Tough Love Yoga, Atlanta

SURPRISE! Neda is teaching King of Pops yoga starting June 29 AND you can win a month unlimited pass to the studio! Check out the details & rules below. Posted @withregram @kingofpops FRIDAY GIVEAWAY We've teamed up with @toughloveyoga to give one of you a month-long Unlimited Pass to Tough Love Yoga and 10 pop tokens! To enter, just make sure you're following both of our accounts. Then tag your friends in the comments below or on their post with the same photo. Each... comment is an entry and we'll draw and notify the winner Monday morning! Did you hear the big announcement on our IG Live this week? King of Pops Yoga is BACK and will be led by TLY! We're meeting on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm starting June 29 at Greenspace C across from @poncecitymarket next to the old Masquerade. Class is donation based, and all donations during the first month will go to @free99fridge! Donations can be sent through Venmo to @kopyoga *Please note that Tough Love Yoga is vaccination only for all classes in-studio. Everyone is welcome outdoors.

The rain FINALLY relaxed and outdoor classes are beautiful again! We're now meeting by the basketball court on the left when you first come into Candler park. There's plenty of shade, and it's nice and flat. . Opportunities to practice: Practice for a Purpose- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday at 6:45pm,... Sunday at 6pm Outdoor yogahour- Wednesday at 6:45pm If finances are an obstacle, please still come practice with us. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds

Don't miss out on this sweet offering from Megan Link in bio to register! . Posted @withregram @tenderheartyoga This past year has been both challenging and overwhelming for us all. I find myself needing soft spaces more than ever. I’m discovering what support means to me now in this new season of my life. No one taught me how to rest- until I found restorative yoga. It has been a re-training my nervous system to receive nurturing. For me, remembering what it is l...ike to be at ease or at rest has been revolutionary. Join me for Summer Support: A Restful Tuesday Night Series for gentle offerings designed to support a smooth transition into a new season. Available online and in-person. Definitions of support: Hold something firmly To carry the weight in order to keep something from falling To help to show something to be true To accept something and allow it to happen Agreement with and encouragement for an idea, group, or person Emotional or practical help Sign up at www.toughloveyoga.com/restore {ID: slide one- Megan on her mat in child's pose in the Lakshmi room. slide two- flyer with the above series details}

We have good news and bad news... Bad news? Tomorrow is your LAST chance to catch @nedadraupadi at Practice for a Purpose in Candler Park! Join her tomorrow at 6:45 to raise money for @transhousingcoalition. Register on Mindbody with the link in our bio! A $0 is an option if finances are an obstacle . The good news! Stay tuned for an exciting announcement this week about where you'll find Neda next... {ID: Neda outdoors in west stretch prepping for archer.}

#LimbsOfAtlanta Asteya: non stealing in actions, words, & deeds - @demilitarize.atl The Demilitarize From Atlanta 2 Palestine (DA2P) coalition is made up of various community and legal organizations based in Atlanta, and calls for the withdrawal of the Atlanta Police Department's training in Israel through the GILEE (Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange) program. By fighting against the role our city plays in supporting and learning from Israeli forces, DA2P dele...gitimizes the tactics Israel uses to steal the homes and lives of Palestinians. . Keep up with DA2P's work through IG and Facebook to hear about their upcoming rallies, and learn more about GILEE with their educational materials. . While recognizing that the tactics shared through GILEE are harmful for our city, we also want to emphasize that anti-semitism is just as unwelcome here as militarization of the APD. See more

This Saturday, June 12, join us for a pop-up rug market / silent auction benefitting the Covid relief efforts in India! Each of these rugs is designed in Atlanta and woven by skilled artisans in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana India. Your donation will help to bring ongoing relief to the Covid crisis in India, bringing support directly back to the community of weavers that work daily to manufacture these beautiful pieces using a mix of time honed skills and new technology. We a...sk all rug market shoppers to please wear a mask to gain entry to the studio and to please keep your mask on until you exit the building. Indoor and outdoor rugs are available and bidding starts at just $25. The highest bidder will be called at 1:30pm and ask that rugs be picked up by 2pm. Payments can be made in cash or through venmo. Swipe to see a couple sneak peeks. See y’all this weekend! {ID: Neda seated on one of the bluish gray rugs in front of the Kali room mural smiling, with the above event details listed in gray and red font}

Come wind down your day and get your Deep Stretch on with Kylie - Thursday nights at 5:30.With plenty of variations and space for breath, we will spend minutes in supported, deep postures and prepare our bodies for a restful night. : @lorenhenagan #pleasepractice #drinkasyoupour... #ToughLoveYogaOnline #alignmentbasedyoga #ShapeshiftToStateshift #affordableyoga #yogaforall See more

On Friday, Jan 1: Join us in ringing in the New Year with the New Year's Day Virtual Yoga Practice & Puja with Neda a Tough Love Yoga tradition. We'll begin with 75 minutes all-levels asana and pranayama to stoke our internal fires, smolder out the old, and blaze a trail for the new. After, we'll take time to do some journaling and contemplation, and end with a sweet fire ritual to burn away anything we want to leave behind before moving into the new year ahead. Register h...ere https://www.toughloveyoga.com/new-years-day #pleasepractice #drinkasyoupour #ToughLoveYogaOnline #alignmentbasedyoga #ShapeshiftToStateshift #affordableyoga #yogaforall

Today is the LAST DAY to take advantage of the code YEAR2021 to get $100 off your Unlimited One-Year MindBody Membership to #Cobraville! Link in our Instagram bio for class registration and to purchase your membership {https://tinyurl.com/yc49g87x} Benefits of the MindBody One Year Membership: - Free access to any events and community gatherings (Full Moon Gatherings, Thanksgiving Metal Yoga, New Years Day yoga and fire ritual) - Live class and library access on Namastream... - Priority access to in studio classes once we reopen See more

Greetings, beloveds If you came to New Year’s Day yoga way back in January, before all this pandemic mess started, the time has come for me to send the letter you wrote yourself your way That day we talked about Saraswati, the energy of the Universe that is the creative force, and talked about building a vision for the future to help us make strides towards the life we wanted to create for ourselves. None of us knew then what would lie ahead - a year of great challenge, d...ifficulty, and loss for so many. I hope that there have also been moments of joy, ease, and great love for all of you as well. That's one of the things about this human experience - it's multidimensional and we can hold agony, ecstasy, and everything in between all in the same moment. When you receive your letter, take a quiet moment for yourself to read it and reflect on how you felt on the first day of the year, what your hopes and dreams were for yourself and the world, and how all of that has unfolded for you. Take some time to reflect on what you learned, what you want to leave behind, and what you want to carry forward. What kind of internal and external life do you want to create for yourself moving into the new year ahead? We will be hosting a virtual New Year's Day Practice & Puja this year on Tough Love Online. Registration is open if you would like to join us. Time with community, any way I can get it, has been nectar for my heart this year and I would love to spend the first day of 2021 with each and every one of you. To pre-register, head to the link in our bio. As always, if finances are an obstacle, please reach out to [email protected] and let us know and we'll make it happen for you. Sending all my love to each and every one of you and wishing us all a better year ahead. xo, Neda

Actual footage of all of us emerging from the darkness and difficulty of 2020 into the new year Consider this: this year, with all of its challenge and chaos, may be a time where seeds were planted for what will be, where much is brewing underneath the surface that we cannot see, and that all of us are just on the brink of seeing new growth and opportunities sprout, grow, and blossom. . Let’s blaze into the new year together, with renewed perspective and a community of peo...ple at our sides. Join us on Tough Love Online for New Year’s Day Yoga with Neda. Link in our bio for more info and registration . See more

11 Days of Karmic Spaces: Excerpt #7 Letting go of Unfulfilled Intentions. Right now, choose something. Don’t make a long list, because list making, like visualization, actually programs you to act, getting the body and brain ready on a cellular level. Then, if you don’t act, all that energy has no place to go , and you have confused your body. ... Just look around, choose something small, and do it. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati #yogaforall

We are so excited to announce that we are offering a new format for our 200 hour teacher trainings and it starts in January 2021! . This curriculum and schedule for this training are designed specifically with virtual learning in mind, taking into consideration all the lessons we’ve learned and tools we’ve gained through 9 months of online programming at Cobraville and 4 online teacher training programs (1100 hours!) since the pandemic began. . One door virtual learning has... opened is our ability to diversify our teaching staff and to include teachers from across the US. The staff for this training includes @nedadraupadi @rachelleknowles @tenderheartyoga @darrenrhodesyoga @brigettefinley and @samriceyoga, an all-star lineup we’re so excited to share with you all. . This is an alignment-based training that includes hatha, vinyasa, yogahour, yin, restorative, meditation, and pranayama practice and learning. It also includes an integrated and immersive exploration of how to create more inclusive and trauma-aware spaces. We are thrilled to roll out this program and hope you’ll join us. More info in the link in our IG bio. . #toughloveyoga #yogateachertraining #ytt #200hour #alignmentbasedyoga #hathayoga #vinyasayoga #yinyoga #restorativeyoga #meditation #pranayama #practice #pleasepractice #yoga #yogaforall #atlyoga #onlineytt See more

11 Days of Karmic Spaces: Excerpt #2 Letting go of Anger. Anger is like fire, often a destructive force. Yet fire is also a symbol for transformation. Offer your burdens to the fire; the greater they are, the greater the possibility of transformation. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

#Repost from our beloved @brigittebidet LAST DAY TO REGISTER take two seconds & help secure the senate! Your vote COUNTS go to sos.ga.gov & register now

FORWARD FOLDS & TWISTS IS BACK! . Repost @nedadraupadi . . . . .... N E W C L A S S U P D A T E Starting tonight, I’m bringing back Forward Folds & Twists every Tuesday at 6:30pm, right after my 5:30pm Muscle Smashing class. This will take the place of Fire Flow for a while. . As the seasons change and we continue to traverse through this election season, and as I personally continue some medical treatment that is asking a lot of me physically and energetically, my practice is also shifting to asana that is focused on helping me unwind the physical tension and stress in my body so that I can feel more freedom, more comfort, and be better prepared for rest and sleep. . This class starts with a standing pose warm up and then shifts into seated and supine forward folds and twists with rich alignment guidance. I highly recommend taking the muscle smashing class first to prime your body for practice. Or take one or the other. . I’m still offering FREE 30 minute guided meditation every Tuesday at 10am and yogahour with personalized verbal adjustments every Tuesday at noon - with the exception of this week... I have a dentist appt @nannette.hannah will be subbing my noon for me today. She is amazing. Please take her class and see for yourself. . Looking forward to breathing and being embodied with you tonight. It all happens on Tough Love Online (link in bio) . : @kellytmarie

Feed your practice forward. Join Holly Tara Devi Griffin today at 12:00 pm for yogahour, where she’ll offer personalized verbal adjustments by watching everyone's videos as she teaches. Register for class now at toughloveyoga.com/tlyonline See you at noon! #pleasepractice... #drinkasyoupour #ToughLoveYogaOnline #alignmentbasedyoga #ShapeshiftToStateshift #affordableyoga #yogaforall See more

11 Days of Karmic Spaces: Excerpt #1 Letting go of Jealousy. Go deeply into your heart, and you will see that you have the light, you have everything you need for happiness within yourself. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati ... #pleasepractice #drinkasyoupour #ToughLoveYogaOnline #alignmentbasedyoga #ShapeshiftToStateshift #affordableyoga #yogaforall

TOMORROW there are 2 chances to get your practice in on New Year's Eve-- Yogahour101 at Noon with Liz and Deep Stretch at 5:30 with Kylie. You can't go wrong with either of these lovely humans. Yogahour 101 is a more doable version of yogahour. Liz watches everyone's videos as she teaches in this yogahour class so she can offer personalized verbal adjustments to help feed your practice forward. Deep Stretch focuses on active, engaged stretching and smashing techniques with ...the aim of releasing tension and increasing range of motion in muscles and connective tissue. You'll slowly work with Kylie into postures with long holds, deep breaths, and lots of props. This class is great for all levels of students, especially athletes and those recovering from injuries. $12 drop-in or free with a monthly or weekly membership. Link in our Instagram bio or toughloveyoga.com/tlyonline for class registration #pleasepractice #drinkasyoupour #ToughLoveYogaOnline #alignmentbasedyoga #ShapeshiftToStateshift #affordableyoga #yogaforall

7 Days Left: Use code YEAR2021 to get $100 off your Unlimited One-Year MindBody Membership to #Cobraville! Tough Love Yoga is for metalheads, arm-balance addicts, runners, athletes, beginners, and everyone in between. So come as you are. Find your fire. Tend to it with practice. Let’s continue to take care of each other as a community so we can keep shaping what’s to come. ... *Please note: No matter when you purchase this promotion, your membership will start on January 1, 2021 and end on December 31, 2021. Link in bio to purchase with code YEAR2021 #pleasepractice #drinkasyoupour #ToughLoveYogaOnline #alignmentbasedyoga #ShapeshiftToStateshift #affordableyoga #yogaforall

Tuesday 8am Outdoor Yogahour with @hollyhalina at Pullman Yard is on tomorrow! Join her for some time outside before the rain comes. Pre-register on MindBody (link in bio), bring a mat and/or towel, and maybe even a friend

If you have a joy hangover, are looking for some rest and self-care time after not sleeping from all the anticipation of this past week, or just want to invest in your relationship with yourself and the sacred vessel of a body you’ve been born into, join @tenderheartyoga tonight for Deep Stretch at 6pm on Tough Love Online . If you’re looking for a more active practice, join Nicholas for 12pm yogahour with personalized verbal adjustments . Side note: there is no 2pm outd...oor karmahour today. We’ll be back, weather permitting, next Sunday. . We love you See more

Tomorrow (Saturday) at 1pm! Join @nedadraupadi (and maybe even Thor & Juno) for Practice for a Purpose: our GA Senate Runoff election benefit. Leverage your practice to help us support Rev. Warnock and Jon Ossoff's runoff elections to the U.S. Senate. . We will come together virtually for an accessible & inclusive all-levels practice with Neda at 1pm EST on... Saturday, December 5th, the last Saturday before Georgia's voter registration deadline. . The registration fee for this class is $21, in honor of the year 2021. Tough Love Yoga will make a donation matching 100% of the total revenue collected for this class to to gasenate.com, divided evenly between Fair Fight and the Ossoff and Warnock campaigns. . Link in bio for registration See more

We had some technical difficulties this morning with our streaming service. We apologize to everyone who had issues signing on for our 10am Guided Meditation and 12pm yogahour classes. We’ve been in contact with them and they say the issue is fixed! . Join @nedadraupadi (and maybe even Thor & Juno) for a fireside Muscle Smashing session at 5:30pm or Forward Folds & Twists at 6:30pm tonight. We’re looking forward to seeing y’all!

@kamalaharris, this beautiful human of Jamaican and South Asian descent, named after the 10th Mahavidya (great wisdom goddess) Kamala Devi, a tantric form of Lakshmi, is now the first woman elected Vice President . Again, the work is far from over, but this is a victory to celebrate. Jai Ma. Jai Kamala Devi

The love and community that is cultivated in our trainings is our favorite part of the process. We love you so much, Nicole. You are so special #Repost @curlynik26 #tbt *long post* Three years ago, I decided to become a certified yoga instructor. Not because I wanted to teach, but because I couldn't think of a better way to deepen my practice. Yoga has always been a form respite for me and I wanted to understand why. As Facebook and the all knowing internet would h...ave it, an ad for teacher training at @toughloveyoga popped up. It was the only place I applied to and the reason is quite simple. It was the only yoga studio where I felt completely embraced from the moment I walked through the doors. I've never felt anything like it and before signing up, I learned my first lesson. Lean in. Becoming certified was one of the wisest and most life changing experiences. I've made some amazing connections who are still with me and lessons that I carry and apply to my daily life. However, my wish for you this holiday season and beyond is to apply my first lesson from teacher training to your lives. Lean into what speaks to your heart. Lean into the love that wants embrace you. Lean into the peace that is calling out to you. Everything else will follow. See more

11 Days of Karmic Spaces: Excerpt #6 Letting go of the Lack of Awareness. Awareness comes in moments, so be ready. Be willing to see, to hear, and to know. No matter what has happened in the past, you can start over, every second of the day, with a clean canvas and new colors.... It all starts with becoming aware of the breath. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati #yogaforall

#Repost @themoniquestephanie It’s Monday! You know what that means! Join me for YogaHour 101 tonight at 6:45 PM EST. $12 drop in. Link in bio. #MoniqueStephanie #YogaTeacher #ToughLoveOnline... . . . . : @ericajsimmons See more

Up bright & early Saturday? Join @lorenhenagan for 9am #yogahour this morning! Sleep in today? @rashida.hassan is serving up yogahour101 at noon. All on Tough Love Online (link in bio)

Reminder: all Christmas Eve and Christmas classes are cancelled. If you have a weekly or monthly membership to #TLYOnline, you can access our library of recorded classes anytime! Our regularly scheduled classes will be back starting Saturday, 12/26. Head to toughloveyoga.com/tlyonline for our schedule #drinkasyoupour... #ToughLoveYogaOnline #alignmentbasedyoga #ShapeshiftToStateshift #affordableyoga #yogaforall See more

NEW CLASS ALERT! Join Kylie, our very own magical woodland being, every Thursday night at 5:30pm for Deep Stretch! . Amidst all the stressors that are 2020 and moving into the chilly season, we’re excited to add an end of the week Deep Stretch offering to our calendar on Tough Love Online. Join Kylie for a rejuvenating, slow-paced class with plenty of support and stages. We’ll warm the body up with slow, active poses and move into longer, restorative holds for some deep muscle release. Get ready to get cozy See y’all tonight!

Join @NedaDraupadi for two classes this evening! At 5:30 pm, roll up for muscle smashing using blocks and blankets. Muscle smashing is a self-massage practice to restore muscle mobility, and it’s the perfect primer for Forward Folds and Twists at 6:30 pm. $12 drop-in or free with a monthly or weekly membership. Link in Instagram bio or toughloveyoga.com/tlyonline to register for both classes ... #pleasepractice #drinkasyoupour #ToughLoveYogaOnline #alignmentbasedyoga #ShapeshiftToStateshift #affordableyoga #yogaforall

This Saturday! Leverage your practice to help us support Rev. Warnock and Jon Ossoff's runoff elections to the U.S. Senate. . We will come together virtually for an accessible & inclusive all-levels practice with Neda at 1pm EST on Saturday, December 5th, the last Saturday before Georgia's voter registration deadline. .... The registration fee for this class is $21, in honor of the year 2021. Tough Love Yoga will make a donation matching 100% of the total revenue collected for this class to to gasenate.com, divided evenly between Fair Fight and the Ossoff and Warnock campaigns. . Link in bio for registration See more

It’s a good day, Atlanta! And we have this warrior woman to thank. Thank you @staceyabrams for forging a path ahead for all of us. We are so grateful to you . The work is far from over. Keep taking care of yourselves, yogis. Keep showing up. Keep fighting. We have a long way to go and we can do it together

Tonight! Join @themoniquestephanie for 6:45pm yogahour101! Or catch 5:30pm yogahour with @tenderheartyoga. #Repost @themoniquestephanie Let’s practice together. YogaHour 101 tonight at 6:45 PM EST. $12 drop in. Link in bio.... #MoniqueStephanie #YogaTeacher #ToughLoveOnline . . . . : @ericajsimmons See more

Say Goodbye to 2020 with us with our New Year's Day Practice & Puja - https://mailchi.mp/toughloveyoga/may2020-2619960

With the shift to daylight savings time, it’s getting dark out earlier and we’re embracing it Tonight’s outdoor yogahour at Pullman Yard with @hollyhalina will be by lantern light. Please bring an electric (not fire-burning for safety) lantern with you for this evening twilight practice and help us set the mood. Pre-register on MindBody (link in bio) to save yourself a spot. See y’all tonight!

Election Day yogahour’s word of the day was inspired from a teaching from @swamijayadevi: Love Anyway . One benefit of everything going virtual: beloved community members who have moved to other states and even countries have been joining us for live classes and we feel more connected than ever. Thank you all so much for showing up and supporting us and each other through this wild year. We love you all so, so much and are only stil going because of YOU . #Repost @catsi...nnola Oh my god, I miss practicing yoga in a space crammed full of yogis. I miss the deep full-throated OMs you can feel in your bones and the energy and sweat in the air and the smiles and laughter when we flop out of poses and the just- LOVE. I miss being called out of my mind-wandering and back into my body by an attentive teacher. But I feel sustained and blessed by @toughloveyoga and the times (albeit few) that I can participate in classes with live "verbal adjustments". I am so glad I that this election day I got to spend an hour with @nedadraupadi and some fellow yogis over zoom. Neda, the little thrill in my heart when you would say my name and give me adjustments quite literally made my day. My dang left leg was killing me and I was stressed af-but I "loved anyway." #covidyoga #loveanyway See more

Practice doesn’t stop because of uncertainty. Practice is a lifeline and a pathway back to hope #pleasepractice . Schedule today: 10am - pranayama & meditation with Nicholas 12pm - yogahour with @hollyhalina ... 5:30pm - karmahour (donation-based yogahour) with @sourpatchwatermelly . We love y’all. We’re holding onto hope. We’re holding on tight to all of you See more

Today is the day. Please, if you haven’t voted yet, get to the polls. Reach out to a friend to go with you to keep you company while you’re in line. See if anyone needs a ride to the polls, some support or encouragement. Tell your people you love them. Hold the vision of change in the fire of your heart and awareness. . And if you need a soft spot to land, join us tonight from 5:30-8pm on for Support & Sustain: an election night offering of self-massage, muscle smashing, ...yin yoga, restorative yoga, and yoga nidra. Grab a bunch of pillows and blankets, any yoga props you may have, something warm to drink, and your comfiest coziest clothes. And let us take care of you and guide you through the majesty that is your body through the vehicle of your practice, breath, and awareness. Come for some or all of it. Just come and be with each other. . And if you need a more active practice today, join Neda for noon yogahour. All on Tough Love Online (link in bio) . Artist credit: our beloved @rlandzo

Y’all, Metal Yoga this morning with you was so special. And we loved seeing all your families (including many littles!) joining in on the fun . We love you, yogis. Thank you for making our community so sweet and strong, and special. Thank you for keeping our studio and the dream alive. We are so incredibly grateful for each and every one of you .... #Repost @heartgrownyoga Super thankful for family that indulges my yoga journey! We did #metalyoga with @toughloveyoga and @nedadraupadi this morning!!!!! #thanksgiving #heartgrownyoga #fatyoga #fatyogi #curvyyoga #curvyyogi #atlantayoga #soberyogi

A teaching from Manorama: you don’t have to practice, but when you need your practice, you better hope you’ve been practicing. . This year has been challenging and exhausting and we are so grateful for all of the ways practice has supported us and held us together through all the ups and downs. We know this week might be particularly challenging for so many of us and want to remind you that we’re still here, showing up day in and day out, offering a container for practice. .... In addition to our regularly scheduled online and outdoor offerings this week, we’re offering a special 2.5 hour practice on Election Night: Support & Sustain with Neda, a place to land, ground in our physical bodies, and be held by community. . We’ll gather from 5:30-8pm and ground into our bodies with self massage and muscle smashing. We’ll shift from there into yin yoga to help anchor into stillness and sensation. And we’ll end with restorative yoga and yoga nidra to offer our minds, hearts, and bones an opportunity to settle and rest. . This class is free for all of our MindBody and Tough Love Online members, or you can drop in for $12 on TLY online (link in bio). If finances are an obstacle, as always, DM us and we’ll send you a code to access class. . No matter how you choose to do it, we hope you will prioritize self-care and community this week. Support others and allow others to support you. Ground into your breath and body. Seek refuge in practice, no matter what that looks like. We love you. We’re here for you See more

Grace, Gratitude, and our Black Friday sale - https://mailchi.mp/toughloveyoga/may2020-2619956

Y’all... please, please, please VOTE! Like your life depends on it. . It’s too late to mail your ballot in but there’s still time to go in person. It’s safe. Just mask up, show up, and get it done. If you rally for only one thing in 2020, please let voting be it. . #Repost @darrenrhodesyoga... #bidenharris2020 See more

This joyful human @mindful_rhythm (and recent graduate of our 200 hour training program) is teaching 2pm Outdoor Karmahour today at Pullman Yard! Join Anthony for this donation-based yogahour practice benefitting Atlanta Solidarity Fund & Louisville Community Bail Fund. Just show up and bring a cash donation, yourself, and a mat/towel for practice time with community for a good cause. We look forward to seeing you soon!

#repost @nedadraupadi . . . Rest is not my superpower. With all of my various responsibilities, It takes incredible discipline for me to slow down and take time for rest for myself. It’s a skill I’ve been cultivating this year - out of necessity - to help preserve my body, mind, and heart. It’s a skill and practice that is more necessary now than ever before with the extra stress this year has so generously provided. . For me, rest looks like sweet cuddle puddles with DDD ...& the beasts, long indulgent baths, and allowing myself to sleep a few extra hours when I need it. Thanks to a lot of encouragement from my physical therapist, it also looks like propping myself up and doing deep, diaphragmatic breathing to soothe my nervous system and open and expand my body from the inside out in a way that no amount of work can do. . If you’re interested in learning more about rest & restoration from the yogic perspective, join @tenderheartyoga & me this weekend, October 23-25 for Support & Sustain: a Restorative & Yin Yoga Training intensive. . This 20 hour virtual training offers 5 restorative & yin-based asana practices, practice-teaching exercises, lecture, discussion, and philosophy and introspective practices centered around the goddess Lakshmi, the feminine energy of the universe that sustains and preserves. . Investment: $180 - payment plans available. You do not have to be a yoga teacher to attend this training. DM with any questions. *this training counts toward 20 CEU’s with the Yoga Alliance . For more info, head to toughloveyoga.com/supportandsustain See more