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tonight at 5pm! bringing AROMATHERAPY VINYASA back with that good ole transformational flow. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ can’t wait to be featuring some of my favorite essential oils by @rootfoot, @sajewellness, and @doterra each and every week with you all. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ if you’ve never worked with or experienced essential oils, i invite you to come. adding an extra layer of elevation to your practice may be exactly what you need. (think 💆🏻 and spas). mmmmmm.... (at Yoga Garden San Francisco)

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if you don’t know, now you know 👐🏼 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ big things poppin’. check out + follow @theirreverentyogi for more updates

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change • transitions • surrender • freedom ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ anyone else feeling like they’re welcoming change after change after change after change? that they’re being asked to continuously let go? to shift? to clear out all that’s been weighing you down? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ me too, fam. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ while meditating today, i realized i subtly have been stepping into transitions with this idea of a surrender that doesn’t feel sad, terrifying, or ungrounding. i’m stepping into this sacred surrender. like i’m filled with this all-knowing trust that all will be well - it already is. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ know this for yourself too. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ with the season of change and surrender, i am debuting a new class this week: AROMATHERAPY VINYASA! while we’ll still be working with transformational flow (DM me if you have no idea what that’s about), i’ll be incorporating my love of aromatherapy into the class as well. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ new classes at the same times! M/F at 9am, Th at 5pm. let me know if you want to come check my class out for FREE! would love to invite you to our @yogagardensf community 🙏💗 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ photo credit: @sajewellness (at Yoga Garden San Francisco)

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“she remembered who she was and the game changed.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ so damn proud to be a women. and on #internationalwomensday - to be surrounded by 500 other women of all ages, ethnicities, careers, and passions. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ while i’ve learned many things this week, what’s come up for me time and time again is that we, as women, have to learn the divine gift of STEPPING INTO OUR POWER. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ there’s something about us that never wants to outshine another, make them feel lesser/guilty/undeserving/other. there’s something about us that tells us our story isn’t worth telling, our gifts aren’t worth sharing, our lives aren’t worth making brighter. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ but what i know? is that there’s more than enough room for ALL of us. that we all share the same dream of impacting change in this world - that we all have dreams of utilizing our god-given gifts to change this world, and we are also made so beautifully individual and unique. we GOTTA share that light into the world. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ happy international women’s day to all my queens, goddesses, witches, ladybosses, and bad ass bitches! 👸🏻 may you continue to unlearn blending in with the crowd so you can stand strongly in your powers to shape the world 💪🏼 you were meant for great things, queen. 👑 don’t forget it ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ photo credit: @elemental_child

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monday mantra 📿 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “if there is no struggle, there is no progress. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀they want rain without thunder and light night. they want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀the struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - Frederick Douglas ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ can’t be afraid of the struggle, the work it takes, to get where you want to be. keep that head low, that heart on fire, and keep hustlin’.

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facebook reminded me of my annual “get your shit together and make it happen” post. last year, it was a quote from @scottstabile that lit a 🔥 under my ass: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “you can’t be committed to your bullshit and to your growth. it’s one or the other.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ and damn, he’s right. it’s the same decision of fear v. love, vulnerability v. closed-heartedness, ego v. peace, lies v. truth. which are you moving towards? which wolf are you feeding? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ we forget that in every breath, every moment we have a choice. there is always a choice. and for me? i’m choosing to spiral upwards, not downwards. just gotta move past the fear of not being good enough, not having anything to offer, not being respected, understood, seen, loved, whatever. what are you choosing? how is it serving you?

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being a highly sensitive AND empathic person has its bonuses. it lends itself to reading my room when i lead my yoga classes, i can often sense when a friend is in need or distress energetically, i’m able to notice when something is off kilter. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ being a highly sensitive AND empathic person also can have its challenges. as i get older, i notice i’m sensitive to mostly everything: my environment, noise, foods i eat, stressful tv shows or movies, toxic relationships, how many hours of sleep i get, if i’m out in the cold too long... the list goes on and on. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ being this sensitive these last couple weeks have been frustrating. i’ve been working through a week-long migraine + trying to head off the cold/flu, which - when i look backwards and connect the dots, makes sense. i haven’t been doing my daily rituals (tea • morning pages • meditation • workout • breakfast), i’ve been drinking waaay less water, i haven’t been sleeping, and i’ve been eating all the things i shouldn’t have. but, while some people can get away with all of this... it comes at a cost to me physically, mentally, and spiritually. i’m not proud of it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ actually, this week i feel tons of shame. i found myself wishing i weren’t this sensitive, that i could be “just like everyone else.” welp, i’m not. so, instead, i decide to lean in and do what i need to do to recalibrate. today: it’s extra sleep, tons of water, a bubble bath of lavender, eucalyptus, and epsom salts, and a netipot rinse. i wish i could be more productive, doing the laundry list of things needing to get done, but self care comes first. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ gotta take care of you; there is only one of ya. how do you recalibrate, reset, and take care of yourself? 🛀

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when you throw it back to date night this weekend bc you been in your pjs all day 💁🏻‍♀️ #heygirlhey

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still up on that me day (not vday) hype ⚡️ that new 🌚 solar eclipse got me like 👸🏻 ready to build that empire thanks to @thetrapwitch for the reminder to always stay queen or die trying

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valentine’s day. eh, i hate it. i hated it when i was in relationships, i dreaded it when i was single. to me, it’s a day with unnecessary pressure to share with the world how ideal your relationship, partner, family, life is. shouldn’t every day be like that? * this year, i’m thankful for my damn self. happy valentine’s day, #ladyboss. you live a life where you (finally!!) have work/life balance, you impact people’s lives on the daily, last year you crushed your goals of paying down monstrous debt, this year you planned and paid for your own nature daycation, you have beautiful souls in your life who would ride or die for you, and each day is filled with laughter, lessons, and levity - something that years ago, you didn’t think was possible. i’d say that’s worth celebrating 💪🏼✨💗 * for those who don’t have a partner to celebrate on today, don’t waste your day longing for one. instead, celebrate you! what do you love most about yourself, your life? what are you most proud of accomplishing? while many relationships come and go, there’s one that always remains: the (most important) relationship with self.

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1️⃣3️⃣ years later and back in these halls. • while many things have changed (like carpet in the student center, calling my teachers by their first names, beignets as a snack), many things have not (tons of familiar faces, the warmth of community, and laughter ringing in the halls). • i was lucky enough to be invited as a guest and teach sophomores about yoga. (full confession: uhm, kind of a dream come true!) i came to yoga - well, yoga came into my life - in college. to have been exposed to yoga at a younger age, to even know it existed, that it was a tool... i mean, i could dream the what if’s. • so, of course, i hopped on the opportunity to share my knowledge and passion. and boy, did these sophomores teach ME! it was fun being transported back to those high school days of feeling awkward in your body, unsure of most things, but wanting to be “cool” (whatever that means), and also wanting to share every single moment with your friends. • what stood out most to me were two poses: crow, tree, and savasana. with crow and tree, most nailed the pose - they jumped in with a ferocious eagerness, fearless, and able to still their minds long enough to balance. and man, that savasana? the quietest we’d ever hear them. it was incredible to see them settle down and turn onwards. • my heart is so full. i’ve left, changed, because i now have the utmost respect for teachers who teach high school students (it. is. not. easy.) and i also have a new lease on life tapping into that adolescent vitality. so thankful and inspired to bring it to my classes back @yogagardensf this week! (at St. Ignatius College Preparatory)

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luke skywalkin’ on these haters 💁🏻‍♀️ channeling my inner rey

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matcha and meditation 🧘🏻‍♀️ #iwokeuplikethis

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and all was right with the 🌎 ... #philadelphiaeagles • sometimes you gotta get upside down to make things right side up. • F O U R chances to flow with me this week, catch them on the highlights under my bio. • photo credit: @zella.om

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when it’s friday and this gorgeous weather got you feeling like a million bucks

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mood af: sunday vibes last aromatherapy vinyasa tonight at 6pm. come flow, be enveloped in some incredible essential oils, and sweat out the #sundayscaries 😉

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“there’s something inside you that knows when you’re in the center, that knows when you’re on the beam or off the beam... if you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life you ought to be living is the life you are living. follow your bliss and don’t be afraid and doors will open where you didn’t know they would be.” -joseph campbell photo credit: @markkuroda