One of my favorite techniques for when I’m feeling impatient, annoyed, or overwhelmed, I often turn to this breathing technique to help me anchor in the present moment, settle my nerves, slow down the thoughts, and create some space between my ears.
Fresh Year Perspective: Journal Prompts
The New Year can be a nice time to set goals or intentions as it always feels like a fresh start. Although, life is also never linear, and it’s important to remember that we each hold the power to pause, reflect, and begin again whenever we need to clean the slate, recenter, or refocus our attention. Let these prompts support you!
Swell-Bender?? MFR for When You're Surfed Out
Yoga Update: YM500 + Therapeutic Specialist
A Note for the Wellness World: We're Only Human
Yoga for Surfers + Athletes: Morning / Pre-Surf Routine
Talk Story: Surfing, Yoga, and Mirrors of Life
La Brega: Resources for Learning + Ways to Support PR
Travel Journal: Mexico + California
Con Mi Amor: We got Married!
3 Tips to Maximize Your Cross-Training
We all train for a variety of reasons. For some, exercise is a form of stress relief. For others, working out is a way to improve their physical health. Some people train to feel more confident in their bodies, and others may work out to improve their athletic performance or to train for a specific event, such as a race, or competition, or in preparation for a high season of surfing. Regardless of the reason, or the modality, here are 3 tips to get the most out of each session!
Self-Care Club: 7 Ways to Regulate Your Nervous System
A Yoga Playlist for Slowing Down + Doing Less
A Hint of Salt: Lean Into the Stillness, No Matter How Brief
Check It Out! I'm on the KookCast Podcast
Travel Journal: Surf + Yoga in Nicaragua
Yoga: More than a Practice of Postures, It's a Practice of Living
I think that one of the most common, modern-day misconceptions of yoga is that it’s only about the poses we practice on the mat, when really, well at least the way I see it is, yoga is more so a practice of choosing to show up for life. Yoga is a practice that reaches far beyond these four corners with the capacity to stretch into each + every corner of our lives.
Self-Care Club: My Go-To Practices for Managing Anxiety
Anxiety is something that has been present throughout the majority of my life. It’s shown up in a variety of forms and ways over the span of my relatively short lifetime, and it wasn’t until fairly recently that I’ve begun to acknowledge it, accept it, and work with it, instead of working against it. Here are my 3 go-to practices for managing my anxiety.
Yoga for Humans... That are Feeling Burnt Out
Regular burnout has become all-too-common. And it shouldn’t be that way. So instead of running on E, what would shift if we took the time to pause + refill whenever we notice that we happen to be running low?? If you’re teetering on the edges of burnout or currently in its grasp, allow this Restorative Yoga sequence to support you! Grab a few pillows, relax, and recharge!
RAD Challenge: 3 Tips for Drinking More Water
As a part of the Healthy Living Challenge that I’m co-hosting with RAD, we’re encouraging everyone (myself included) to drink 80oz. of water each day. The other two parts of the challenge, mobility + exercise, are both already solid pillars of my daily routine. But the drinking enough water part?? Well, that’s the area I struggle in. So here are my 3 tips to help you drink more.