Rambling Yogi

Health, Wellness and the soul

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A meaningful life

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do – Rumi As we edge closer towards the end of the year it’s natural for people to take stock of the year that was and begin to mentally plan for what they would like the year ahead to look like. This sort of reflection may then lead to the bigger picture question; how satisfied am I with the life I am living? Am I living a purposeful / meaningful…

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Meditation - Mental Exercise

Meditation – Mental Exercise

Just like lifting weights makes your muscles stronger, practising meditation grows your ability to cultivate peace in your mind. How many times have you heard someone say, I’m feeling so unfit, I really need to do some exercise? Majority of people readily identify with the connection between good physical health and physical exercise. Now how many times have you heard someone say, I’m feeling so…

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Getting things done

It’s hard to believe that it’s been over 5 years since I last wrote a post for my blog. Since my last post I’ve changed jobs, had a baby, lost touch with my yoga practice / reconnected with my practice and written 27 draft posts. For one reason or another I just haven’t been able to bring myself to complete a post and publish it. So I thought for my first post in a very long time it would be…

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How Yoga Can Improve Your Running

How Yoga Can Improve Your Running

  Yoga is a great complement to any runners’ regular routine. Regular running will create tightness in some areas of the body and leave other areas relatively week. Yoga can help to loosen out those tight spots and strengthen weak muscles – making you a better less injury prone runner. Studies have shown that yoga reduces stress, improves strength and flexibility, eases pain, helps people to…

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Don't look back in anger

Don’t look back in anger

When my father passed away unexpectedly on Friday 3rd July 2015 my entire world changed forever. I remember the most intense feeling of disbelief, as the ICU doctor explained that he was not able to be revived, my brain when into overload.  I had been with him an hour and a half before hand, they had said he would be out of hospital next week. My brain screamed how can he possibly be gone, it…

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A little boost of self love for valentines day

A little boost of self love for valentines day

The stories we run in our heads often don’t provide the most compassionate perspective on who we are and what we have done. We are often our own biggest critic and when we rerun stories of our perceived inadequacies we begin to believe them. These stories and negative viewpoints can lead to really miserable situations and ultimately hold you back from the greatness that is you. The mere fact…

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Easing into life

The year just past really challenged me to start taking some personal responsibility for the state of my life. I realised just how much of a big difference there is between knowing something and actually putting it into practice. Putting things into practice requires self-awareness, a willingness to let go of current ways, a healthy dose of courage to take action and determination to keep trying.…

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Taking sometime to disconnect in order to reconnect. While I love sharing on social media I think it borders on addiction for me. I hate that the first thing that I do when I wake up in the morning is scroll through Instagram and Facebook. I also have to admit that overtime I have started to connect my sense of worth to the likes I receive and to me that is a scary space to fall into. So I'm having a self imposed intervention and taking a timeout from my social media. Time to stop looking for photo opportunities and just appreciate the beauty of the moment. Time to really focus on what matters rather than zoning out in news feeds. Redirecting my time to more soul nourishing endeavors because in the end you never really know how much time you have. ✌

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There can be no light without darkness. There will be times when life will bring you to your knees. Things will fall apart and you will be thrown into despair. The darkness and depth of the human experience become inescapable. From this place the choice to fight with your pain will only result in prolonged suffering. We must surrender to what is and allow emotions to flow through us, knowing that things will come together and fall back apart many times in our journey. So while there will be hard times in life that may seem relentless and crippling we must keep putting one foot in front of the other as we never know when something beautiful is about to break through into our lives.   Whilst I almost died of hypothermia I had the most amazing time bringing Rifts to life, the amazing project by Andrew Li. Please take a look at his amazing work giving a voice to the true human experience ➡ http://www.wearehon.com/ (at Wollamai Beach Phillip Island)

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Some artists produce a sort of magic that gets right into your heart and speaks to your soul. Dallas Green thank you for the intoxicating magic 😍 Melbourne thank you for the hypothermia ⛄ (at City and Colour at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl)

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The post yoga refuel 😍 Get a better start to the day! (at Stagger Lee's)

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Life's better when you start your day in flow. Such an amazing class this morning with @najigram_ at Power Living 🙏 You never regret making the things you love a priority. Make it an amazing one beautiful souls ✌ #happyfriday (at Power Living Fitzroy, Melbourne)

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Yoga releases the creative potential of Life.  It does this by establishing a structure for self-realization, by showing how we can progress along the journey, and by opening a sacred vision of the Ultimate, of our Divine Origin, and final Destiny.  The Light that yoga sheds on Life is something special.  It is transformative.  It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.  It brings knowledge and elevates wisdom. - B.K.S. Iyengar Teaching yoga has hands down been one of the most rewarding things I have ever done and I am so grateful for all the amazing students i've the pleasure of connecting with. Tonight will be my last Thursday night classes as I ease back on my teaching so that I can focus on my personal practice. Come join me tonight @kulayoga for a 6pm Hot or a 7:30pm Power. You'll still be able to catch me @kulayoga each week for Tue 6:30pm Yin and Wed 6:30pm Basics (at Kula Yoga & Wellness)

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There will be days like this

There will be days like this

There are days where the pain hits me so hard I could almost choke on it. A song will come on the radio that reminds me of my dad and I’m gone – tears are immediately rolling down my face, I can hardly breathe and I find myself doing that loud childlike crying. In the privacy of my car it’s a good release, it helps me to bit by bit comprehend what happened.

While my brain knows full well what…

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An amazing thing happens when you get honest with yourself and start doing what you love, what makes you happy. Your life literally slows down. You stop wishing for the weekend. You stop merely looking forward to special events. You begin to live in each moment and you start feeling like a human being. You just ride the wave that is life, with this feeling of contentment and joy. You move fluidly, steadily, calm and grateful. A veil is lifted, and a whole new perspective is born - Jes Allen ✌

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The longest journey of any person is the journey inwards 🙏 (at Kula Yoga & Wellness)

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The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It's our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows - Brenè Brown ✌ (at Cape Woolamai Beach)