List of the most popular hashtags for theme #SOMATICYOGA

A big exhale. It’s only been a week since arriving in our new home and I’ve been noticing how my inner rhythm has been primed for being on the move and how I want to keep moving forward. But what does moving forward actually mean?! _ • It’s caused me to reflect on progress and process, not just in yoga but in the big picture. In the western world, we are taught that progress is a straight path and if we stop on that path for a time, we are being idle, lazy or not moving forward. (Thank-you to industrialization and capitalism for teaching that to us!) • _ This story can run deep for a lot of us, including myself. If we are always moving forward, when do we integrate where we've been or what we've done? When do we get to reflect and absorb? Can moving forward also mean being still for a time? _ Now landing back into one place after a big year of travel and teaching, combined with the final push before the Modern Yogi teacher training registration closes at the end of the month, I'm looking forward to some time of integration and reflection over the summer. _ I wrote about this in my newsletter this week and it seemed that a lot of people resonated with it. (If you’re not on my mailing list, sign up on the website) • _ So I'm writing this for me, and writing it for you. When we move through big life changes (moving homes, new jobs, births, deaths... or just living life) can we take the time to exhale? To allow integration of what was, into what will be? ✨ . . . . . . #movewithlove #slowdown #savasana #savasanaeverydamnday #savasanaeverywhere #nervoussystem #nervoussystemregulation #nervoussystemhealth #mindfulmovement #sustainableyoga #sustainablemovement #yogaeverywhere #restorativeyoga #yogatherapy

When we live within systems and cultures that tell us who we are isn’t good enough, the most radical thing we can do is be ourselves. I call this leadership... doing the work of loving, allowing and uncovering who we are. Showing up in this world as 100% you. _ For me, it’s not enough just to teach people how to move. Then I’d call myself a fitness instructor or movement educator. But I teach yoga. I teach others how to teach yoga. Which means we also do the work of the heart. _ The very core teaching of yoga is a practice of self-awareness. So in the Modern Yogi Teacher Training, yes we spend a lot of time exploring modern movement education and research so that we can understand human movement better. But if we’re teaching yoga, we can’t stop there. There is so much more about ourselves to uncover and understand. _ If you have been feeling the call to join this unique training- maybe one of the only yoga teacher training courses that integrates sustainable movement education with mindfulness and is accessible all around the world (combo of online coursework, monthly live calls and 5-day live immersions in Canada, England and Australia) then join us, join our growing world-wide community. Registration closes May 31. Details in the link in bio . . . . . . . #movewithlove #functionalyoga #sustainableyoga #sustainablemovement #yogateachertraining #yogamobility #mindfulmovement #mindfulmovements #yogaleadership #accessibleyoga #yogatherapy

The scapular meditation. Just in case you need a reminder of the wonder of the human body, watch and move along with me ✨ 17 muscles connect to your shoulder blades and help to move your arms in a beautiful dance of connection and cohesion. _ The upward glide of the scapula when the arm lifts, with serratus anterior helping the shoulder blade to hold steady to the ribs throughout the movement. The arthrokinematic play of the humeral head, wrapped in a loving embrace of tissues. Ahhhhh.... glorious. _ Can you see how this work can support bigger movements and loads from table top to downdog, all the way to a handstand? And the beauty of all of this, is these smaller movements are what your body really loves, are accessible to most people, and you can do virtually anywhere _ Do you practice the shoulder blade meditation?! We have soo many shoulder blade-friendly classes (and more!) in the Heart + Bones online yoga studio. Try it for a month and you’ll be hooked for life check it out at heartandbonesyoga.com or through link in the stories. . . #shoulderblademobility #scapularmobility #scapularstability #scapularretraction #armpitsofpower #cellulardanceparty #shouldermobility #arthrokinematics #yogaanatomy #yogatherapy #somatic #somaticyoga #movemore #moveyourdna #yogamobility #sustainableyoga #sustainablemovement #shoulderexercises #shoulderflexibility

WildYoga pre & post cold swim ! I cannot emphasise enough that Yoga is NOT about how flexible you are - though of course the more asana you practice the more flexible you get which is awesome. Yoga/Union encompasses your whole approach to life and what happens in the gross/physiological body is a mirror of what is taking place in your subtle energetic bodies causal (subconscious) and astral (supraconcious). Yoga is a state of connectivity, a place of balance, anchored in the centre of your heart and all things; from where you can stretch in all directions, your body and your perspective, from where you can explore your edges and challenge yourself to grow through them holding space for yourself in mindful awareness and nourishing care. It’s being with your self, in your body, present, engaged, free from the conditioning of the mind (the beautiful mind that is a filtering lens enabling the human experience). When people ask what ‘kind’ of yoga I teach it really flummoxes me and I mostly respond that it’s really an undoing, an unlearning, an undressing of who you think you are and what you think you’re supposed to be doing. It’s all about FREEDOM; of body and movement, of mind and thinking, of soul and emotion. This is not a permission to do what serves yourself regardless of other, it’s a letting go and melting into the truth that there is no ‘other’ and we must use every mirror we are presented with to learn to love the ‘whole’ to richer levels of infinity. Serving self, serving other; as one we evolve! I refer to my yoga as ‘somatic’ where body and mind become one and innate wisdom (the soul) arises. The cold water stimulates circulation and brings feeling deep inside; it also brings you face/face soul/soul body/body with the greatest teacher we have, nature herself - that we are!!! Notice how much more present my movement is after the swim - how I am more fully IN my body. Gaia, forever at your lotus feet #wildyoga #wildswimming #somaticyoga #naturalmovement #sharetheswimlove #coldwaterswimming #yogatherapy #yogaeverywhere #yogaeverydamday #freeyouryoga #asanarebel #rewilding #yogamama #artyogaworklife #sadhana #wildwoman #getoutside

#todaysfeels . . This world is messy and to feel is one of the most beautiful gifts given to us. Let your e-motions, energy in motion, flow... dear hearts. . Art work by Emma McNally . . . . . . . . . . . #somatic #yogatherapy #yogaoffthemat #yogaanywhere #yogitribe #yogaretreats #kundaliniyoga #traumahealing #healingtrauma #meditation #abundancemindset #selfcare #earthmama #yogatraveller #empatheticsoul #highlysensitivepeople #continuingeducation #somaticyoga #breathworkhealing #traumainformedpractice #witchyvibe #chakrahealingvibes #chakraactivation #chakrashealing #glennondoylemelton #powerfulreminder #letyourselffeel #laughandcry #messyworld

A lot of people will talk about how we should listen to our bodies and trust our bodies. Well, it’s complicated. . Our bodies have picked up reactions to our environments. So our body might be reacting to a current environment like it was a previous and more dangerous one. . What’s tricky is, sometimes the current situation IS just as dangerous as the previous dangerous one was, and our body’s alarm system is warning us. . But sometimes the current situation is safer, and because our body is remembering the previous danger, it assumes that what’s happening now is still dangerous. Even if it is in fact safe. . So how do we start to distinguish between true danger and safety? Careful listening. And I would argue, work with a skilled body based therapist to start helping your body resolve states it experienced danger in. As you start to resolve those previous danger states, the body will let out some of those previous traumatic reactions it was having. As your body releases what it’s been storing for so long, it will start to be able to recognize what feels NEW. . It’s kind of like magic, really. The body holds danger. But gratefully, it also holds healing.

Melbourne yoga family ... so happy to be sharing a few little opportunities to come practice and sing with me over the next few weeks at my fave yoga home, starting tomorrow with a public class! All people and levels welcome. . . Wednesdays 20 + 27 Feb, 7-8.30pm - Public classes (Embodied Flow/Slow Flow) at @gertrudestreetyogastudio . . Sunday March 3, 12-3pm - Workshop “Saraswati: She who flows” combining mantra, breath, asana, mythology and more @gertrudestreetyogastudio . . Sunday 3 March, 6-8.30pm - KIRTAN @gertrudestreetyogastudio (free community event) . . . Full details via link in bio, or head to the @gertrudestreetyogastudio website for bookings (required for all events): www.gertrudestreetyoga.com.au . . . . . . from the very talented @emmylou.3 . #yogapractice #yogateacher #melbournelovesyoga #embodiedflow #kirtan #bhakti #inclusiveyoga #slowflow #embodiedmindfulness #somaticyoga #movementmedicine #mindfulness #meditation #pranayama #chanting #mantra #yogamelbourne #traumainformedyoga #community #yogaforhumankind

This is my teacher @tarajudelle. When we first met in a training in 2011, she held me with such ease, grace and lack of fuss through a huge and challenging awakening experience. She simply held space over those few weeks to allow the experience to unfold, in a group of people, without any drama, until it was done, without anything needing to be said. This is no small feat, it speaks to capacity - to be present, grounded, aware, from one’s own experience. It was a modelling of what it takes to be a skilled facilitator and a deeply wise human being. This inspiration and support has held me through these years in ways I could and couldn’t see, and I am eternally grateful. . . Through her own daring and constant inquiry, she has opened up the world of embodied and somatic yoga asana to so many. With her brilliant dexterity, she has woven this with the teachings of classical tantra that she has been dedicated to for decades. And with her huge heart for others’ transformation and awakening, she has created a vehicle to share all that she has, knows and is, for those who are ready: @embodiedflow. . . She is a brilliant and huge hearted woman with a wicked sense of humour and a wild storytelling streak. And she is an incredible teacher, facilitator and inspiration who has shaped my life and many others in ways known and unknown, great and small. How lucky we are, all those she has inspired and guided. . . And she is coming to #melbourne in November... ☀️ I cannot recommend highly enough that you make it along to her #embodiedflow immersion... you are likely to be enriched beyond measure. . . Or travel to Bali for the advanced 300hr training modules for a deep weave of yoga, somatic movement therapy, somatic psychology and living tantra. . . This is the sound of eternal gratitude Thank you T. . . . #embodiedflow #tarajudelle #gratitude #yogainspiration #melbournelovesyoga #yogamelbourne #yogateachertraining #melbourneyoga #yogateacher #beyondasana #somaticyoga #awe #wonder #curiosity #truth #freedom #awakening

S&F retreat by the sea, Greece, 27 May - 03 June 2019. @eviasilence Link in bio for more info - - - - - #spaceandflow #dance #yoga #research #play #bythesea #yogaretreat #vinyasa #vinyasaflow #movement #seaside #somatic #somatics #somaticyoga #somaticexperiencing #kinaestheticlearning #kinetic #body #flow #movement #raphankebe #greece #eviasilence