“If you don’t have a philosophy, you’re going to react. And that reaction is either going to be what you learned, or the opposite of what you learned, but it’s not going to be what you intentionally want to do, unless you cultivate pratyahara, which is that pause…..that moving away from everything that pulls us into distraction. Taking a breath, and literally creating space between what just happened and how I’m going to be.”

-Melanie Green, Homebodies Yoga Podcast, episode 20

Hormones are everything, that’s how we do everything in our lives, from intimacy to showing up at work, and when we don’t know what’s going on, that’s where we get these defeating feelings of “why am I not performing?”

-Bekah Andrew

“Yoga philosophy and the history of yoga are closely tied to social change. Even though yoga is a practice for internal reflection and personal liberation, it is directly tied to the liberation of others. “

-Dia Penning

“Its not always thinking your way out of the problem, sometimes it’s feeling your way out.”

-Katharine Otis

“I don’t aspire to any profound divine wisdom that put my in on my path. Rather, an open heart and open mind to what truly matters…..And that’s where our spiritual practice is so powerful and valuable, because it offers internal reflection.”

-Zach Beach

Lately, since my surgery, what feels so good is to put on music and let my body move intuitively…letting my body feel open and free… that’s been feeling the most good, my yoga lately is wild and weird.

Simple doesn’t have to be boring the more I teach the more I realize, the most satisfying yoga practice is a simple one, but infused with a lot of presence and intention and breathing.

“There’s foundational knowledge that yoga teachers need to have that’s not being given to them in 200m hour and even 300 hour teacher training. “

“For creating a class I think a big part of the process is getting clear about what you want to share that’s not just physical, that’s mental or emotional or spiral and weaving that theme thought the practice….so that the physical practice and the theme are supporting each other, and really building a rhythm so that people start to feel this group energy, even on zoom, when you loo and see other people moving with you in time, and breathing with you, that energy syncing up and builds the energy higher and higher, its a beautiful thing.”

“…. in the end, what really sustains me and softens my heart and my attitude and all of it, the stuff that sustains my practice on a daily basis when I leave the house is chanting to God..theres something to the vibration that really softens the harder edges that still exist in me.”

-Astrud Castillo, Episode 11, Homebodies Yoga Podcast

“If a kapotasana happens in a room by yourself, does it really happen?”

“In the complete lack of balance in our lives right now, I’ve found the most balance in my movement practice. ”

“Start by bookending your day with movement.”

“The most powerful thing is to do it again”

“My yoga practice allows me to empathize without internalizing…that I can have compassion and also have boundaries. “

“And I think that’s what guides my practice..where is my body speaking to me, and how can I get into that place no matter what it looks like. “

separating your studentship from the business of yoga is really important because you can’t enjoy it otherwise…

separating your studentship from the business of yoga is really important because you can’t enjoy it otherwise…

If yoga was about just trying to achieve shapes, it would be a young persons game…but that’s what so great, if we stay open minded and curious to what my body can do today, that allows it to last a lifetime.