A Guide To Understanding The Chakras and How To Find Balance
Well, firstly, what the heck is a chakra? There are many different energic points and meridians that run through the body. The seven...
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Valerie
- Feb 17
- 1 min
Exploring the Mind-Body Connection
"As within, so without" But what about as without, so within? One of the greatest things about yoga is the way that the physical movement...
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Valerie
- Jan 31
- 2 min
Morning Meditation Tea
Or a tea for any time of the day, really. Its no secret that I love an early morning, there's just this little big of magic in the air...
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Valerie
- Jan 30
- 4 min
10 Morning Practices To Start Your Day Mindfully
Your alarm goes off. Your eyes slowly blink to adjust to the light. You sit for a second and wonder what day it is. You quickly...
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Valerie
- Sep 26, 2021
- 2 min
Integration of the Self(es)
We all have dualistic tendencies. We have sides of our personalities that are warmer and some that are colder. Some that are deep and...
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Valerie
- Apr 28, 2021
- 2 min
Second Chakra Balancing
How to tell if you have an imbalance in your second chakra.. Firstly, what is the second chakra? The second chakra, aka pleasure chakra,...
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Valerie
- Feb 10, 2021
- 1 min
Enjoy The Process
We often glamorize the end result of a goal we’ve set but we miss celebrating the little steps were taking day to day to achieve our...
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Valerie
- Sep 4, 2020
- 3 min
Atmospheric Energy Mixed Messaging
Do you find it challenging to create time and space for a meditation practice? The atmospheric energy of your space can have a lot to do...
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Valerie
- Aug 11, 2020
- 4 min
My Favorite Meditation Techniques
Let’s get real now. Sometimes mediation can be difficult. When your mind has been trained to habitually multitask, sitting in stillness...
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Valerie
- Apr 10, 2020
- 4 min
Tips for Improving Your Home Practice
You know that feeling that you get when you walk into your favorite yoga studio? The expansion, the power, the creativity, the...
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Valerie
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
Finding Balance
This photo wasn’t taken that long ago but it feels like a different life right now. There is so much beauty in this time and yet there is...
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Valerie
- Feb 14, 2020
- 1 min
Ain't No Love Like Self Love
Loving yourself is about celebrating what makes you unique. We hear this a lot, and yet we are inundated with ways to compare ourselves...
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Valerie
- Jan 23, 2020
- 2 min
Change is Hard
As January starts to wind down, you can feel the energy start to shift. You’ve been working hard to realign yourself with your targets...
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Valerie
- Jan 2, 2020
- 2 min
Authentic Goal Setting for the New Year
What does the term “New Beginning” mean for you? There is a lot of bold and direct, masculine energy swirling around in early January,...
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Valerie
- Nov 1, 2019
- 2 min
Strength in Softness
In a world that is constantly demanding and incentivizing action, power, dominance and material accomplishment, being soft is not...
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Valerie
- Oct 25, 2019
- 2 min
Turn Off "Auto-Pilot"
Going about your day on auto-pilot is a silent hazard of living in the modern age. Here's a little test to see how entrenched in...
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Valerie
- Oct 19, 2019
- 2 min
Meditation and Yin: a Match Made in Heaven
It doesn't look like i'm doing very much, but i'm actually multi-tasking. (Ahhhh I hate that word) Typically, i'm against anything that...
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