The Mormon Yoga Lady

He is Risen! I took time yesterday to really reflect on what it would've been like for the disciples of Christ the day after His death.  My first thought was what it must've been like to be IN His presence, then suddenly without Him.  I've been around people with amazing presence. People who have strong auras around them and radiant bodies. Those people who know who they are and lift you up just by being with them. It's easy to crave being around them. They make you feel worthy and help you remember who you are.  I can only imagine it being like that, but on a whole new level. The God of Love would radiate LOVE and purpose. After feeling the sacred moment and privilege of the last supper, to seeing Him being arrested and within a day be cruelly beaten, humiliated, and crucified, I think it was possible that they questioned. How could he die? Was He not my Messiah? Was He not so powerful? With the miracles he performed could he not have found a way to spare Himself from ...

Worried about Coronavirus? Here's a Yogic Lifestyle Tip to help stay healthy. One of the ways I ward off viruses is Ishnaan. This health tip I've been utilizing for a year and a half and it has helped my body stay healthy and resilient. It's a Yogic "secret," if you will. In the West we call it Hydrotherapy. You may have experienced it in a spa, but it's something you can do at home in your own shower. Want a stronger immune system and younger more radiant skin? Try Ishnaan. The science of Ishnaan, or hydrotherapy, is (in short) cold showers. Don't stop reading yet! I know, I know. What's more wonderful than a hot shower, steaming you up? That's a hard thing to give up. Well, it's not discouraged to take hot showers or baths, but take them in the evening. First thing in the morning hop into the shower with cold water. Why take a cold shower?? The cold water opens up the capillaries. Your body will respond to the cold by creat...

Recently I was having a great week. I felt good. A good week for me is usually in the balance of giving myself time, space, and grace, as well as getting things done and blessing my home, family, friends, and myself. I felt I was in all those and doing pretty well.  Then on that Friday I just felt a kind of emotional collapse, or vacuum. Nothing triggered it, I just woke up with a dark cloud around me.  This wasn't depression. I know what depression looks like, and feels like for me. Oh boy do I know. But it was a blue day. I told the kids that I just felt like I needed time in my bed, and time to myself. I was having a blue day. I just spent the day giving myself grace. Not over analyzing, but analyzing a bit. What did get me here today? No answer. When my girls got home from school all the kids ran up the stairs to see me. In my room Cora (the second to the youngest) told me how she won something at school, and she decided to give it to Mercedes, and she'd gotten s...

Drinking my homemade Yogi Tea! This last year I started teaching Kundalini Yoga. I went through teacher training, and in the middle of training we moved to a new town, and into a new house. Which I love, by the way. As a Mormon (member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, yes, I knew I'd have to throw that full name in there)... when you move you figure out what boundaries you are in to know  what ward (church building/time/group of people) to go to. Well, right when we moved in, our neighborhood went from 3 or 4 wards to 6. So, many of them split and some wards became a combination of new homes, and people from two different wards. Like ours. That leaves a lot of people creating a new church community together, who don't actually know each other. One family in the neighborhood has game nights about once a month for fun, also to get to meet more people. When I showed up one night another couple was already there, and when I was introducing myself the g...