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Wellness

5 Morning Self-Care Suggestions For V-Day and Every Day

February 11, 2022 //  by Christy

“If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?” – Maya Angelou You may recall that a while back I shared a blog post with some fun and insightful Sensitivity and Self-Compassion Quizzes. I have done a lot of my own inner work on these topics …

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Category: Conscious Lifestyle, HSP Empowerment, Self-Care, The Yoga Room, Wellness

In Remembrance: Hanging Out with Thich Nhat Hanh

January 22, 2022 //  by Christy

The beloved Vietnamese Buddhist monk, author and teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, who taught the West about peace, mindfulness and ‘interbeing,’ just recently passed away at 95 years old. While many of us who admired him were saddened to hear of his passing, for me I was reminded of his own comforting words about interbeing and …

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Category: Conscious Lifestyle, The Yoga Room, Wellness

A Reverence for All Living Things

January 10, 2022 //  by Christy

I recently read a book by Tara Brach, a well-known meditation teacher, where she shared a story about hearing cows lowing in a distant field while on a meditation retreat near a dairy farm. It reminded me of my own similar experience, so I thought I would share it during this month of ‘Veganuary.’ A …

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Category: Conscious Lifestyle, Plant-Based Nutrition, The Yoga Room, Wellness

Plant-Based Recipe Inspiration for the Cold Weather Months

November 15, 2021 //  by Christy

I’ll admit it: The heat of the summer makes me not want to cook very much. But fall’s cooler days encourage me to get back into the kitchen to make warm, nourishing meals. I’ve tried out a number of new recipes lately that I wanted to share with you below, as well as a link …

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Category: Conscious Lifestyle, Plant-Based Nutrition, The Yoga Room, Wellness

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One of My Favorite Student Stories About the Importance of Relaxation

November 15, 2021 //  by Christy

You know how you have those incidents that stick in your mind long after they’ve occurred? One of my favorite student stories about the importance of relaxation is one that has stuck in my mind for almost a decade now. Allow me to share… A number of years ago I had a student who was …

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Category: Aging Gracefully, Self-Care, The Yoga Room, Wellness

What If This Is What It’s All About?

October 25, 2021 //  by Christy

Some of you heard this story this past summer right after it occurred. I thought I would take a moment here to share it with everyone else. While on vacation in the Lelanau Peninsula at the end of this summer, I took advantage of a day of nice weather to roll out my yoga mat …

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Category: Conscious Lifestyle, Self-Care, The Yoga Room, Wellness

The Bill & Christy Vegan Cooking Show: King Oyster Mushroom ‘Scallops’ with Homemade Pesto

October 17, 2021 //  by Christy

As some of you may recall, last winter my husband (who trained and worked as a professional chef many years ago) and I decided to make a video of ourselves cooking a meal together. We were pleasantly surprised to get some nice feedback from it, so we decided to make another one. We recorded it this …

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Category: Conscious Lifestyle, Plant-Based Nutrition, The Yoga Room, Wellness

Sensitivity + Self-Compassion Quizzes

September 17, 2021 //  by Christy

In a true yoga practice, we do as much inner work (svadhyaya, or self-study)  as we do outer work (physical asana practice). With this in mind, I thought I would share two fun quizzes that I have found helpful in doing my own inner work: This one, by  Sensitivity Expert and Psychotherapist Julie Bjelland (who …

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Category: Conscious Lifestyle, HSP Empowerment, Self-Care, The Yoga Room, Wellness

5 Yoga Poses for a Good Night’s Sleep

August 27, 2021 //  by Christy

Updated June 2022: Join me for my yearly ‘Yoga Chill’ course this summer. We begin July 11, 2022! Insomnia is a condition many of us suffer from in our overly-stimulated, stressful society. Last week in my ‘Yoga Chill’ virtual+ course, I shared Hatha, Vinyasa and Yin sequences for Insomnia with my students, full of postures …

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Category: HSP Empowerment, Self-Care, The Yoga Room, Wellness, Yoga Resources

The Simple Truth Everyone Needs To Know

July 25, 2021 //  by Christy

I am currently reading the book, The Way of Integrity, by Martha Beck. I wanted to share what she writes at the end of the chapter titled The End of Self-Betrayal: You are infinitely worthy. You are infinitely precious. You have always been enough. You will always be enough. There is no place you don’t …

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Category: Conscious Lifestyle, HSP Empowerment, Self-Care, The Yoga Room, Wellness

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