leg up towards the sky and stack your right hip over your left. Bend your right knee to bring your heel towards your buttocks. Keep the pressure in both hands even for a few breaths. Keeping your hips stacked, bring your shoulders forward over your hands. Now take a peak over your left shoulder and have a look at the toes on your right foot. Slowly let those toes come down to the ground beside your mat as your flip yourself over and reach your right hand forwards. Your left foot is now facing towards the back of your mat and you are on the ball of your right foot with your right knee bent. Push down through both feet and your left hand as you lift your hips upwards towards the sky. Keep reaching your right hand forwards and slightly down. Draw your shoulders on to your back and find a backbend as you let your head hang back behind you. Stay here for 2-5 breaths, then flip yourself back over to Downward Facing Dog. Repeat on the other side. Benefits: Stretches the chest, shoulders and throat Opens the hips and hip flexors Stretches and strengthens the back Energizes the body and mind Check in with @lamjessfit for Day 7! Make sure to tag all the Hosts: @om_yogini @becomingyogini @lamjessfit and @yogawithbrie As well as our Sponsor: @bybriellebelle @mindfulfolks @thesundaymarket and @fitfit_activewear (at Pool Bar Jim's)

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Loving this app!

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Have you guys downloaded Periscope yet??? This is too much fun! Follow me for live stream updates!!! 😀😀😀 @becomingyogini

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Trying new things... ✔️ #chinstand

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The first of many START Sunday's to come! 7pm at CharBar on Hilton Head Island, SC #startyourlife #teamanchored (at Charbar Co.)

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We never see people as they are, we see them as we are. All of our past experiences are projected out on a screen for us, playing out the future based on an experiences in the past. It's how the mind works, it learns to form judgements to keep us safe and consequently stuck. When we begin to awaken and the past loosens its grip on our future, we can begin to see each other in a new light. The reality of this dream, the people in it, our stories, our pain and trauma, what has been "done to us" fades away and all that remains is love. Waking up doesn't happen all at once, we have to keep choosing to do so. Without judgement. Without guilt. Bravely stepping into the unknown and making a choice to see people not as a reflection of our own story, but as the unchanging perfection that exists within each of us. Have an amazing Sunday friends ❤️ Outfit by @aloyoga #aloyoga. ⚓️ #teamanchored #teamvoyage #theloveecho

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"If you want to change the fruits, you will first have to change the roots. If you want to change the visible, you must first change the invisible." T. Harv Eker. #abundance #startyourlife #teamanchored. Outfit by @aloyoga ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Our Pose for Day 6 of #anatomicalyogis is Headstand ❂ SIRSASANA ❂ 1. Kneel on the floor (or the sand 😉). Interlace your fingers together and set the forearms on the floor, elbows at shoulder width. Set the crown of your head on the floor and snuggle the back of your head into your open palms. 2. Lift your knees off the floor, carefully walk your toes closer to your elbows. Actively lift through the thighs. Guide the shoulder blades away from the ears. 3. When your toes are close enough to your elbows your legs will begin to feel light. Using your core to stabilize, lift your feet off the floor. Knees into the chest (or pike for our more advanced yogis). Firm the thighs. Press the heels directly up to the sky. 4. To stabilize, check in with the shoulders again, firm the outer arms, keep the weight evenly distributed on the two forearms. 5. Stay for at least 10 breaths. Sirsasana benefits: • Calms the brain and helps relieve stress. • Stimulates the pituitary gland and pineal glands. • Strengthens the arms, legs, and spine. • Strengths the lungs • Tones the abdominal organs • Improves digestion Check in with @lamjessfit for Day 7! Make sure to tag all the Hosts: @om_yogini @becomingyogini @lamjessfit and @yogawithbrie As well as our Sponsor: @Aloyoga (at Shipyard Beach Club)

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Love is all that exists. #miracles

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Our Pose for Day 2 of #anatomicalyogis is Cow Face Pose ❂ GOMUKHASANA ❂ 1. Begin seated with legs extended out in front of you. 2. Cross the right leg over the left leg, bend the right knee bringing your right heel outside of the left hip. Bend your left knee, placing the left heel outside of your right hip. 3. Knees should be as stacked as possible, feet an even distance from your hips. 4. Stay for a few breaths allowing the hips to sink, both sitting bones should feel evenly grounded. 5. When ready you can take the pose further by folding forward. Cow face arms are also an option. ❤️❤️❤️ This is a great hip opener and decompressor of the low spine when you forward fold. Shoulder are also opened when using the cow face arms variation. It works into the connective tissue of the hips, especially when you are as relaxed as possible, engaging very little muscle activity. In Yin Yoga this pose is also said to affect liver, kidney and gallbladder as well as the urinary bladder line and stomach when folded forward. Check in with @lamjessfit for Day 3! Outfit is @aloyoga ❤️❤️❤️ Make sure to tag all the Hosts: @om_yogini @becomingyogini @lamjessfit and @yogawithbrie As well as our Sponsor: @Aloyoga (at Shipyard Plantation)

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Eeeeeek!! Super excited about this one!! Attention all #AnatomicalYogis! This is a instagram pop-up challenge! For 8 days, starting today @yogawithbrie @lamjessfit @om_yogini and @becomingyogini will be taking you on a journey through the anatomy of yoga. Dealing with levels beginner to advance. This challenge will further your knowledge of the body and what exactly goes on during each pose! To be eligible for a prize from our amazing sponsor @aloyoga make sure you: - Follow all of the hosts and @aloyoga. - Re-post this challenge poster and tag 2 friends! - Make sure your account is public so we can see your photos. - Submissions must be NEW photos on your account every day of the daily pose (using modifications if needed). Catch up days are allowed, however all submissions must be submitted by the end of the day on July 1st Submissions made past July 2nd will not be counted. - You must tag all host and @aloyoga in each submission using only our hashtag #anatomicalyogis - Most importantly, have fun and listen to your body! Check in with @yogawithbrie tonight for day 1