It's already that time of year!!! Let's enjoy the holidays with healthy living tips that will take us through to a great new year. Today, start choosing your commitments and ultimately your indulgences wisely. With a likely influx of holiday party invitations make the most out of places you truly want to be, people you … Continue reading Happy Holiday Tip: Choosing Wisely
Author: V Ayers
Forever Learning, Forever Sharing
Teaching various principles of love, compassion, health and wellness through lectures, advice and the practice of Yoga creates a kind of joy within me that seems only to come from loving and nurturing others. It is from a humble place that I share ideas, thoughts and struggles that often I myself am going through from … Continue reading Forever Learning, Forever Sharing
A Thought on Ownership
The next time you refer to yourself or your life with a "joke," in a sarcastic manner, putting yourself down or referencing something that can be changed in a negative way, take ownership of what your heart is truly speaking at that moment. Don't wait for someone else to come along and fix or fill … Continue reading A Thought on Ownership
A Thought on Prayer, Meditation and Purpose
As we speak the intentions of our will from our heart before we manifest them into words we allow the universe to flow through us and deliver blessings in abundance. Oftentimes we contradict the message of our heart with words that harm ourselves or others which then blocks the natural flow of goodness, challenges and … Continue reading A Thought on Prayer, Meditation and Purpose
A Thought on Disconnecting:
The sooner we are able to disconnect ourselves from other people, their words and their actions, the sooner we find true freedom. When we understand that we all have our own journey, experiences and insecurities and that we don't have to own those in which others express, we then begin to focus our energy inward … Continue reading A Thought on Disconnecting:
A Thought on Experience
Limiting yourself to any expectations regarding any type of experience can set you up for missing out on appreciating the journey when you end up with an alternative outcome. Whether you are taking a class or teaching one, taking on a new role at work or at home, beginning a new relationship with someone, attempting … Continue reading A Thought on Experience
Welcome the Challenge and Make Life Beautiful
[repost from August 2013] There’s a beautiful yoga tradition known as Ashtanga that has been my primary practice for the last three years and, as such, holds a very significant and tender place in my heart. With its challenging postures and vigorous pace, I do not only strengthen and grow physically but am tested and … Continue reading Welcome the Challenge and Make Life Beautiful
A Thought on Avoiding Injury in Fitness
Build a strong foundation by easing your way into any new activity...slowly, with consistency but also with sufficient periods of rest and recovery. Find that place between ease and effort. Challenge yourself to reach your edge but never push past it. Learn your body's signals of over-exertion and pain and pull back, modify, adjust or … Continue reading A Thought on Avoiding Injury in Fitness
A Few Thoughts on Nourishment
It's time for us all to let go of the idea of low calorie diets and begin to understand what it means to truly nourish ourselves. Consuming natural, whole food sources that provide lean protein, carbohydrates and healthy fats for our bodies to run efficiently is the best place to start. Clean, unprocessed foods will … Continue reading A Few Thoughts on Nourishment
A Thought on Happiness
True happiness is discovered and developed from within. It won't be found in another person, a circumstance, an image, a substance or an event. Through your actions, behavior, mindset and focus you have the power to establish *your* happiness...and then the people, the surroundings and your new reality will follow. ~V~
Healthy Living by V 