Facilitate Luxury

I read a quote recently that talked about how we will never be this exact version of ourselves again, slow down and allow yourself to actually be with it. 😌 Life is constantly changing and evolving, that’s the only true guarantee. It’s easy to want to look toward the future versions of ourselves and be excited for what is to come, but we must also be conscious not to lose the joy, lessons, and presence found in this current version. Even (especially) if the current version is difficult, can we allow and honor it? When we do, that’s where we really start to uncover the deeper growth, meaning, and magic. ✨ 📸: christinaleighphotos

Lotus pose has a deep meaning for me. When I started practicing yoga, I was so inflexible that I wondered if I practiced yoga for the rest of my life, would I ever even be able to get into a pose like this? But one day, maybe only a year into my daily yoga practice, I was able to get into lotus! I still remember the moment - I was in a studio class and quietly gasped with joy. 🤩 Yoga teaches us patience. A big part of this practice is learning that it’s not about what the pose looks like or what poses you can/can’t do; it’s about what the poses teach you. It’s about how you show up in them and how you honor the journey through and evolution of each individual pose and the practice as a whole. Lotus pose taught me about showing up consistently with dedication. I wasn’t attached to the outcome of achieving the pose, I learned to be focused on where I was in the moment, enjoying the small steps of noticing half lotus and prep felt more accessible month by month. It taught me to enjoy the small steps of the journey. 😌 📸: christinaleighphotos

Growth isn’t always rainbows and butterflies. 🦋 I’m coming to learn that for every way in which we expand or level up, we must let something else go. Sometimes it’s external circumstances we must release, and sometimes it can be letting go of aspects of our personality that aren’t truly in alignment with our true / highest Self, but we played them out for so long because we were conditioned to by others’ expectations. In order to expand into the next version of ourselves, dive deeper on our spiritual path, or move into next chapters in our lives, it’s an equal amount of letting go and death as it is excitement and stepping in. While going deeper is so so beautiful, exciting, and rewarding, it’s also important to honor the difficult side of it! Both sides are beautiful and necessary, as this world couldn’t exist without dualities. It’s the yin and yang of growth. 🌈🦋 📸: christinaleighphotos

This was the perspective shift I needed 🙌 share it if you did too! #yogateachertips #discipline #selflove #yogaquotesoftheday #inspirationalquotesdaily #yogainspiration #embodyyouryoga

A fun transition to switch up directions on the mat! 🧘‍♀️✨ #creativesequencing #creativeyogaflow #creativeyoga #yogateachertips #yogasequencing #yogaflowideas #yogainspiration