Stoop Sits

In today’s Stoop Sit I talk about resilience (today’s buzz word) and the yoga/Ayurveda perspective on it: OJAS. I also share a framework for keeping your ojas high as we head into a potential stressful period in time! . While Stoop Sits is on break, I’ll keep doing the Daily Dice Reality Riff and have launched The Yoga Potluck www.yogapotluck.com . Stay strong and stay spirited!! 🤗

“Take It As It Comes” sparked today’s talk and reminded me of the Hindu deity Ganesha and seeing perceived obstacles as path.  It’s such an important time to care for yourself so that you don’t lose sight of your incredible capacity to keep showing up as your true self, come what may, obstacles be damned.

It’s a Big Feeling day over here so I ventilate my heart’s music and offer the great teachings this powerful moment is making available to us if you’re willing. Are you ready to double down on living an authentic life?! CARPE DIEM

On the virtual stoop today I talk about this idea of being more you now than you ever have been before. Why? Or why not? What hinders us? I talk again about energy stewardship and boundaries too. Then we sit! This sit gets interrupted by a poor connection (weird since I have google fiber) so I’m sorry for that! Eyes closed and didn’t notice until we were done! First time for everything! If you want more info on my membership new club go to yogapotluck.com !!

Today’s stoop talk emerged from a place of tenderness and gratitude around something I’m going through and I hope the discussion of energetic stewardship and boundaries is of benefit to you in navigating your own challenges!

Today we explore the idea of probing some of the ways we may unintentionally restrict or “incarcerate ourselves” and the concept of getting into behavioral grooves that may ultimately leave us feeling toxic. Then we sit and remember that our thoughts and emotions are our domain alone, we can always choose what we soak in. Love you all!!

After a friend dumped me on Instagram, I got to pondering this idea that some people think we can't be serious about what's going on in the world if we're still engaging in play, silliness and joy. And that's just a part of our conditioned consciousness that says we're either THIS or THAT. But Nature is not black or white, me or other, work or play. It's YOGA, the union of what appear to be polarities. Yoga is like a Venn diagram, that union space between what seem to be opposites. Trust me, we can be very serious about our activism AND still laugh and find joy. I share a teaching from the author Audre Lorde about how joy provides the power for change (which is why joy is an act of resistance!) and from Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts' 95 year old granny. Give a listen.

Hey neighbs! Today I talk about why we suffer, what causes it, how our relationship with the “sweet confinement of our aloneness” impacts it and what to do about it. Grateful to you for being here!! May it be of benefit 🥰 #stoopsits #meditation #yoga #kleshas #keepshining

Hey neighbors! In today's episode I talk about how challenged we’re feeling with everything that's happening in the world, playing the long game, getting into top nervous system shape and exactly how meditation can help (vs a vague “it’s good for you”). May it be of benefit! 🙏

It’s my birthday week! 48 is right around the corner and I’ve been in REFLECTION. Today I talk about how “healing is the unlearning of patterns” and what that means to me. I also talk about how to use the practices of Yoga to support that process and then we get right to it with a Wholeness Meditation. Feel free to share! May it be of benefit 🤗

Hey Neighbors! Join me on the Stoop to talk about the call to awaken to your conditioned consciousness, do the inner work to disrupt some regressive patterns and then the outer work to activate change in the world, starting with you. Trick is, little things like identifying as "non-confrontational" can bring that external work to a stand-still. On the Stoop today I unpack how we began to identify this way and talk about how to apply a gentleness to that story but also a firm resolve to stop feeding it in the face of absolutely necessary change. May it be of benefit!

We are back on the STOOP! We had a powerful week on mute and I was so grateful for the invitation to speak to this concept of feeling “high vibration” vs “low vibration” emotions and the harm those labels can do. I also riff on wholeness, metabolization and the generation of empowered compassion. And we meditate together as we always do. Thank you neighbors! Feel free to share as you like and remember these sits are also available on video at IGTV www.instagram.com/yoginiontheloose/channel May it be of benefit!

Back on the Stoop with my neighbors and it feels so good! Today I share two things that I hope help. One is an excerpt from Brene Brown’s UT graduation speech and the other are Dr. Amy Cuddy’s 3 Psychological Phases of Crises. And then we do our koshas guided meditation to remember our wholeness and the magnitude of who we are. May it be of benefit! You can share the podcast form of this Stoop Sit at workableday.com or search your favorite Podcast platform for Stoop Sits!

Today the neighbors slide onto the virtual stoop and we talk TRUTH. Right now we're all trying to figure out the day to day truth and some of us are taking this time to explore our bigger and deeper truth. Is there “the truth” or only YOUR truth? Obstacles to finding it and the two necessary ingredients to find truth. May it be of benefit!

On the Virtual Stoop today we explore whether we're treating this time as a "pause" or a "shift"? And also whether we are WAITING for things to change and in so doing if we're missing the opportunities to find meaning and be meaningful? Are we contributing to our own suffering by waiting through these moments in hopes of different moments? And then of course we do our guided koshas meditation together. So much love to you on this wild journey. May it be of benefit!

It's A Workable Day In The Neighborhood is back as Stoop Sits! In today's episode we have a very happy return to Instagram Live to connect with the live crew again. Gina talks about her vision for this next iteration which includes a lot of rawness, a marked lack of polishing and a lot of authentic spontaneity. She also talks about a tendency to incubate ideas to death while waiting for the "perfect" circumstances (the "when/then syndrome") which leads to nothing every really coming to fruition, a feeling of failing to launch your visions into the world and why all this may be... And then some HOORAH for carpe diem and do it NOW. The icecaps are melting y'all! It's time!! PS - I tried out a brand new mic for this and the setup wasn't quite right so the audio is off. I commit to keep working on it until it is nectar to your ears ;)

Today, on our last stoop sit before I head into 10 days of Advanced Teacher Training, I share the 2 words that emerged when I focused on this last day: CARPE DIEM. I get REAL fired up talking about the opportunity we have amidst all this and what I think the Universe is offering us. And I'm overcome with gratitude and love for all y'all. Thanks for being my neighbors and supporting every single day being WORKABLE. And we sit together for koshas meditation! May it be of benefit!

Today's invitation to stay awake, present and intentional in the midst of all this is to explore a strength or growth that has been revealed through this experience so far and a regressive pattern or "exciting gap" that has been revealed. This gives you a chance to celebrate growth and identify where to apply your mindfulness to change regressive to progressive or  manure into fertilizer! And of course, we sit together in our koshas meditation. May it be of benefit! 

Today I share a sweet surprise gift from my friend Monica and what my 2nd favorite job of all time is. Then we discuss ESSENTIAL in depth, as relates to each layer of your consciousness as well as short term essential vs long game essential. What is truly essential to your thriving and surviving in the long run as a co-creator? How will we be showing up in our future together? And, of course, we sit in meditation. May it be of benefit!

Today's topic du jour is RESILIENCE!! And how it is deeply rooted in your sense of self and reflects your fluid power. And that no external teacher/person/guide can ever give it to you, it can be supported but only YOU can generate it within yourself. Awareness is key. And of course we do our whole-being koshas sit. Thank you neighbors!! May it be of benefit!