Most of us are subtly bracing all day long. Our breaths are short and high in the chest. When you exhale longer than you inhale, you activate your parasympathetic nervous system, which helps you to feel safe and calm. Your body interprets that longer exhale as a cue that the threat has passed. A few rounds of breathing like this and your shoulders drop, your jaw softens, and your internal loop is interrupted

I used to feel like my inner witch and inner yogi were two aspects of myself that had to stay in their seperate compartments. But the deeper

Moon Salutations, known as Chandra Namaskar in sanskrit, are essentially a mandala flow. It's a sequence of grounding postures designed to honor the moon and balance our energy. Why? Because it's really important for us to slow the f*ck down more often. We live in a world that screams at us to do more, consume more, get it done faster, and be the best, it makes me want to puke. This is why we need yoga. The side to side motions and circular pattern of this sequence represents