A Yogi Kitchen Off The Mat

Chipping away at judgment and working towards a place of non-judgment. How moving towards the middle path helps you find a place where there is no good or bad. What does that look like for you?

Let’s stop talking to ourselves in ways that we’d never talk to other people. Learn a few ways to re-frame your self-talk to be more present with what is and step away from judgments about worthiness.

We’re focusing on Ahimsa this session and the first part is to breathe into Non-Judgment. How are you talking to yourself? Your homework this week is to just notice. Vm be.

Where is the Ease? Can it be in pizza? And how? I learned to release into the joy of making pizza for you. That’s where the Ease is for this Pizza Party fundraising project. The lessons of ease and pizza have been huge for me.

Are you constantly striving for perfection. Are you always looking for the A? It can be exhausting, right? Join me and settle into the C+ Ease of life. Also, don’t forget to. Lee rate!

Daydreaming is good so sink into the Ease of brain health. Breathe i into your word for the year and imagine what a year where you really commit to it can look like.

I am committing deeply to self-care and here’s why. Our word for the session is Ease. I’m learning how self-care takes you straight to Ease and makes your whole life fit together better.

Happy Friday, dear hearts. On Fridays we celebrate! We’re also focusing on the word Ease this session. How are you celebrating the Ease in your life today? I invite you to breathe into how you celebrate. What does celebration mean to you? A bottle of wine? A pint of ice. Ream? How can that idea shift and expand?

What's the difference between Easy and Ease?  Sinking into community, recognizing that we're all one and using skills like Smile and Share. These areall ideas that I find help me feel ease. I feel my shoulders relax and my brain release worrisome thoughts when I engage in these ways. What do you have? I love getting your feedback and observations. How is Ease making your life better? 

What does the word Ease mean to you? Listen to your heart as you say the word Ease. Does it sound yummy and relaxing? Does it make you edgy and agitated? Does it bring up negative Constantine like laziness? Let’s dig into it!

We’re in Week 52! This is my favorite week of the year, a place between looking back at your year and looking forward to the next. Get centered and dream about the year you want to have.

Whether you’re alone or with family today, don’t forget to take a little time for yourself! Clear your head with cold air, soothe your nervous system with Legs Up The Wall Pose. Remember to take care of you!

Peace isn’t something that just floats by and you grab it. You have to choose Peace. What actions are you willing to praise to have more Peace in your life?

What does a life where you consistently connect to Peace feel like? What does it look like. It’s not about being in perfect Peace on the daily. It’s finding more more Peace more consistently. Can you imagine it?

Radical acts that change your life. We’re focusing on the word Peace this session. Last week we noticed how gratitude opens our heart to Peace. This morning we talked about how rest helps us access gratitude and that opens us to feel Peace. Lots of journal prompts, moments to meditate and increase your awareness.

Every session we focus on a different word and this is how we’ll focus on the word Peace thru the end of the year. This is how and why I came to this word and how you can connect more deeply and feel a different side of Peace.

It’s our last week of the session and your last week to breathe into the word Retreat. Sunday is my favorite day to set intention. What intention will you set around Retreat?

Shifting our negative ideas about retreat can be hard. What if we think about the word nourish instead? We’re not changing the word of the session, but I encourage you to think about retreat time as time you take to nourish, mind/body/spirit. Also, Happy Birthday Brigette!

Last week I deepened my stillness practice. By necessity. Do you know how to be still? Can you just Be? Let’s talk about the power, strength and joy of learning to BE.

It’s been a tough ten days or so and this week was extra hard. I’m so grateful to all of you for reaching out and sending love and support. I learned the value of Mimi-retreat. How about you? Do you retreat everyday?

Retreat is our word for the new session. Get quiet with me and listen to retreat. And why I love Retreat after Joy

Ok Fridays I encourage you to celebrate your wins from the week. I tried something new and recorded in my car. I shared my wins with you and talked about the season. Listen, like, subscribe and share. Have a great Friday Celebration!

Have you been wondering where I’ve been. Oh, let me tell you. Then let’s talk about JOY! We’re at the tail end of this session focusing on JOY. Are you feeling connected to your JOY? And let’s talk self-care to help you feel it.

Today I’m sharing with you the difference btwn Joy and Happy and how it shows up in my life. Also, learn about Pop_Up yoga sessions this week and practicing Seva to help you feel more Joy.

Happy Friday, dear heart!!! How are you celebrating today? Take a deep breathe and decide if you need to edit to be able to feel some joy!

What can you do for yourself today to increase your well-being? Sink into this lovely time of ending and beginning. See you on that mat!

How will you wake action this week? We’ve spent time to process and get clear, now it’s time to create habits that help you be strong. What will it be?

We’ve been focusing on the word strong, celebrating how strong you are mind/body/spirit. Now, I’m asking you, where do you want to be stronger?

Wow, I taught yoga to kids at Sunrise Project and was reminded of how hard it is to be a kid and how hard it is to teach kids. Here are some of the lessons that I recognized today. Enjoy!

Dear heart, we made it through another week. How did it go? How String were you? Did you workout? Did you say goodbye to a person or situation? Celebrate being Strong mind/body/spirit. 💚

Where are you strong? What’s the strongest part of your body? Where are you strong emotionally and mentally. Breathe into how Strong you are. We’re building, gathering and reflecting to be present with Strong.

I'm not going to lie. This week was a challenge and a half. And it changed me. Here's why you should celebrate the wins and what I'm celebrating this week.  #yoga #yogalife #fucks #celebrate #wins #tgif #nomoretogive 

We do it together! Melissa, the founder of Sunrise Project,  models that for me and reinforced for me why we are stronger together. It's Wellness Wednesday! What will you do right now to increase your sense of wellbeing and wellness practices.  Breathe into the word strong, listen to my wandering stories of wh and how we're stronger together.  #yyoga #ogalife #mindfulness #wellnesswednesday #ayogikitchen #offthemat 

Be Strong. Feel Strong. Remember that you are strong. What does the word string mean to you? Close your eyes and breathe. Starting a lighter session, but that doesn’t mean you’re not going to do some big work on the mat and off. .

It's Friday and time to celebrate the wins. In addition it's the end of a session. Here are my personal observations on the wins  circling around clarity yfor the week and the session. What are yours?  And, again we talk about how to set intention. It never gets old and we can never talk about it too often.  #offtehmat #ayogikitchen #clarity #mindfulness #yoga #yogalife

Clarity and Seva fit together, hand in hand, way better than I ever thought they would.  I get a little vulnerable, but this is how breathingto into them together has helped me shift. Join us in Seva practice for the rest of the ear. 

Every session iwe pick a word to focus on. It helps guide out check’in’s and meditations. What does clarity mean to you? Where are you craving clarity. Join us all session to find clarity, love and peace.

It’s a day of remembrance to sit with your grief. And loss. Just be with it, enjoy the space and grace of this day!

Summer break isn't just for kids. You may not get a break, but it's Summer! How do you want to feel this season? What kind of energy feeds your heart? What are you connecting with? I'm connecting with water energy this summer and staying grounded in peace and love.  Beaches, rivers, even some time in the pond when it's hot. Let's breathe into Summer1 

Last week I recorded an episode about the hard times were all going through and how to find a little ease. Breathe,dear heart and enjoy!

It's Mindful Monday and the perfect day to think about what you're consuming. My suggestion this week is to up your fiber to sleep better, clean out your digestive system, create better gut health and aid elimination. You'll feel fuller longer, which can aid weight loss and decrease the mid-afternoon slump. You don't want to change everything? That's okay. Just change it for today. On Mindful Mondays we are meditative, slow down and focus on eating mindfully. If you want to increase that through the week, that's awesome, but for now, just focus on today.  Also, if you're in the KC/Lawrence/Topeka area join us at Sunrise Project this week for their annual fundraising Plant Sale and Community Meal on Wednesday. 

Come with me and be still. Learning to open your heart and stand in peace makes you better. You will feel love and peace, quiet your mind and be more effective.

It’s Sunday! It’s a new week and new month. How are you focusing aligned? Take a moment to get grounded, set intentiona nd focus on what’s effective.

Dear heart, how is your week feeling? Here's how to shift you week, your day or even the moment.  Are you feeling happy and proud about your accomplishments? I invite you to sink into that emotion, even if the week didn't go the way you thought it would.  Breathe. Hydrate. Listen to your heart.  #yoga #yogalife #effectiveness #motivation #mindfulness #ayogikitchen

How are you dear heart? How's your motivation feeling today? We're working on the word align. Align your values and your heart with your truth and your intention, but then what? Take action and stay motivated to keep putting one foot in front of the other. And, of course, get on the mat. Join us for Big Stretches on Zoom Thursdays at 8p, CDT.  #yoga #yogalife #align #motivation #mindfulness #intention #ayogikitchen 

How is your week going? The middle of the week is the perfect time to check-in and focus on your attention. This month we're focusing on tyhe word Align sn all the things that it means to you and for your life. How is your week aligning with your intention? Do you feel aligned min/body/spirit?  #yoga #yogalife #ayogikitchen #align #intention #mindfulness #mindful #wellnesswednesday

We’ve been focusing on the word Align for a bit now and here’s how it’s changing us. Are you feeling it?

Have you been told to hustle or grind in order to be successful? Let's stop that language and spreading that belief  Hustle is scarcity language. Be in abundance. How can we do that? Today's podcast is about shifting that thinking.  Our focus this month is on the word Align. Aligning mind/body/spirit helps you gather energy and direct it where you can be most successful. Aligning helps you clarif y your core values and live a life focused on the. Why are you here? What is your purpose. Align with that purpose and feel your life shift and make sense.  There's a new schedule out. Check it at https://ayogikitchen.com and new Pop-Ups this week.Join us Thursday at 7a for Morning Wake-Up Yoga. All levels, by donation to help us practice selfless service by feeding and clothing people. You can make a donation on the website.  #yoga #yogalife #seva #service #popupyoga #donation #zoomyoga #ayogikitchen #yogi 

What happens mind/body/spirit when you wear a bra and what happens when you choose to forgo. Open your heart this LOVE weekend by removing any restraints and sink into open, expansive freedom. Breathe. Join us to cent3er on lovingkindness, compassion and generosity mostly towards yourself.    Also, I had a really tough anxiety and PTSD week. Here's what it looked like and here's the beautiful way you all loved me. You helped me feel  loved, worthy and enough and I'm so grateful. You helped me come back to my centwer.  And, finally info about opening your heart this weekend for our Valentine Prix Fie Menu.  #love #heart #lovingkindness #compassion #bra #valentine #prixfixe #generosity #ayogikitchen #yoga #yogalife 

This year we're strengthening our yoga community through yoga practices off the mat. Our Yoga for a Cause classes continue, but we're also contributing through our Seva practice. Here's how you can practice yoga without even owning a yoga mat.  #yoga #yogalife #mindfulness #selflessservice #dedicationtoothers #ayogikitchen #yogi #seva #yogaoffthemat #offthemat #lfk #lawrenceks #lawrence #zoom #yogaforacause #yoga4acause

What are you celebrating? On Fridays we look at the week and we celebrate the wins. Remember the little pleasures, like your perfect lunch or that great run, the steadiness in your yoga practice or the funny thing your kid said that made your throw back your head and laugh. Remember all the good things. Celebrate! Be present in your life to grow your happiness. #yoga #yogalife #mindfulness #ayogikitchen #celebrate #tgif

We're talking about Seva, a core concept of yoga! Seva is selfless service. As a spiritual practice dedication to others is essential to our spiritual growth. It starts first with your developing self-love and self-care practices, balancing Anahata Chakra.  Lovingkindness and compassion reside in your heartspace. You practice it first and foremost towards yourself, allowing yourself to be human and make mistakes and love yourself anyway.It is learning to take care of yourself first before you put energy out to others. It is learning to rest and relax, as well as workout and eat well. It is this energy that teaches us how to be of true service, dedicating yourself to others.   How do we take care of each other? How do you open your heart to others? How do we care for ouur larger communjity? 

It's January 1st, one of my favorite days of the year. I love beginnings. Do you love the planning and the releasing and opening of your heart like I do? Resist the urge to push things away and focus instead on what inspires you to run towards it. Being pulled towards something is powerful . It's the kind of energy that makes you want to jump out of bed in the morning. Instead of focusing on what you can't do you get excited about what you get to do.  Join us online for yoga classes to help you open to what you want and release what isn't serving you. 

Happy November! This month I invite you to focus on grief and gratitude. They are the perfect pair. The best way to move things from your head to your heart and into your body is gratitude. Gratitude helps everything, at least a little bit.  #yoga #yoglife #ayogikitchen #offthemat #grief #gratitude #november #Zoom #Zoomyoga #mindfulness #brainhealth #heartcenteredyoga #traumainformedyoga 

What is Pranayama? How can it help keep your brain healthy? Can you be a yogi and only practice Pranayama? (spoiler: YES!) If you're not familiar with this ancient practice, this is a great place to start.  #yoga #yogalife #pranayama #yogapractice #breathwork

Are you ready to uncover your brain's superpowers? We're making a shift from the idea of managing mental health to brain health focused on how your ADHD, Anxiety, PTSD or Trauma might be helpful in your life. Studies in neurodiversity is changing the way we think about the brain. Here are three poises to help you steady your brain and clear brain fog. #yoga #yogalife #brainhealth #ayogikitchen #PTSD #anxity #depression #trauma

We're back from our self-care week off and thinking about poses and breath work that keep the brain healthy. The first step is just to recognize your patterns. Also, I learned something about the new moon. I invite you to do some of that work with hip openers and strengtheners this month. From Frog to Pigeon to Half Moon we'll find all the ways to transform our hip issues. And finally, a special practice Friday October 8 on Zoom!  Like A Yogi Kitchen on Facebook, follow us on Instagram and check out the website. 

Is it possible some emotions are appropriate and some are inappropriate? Are all emotions valid? I'm talking about it and sharing my experiences with you. I'm also talking about how hard it's been for me over the last few months.  Everytime I share with you, I feel supported, loved and get to process even more. 

I'm baaaccckk after loving myself enough to dive into some deep self-care and take some time off. I took some time to to honor who I am and what the future holds.  For the rest of the year we're deconstructing my online course, BreatheOnline to help you manage your mental health during this weird and difficult time. For the next four weeks, I'm inviting you to focus on Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help you mindfully manage your mental health. DBT resonates with me, cause it's the work I encourage you to do in yoga practice.DBT helps you find the middle ground, or what's referred to as Wise Mind even when you're off the mat.  Join me for Pop-Up Yoga sessions this week Tuesday, 8/31 at 5p, central, for a Grief and Wise Mind practice and Friday 9/3 for a Restorative Yoga practice to help you open your heart to who you really are.

My self-care went awry and the lesson of radical acceptance that I learned. What are you having to accept about yourself as we explore during our month of self-love and self-care? 

It's Self-Love and Self-Care month at A Yogi Kitchen. It's the perfect mid-summer challenge. How are you loving and caring for yourself these days. We can all do better, so let's step it up a bit for this month. aLso, see what radical act of love I'm committing to at the end of the month. 

While our month is endi g it doesn't mean we'll stop focusing on nutrition. Nourishing yourself IS Self-love and Self-care!

it's still my birthday month! We have a special Yoga in the Park online tonight. Join us for FREE to try out a class with our community. 6p, central on Zoom. See the invite at the end of the last blog post. We're also talking lentils and checking-in with your week to make sure it en s the way you truly want. 

It's still nutrition month, so today look back on the week and pat yourself for everything that went well. Whether it's around food and nutrition, work or family OR all three, this is a day to celebrate. Join me!

Nourish Yourself Beyond Nutrition is  a blog post that I expanded on today. How do you nourish yourself on and off the mat/ Do you like everuything about food, like I do? What fires you up and gives you energy? Here are some of mine!

This month we're talking about nutrition and this is the perfect day to set intention around your nutritional needs this month! Learn wabout what intention is and isn't. Learn how to think about intention and try a little intentional living this week! Straight from the mat and out into our everyday street lives!

I know not everyone likes journaling. There's a lot out there to help you learn to do it, but let's get quiet first and do a check-in. I lead students through almost the exact same check-in before or after class and now you can do it with me too. Then once you're centered, you can think about how you'd most like to journal during nutrition month. Next month, we'll focus on self-care and we'll journal a bit differently. So, let's get the habit under your belt! 

Are you ready to shift or clean-up your eating habits? Are you ready to be surprised by how it can change your mental health? Today, we're getting clearer on this moment. I ask you to be present with how you're feeling body/mind/spirit when you wake in the morning. This is one of the modules from BreatheOnline, the course for mindfully managing your anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD. Enjoy!

Happy Friday! What are you celebrating this week? Taking time to get present with what's true in this moment is so important to our mental health. Hope you're having a great Friday. Let me know how you're celebrating. 

It's been a bit since I've been here and I'm talking about mindset reset. How I learned about resetting on the mat and how I've learned to take it in to the rest of my life. Like yesterday. A horrible, no good, very bad day that I said no more to and just reset. 

It's Friday and a day that I invite you to celebrate the wins with me. But first, Let's Get Clear with a. check-in.  It's our first check-in with the new podcast. Light a candle, grab a tea and join me! 

I had a tough few days and it brought back some old memories. I promise it gets better if you put one foot in front of the other. The fabulous Sarah Scoular is still coming, I promise!  #yoga #yogaoffthemat #offthemat #ayogikitchen #yogalife #anxiety #depression

It's our first episode, so let me explain what the heck Off The Mat means. Welcome to our yoga family. I've been thinking about love, I'm teaching Yoga for Anxiety and Depression and what to expect in our future.