This is my regular class, a fun, faster-paced, power vinyasa flow! This has become a popular “Tribe,” come join! There are no poses that…
This is my regular class, a fun, faster-paced, power vinyasa flow! This has become a popular “Tribe,” come join! There are no poses that…
This is my regular class, a fun, faster-paced, power vinyasa flow! This has become a popular “Tribe,” come join! There are no poses that…
This is my regular class, a fun, faster-paced, power vinyasa flow! This has become a popular “Tribe,” come join! There are no poses that…
This is my regular class, a fun, faster-paced, power vinyasa flow! This has become a popular “Tribe,” come join! There are no poses that…
This is my regular class, a fun, faster-paced, power vinyasa flow! This has become a popular “Tribe,” come join! There are no poses that…
This is my regular class, a fun, faster-paced, power vinyasa flow! This has become a popular “Tribe,” come join! There are no poses that…
This is my regular class, a fun, faster-paced, power vinyasa flow! This has become a popular “Tribe,” come join! There are no poses that…
This is my regular class, a fun, faster-paced, power vinyasa flow! This has become a popular “Tribe,” come join! There are no poses that…
This is my regular class, a fun, faster-paced, power vinyasa flow! This has become a popular “Tribe,” come join! There are no poses that…
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Throat Chakra… it’s a funny chakra, isn’t it? What does it mean?
About 15 years ago, it was setting in that my toddler had a disability, he is nonverbal autistic. I was heartbroken for him. So my mom called a pastor. If you know our family, this is funny. My parents didn’t follow organized religion, referring to God, still, as God-Allah-Buddha. So the pastor walks into my home and sits down, and asks, “What is your relationship with God?”

I replied, “To be honest, I’m pissed! God had all these beautiful babies, and he’s passing out voices, and he skipped mine!”
Without hesitation, the pastor said, “He didn’t skip your baby. He CHOSE your baby. And He chose you to be his mother and to be his Voice!”
In an instant, my heart filled with such a passion, such purpose, it flowed up to my collar bone, into my throat, and activated my voice. Until then, if you had said, speak publicly, I would’ve had a panic attack! But from then on, my heart was so full, so purposeful, I felt it bursting up to my collar bone, like I mention in class, it had no choice but to activate my throat and my voice! I became an advocate, a teacher, a public speaker, and when I’m asked for a speech, I say, “I can’t give you one… I just get out there and let me heart overflow into my words.”
To me, THIS is the meaning of the THROAT CHAKRA.
What fills your heart so much, up to your collarbones, that it overflows and gives you voice? What is your voice?
And, Charlie, now 18-1/2, still short on words, long on personality! The love of my life. The reason for all my words! ♥️♥️♥️

Become autism-aware…
The latest research in 2023 from the CDC shows that one in 36 children is now diagnosed with autism. This is an increase from one in 44 children two years ago. And in comparison, the prevalence of diagnosed autism was about 1 in 2,500 in the early 1970s, when I was a kid.
About 25–30% of autistic individuals are nonspeaking or minimally speaking.
Be sure to come check out class with me at the Yoganest Venice! (check my schedule page for details)! Now through March 14th, I’ll be teaching this Throat Chakra. And you can hear my playlist for this class, all about the voice on my spotify page! As always, new theme, new flow, new tunes, every two weeks! 😉 See ya on the mat!
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Autism advocate, yoga ambassador & instructor & health coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. Specializing in longevity & recovery from injury.
Dec 8
Please save the date this Saturday the 13th. I’m hosting a little get-together @ThriveHealthLA to say ‘Hello & Welcome to Thrive Collective!’ I’m joining a wonderful group of like-minded healers, practitioners & friends to share what I love in yoga & wellness💫🎄
📆: Saturday Dec 13th 4:30-7:30pm 🎄
📍: Thrive Collective. 2905 Stanford Ave. at Wasthington Blvd. (Use Outdoor Stairs to Rooftop Patio)
🤑: FREE! There’ll be snacks & drinks, just come share your festive vibes! 🥳💫🥂
See ya there! 💫🎉🎄
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Don’t forget to share this with your yogi squad & tag me in your flows!
🪷🕉️🧘🏼♀️ Namaste, Kris
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Ambassador to the @worldyogafederation. ERYT500 yoga instructor & wellness coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. nutritionist. biohacker. Specializing in longevity & recovery from injury. Neurodivergent. Autism Mom.
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Nov 25
Happy Thanksgiving Week, Yogi’s. Yeah, gratitude should be at least a whole week! 🦃🍁 I’m extra grateful…
Tuesday 6pm POWER Vinyasa @yoganestvenice
Wednesday noon POWER Vinyasa @yoganestvenice
Friday 10am POWER Vinyasa @homtownyoga
Saturday 11am Vinyasa Flow @yoganestvenice ☺️
See ya on the mat! 💫
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Don’t forget to share this with your yogi squad & tag me in your flows!
🪷🕉️🧘🏼♀️ Namaste, Kris
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Ambassador to the @worldyogafederation. ERYT500 yoga instructor & wellness coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. nutritionist. biohacker. Specializing in longevity & recovery from
injury. Neurodivergent. Autism Mom.
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Nov 21
A lovely Friday morning @homtownyoga. Have you checked out this lovely space! My Power Flow is every Friday 10am! Even next Friday after Thanksgiving 🦃🍁 See ya on the mat! 💫
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Don’t forget to share this with your yogi squad & tag me in your flows!
🪷🕉️🧘🏼♀️ Namaste, Kris
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Ambassador to the @worldyogafederation. ERYT500 yoga instructor & wellness coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. nutritionist. biohacker. Specializing in longevity & recovery from
injury. Neurodivergent. Autism Mom.
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Nov 20
Grabbing the moments between the moments, to take a conscious breath. Each breath is a choice.
We are not the mud we walk through. We are the lotus tbat grew from it.
Let’s lotus up!
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Join me for this flow in POWER Vinyasa!!
Friday 10am @homtownyoga
& Don’t forget next week! Thanksgiving week I’m here! Tuesday 6pm & Wednesday noon @yoganestvenice
and… Saturday after Thxgiving 11am @yoganestvenice
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See ya on the mat! 💫
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Don’t forget to share this with your yogi squad & tag me in your flows!
🪷🕉️🧘🏼♀️ Namaste, Kris
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Ambassador to the @worldyogafederation. ERYT500 yoga instructor & wellness coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. nutritionist. biohacker. Specializing in longevity & recovery from injury. & Neurodivergence. Autism-Mom
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Nov 19
POV: the stretch that hits just right when you’ve been lifting a 6’1 young man around the house !
About 20 years ago my life was imploding, I was a single mom taking Charlie to every Dr who would let me in… Finally one said, “You need to go to yoga.” I think my response was somewhere around “WTF?’ Do I look like I have time for yoga?!” She said “No, you need to breathe!”
Many years later I still keep coming back to that advice & my favorite mantra, Om Mani Padme Om. In Buddhism it refers to the jewel in the lotus that rises from the mud. One may argue my reference, but in this case, the jewel is about spiritual awakening, but also clarity & compassion. The mud is our human experience, maybe our hardship or stress. None of us can escape the mud. We cannot change the mud. But without the mud would there be a lotus?! It rises above the mud with grace & beauty & doesn’t wear the mud it’s been through.
This week I am in some mud. I find myself living on adrenaline, tightening up, pacing, worrying. But in the moments in between, I remember to take a conscious breath, to feel my grounding, the lift up, one breath at a time, & rise above our circumstance, to grow with clarity & compassion.
I use this same thought on my mat. We know often yoga & life are parallel. When we are in q challenging pose or hold, or in the mud, what are our patterns, do we grip, tighten, shorten our breath, lose our focus? Can we make the conscious choice in the moments in between. Maybe it’s why I love transitions, it provides us the opportunity for that choice. When we live in a fight-or-flight pattern, this sounds impossible. But like in yoga, it takes practice and consistency. The practice is to notice & acknowledge the mud, not become it. Each breath is a choice. We rise not by force but by awareness. Close your eyes, feel the earth, slow the breath, imagine the stem rising with every breath, lifting, blossoming.
We are not the mud we walk through. We are the lotus tbat grew from it.
Let’s lotus up!
See ya on the mat! 💫
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Nov 6
So much going on… the Venice Yoga Fest was just last month, you all came & we rocked it!
This weekend… Power Flow at @BeyondYoga on SM Promenade! I’m so thrilled to be speaking at the Bharat World Yoga Conference Sunday morning, & a beautiful Weekend Wellness Retreat at Zaca Lake Nov 21-23…. And just wait for 2026!! Kicking it off with a feature at the Yoga Expo Feb.7th! I’m so honored 🙏🏼 You have been amazing, showing up, inspiring me, killing it, & making #PowerVinyasa so much fun!! I’m so grateful for all of you! 💪🏼🙌🏼
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A new announcement is coming next week, too! Yay! Stay Tuned…
And more retreats next year… think Europe 😉☺️💫✨♥️
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(This week’s flow, continuing next week in Power!)
See ya on the mat! 💫
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Don’t forget to share this with your yogi squad & tag me in your flows!
🪷🕉️🧘🏼♀️ Namaste, Kris
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Ambassador to the @worldyogafederation. ERYT500 yoga instructor & wellness coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. nutritionist. biohacker. Specializing in longevity & recovery from
injury .
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#yogastrength #modelsover50 #longevity #wellnescoach #yogaforathletes #rebuiltspine #yogaforstrength #yogagoals #yogainspiration #yogainstructor
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