Outbound Yoga

You have to give credit to the hard stuff.
To the stuff that stuff that shook your world the most.
To the plans that fell through.
To the forever people who were just “for now.”
To the dreams that only lived for a moment.
To the wrong turns that lead to better places.

You’re never going the wrong way,
ever ever ever.

Sometimes it’s the hardest stuff that softens us the most ♥️

Everything has been so amazing and great until suddenly everything got really hard and really messy all at once.

I guess it’s true, when it rains it pours 🤷🏼‍♀️ For a second looked out at the universe and thought to myself:
“ARE YOU F&$CKING KIDDING ME!? I thought we were passed this??”..But then I remembered that I’M THE ONE who asked for a big life.

So remember that narrow doorways aren’t walls, and that what feels like a struggle or a lot of resistance is just the universe giving you another staircase.

It puts that staircase/struggle/challenge there FOR you.

Because it’s the way up to all the things you asked for ♥️

9 months ago I moved into apartment 6.

Before that- I had been living in some basement suite in the far north of the city with Bodhi who was just a puppy, where I slept on a mattress on the floor.

I was miserable that summer. I was navigating a breakup, a dissolved business partnership and I was so lonely I thought if I “swiped” hard and fast enough I’d find someone who would somehow fix it.

Finally I moved. Sometimes when we’re stuck we need to PHYSICALLY change things so we can begin to mentally and emotionally shift as well.

So Kelsey and I moved in together. Into apartment 6.

Then we met Chantel. She lived upstairs with Shiloh (the white golden retriever who is in all my stories) and then later I met her friend Mckenzie. These were the first people I had met OUTSIDE of work in probably five years.

One day we were sitting outside with the dogs and talking about how we really needed a vacation. The next thing I knew we were putting $3000 on Chantel’s credit card and our flight to Bali we’re booked.

That trip changed my life.
I went to Bali one person and came back another.

There’s a lot more to this story, but what’s important is that you remember that life is about change. Things move in cycles and waves. If things are bad today, it doesn’t mean they will be bad forever.

Where you put your energy is important.
So take an inventory of who and what is around you... if it’s not lifting you up, then it’s bringing you down.

Simple. As. That.

Edit your life frequently and often and pay attention to what and WHO is in your space.

Another person isn’t going to fix everything. But sitting alone on your couch hating the world won’t either.

So reach out. Be uncomfortable, and let people love you. Let people see you cry and let them help you (a big lesson for me).

We’re all just figuring our s**t out anyway, and it’s more fun to figure out your our s**t together ♥️
Swipe to see more Bali pics! 😍 @ Bali

(Me not knowing how to take a normal photo)
In the first yoga teacher training I ever attended they asked us “what do you want to teach” the answer wasn’t “yoga” ...it was things like: Self love, strength, connection, Etc..

Now I ask that same question in my own trainings.

Well- ever since that day my mission has been to empower people to get out of their own way. THAT is what I teach in my trainings and that’s what I want to inspire people to do in real life.

Being in Bali with space to be and land and process made me realize that the ONE thing I want to teach others to do is the one thing I’ve been struggling to do.

So I made a list (I love lists by the way) and I wrote down all the things I wanted to do:
•Record an album
•Get Better at Guitar
•Take a canoe trip (..learn to canoe first)
•Rent a van and drive up the coast
•Start rock climbing
•Write a book about something I love

My list is long and it’s awesome, so if you need ideas.. hit me up :)

After looking at my list- and IMMEDIATELY signing up for things and putting it into action. I decided I needed to make more space in my life.

I realized I am YOUNG, and if I’m lucky I have my entire life to run yoga teacher trainings and do what I love. It’s a big part of who I am but it isn’t WHO I am.

So, despite emails and waitlists...I made the choice to take time off from leading teacher trainings, so could go out there and get out of my own way again ♥️

My August training will be my last one- so it is already very special to me. If you’ve wanted to take a training with me, please reach out. We’ll get you there. Everything is figure-outable.

I feel like I’ve rambled a bit... but I hope you remember that your life isn’t going to somehow begin when you do X,Y,Z.... your life is happening RIGHT NOW.

So make the damn list and pick one thing. Start there and get excited about your life.

Remember that there’s still going to be a balance of good days and hard days... but you don’t have to just watch it happen, you can jump back into the drivers seat and do something with the life that’s unfolding in front of you.

Ok? I love you.

One minute you’re going to have an idea of where your life is going- and then the next, you won’t even recognize where you are or how you got there.

Things that you thought would work out, will fall apart in all the right ways.
People you thought would fit into your story, won’t stay for the next chapter.

But even when it’s two a.m and your thoughts are all tangled up in your head.
Know that it’s working.

The more you surrender.
The more you’re supported.

It won’t make any sense.
Until it does.
and then you’ll be grateful for the questions that never came with answers and the destinations that turn into detours.

As long as you go where the love is-
It’s going to be so much better than you imagined ♥️