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“Yoga is a path which brings an incoherent and scattered mind to a reflective state of equanimity,” Michelle Crawford. Check out Michelle’s regular blog posts for free yoga online and to explore the benefits to yoga and how to do yoga at home under Michelle’s gentle guidance and wisdom.
YogaInMyPocket.com is focused around these three yoga concepts. . .
GROUNDING INTO THE PHYSICAL BODY
CREATING SPACE FOR LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE
WELCOMING THE PRESENT MOMENT
Anyone can practice yoga – young and old, sick and healthy. Many of us set aside a place and time by signing up for yoga practice at a studio. Now, don’t get us wrong, inside your yoga studio is a great place to focus your practice, but wouldn’t it be great to carry the benefits to yoga to a regular practice at home too. What are the benefits of yoga? Read our Health Benefits of Yoga.
Yoga in My Pocket has the tools for all the places and spaces outside your studio to supplement or add to your ongoing practice or just to allow yourself some space for relaxation and stress relief. Let’s face it, most of us need a little help on how to handle stress and learning how to do yoga online is just a great fit.
Want a quick pick-me-up? Check out our Free Yoga Online to center and ground your soul and for tips on how to handle stress.
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Yoga In My Pocket News
Our Spring Sankalpa
Beautiful Angels , let’s set our Spring Sankalpa. To begin, please get comfortable. Shift and move a little to let your body settle deeper into sitting. Be comforted that at this time, everything is ok. Nothing but this present moment matters right now. There is nowhere to go and nothing to … [Read More...]
FLEXIBILITY & OPENNESS
I always believed that if I could make life a little more rhythmic, a little more predictable, I could become less afraid. Less afraid of change. Less afraid of being hurt. Less vulnerable. In short, I believed I could get less of what I fear and more of what I find comfortable. … [Read More...]
What Would I Do If I Wasn’t Afraid?
Last week I began to share about my experiences with the work of Pema Chodran. I began my dance with Pema Chodran and her wisdom at Christmas. It began as I nestled into my comfortable chair and cozy blanket with one of her books ---- I was so swept by her teaching that I ordered all of her … [Read More...]
Grounding in Yoga
What is Revealed is Healed!
Depicted here is my daughter Nicole’s exquisite drawing of Goddess Maya. Maya is the Hindu Goddess of Illusion. She moves subtly into your life to tell you to face your illusion, offering the qualities of clear sight, heightened awareness and self-knowledge. Her wisdom lets us know that it … [Read More...]
SAYING YES …. to creating new neuropathways !!
Ahhh..... What a life-enriching week I have had with my daughter in the blissful city of Victoria. The cherry blossom trees are blooming, the rain falls gently in the afternoons and the sun warms our sitting room each morning. As we have walked the streets of this quaint space I have given … [Read More...]
SMILING AT FEAR
The “secret” of life that we are all looking for is just this: to develop through sitting and daily life practice the power and courage to return to that which we have spent a lifetime hiding from, to rest in the bodily experience of the present moment --- even if it is a feeling of being … [Read More...]
