i think there is a lot of good that can come from keeping our immunity prepped and as strong as possible no matter what is taking place in the world. I want my friends and family to stay healthy and happy so I’m excited to share this new collab with my dear friend and environmental activist, liomari! last fall, we teamed up to shoot a how to on a special irish sea moss gel recipe inspired by the beloved dr. sebi.

2020 taught us that we really needed to calm our compulsiveness. It’s an inflammation of the mental processes. I believe it’s more effective when we can exude our value through our interactions and what we contribute unto others. This is a primary foundation to building mental strength and how we come to finding true solitude so that our minds feel at peace. Staying power is seeing the bigger picture.

Our inner wisdom is a birth right, it is something that provides us knowledge and information about ourselves and the world around it. It is a graceful energy that provides us with discernment, equanimity and acceptance. It is our guide when we are feeling out of alignment, unsafe, or hyper-vigilant. Having experienced the crippling emotions of anxiety and depression myself, I have learned that the best way for me to harness my innate wisdom is by choosing to know myself.

Whether you possess Asian ancestry or not, I write this special post to share my thoughts and suggestions on how we can celebrate #AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth as well as ways we can reduce the painful effects of ancestral trauma. Our cells are agnostic, they listen to everything going on around us: our mental state, social connections, how we are treated, etc. “The body keeps the score.” Both high adversity and traumatic experiences can negatively transform our stress response system. This system communicates from generation to generation.

in this time, I also know how crucial it is to keep ourselves from going mad and so today I want to share some tips on how to reset your overall space during covid. creating a zen living space is not just fluff, it’s part of our wellness practice and very much an important practice within yoga. Saucha, or cleanliness, falls within the 8 Limbs of Yoga. just as our bodies can become full of toxicities, so can our homes and thus lifestyle.

Toxicity isn’t always a direct human interaction, rather it can culminate from our daily habits, hiding in plain sight! So be aware of the little things as well as the big and make adjustments accordingly. These are my tips for how I get centered after a toxic day.

What I like about TCM and what I’m learning is that herbs and foods are truly oriented to help you heal. In celebration of the new moon and the harvest season, I’ve selected special ingredients to provide all participants of Root to Rise a healthy post-class treat to help you re-fuel! All of the ingredients were inspired by the world of TCM and curated for the Fall Equinox.

cooking this way for the last year has inspired me to start The daily decrease: recipes for healing, so that I can open up my kitchen and share easy-to-make recipes! bruce lee once said that life is about the “daily decrease”. he believed that reducing any and everything that does not serve our minds and bodies must be removed.

Why is it that inner peace seems so hard to achieve? Why is it that we have all experienced this exhausting + overwhelming emotion? The truth is that we don’t give ourselves enough time to ruminate and build resilience. We want an energy cap that lasts forever. This idea of a race is just a N A R R A T I V E. Therefore, we must focus on WHAT we TELL ourselves. write this post to share some ways in which we can cut down on the noise in our lives so that we can truly listen to our inner needs and wishes.

We are now living in a time in which we are collectively healing from thousands of years of trauma, from our ancestral traumas and the untold stories of our mothers and grandmothers. As the body stores this negative energy in the body, it manifests itself through our habits and choices and beliefs. But this pain is present in the womb so that you will know your true story. We tend to look outward for our answers rather than inward. The womb will actually tell us what we need and how to proceed, if only we listen. Today, I am sharing what I learned from Jade Bertaud’s workshop last month, Womb Awakening Workshop: Embodying Your Feminine Radiance.

Today, I’m pulling from Candace Kumai’s expertise on matcha to create two easy recipes! I’m making a dark chocolate hazelnut matcha waffle and a refreshing matcha latte to go with! I used candace’s matcha chocolate chip pancake recipe for inspiration! to make these recipes, I used Usucha ceremonial powder.

You have to clean the kitchen before you can cook in it. “Your body does not create nor experience a symptom at random.” When I heard this, my brain began to make more connections to the internal system, especially my gut. It was a true mind-body connection. Good gut flora is key to good health for many reasons, one being that it helps ward off infections and disease.

it is an ancient, purposeful and sacred practice. sometimes, our spaces can accumulate unnecessary or negative energies. burning sage bundles can help alleviate this “dead weight”. sage burning requires you to connect with your breath, to hold space for sacred reflection, and to honor your roots.

In this post, I'm sharing what I learned at C&C plus how to find the money to invest in your career. So keep reading and enjoy the photo opps!

I think it's such a great moment when you feel good about yourself from the inside out, because you are not a one-trick pony! You are versatile and unique.

But first things first, we need to get centered. Creating content requires you to consistently "Water the garden". It's vital to first practice extracting creative juices and then one must keep them flowing. So there's an art to it. You want to train the mind for stamina, longevity and patience. 

When you've been let down, felt you weren't right or good enough, taken blows to your self-esteem, you realize that it's not a sustainable lifestyle to lie down and take it. That strong mindset and self-assurance came from the tunnel, and not the light. It's our downfalls that make up our strength and attitude. 

It was more than a turning point, it was as though we had come to a new civil war in the nation. And for the entire year I sat and reflected on many of my own thoughts regarding sexual harassment, male-dominated industries that silence the voices of so many workers, how the media plays a part in the way we consume information, solutions, if any of my friends had encountered similar experiences, and what role was I playing as a young woman in this ever-changing society.

This photo was taken a year ago. So much has taken place since then when I look back. I think about the many ups and downs of 2017. So many things I've learned on my own, it's made me feel like a completely different individual. Sometimes I compare my priorities in january to what I want out of life right now. Me sitting here writing and talking to you here today, like I feel more confident in myself.

The past year has been a lot of twisting and turning, a lot of self discovery. There's many things that I've had to make myself aware of, using my ears and eyes a little more. My mouth, a bit less. I feel like life lessons kept stacking up like legos, forcing me to pay attention to the way I react to change.