Blossoming Bodhi

21/12/2023

🌟✨ Embracing the Mystique of the Solstice ✨🌟

As the celestial symphony of the solstice graces us, I find myself enchanted by the mysteries woven into ancient civilizations. How did these sacred lands become the cradle for honoring cosmic junctures like solstices and equinoxes? Was it rooted in deep spiritual devotion or guided by an enigmatic force, veiled in time?

Exploring the depths of history unveils a captivating tapestry of the unknown. These photos created a curiosity of what is it like to experience the timeless dance between the darkness and the light? I wonder will the wind carry the whispers of a bygone era?

With the solstice upon us, I extend heartfelt blessings to all, embracing the enchantment of this celestial event. May you find peace this winter, create new ways to bring warmth to your soul, and experience an illuminating path ahead with hope, joy, and infinite possibilities.

Let us cherish this juncture, celebrating the interconnectedness of our experiences and the wonder of the universe. Happy Solstice, dear friends! 🌞🌿✨

13/09/2021

Y12SR is a blend of a traditional 12 step meeting and a yoga practice. Sharing and discussion will be followed by a yoga flow to ingrain the principles in our minds and bodies and enhance our recovery. The class is open to everyone in recovery from addiction and their families.

Register at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/yoga-12-step-recovery-tickets-170845622857

30/03/2021

Battling addiction is such a hard path for the person going through it and often times the people who love them. Through my training in yoga therapy and the amazing offering from Y12SR I feel like I am ready to hold space for those who need it.

Our first meeting is Friday night at 10 PM EST and 7 PM PST

Feel free to email me if you have any questions or concerns.

Namaste

Dawn

12/03/2021

BKS Iyengar says “the study of asana is not about mastering posture. It is about using posture to understand yourself”
I love forward bends there is something about leaning forward. Stretching my spine, centering my breath, there is a point of surrender and peace.
I hope the next time you are on your mat you will consider your favorite pose and what it does for you.

07/09/2020

This has been the best weekend I got to hang out with for a Chakra workshop and I was left with this thought if you are not being defined by a vision of the future then you are being defined by the actions of the past (pretty sure this is a quote by Joe Dispenza).

Designing the future is hard. It often means we are required to unlearn our patterns of behaviors and re-evaluate our mental coping models. Then we have to learn to embrace these present moments holding gratitude for our past especially the struggles.

As I was reflecting on the workshop I found myself considering my newfound information as an opportunity to utilize the body’s energy by balancing our prana or qi through the chakras. In this way, the chakras become a tool to reprogram ourselves - moving our energy from past experiences to creating a vision of the future.

If you are into spiritual evolution there comes a point when the talking, reflection, and acceptance is done we have to do the work to move into what comes next. I consider this moving into different levels of consciousness. We shift our consciousness first through awareness but then comes the subtle work of expanding our being into different frequencies. By frequencies, I mean optimizing our alpha, theta, gamma, and delta brain states which moves us into a creation state. Here we can align our intention with our thoughts, repattern our thoughts & physical bodies, stay present in each moment, then we experience inner joy and create a vision for future

My thought is we can use the chakras as a little cheat sheet using the lower chakras to unlearn our choices, habits and recreate a decision-making process that embraces the unknown instead of being driven by fear and regret. We use the heart chakra as a center to create compassionate willpower and loving gratitude for the past and present which opens us up to the upper chakras where we develop practices to create a vision for the future through self-realization.

Out of curiosity is anyone using chakras in this way?

16/07/2020

I love partner yoga! Here are a few fun ones to try with someone you like!

Given that the very word yoga means “union,” it’s only natural that the tradition has come to include a number of poses that couples can do together. If you already have a hatha yoga practice, moving into couples yoga with a significant other can take things to a whole new level.And if you’r...

14/07/2020

I love that science is catching up to the yoga practice. Our bodies are so wondrously complex and this is just another example where yoga and meditation are teaching us to cherish and nourish our beings.

The anti-inflammatory and other beneficial effects of meditation and yoga practices make them potential adjunctive treatments of COVID-19, according to the peer-reviewed journal JACM, The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.