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Ode to Sweatpants
Ode to Sweatpants

And in my spare moments, I give back to myself - and myself only. I don’t really let that slide anymore, it’s no longer optional. I matter. I work freaking hard, and I matter.

On the Yogic Path to Public Health: Part 1
On the Yogic Path to Public Health: Part 1
Yoga Begins Now
Yoga Begins Now

Yoga in the time of the coronavirus pandemic

Healthy Sitting
Healthy Sitting

Sitting is the new smoking. You’ve heard that, right? And it’s true.

Second Chakra Balancing for Creativity
Second Chakra Balancing for Creativity

Creativity and yoga go hand in hand.

Cultivating a Home Practice
Cultivating a Home Practice

…now comes the hard part: actually doing them.

Yoga for Life
Yoga for Life

A very wise teacher once told me that our yoga practice changes to fit our life, we don’t change to fit our yoga practice.

Fear of Flying
Fear of Flying

The true practice of yoga is so much more than physical exercise.

Lessons from Trees
Lessons from Trees

…the autumn equinox. Goodbye summer, hello the slow progression into winter.

The Inward Journey
The Inward Journey

“Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life…

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happy birthday, happy father’s day, happy 9 years of knowing each other, AND congratulations to this guy! it’s a big weekend around here. . after 2 years of hard work he graduated culinary school from @cascadeculinary and the only reason
i know i will never understand, but i’m listening, i’m learning, i stand with you. . i can’t breathe. everything else right now feels trivial and insignificant. i’m looking at myself and i’m looking all around me. i&rsqu
snapped this photo yesterday, because it’s cute but also because it reminded me of one i took of them last year. i looked back through my photos - i kid you not, i took it one year ago, to the day. weird, universe, weird. bigger summer piggies
my bright & shiny girl, who is not afraid of challenge, who knows what she likes & goes for it, who speaks up bravely, who wears her feelings with pride, who chooses biking in dirt & skateboarding & jeans, & sho loves fully, deepl
this place is pretty sweet. i’ve spent countless hours training, practicing, teaching, laughing, crying, hugging, taking yoga naps, eating snacks, rolling towels, sweeping, & most importantly connecting here. i stopped in last week & ha
this all fucking sucks. . i had to sit in the shit this week. the dirty shit of my own feelings. i used all my tried and true avoidance techniques: drinking them away, running from them, eating them; i avoided sitting still, and i definitely avoided
currently really happy to have the proper number children to pair off nicely into groups of two. . . . . . #twins #fourkids #fraternaltwins #love #sisters #twinsisters #evennumbers #family #lifewithkids #parenthood #twinfamily #twinning #reading #boo
 
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The Yogiak is a space created by Amy Nelson. A human, a yoga practitioner, a humble teacher, a mother, a lover of movement and nature, a seeker of truth, and a traveler into and through the uncomfortable path to divine love. Welcome.
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