Throughout our lives we cycle through times of expansion, times of contraction, and times of being suspended in a pause or plateau where we are assimilating and integrating our experience. These rhythmic changes are as natural to us as our breath. As the internal metronome of rhythm, our breath mirrors this life process of taking in and absorbing, letting go and relinquishing, and resting in the moments in between. When we suppress any one of these rhythms in our Yoga practice, our time on the mat will serve to freeze our way of being rather than afford us a way of adapting and changing in response to our deepest needs. -Donna Farhi ✨✨✨ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #asana #practice #be #move #lifestyle #fitfam #yogaeverywhere #yoga #yogaeverydamnday #yogamedicine #igyoga #yogaplay #yogi #yogini #workout #yogagirl #sweat #bbg #aloyoga #beadgoddess #furthermore #yogateacher #oakland #sfyoga #laketahoe #findyourtruenorth #wanderlustfest #namaste #yogacommunity #sanfrancisco (at Wanderlust Yoga Squaw Valley)