About a year ago, I took my dear friend Jade's Womb Awakening workshop and learned the importance of womb healing and how to release trauma in the body. Since then, practicing hip openers has become an essential part of my pelvic health and womb wellness. So get outside and practice this 10 Minute Hip Opener on a sunset!

I wanted to continue to offer great content to my readers and fellow yogis and wellness lovers. So last week, I was thrilled to announce a brand new yoga fitness video series on my IG called LIFEONAMAT YOGA SERIES!

This is a series where you can find all of my wellness, yoga and fitness in one place. I wanted to create an outlet where I could combine my love for both yoga and science-backed lifestyle tips to help you build better habits and intentions everyday. By knowing WHY we want to make changes and learning HOW the body ignites the change, we are then connected to WHAT we want to change.

Body awareness is a major component of practicing yoga because it not only helps you adjust the pose properly, but it strengthens the connection and trust between the mind and body. As you continue to practice with me, you will become more aware of muscle groups and how to work them properly. My Body Awareness Series will specifically target lower back and core muscle groups.

Today I’m leading you guys through a post-injury yoga sequence with a focus on isometric exercises to strengthen core muscles specifically. 5 strengtheners to help you as you re-gain your mojo! The goal is to lightly re-engage rested muscles, re-energize, and find balance.

So today I want to share three tips with you to help engage children in practices and techniques to help them cope and understand what stress is. We want to give them the tools early! These skills do take practice. Practice, practice, practice! The more we help them create healthy habits on a daily basis, the easier it becomes for them to manage life on their own as they develop.

This tool is something that many yogis and individuals use to find purpose and motivate themselves. it is simply called a mantra, or also known as an affirmation. In Sanskrit, “man” means mind, and “tra” means to free from. it is the cloud that catches you in your darkest times. The awareness for healing is spreading more than ever and we must keep the same energy in 2019.

today my yoga practice meets my fitness routine. fold your mat hotdog style and join me! i’m combining core strengthers with a focus on stabilization + precision.

i designed a new yoga sequence called “the balance challenge”. finally! an on-the-go guide for your vacations, work trips, and stressful days. the guide includes a step by step yoga series that promotes muscle activation in the chest, shoulders, core, glutes, and back.

Last month, I was able to host my yoga + wellness class during our annual girl’s workshop! It was my third time serving as a mentor and I feel like it keeps getting better and better!

LIFEONAMAT is back this week with part II of my spine strengthening series! If you read part I, then you know about the benefits of taking care of and aligning your spine. Part ii will be a continuation of what we learned last month. If you want a challenge, then try my flow below!

Did you know that over 120 muscles are contained in the spine? Did you know that your spine has excellent memory? It also takes over 100 joints to provide a full range of motion! For years, I didn't really understand how to properly execute poses or backbends.

My guide is geared to help you incorporate cardio, challenge, and breath work. As you go through this mini series, please consider the spiritual focus. Designed to create a space for self compassion, my goal is to help you find stability and heart healing. 

As a yoga instructor, I try to incorporate poses that really target the cardiovascular system and get the heart pumping. But I also want to encourage you to set intention during each practice. As you practice these poses, make room to open your heart chakra.

Hey you guys! I know you all are getting your new year's off in the right direction. If not, then I have some really cool apps for you to try. They're really great motivators when you need a new fitness kick. 

For this post, I wanted to share some of my personal tips and an easy core workout plan that you can try during your workouts to build ab and arm strength. Doing this exercise weekly will target the core muscles, abs, arms, glutes, and legs!

This year, I'm most thankful for the encouragement from all of the positive people and places that I've encountered throughout 2017. I'm also thankful for all of my students who have attended my classes since I began teaching this past may.

So what is a vinyasa? It's a continuous set of poses that are essentially the transition from a chaturanga to the downward facing dog. Vinyasas are part of sun salutation a. The sanskrit name is surya namaskar a. Did you know that these ancient movements were practiced as a way to give thanks to the sun?

To get a full grasp on why we do "Hip-openers" in yoga, I'm going to give you a how-to instructional and explain the benefits of these two postures. I have met a lot of active people, former collegiate athletes, gym go-ers, and competitive sport playing individuals who often talk about tight hips.

It's been a little over four years now that I've had this awesome opportunity to volunteer for youth conflict resolution center, inc! Ycrc is a non-profit with a mission to help young people learn conflict resolution skills to reduce violence and anti-bullying.

I start my blog with that quote from charlamagne tha god. I use to despise him. But I realized that he lives with a real purpose, and that inspired me. His brutal honesty is really annoying but necessary.