#embodiedpractice — Public Fediverse posts
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What drew me to yoga wasn't flexibility. It was breath - my scattered mind anchoring in my body.
Yoga promised presence, studios offered performance.
What first drew you to yoga - and does your current practice still honor that?
#yoga #breathwork #mindfulness
#yogaphilosophy #spiritualpractice #presence
#contemplativelife #embodiedpractice #yogawisdom -
Have you ever carried a teacher's words for years and felt them land only mid-run?
A quote from Rishikesh, years in my journal. Kilometer fourteen made it real.
Have you ever understood a teaching only by living it?
Read the full essay
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/running-a-half-marathon-changed-my-savasana-f8286317d16c
#halfmarathon #effortandease #yoga
#runningandyoga #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#contemplativepractice #runningmeditation #savasana -
Have you ever carried a teacher's words for years and felt them land only mid-run?
A quote from Rishikesh, years in my journal. Kilometer fourteen made it real.
Have you ever understood a teaching only by living it?
Read the full essay
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/running-a-half-marathon-changed-my-savasana-f8286317d16c
#halfmarathon #effortandease #yoga
#runningandyoga #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#contemplativepractice #runningmeditation #savasana -
Have you ever carried a teacher's words for years and felt them land only mid-run?
A quote from Rishikesh, years in my journal. Kilometer fourteen made it real.
Have you ever understood a teaching only by living it?
Read the full essay
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/running-a-half-marathon-changed-my-savasana-f8286317d16c
#halfmarathon #effortandease #yoga
#runningandyoga #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#contemplativepractice #runningmeditation #savasana -
Have you ever carried a teacher's words for years and felt them land only mid-run?
A quote from Rishikesh, years in my journal. Kilometer fourteen made it real.
Have you ever understood a teaching only by living it?
Read the full essay
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/running-a-half-marathon-changed-my-savasana-f8286317d16c
#halfmarathon #effortandease #yoga
#runningandyoga #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#contemplativepractice #runningmeditation #savasana -
Have you ever carried a teacher's words for years and felt them land only mid-run?
A quote from Rishikesh, years in my journal. Kilometer fourteen made it real.
Have you ever understood a teaching only by living it?
Read the full essay
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/running-a-half-marathon-changed-my-savasana-f8286317d16c
#halfmarathon #effortandease #yoga
#runningandyoga #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#contemplativepractice #runningmeditation #savasana -
I wrote 'steadiness and ease' in my journal in Rishikesh. Running showed me I'd misunderstood the order.
Ease comes after steadiness, not alongside it. The race showed me.
What has living taught you that studying couldn't?
#sthirasukha #yogaphilosophy #yoga
#halfmarathon #runningandyoga #embodiedpractice
#savasana #effortandease #contemplativepractice -
I wrote 'steadiness and ease' in my journal in Rishikesh. Running showed me I'd misunderstood the order.
Ease comes after steadiness, not alongside it. The race showed me.
What has living taught you that studying couldn't?
#sthirasukha #yogaphilosophy #yoga
#halfmarathon #runningandyoga #embodiedpractice
#savasana #effortandease #contemplativepractice -
I wrote 'steadiness and ease' in my journal in Rishikesh. Running showed me I'd misunderstood the order.
Ease comes after steadiness, not alongside it. The race showed me.
What has living taught you that studying couldn't?
#sthirasukha #yogaphilosophy #yoga
#halfmarathon #runningandyoga #embodiedpractice
#savasana #effortandease #contemplativepractice -
I wrote 'steadiness and ease' in my journal in Rishikesh. Running showed me I'd misunderstood the order.
Ease comes after steadiness, not alongside it. The race showed me.
What has living taught you that studying couldn't?
#sthirasukha #yogaphilosophy #yoga
#halfmarathon #runningandyoga #embodiedpractice
#savasana #effortandease #contemplativepractice -
I wrote 'steadiness and ease' in my journal in Rishikesh. Running showed me I'd misunderstood the order.
Ease comes after steadiness, not alongside it. The race showed me.
What has living taught you that studying couldn't?
#sthirasukha #yogaphilosophy #yoga
#halfmarathon #runningandyoga #embodiedpractice
#savasana #effortandease #contemplativepractice -
You don't become someone who doesn't grasp. You become someone who notices the moment the hands curl.
That gap, between grasping and releasing, is where the sutra actually lives.
Where do you notice the moment your own hands curl?
#yogasutras #aparigraha #yoga
#yogaphilosophy #nonattachment #mindfulness
#spiritualpractice #embodiedpractice #yogateacher -
One Tuesday morning I practiced with no mirror, no phone, no one expected. The body just moved.
I didn't know I was still carrying it until it was gone.
When did your practice stop being something you performed?
#yoga #presence #slowliving
#yogalife #mindfulness #authenticpractice
#embodiedpractice #spiritualgrowth #yogajourney -
One Tuesday morning I practiced with no mirror, no phone, no one expected. The body just moved.
I didn't know I was still carrying it until it was gone.
When did your practice stop being something you performed?
#yoga #presence #slowliving
#yogalife #mindfulness #authenticpractice
#embodiedpractice #spiritualgrowth #yogajourney -
One Tuesday morning I practiced with no mirror, no phone, no one expected. The body just moved.
I didn't know I was still carrying it until it was gone.
When did your practice stop being something you performed?
#yoga #presence #slowliving
#yogalife #mindfulness #authenticpractice
#embodiedpractice #spiritualgrowth #yogajourney -
One Tuesday morning I practiced with no mirror, no phone, no one expected. The body just moved.
I didn't know I was still carrying it until it was gone.
When did your practice stop being something you performed?
#yoga #presence #slowliving
#yogalife #mindfulness #authenticpractice
#embodiedpractice #spiritualgrowth #yogajourney -
One Tuesday morning I practiced with no mirror, no phone, no one expected. The body just moved.
I didn't know I was still carrying it until it was gone.
When did your practice stop being something you performed?
#yoga #presence #slowliving
#yogalife #mindfulness #authenticpractice
#embodiedpractice #spiritualgrowth #yogajourney -
After a long practice, I make tortilla española. Potatoes and eggs. That's the whole ritual.
The practice is smaller now, more honest. That feels right.
What does practice look like when it stops performing?
#yoga #selfcare #yogajourney
#yogalife #slowliving #mindfulliving
#embodiedpractice #authenticpractice #spirituality -
After a long practice, I make tortilla española. Potatoes and eggs. That's the whole ritual.
The practice is smaller now, more honest. That feels right.
What does practice look like when it stops performing?
#yoga #selfcare #yogajourney
#yogalife #slowliving #mindfulliving
#embodiedpractice #authenticpractice #spirituality -
After a long practice, I make tortilla española. Potatoes and eggs. That's the whole ritual.
The practice is smaller now, more honest. That feels right.
What does practice look like when it stops performing?
#yoga #selfcare #yogajourney
#yogalife #slowliving #mindfulliving
#embodiedpractice #authenticpractice #spirituality -
After a long practice, I make tortilla española. Potatoes and eggs. That's the whole ritual.
The practice is smaller now, more honest. That feels right.
What does practice look like when it stops performing?
#yoga #selfcare #yogajourney
#yogalife #slowliving #mindfulliving
#embodiedpractice #authenticpractice #spirituality -
After a long practice, I make tortilla española. Potatoes and eggs. That's the whole ritual.
The practice is smaller now, more honest. That feels right.
What does practice look like when it stops performing?
#yoga #selfcare #yogajourney
#yogalife #slowliving #mindfulliving
#embodiedpractice #authenticpractice #spirituality -
I was doing a yoga pose about non-grasping. My hands were in fists.
Aparigraha, Sutra II.39. The one I thought I understood.
When has your body known something your mind was still convincing itself it understood?
Read the full essay
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/the-hardest-yoga-sutra-to-actually-practice-709eb0d8851d
#yogasutras #aparigraha #yogaphilosophy
#nonattachment #embodiedpractice #yoga
#spiritualpractice #yogateacher #mindfulness -
I started the journal to track my yoga practice. I didn't know it would end up tracking my grief.
The mat doesn't lie, it holds whatever you bring to it.
What has your body held that your mind couldn't name yet?
#embodiedpractice #yogalife #bodyasteacher
#mindfulness #griefandpractice #honestyoga
#yogajournal #contemplativewriting #selfawareness -
Thousands of runners bounced at the starting line, I stood still with my eyes closed, breathing.
Yoga taught me how to run.
Do you practice both yoga and running, or does one call to you more?
Read the full story
#yoga #running #embodiedpractice
#mindfulness #breathwork #meditation
#spirituality #yogalife #runnersofinstagram -
I didn't invite the Swedish seasons into my practice journal. They came anyway.
Winter wrote two words. Spring wrote three full pages. The mat held all of it.
How do the seasons move through your practice?
#yogapractice #seasons #nordiclife
#yogainsweden #seasonalpractice #embodiedpractice
#mindfulness #winteryoga #contemplativewriting -
For years I said Sanskrit words as reflex. Now they slow me down, each one requires something.
Not guilt. Not rules. Just paying attention to what you've been given.
What shifted when you started paying attention?
#yogapractice #mindfulness #yogaphilosophy
#intentionalpractice #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#authenticyoga #yogadepth #sanskritwords -
For years I said Sanskrit words as reflex. Now they slow me down, each one requires something.
Not guilt. Not rules. Just paying attention to what you've been given.
What shifted when you started paying attention?
#yogapractice #mindfulness #yogaphilosophy
#intentionalpractice #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#authenticyoga #yogadepth #sanskritwords -
For years I said Sanskrit words as reflex. Now they slow me down, each one requires something.
Not guilt. Not rules. Just paying attention to what you've been given.
What shifted when you started paying attention?
#yogapractice #mindfulness #yogaphilosophy
#intentionalpractice #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#authenticyoga #yogadepth #sanskritwords -
For years I said Sanskrit words as reflex. Now they slow me down, each one requires something.
Not guilt. Not rules. Just paying attention to what you've been given.
What shifted when you started paying attention?
#yogapractice #mindfulness #yogaphilosophy
#intentionalpractice #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#authenticyoga #yogadepth #sanskritwords -
For years I said Sanskrit words as reflex. Now they slow me down, each one requires something.
Not guilt. Not rules. Just paying attention to what you've been given.
What shifted when you started paying attention?
#yogapractice #mindfulness #yogaphilosophy
#intentionalpractice #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#authenticyoga #yogadepth #sanskritwords -
I was doing a yoga pose about non-grasping. My hands were in fists.
Aparigraha, Sutra II.39. The one I thought I understood.
When has your body known something your mind was still convincing itself it understood?
Read the full essay
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/the-hardest-yoga-sutra-to-actually-practice-709eb0d8851d
#yogasutras #aparigraha #yogaphilosophy
#nonattachment #embodiedpractice #yoga
#spiritualpractice #yogateacher #mindfulness -
For years I said Sanskrit words as reflex. Now they slow me down, each one requires something.
Not guilt. Not rules. Just paying attention to what you've been given.
What shifted when you started paying attention?
#yogapractice #mindfulness #yogaphilosophy
#intentionalpractice #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#authenticyoga #yogadepth #sanskritwords -
For years I said Sanskrit words as reflex. Now they slow me down, each one requires something.
Not guilt. Not rules. Just paying attention to what you've been given.
What shifted when you started paying attention?
#yogapractice #mindfulness #yogaphilosophy
#intentionalpractice #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#authenticyoga #yogadepth #sanskritwords -
For years I said Sanskrit words as reflex. Now they slow me down, each one requires something.
Not guilt. Not rules. Just paying attention to what you've been given.
What shifted when you started paying attention?
#yogapractice #mindfulness #yogaphilosophy
#intentionalpractice #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#authenticyoga #yogadepth #sanskritwords -
For years I said Sanskrit words as reflex. Now they slow me down, each one requires something.
Not guilt. Not rules. Just paying attention to what you've been given.
What shifted when you started paying attention?
#yogapractice #mindfulness #yogaphilosophy
#intentionalpractice #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#authenticyoga #yogadepth #sanskritwords -
For years I said Sanskrit words as reflex. Now they slow me down, each one requires something.
Not guilt. Not rules. Just paying attention to what you've been given.
What shifted when you started paying attention?
#yogapractice #mindfulness #yogaphilosophy
#intentionalpractice #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#authenticyoga #yogadepth #sanskritwords -
I did everything right. Run at 4:30, mat at 6, desk by 8. By noon I was depleted. I thought that was balance.
Turns out, I'd been chasing a myth.
When did your body last try to tell you something you weren't ready to hear?
Read the full reflection
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/the-myth-of-perfect-balance-and-what-i-found-instead-570ebfe202d7
#balance #perfectionism #yoga
#embodiedpractice #morningroutine #mindfulness
#restispractice #bodywisdom #seasonalrhythms -
I was vegan for ten years because I believed it. Then one day I noticed I was using it as armor.
The ethics were real. The performance around them wasn't.
When does a value become a performance of that value?
#yoga #veganlife #authenticself
#yogalife #wellnessculture #selfcompassion
#yogaidentity #mindfulliving #embodiedpractice -
I was vegan for ten years because I believed it. Then one day I noticed I was using it as armor.
The ethics were real. The performance around them wasn't.
When does a value become a performance of that value?
#yoga #veganlife #authenticself
#yogalife #wellnessculture #selfcompassion
#yogaidentity #mindfulliving #embodiedpractice -
I was vegan for ten years because I believed it. Then one day I noticed I was using it as armor.
The ethics were real. The performance around them wasn't.
When does a value become a performance of that value?
#yoga #veganlife #authenticself
#yogalife #wellnessculture #selfcompassion
#yogaidentity #mindfulliving #embodiedpractice -
I was vegan for ten years because I believed it. Then one day I noticed I was using it as armor.
The ethics were real. The performance around them wasn't.
When does a value become a performance of that value?
#yoga #veganlife #authenticself
#yogalife #wellnessculture #selfcompassion
#yogaidentity #mindfulliving #embodiedpractice -
I was vegan for ten years because I believed it. Then one day I noticed I was using it as armor.
The ethics were real. The performance around them wasn't.
When does a value become a performance of that value?
#yoga #veganlife #authenticself
#yogalife #wellnessculture #selfcompassion
#yogaidentity #mindfulliving #embodiedpractice -
After a long practice, I make tortilla española. Potatoes and eggs. That's the whole ritual.
The practice is smaller now, more honest. That feels right.
What does practice look like when it stops performing?
#yoga #selfcare #yogajourney
#yogalife #slowliving #mindfulliving
#embodiedpractice #authenticpractice #spirituality -
After a long practice, I make tortilla española. Potatoes and eggs. That's the whole ritual.
The practice is smaller now, more honest. That feels right.
What does practice look like when it stops performing?
#yoga #selfcare #yogajourney
#yogalife #slowliving #mindfulliving
#embodiedpractice #authenticpractice #spirituality -
After a long practice, I make tortilla española. Potatoes and eggs. That's the whole ritual.
The practice is smaller now, more honest. That feels right.
What does practice look like when it stops performing?
#yoga #selfcare #yogajourney
#yogalife #slowliving #mindfulliving
#embodiedpractice #authenticpractice #spirituality -
After a long practice, I make tortilla española. Potatoes and eggs. That's the whole ritual.
The practice is smaller now, more honest. That feels right.
What does practice look like when it stops performing?
#yoga #selfcare #yogajourney
#yogalife #slowliving #mindfulliving
#embodiedpractice #authenticpractice #spirituality -
After a long practice, I make tortilla española. Potatoes and eggs. That's the whole ritual.
The practice is smaller now, more honest. That feels right.
What does practice look like when it stops performing?
#yoga #selfcare #yogajourney
#yogalife #slowliving #mindfulliving
#embodiedpractice #authenticpractice #spirituality -
I hid a cheese sandwich from another yoga teacher. She didn't notice. I did.
That reflex told me something I hadn't wanted to see.
When did the rules arrive, dressed as your values?
Read the full essay
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/why-i-stopped-trying-to-be-a-good-yogi-0802a37b88a9
#yoga #authenticpractice #yogalife
#wellnessculture #yogaphilosophy #spiritualgrowth
#yogaperfectionism #selfcompassion #embodiedpractice -
I hid a cheese sandwich from another yoga teacher. She didn't notice. I did.
That reflex told me something I hadn't wanted to see.
When did the rules arrive, dressed as your values?
Read the full essay
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/why-i-stopped-trying-to-be-a-good-yogi-0802a37b88a9
#yoga #authenticpractice #yogalife
#wellnessculture #yogaphilosophy #spiritualgrowth
#yogaperfectionism #selfcompassion #embodiedpractice