BEE you 🐝 ~ Supta Padangusthasana

Supta Padangusthasana - Reclined Hand to Big Toe Pose

In Aspen, CO the beauty standards seem very extreme - even I have to repeatedly remind my typically composed and centered spirit: all you can be is yourself!

The Show Must Go On ~ Gomukhasana

Gomukhasana - Cow Face Pose forward fold
Double Threaded Needle Bind holding opposite feet.

Summer break with four kiddos at home is feeling impossible today. 

Some days you just have to put your ‘costume’ on and go through the motions.

Simple Pleasures ~ DownDog Transition

Stepping forward from (three legged) downward dog.
Low Lunge hands framing front foot.

Rediscover the omnipresence of simple pleasures while hanging out with kids.  

PS: QUANTITY time - not quality time - is required for the miraculous unveiling of these everyday delights. 

Pinecone, berry, acorn, leaf etc. animals, mermaids, gnomes, boats, lawnmowers and more…

Rainy Day or !Too Hot Day! - Paint 🎨 

🛎️ Order Up! Ceaseless meal service.

Dot Cakes by Goldie.

Mid-pool session siesta.

Buckle Up!

Local ~ Tadasana

Tadasana - Mountain Pose

On vacation, but not a tourist. 😉 😎

True ~ Tadasana Namaste

Tadasana Namaste 🙏 

Stay true to you. 💜

Re-Regulate ~ Parsvottanasana with Reverse Namaste 🙏

Parsvottanasana - Pyramid Pose
With Reverse Namaste
🙏 

The body does ‘keep the score’ (Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD) - use yoga to re-regulate your nervous system. 

Single Specific Attribute or Category that Applies to all Entities

 

Seated Neck Stretch

Three Rows:

💫Values 🏹 Tangible Goals 🌱 Specific Policies and Actions

Fill each row with subsequent columns. 

(EG: 💫Unconditional Family Support 🏹 Quantity Family Time 🌱Dinner Together at the Table Most Nights OR 💫Yogini my Life 🏹 Zen and Fit 🌱Yoga or Walk Weekdaily.)

Find repetitious ‘Policies and Actions’. Circle them. Act on them. Make your life beautiful. 

It’s All Happening.

Make it Happen.

Dream ~ Create.

True Treasure ~ Ardha Yoga Nidrasana - Sun Steeped Café Soleil

Ardha Yoga Nidrasana - Half Yogic Sleep Pose
Looks comfy, right? 🥹

🐾 Your unique fingerprint - discover the valuable habits that work for you (just you!) and treasure your cache of prized behaviors. 🪎

Soleil Café (Sun Coffee)
Steep grounds for a few hours in the sun then sieve and sip with cream.
🤍🌞🤎🌞🤍

🌞 🫖 💐

Remember to dry your flowers 💐🧻 and steep your sun tea 🫖🌞 this Summer. 

💕💖 

Dried Flowers, some pressed into clay.

Dried Bouquet.

Dried Rose Petals

🌞 Sun Tea 🫖 Red Berry, Rooibos, Earl Gray.

Rocky Mountain Highlights.

& Plunge.

Permission ~ Tree Pose with bébé

Vrksasana - Tree Pose
With bébés - lots of them! DIY - with your flair and forté!

Permission to have the best time ever momming and house-making (in a world often convincing us to outsource our divine gifts). 🎁

Infinite body, mind, and spirit benefits (and abundant monetary savings) to be had by executing your family life, yourself, your way!

Yogini Mommy ~ Mother and Daughter Sukhasana Stretch

Sukhasana - Seated Stretch

Endless work - but worth it, yogini mommy. 

Slow and Deep ~ Butterfly Pose ~ Yin Yoga

Butterfly Pose 
Yin Yoga
Slow and deep ;)

Summer is Yang - balance this season with YIN - such as reading an uplifting simplicity book in the shade of the Aspen trees while sipping an avocado smoothie. 📖🌳🥑