Add Yoga to Your Day- Cumulative Practice in Living

Recently,
life handed me a lesson in just
how precious
my Personal Yoga Practice is.

As an instructor & student,
I know the power of a cumulative Yoga practice.
How in time the teachings seep into my being,
the postures become something
I have to "think" less about,
the breathing becomes the norm and
the reactivity within becomes
more smoothed and evened.

As I fight Multiple Sclerosis and
it's residue in daily living,
I was astonished and delightfully thrilled at
how my practice spilled over into my daily life,
providing me the tools I needed
to thrive regardless of
what was happening around me.

I realized all this practice,
all this awareness,
all this tending to my breath,
all this discipline in with my diet and rest
is becoming something
I have to think about less.
It's becoming my way of being.

In crisis,
I smoothed my breath,
I tended to my body,
I meditated on compassion for my being,
I stayed in the moment and
it was just a normal day with
a different emphasis in practice.

I've fallen back in love with My Practice.
It fits me. It helps me.
It's always there when I need it.
Rocking My Practice
NEVER felt so good!

^o^

Being.

Your Practice is cumulative.

Sometimes the scariest
most unexpected
unknown
befalls you.

Ride it.
Watch your breath.
Just like in asana.
Bring your breath back
to that smooth even place.

In any situation.
In asana- tend to your breath;
find that smooth even place.
In pranayama- tend to your breath;
find that smooth even place.
In meditation- tend to your breath;
find that smooth even place.

In being-
Watch your breath.
Bring it back to that smooth even place
and
find that balance once more.

The more you look for it.
The easier it is to find.

Rock Your Practice!
^o^

What in the... :o)

If you're noticing some random what-the-madness
going on with emails, subscriptions etc.
uh...
please remember I'm a Yoga teacher and all this
computery techno business has me a bit
overwhelmed sooooo with that said
here's the werd bird.

In honor of honoring my body &
her ever changing needs-
Yoga Empowered is streamlining!

Yoga Empowered Online, YE for Chronic Illness,
YE for this and that,
Facebook and the YE,
whose Space, MeTube and oh my Yoga!

Easy Peasy please.
Yoga Empowered.
That's it.
Nothing else.
Just Yoga Empowered.

This blog site began with the intention to
help students learn,
beyond the studio,
at their own pace & volition.

Suzanne Stephens & Yoga Empowered
are about teaching Yoga techniques you can use
to help manage symptoms (of chronic illness/es)
and stress to be the best version of Yourself
by Living Your Life more fully & mindfully!

This is still the point- just without all the fluff.

Here's where to find Yoga Empowered Online.
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me, find out about classes, get new
updates on new online jazz-
visit
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Big exhale and ahhhh...
Any questions be sure to send me a line.
I look forward to continuing to bring
you the tools to Empower
your Life!

Rock Your Practices!
^o^
Suz

Self Study: an Acute Spell

Acute (definition here).
I needed to define this for myself.

I'm in the midst of an acute spell.
I'm having to adjust and adapt to
a new normal yet
keep Rocking My Practice.

I live this.
I'm living acutely in my Practice
right now.

I teach what to do when you need
to bring yourself
to a greater place of balance and ease
so your body can begin to heal itself.
No magical hippynutball shit.
Even when you sleep-
Regeneration
happens.

In this acute spell,
I need to help my body
be strong and healthy so
that she can begin to heal.
Even in sleep.
Yoga Nidra.
Visualizing Meditations.
Study Sutras.
Eat vegetables & all good stuff.
Practice compassion for myself,
for my body.
So I can begin
to heal
from this acute spell
and continue
to
Rock My Practice!

^o^