#whyipractice

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At some point you’re going to want to lose the training wheels and get away from that wall. This was such a mind trip for me. I would literally have a mini panic attack, and lose my shit lasting only a couple of attempts before I’d give up and go back to Paul. 2 things got me through... 1: repetition. I joined a challenge for 100 handstands for 100 days and I took it literally 🤣. Everyday I did 100 stands; or at least 100 attempts. By putting my mind on attempts rather than completion I was able to power through and slowly the fear began to fade. (And I got some pretty strong shoulders in the process😉) 2: I found these pendulum swings rather than kicking up; and my control (and core strength) really grew! With control came confidence; confidence grew into peace; finding peace nurtured my balance of effort and ease and I started finding some great hang time. However, whatever you set your sights on; show up, give yourself time, give yourself care and enjoy the process💪🏻. For me, that’s always the point. Awareness with commitment... that’s where the lessons are... that’s one more reason #whyipractice

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DAY 14 of @trinifoundationchallenge Dandasana (Staff Pose) Last day of the #trinifoundationchallenge ❤️ Unfortunately, scars reminds us that the past is real. Hey, you'll be fine. 🙃 It actually reminds us that we are stonger than we know. Yep, we've all made mistakes and failures that we just can't forget, this is life. Just always remember it's really important to forgive yourself for your past, then from there, move forward a little stronger and a little wiser. 🙈🙉🙊 Join @trinifoundation, @taylorhuntyoga, @ashtangadispatch and participants from the most recent Ashtanga and Addiction Forum in Columbus for a 14 day challenge as we spread light on the issue of drug and alcohol addiction and how yoga helps. The Trini Foundation is committed to bringing Ashtanga yoga to recovery centers across the country. Be a part of the solution. Make sure to follow and tag @trinifoundation in all posts. Winners will be announced at the end of the challenge. Prizes: 1 winner will receive a spot at a workshop with Taylor Hunt in a city near you. 2 winners will receive a spot in the next Forum in November with Taylor Hunt in Columbus. #trinifoundationchallenge SPONSORS:🖤 @taylorhuntyoga @trinifoundation @ashtangadispatch HOSTS:🖤 @ohh_abi @southernashtangi @ekamyogaandwellness @fogel7374 @ashtangayogajenifer @ashtangayoga_dvp @jessmhumphries @sukhavebodhe @trishahoffmanyoga @kellyjhills @mattischanging @priscillapwilliams @txrose_yoga . . . #whyipractice #trinifoundationchallenge #trinifoundation #beapartofthesolution #theforum #trinifoundation #taylorhuntyoga #bringyourasstoclass

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DAY 13 of @trinifoundationchallenge Transitions "When you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint" then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. " - Vincent Van G. Ask for forgiveness, forgive yourself, and give yourself another shot to start over. My practice made me stronger, not only physically, now strong enough to forgive and accept myself. The ego is not only a liar, it is the liar. So when experiencing an ego trap, always remember to pause. It's the ego that cannot forgive. It's all in the mind. When learn how to forgive we finally learn to let go, when we let go, there comes acceptance. ❤️ When there is acceptance, there is peace. 🙃 The soul tells no lies, unlike the mind. 🌱 Join @trinifoundation, @taylorhuntyoga, @ashtangadispatch and participants from the most recent Ashtanga and Addiction Forum in Columbus for a 14 day challenge as we spread light on the issue of drug and alcohol addiction and how yoga helps. The Trini Foundation is committed to bringing Ashtanga yoga to recovery centers across the country. Be a part of the solution. Make sure to follow and tag @trinifoundation in all posts. Winners will be announced at the end of the challenge. Prizes: 1 winner will receive a spot at a workshop with Taylor Hunt in a city near you. 2 winners will receive a spot in the next Forum in November with Taylor Hunt in Columbus. #trinifoundationchallenge SPONSORS:🖤 @taylorhuntyoga @trinifoundation @ashtangadispatch HOSTS:🖤 @ohh_abi @southernashtangi @ekamyogaandwellness @fogel7374 @ashtangayogajenifer @ashtangayoga_dvp @jessmhumphries @sukhavebodhe @trishahoffmanyoga @kellyjhills @mattischanging @priscillapwilliams @txrose_yoga . . . #whyipractice #trinifoundationchallenge #trinifoundation #beapartofthesolution #theforum #trinifoundation #taylorhuntyoga #bringyourasstoclass

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DAY 11 of @trinifoundationchallenge Virabhadrasana II (Warrior 2) "If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete. " - Jack Kornfield I lack self love and self acceptance and this practice has reminded me that self love isn't to achieve, it is something to remember. Self love and self care requires that we forgive ourselves. Self love, self respect and self worth. There is a reason why they all start with self. You can not find them in anyone else. We all deserve pure, whole and authentic love. Sobriety is authentic. 💪☄️ Sobriety is also a form of self love. 💕 Join @trinifoundation, @taylorhuntyoga, @ashtangadispatch and participants from the most recent Ashtanga and Addiction Forum in Columbus for a 14 day challenge as we spread light on the issue of drug and alcohol addiction and how yoga helps. The Trini Foundation is committed to bringing Ashtanga yoga to recovery centers across the country. Be a part of the solution. Make sure to follow and tag @trinifoundation in all posts. Winners will be announced at the end of the challenge. Prizes: 1 winner will receive a spot at a workshop with Taylor Hunt in a city near you. 2 winners will receive a spot in the next Forum in November with Taylor Hunt in Columbus. #trinifoundationchallenge SPONSORS:🖤 @taylorhuntyoga @trinifoundation @ashtangadispatch HOSTS:🖤 @ohh_abi @southernashtangi @ekamyogaandwellness @fogel7374 @ashtangayogajenifer @ashtangayoga_dvp @jessmhumphries @sukhavebodhe @trishahoffmanyoga @kellyjhills @mattischanging @priscillapwilliams @txrose_yoga . . . #whyipractice #trinifoundationchallenge #trinifoundation #beapartofthesolution #theforum #trinifoundation #taylorhuntyoga #bringyourasstoclass

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DAY 10 of @trinifoundationchallenge Virabhadrasana I (Warrior 1 Pose) 6 months ago with my yoga teacher/yoga buddy! @alex_manosa 🙃 Dare to do things that scare you. Boy I was too afraid to stand on my own. I was scared of changes. I didn't have the courage to give up all the vices I had only to know that I was the one who's feeding them. Mind altering kind of drugs to numb all the pain inside, smoking till I reach my kind of high. You'll get addicted and then depend on it because it changes the way you think in a snap and it burns the edges of your thoughts. And then I decided to become a warrior. My yoga practice gave me courage to break the cycle. ❤️ I learned to surrender to uncomfortable and unfamiliar ways. The detachment which gave me opportunity to hit bottom and get help and try again. It gave me the natural high, the peace of mind, and the strength to finally face the reality of life. Yes, we can get high on life too! Join @trinifoundation, @taylorhuntyoga, @ashtangadispatch and participants from the most recent Ashtanga and Addiction Forum in Columbus for a 14 day challenge as we spread light on the issue of drug and alcohol addiction and how yoga helps. The Trini Foundation is committed to bringing Ashtanga yoga to recovery centers across the country. Be a part of the solution. Make sure to follow and tag @trinifoundation in all posts. Winners will be announced at the end of the challenge. Prizes: 1 winner will receive a spot at a workshop with Taylor Hunt in a city near you. 2 winners will receive a spot in the next Forum in November with Taylor Hunt in Columbus. #trinifoundationchallenge SPONSORS:🖤 @taylorhuntyoga @trinifoundation @ashtangadispatch HOSTS:🖤 @ohh_abi @southernashtangi @ekamyogaandwellness @fogel7374 @ashtangayogajenifer @ashtangayoga_dvp @jessmhumphries @sukhavebodhe @trishahoffmanyoga @kellyjhills @mattischanging @priscillapwilliams @txrose_yoga . . . #whyipractice #trinifoundationchallenge #trinifoundation #beapartofthesolution #theforum #trinifoundation #taylorhuntyoga #bringyourasstoclass

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DAY 10 of @trinifoundationchallenge Utkatasana (Chair Pose) Comes from the Sanskrit utkata, which means “fierce, proud, high, haughty, superior, immense, large, difficult"—you get the idea. I never knew how strong I was when I finally stepped out of my comfort zone. I thought it was okay to stay there, thought I was already contented with 5%, but we all eat lies when our hearts are hungry. I was lost, wasted with my mind-altering drug-relationships and life had no direction. Then 6 months ago, I attended yoga. I was curious of what kind of yoga it was and to my surprise it was Ashtanga. It scared the shit out of me. Slowly, my practice is teaching me to be comfortable with uncomfortable. I don't know but it also made me realize that life can also get scary sometimes. The more you get scared, the more it will make you stronger than you can possibly be. 🌻 Strong enough to conquer life sober! 😘 #dreisyogajourney #yogataughtmetoloveme Join @trinifoundation, @taylorhuntyoga, @ashtangadispatch and participants from the most recent Ashtanga and Addiction Forum in Columbus for a 14 day challenge as we spread light on the issue of drug and alcohol addiction and how yoga helps. The Trini Foundation is committed to bringing Ashtanga yoga to recovery centers across the country. Be a part of the solution. Make sure to follow and tag @trinifoundation in all posts. Winners will be announced at the end of the challenge. Prizes: 1 winner will receive a spot at a workshop with Taylor Hunt in a city near you. 2 winners will receive a spot in the next Forum in November with Taylor Hunt in Columbus. #trinifoundationchallenge SPONSORS:🖤 @taylorhuntyoga @trinifoundation @ashtangadispatch HOSTS:🖤 @ohh_abi @southernashtangi @ekamyogaandwellness @fogel7374 @ashtangayogajenifer @ashtangayoga_dvp @jessmhumphries @sukhavebodhe @trishahoffmanyoga @kellyjhills @mattischanging @priscillapwilliams @txrose_yoga . . . #whyipractice #trinifoundationchallenge #trinifoundation #beapartofthesolution #theforum #trinifoundation #taylorhuntyoga #bringyourasstoclass

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DAY 9 of @trinifoundationchallenge Utthita Hasta Padangustasana (Extended Hand to Big Toe Pose) What a liberation to realize that the "voice in my head" is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that. - Eckhart Tolle I was gifted. My yoga teacher used to tell me this all the time. Genetically gifted for yoga practice they say. At first I don't really know what she was talking about, until I suddenly realized that I was indeed gifted through practice. It was quite easy for me to do those asanas but it took practice for me to have the balance. You may see me doing good with asanas, but imagine me fighting with myself inside me. This voice inside me won't leave me alone. The mind kept on playing with me along with those ego traps. I didn't care about the asanas. What I really wanted was the silence. The peace of mind every time I practice. I was trying to breathe deeply and reach to myself. Breathing in and out "Hey you don't need mind altering drugs. You don't need to smoke it all out." And then I was able to meet myself in stillness and we breathe. ❤️ ️ Join @trinifoundation, @taylorhuntyoga, @ashtangadispatch and participants from the most recent Ashtanga and Addiction Forum in Columbus for a 14 day challenge as we spread light on the issue of drug and alcohol addiction and how yoga helps. The Trini Foundation is committed to bringing Ashtanga yoga to recovery centers across the country. Be a part of the solution. Make sure to follow and tag @trinifoundation in all posts. Winners will be announced at the end of the challenge. Prizes: 1 winner will receive a spot at a workshop with Taylor Hunt in a city near you. 2 winners will receive a spot in the next Forum in November with Taylor Hunt in Columbus. #trinifoundationchallenge SPONSORS:🖤 @taylorhuntyoga @trinifoundation @ashtangadispatch HOSTS:🖤 @ohh_abi @southernashtangi @ekamyogaandwellness @fogel7374 @ashtangayogajenifer @ashtangayoga_dvp @jessmhumphries @sukhavebodhe @trishahoffmanyoga @kellyjhills @mattischanging @priscillapwilliams @txrose_yoga . . . #whyipractice #trinifoundationchallenge #trinifoundation #beapartofthesolution #theforum #trinifoundation #taylorhuntyoga #bringyourasstoclass

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DAY 6 of @trinifoundationchallenge Parivrtta Parsvakonasana (Revolved Side Angle Pose) "Embrace the glorious mess that you are"- E. G. Believe it or not, I was actually not aware about #AshtangaYoga when I started trying this but I really liked the feeling of being at peace every after practice. Twice a week practice ended up being three times a week. The idea of having to attend the class has also teached me well about discipline. The discipline of taking care of yourself mentally, physically and spiritually. Change sure is uncomfortable. Sometimes hard and and even painful. I was scared but I was learning to trust and surrender to my journey at the same time. With this, I was able to finally find time for myself. I missed me and I found myself in stillness. 💜 Join @trinifoundation, @taylorhuntyoga, @ashtangadispatch and participants from the most recent Ashtanga and Addiction Forum in Columbus for a 14 day challenge as we spread light on the issue of drug and alcohol addiction and how yoga helps. The Trini Foundation is committed to bringing Ashtanga yoga to recovery centers across the country. Be a part of the solution. Make sure to follow and tag @trinifoundation in all posts. Winners will be announced at the end of the challenge. Prizes: 1 winner will receive a spot at a workshop with Taylor Hunt in a city near you. 2 winners will receive a spot in the next Forum in November with Taylor Hunt in Columbus. #trinifoundationchallenge SPONSORS:🖤 @taylorhuntyoga @trinifoundation @ashtangadispatch HOSTS:🖤 @ohh_abi @southernashtangi @ekamyogaandwellness @fogel7374 @ashtangayogajenifer @ashtangayoga_dvp @jessmhumphries @sukhavebodhe @trishahoffmanyoga @kellyjhills @mattischanging @priscillapwilliams @txrose_yoga . . . #whyipractice #trinifoundationchallenge #trinifoundation #beapartofthesolution #theforum #trinifoundation #taylorhuntyoga #bringyourasstoclass