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You asked for it, you got it! More Longevity!! Join us for Part 2 of Kristinaโs Workshop on Longevity, Sunday, April 14th 2-4pm, at the YogaNestVenice! (Updated date!) And if you missed Part 1, do not worry, youโll get just as much information, if not more!Movement & exercise is absolutely the most powerful tool we have for longevity, it might be the most potent โdrugโ we have for extending the quality and perhaps quantity of our years of life. My framework for exercise is built upon four pillars: stability (balance), strength, aerobic training, AND mindset! I can acheive much of this through my yoga practice. And I am going to show you how to add some key components to your practice to extend your longevity.
I never want anybody to think, โIโm too old to do yoga or I canโt do what she does.โ I think as long as youโre breathing, breath is yoga, you have the foundation! In my regular โPower Vinyasaโ class, we may challenge ourselves a bit aerobically. In this workshop, Iโm going to break things down a bit more, showing how aspects of yoga help our stability and strength for longevity.
For me, longevity means training for brain health as well as physical, and adding the mental, social, and spiritual elements while physically moving has been scientifically proven to multiply the benefits of exercise alone. But in addition, some specific movements, show an increase in neuro activity while practicing yoga. Not to mention, the benefits of goal setting, managing emotional stress, and overcoming challenges!
Neuro-specific yoga moves for increased strength, balance, and endurance. More insight into the lifestyle elements that shape the quality of our lives. Learn the critical elements to age the way we want to, to live our best versions of ourselves well into a long healthy life!
Be sure to go toย theย YogaNestVenice online to sign up!ย
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Throat Chakraโฆ it’s a funny chakra, isn’t it? What does it mean?ย
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 didnโt follow organized religion, referring to God, still, as God-Allah-Buddha. So the pastor walks into my home and sits down, and asks, โWhat is your relationship with God?โ
I replied, โTo be honest, Iโm pissed! God had all these beautiful babies, and heโs passing out voices, and he skipped mine!โ
Without hesitation, the pastor said, โHe didnโt skip your baby. He CHOSE your baby. And He chose you to be his mother and to be his Voice!โยIn 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 wouldโve 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 Iโm asked for a speech, I say, โI canโt give you oneโฆ I just get out there and let me heart overflow into my words.โย
To me, THIS is the meaning of the THROAT CHAKRA.ย
What fills your heart so much, up to your collarbones, that it overflows and gives you voice? What is your voice?ย
And, Charlie, now 18-1/2, still short on words, long on personality! The love of my life. The reason for all my words! โฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธ
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 25โ30% 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! ๐ 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.
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New week, new theme, new flow, and new tunes. This week and next, it’s the Heart Chakra, or Love. Valentine’s Day may have been last week, but it’s never too late, in my opinion, for… LOVE.
Through this energy center, we feel deserving of love just as we are. How we live our lives, leading with love and compassion, or through the opposite. This week I explore what that opposite energy may be. We are born to this life through love, into loving arms, looking into loving eyes. Then this funny thing called life happens. We experience pain, loss, heartbreak, scorn, and we learn… fear. And as always, our yoga practice is a metaphor for our lives. For me, I learned fear quite a few times, on and off the mat. I’ve had so many injuries, coming back from spinal surgeries almost three years ago. While I’ve been building back and maybe taking a pose for the first time since spinal rebuild, I am terrified! “What if?!” “I’m going to fall!” What if we face that fear in the face, explore where it originated, and go back to the first innocence of love? What happens if we face that learned automated reaction? What happens if we live through love and compassion, for others but also for ourselves, and live not through the fear we’ve learned?ย
We explore what this means to us, and how we feel if it’s blocked or if it’s flowing freely, and it always starts here in yoga!
Be sure to come check out class with me at the Yoganest Venice! (check my schedule page for details)! Now through Februaryย 20th through 29th, Iโll be teaching this Love themed Heart Chakra. And you can hear my playlist for this class, all about the voice onย my spotify page! As always, new theme, new flow, new tunes, every two weeks! ๐
See ya on the mat!
Yoga ambassador & instructor & health coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. Specializing in longevity & recovery from injury.
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I’m so honored and so grateful!! You all requested me to teach an evening, and here it is!! What will now be called (at least to me, haha!) POWER TUESDAYS!!! I’m still keeping my regular 10 am and Tuesday, and don’t forget noon on Thursday, but it’s now 6 pm on Tuesday night for that evening Power class you wall wanted!! Can’t wait to see you on the mat!!
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New week, new theme, new flow, and new tunes. This week and next, it’s the Solar Plexus, or our Selves.The Solar Plexus is the chakra of our Self. “I am.” How we feel competent and capable, our self-worth, and how we pursue our purpose and passion, all flows from this energy center. And we explore it here in yoga! It’s been raining non-stop here in southern California, and we are going to shine our Solar centers so bright we call the sun in!
Be sure to come check out class with me at the Yoganest Venice! (check myย schedule pageย for details)! Now through February 6th through 15th, Iโll be teaching this Solar Plexus Chakra. And you can hearย my playlist for this class, all about the voice onย my spotify page! As always, new theme, new flow, new tunes, every two weeks! ๐ย
AND… the Longevity Workshop is this Saturday at The Yoganest at 1pm! Come join!
See ya on the mat!
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Yoga ambassador & instructor & health coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. Specializing in longevity & recovery from injury.
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New week, new theme, new flow, and new tunes. This week and next, it’s the Sacral Chakra, or Creation.
The Sacral Chakra is the chakra of creation, think about it, this area of our body is home to our reproductive organs. And so it’s the chakra of our sexuality and our passion. Through this energy center, we create our reality and can feel alive. We explore what this means to us, and how we feel if it’s blocked or if it’s flowing freely, and it always starts here in yoga!
Be sure to come check out class with me at the Yoganest Venice! (check my schedule page for details)! Now through January 23rd through February 1st, Iโll be teaching this Sacral Chakra. And you can hear my playlist for this class, all about the voice onย my spotify page! As always, new theme, new flow, new tunes, every two weeks! ๐ย
See ya on the mat!
Yoga ambassador & instructor & health coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. Specializing in longevity & recovery from injury.
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Movement & exercise is absolutely the most powerful tool we have for longevity, it might be the most potent โdrugโ we have for extending the quality and perhaps quantity of our years of life. My framework for exercise is built upon four pillars: stability (balance), strength, aerobic training, AND mindset! I can acheive much of this through my yoga practice. And I am going to show you how to add some key componenets to your practice to extend your longevity.
I never want anybody to think, โIโm too old to do yoga or I canโt do what she does.โ I think as long as youโre breathing, breath is yoga, you have the foundation! In my regular โPower Vinyasaโ class, we may challenge ourselves a bit aerobically. In this workshop, Iโm going to break things down a bit more, showing how aspects of yoga help our stability and strength for longevity.ย
For me, longevity means training for brain health as well as physical, and adding the mental, social, and spiritual elements while physically moving has been scientifically proven to multiply the benefits of exercise alone. But in addition, some specific movements, show an increase in neuro activity while practicing yoga. Not to mention, the benefits of goal setting, managing emotional stress, and overcoming challenges! So letโs have some fun and do some yoga for Longevity!
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It’s a new year, new yoga classes, new ideas, and new thoughts and themes in class. Starting this new year, I’m going to start with the Chakras. And where else do we start but the root!ย I love visualizations, I always visualize little baby roots growing from me deep into the ground, burrowing deep into the earth from the soles of my feet, or my root chakra, or whatever is grounded at that moment. And somehow, I then feel so firm and steady. I have always believed in being so firm and steady, so grounded, so rooted, that I can weather anything. I want to be the mountain-strong boulder, in the middle of a storm, that can stand strong. The tornado may whip up the cows and the trees, chew them up and spit them out, but I will weather anything you throw at me, because I have my roots. I am creating those roots, the symbol of my foundation, my home, my safety, and it starts here in yoga!
Be sure to come check out class with me at the Yoganest Venice! (check my schedule page for details)! Now through January 9th through 18th, Iโll be teaching this Root Chakra. And you can hear my playlist for this class, all about the voice onย my spotify page! As always, new theme, new flow, new tunes, every two weeks! ๐ย
See ya on the mat!
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Yoga ambassador & instructor & health coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. Specializing in longevity & recovery from injury.
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All your questions about the upcoming yoga retreat in the Turks and Caicos with the beach volleyball pros of the AVP, answered!! For more…
