Are you respecting your body in your chosen form of exercise or body movement? For years I thought I was, but it turns out, not so much. Thankfully, I turned it all around. For a few months now, I’ve been in an energy lull. Slow moving, not wanting to do any exercise that’s too rigorous, everything gentle, flowy, stretchy, meditative. It’s where I was so it’s how I practiced. Taking it easy on exercise and not forcing myself to work harder was a whole new way to operate for me. I started working-out when I was 13, largely due to a desire to be very skinny. For my teens and into my twenties I did aerobics videos, running, exercise classes, and lots of…
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Mind In Body is closing. This Saturday, June 1, is the last day of class. For those of you that don’t know, Mind In Body is the studio that I moved Be Open Yoga to a year ago. It was a risky and ballsy move as it did not fit a typical yoga studio model, but since being laid off from my fulltime job 5 years ago, I have not shied away from such moves. Rather, I have embraced them as I see how futile it is to cling to any ideas of what we should be doing with our time on this planet. Life is about what you WANT to be doing, then making it happen. However, it takes time…
Categories: Inspiration, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Thai Yoga Massage, Wellness Wednesdays, Yoga
Tagged: Boundaries, clarity, failure, Growth, guidance, journey, life path, mistakes, path, Sasha Stone, stepping stones, Thai Yoga Massage, truth, Wellness Wednesdays, Yoga, yoga studio
My mission these days is to get people to ask themselves this very simple yet vitally important question. Seems easy enough, you might even think you already do it, but I guarantee most of the time your mind flips so fast to obstacles, fears, insecurities, and judgment that you don’t even have time to be aware of what it is that you want in any given situation, far less from life in general. I wouldn’t bring this up if it wasn’t something intimately connected to my own life. I recently had to get very real about what it is that I want for my business. I went through an in depth process that led me to the exact nature of how I want…
Categories: Inspiration, Meditation, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Thai Yoga Massage, Wellness Wednesdays, Yoga
Do you ever sit down in front of your computer with a clear intention to get work done, then find yourself spaced out on Facebook or just stuck? The ideas aren’t flowing. The words aren’t coming easily. Whatever it is you’re doing feels like a chore? In our internet based lifestyles, I think most of us experience this more often than we realize. Yet somehow it’s taken for granted that we must spend hours upon hours each day on our computers or other such devices in order to be functional, productive, and engaged. I’m currently plugging through an online based program. The first week I was flying because the work was incredibly inspiring and I was making a lot of breakthroughs. Second…
Being teachable applies on so many levels and kicks up your vibration in a major way. From moment to moment, being teachable keeps you open, compassionate, and receptive. More specifically, being teachable in your creative passion, career or otherwise, keeps you growing, inspired, and thriving. Allow me to explain. As a yoga teacher, I am committed to expanding my knowledge base and abilities throughout the course of my entire life. My first training merely set the foundation for me to step on this path and continue to expand while at the same time diving deep within to discover the truth of my calling. A couple years ago I made a commitment to myself to find my next teacher. Not just any teacher,…
Our bodies are highly intelligent and communicate with us constantly. Well, at least they try to, though sometimes we don’t listen. In those cases, the body usually finds ways to speak louder, scream if necessary, so we pay attention. We all know its common signals: butterflies of excitement, sweaty nervous palms, stress tension at the base of the neck. However, there may be times that something is going on where the message isn’t so obvious, or perhaps we aren’t even aware that something is amiss until it starts to get in our way. At those times you have a choice. You either A) push the signals aside, pretending they’re not there and just plough ahead as though nothing is wrong. Or B) you…
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Thankfully, meditation has moved into the mainstream, and you’re no longer considered a weirdo if it’s part of your daily routine (at least I hope not!). The benefits of meditation are undeniable and span the full spectrum of wellness from mental, to emotional, to physical, to spiritual. A lot of people are curious about it or have a desire to do it, yet hit roadblocks of frustration that prevent truly connecting to the practice. Resistance rises, and meditation remains mysterious and “unattainable.” If this is you, fear not! Like yoga, meditation is a practice (well technically, meditation is yoga, and vice versa). I’ve been practicing meditation regularly for about four years now, but my practice wasn’t truly solidified until I spent 10…
First of all, THANK YOU to everyone that watched my scholarship application video to B-School, liked it, and took time to give such amazing comments and feedback. I truly felt your love, support, and encouragement. Unfortunately, I did not make the cut (and that really is UN-fortunate as the program costs big money!). That being said, I am doing the program anyway because I feel it is an extraordinarily wise investment for me on many levels. Receiving the news that I didn’t get the scholarship came as a blow though, and inspired a wellness article on dealing with disappointment in a healthy and self-loving way. First step I took was to acknowledge that it sucked to not get what I wanted. I…
Dear Readers,
On this journey of creating a life I love by doing what I love, helping people heal and connect with their highest potential through yoga, Marie Forleo’s guidance has helped me start my business with the highest level of authenticity and integrity possible. It is a goal of mine this year to attend her online B-School program, to further expand my reach and capacity to transform lives through the healing arts of Yoga and Thai Yoga Massage, as well as through my writing.
Here is my scholarship application video. If you like my message and believe in what I’m doing, please “Like” the video on YouTube, and share it with your social networks. The more buzz I can get going around it, the more likely I will be selected, and the better I will be able to serve you. Thank you for your support!!
With much LOVE and GRATITUDE,
Sasha.
Categories: Health, Meditation, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Thai Yoga Massage, Yoga, Yoga Teaching, Yoga Therapy
Tagged: application, B-School, BSchool, expansion, life, Marie Forleo, RHH B-School, scholarship, vibrant, wellness
As a society, or perhaps as part of the human condition, we tend to see only what is in front of our faces, and even that can be challenging at times! This same problem exists in yoga class when attention is paid primarily to the detail of the front body while what’s going on behind your field of vision, well, takes a back seat. When this happens, you are missing out on some key activation in the asana, therefore not getting the full benefit of your practice. To illustrate my point, we’re going to look at two commonly practiced postures, Warrior I and Warrior II. Because of how often they show up in class, people might be less mindful of the details. …
