Yoga for Confidence

Yoga itself is a Sanskrit word. It means 'to yoke' or 'to unify'.  
With that understanding one thing is clear. Yoga is verb!  Yoga is an action word.

We take action wether it is internal action of breathwork, observation, and contemplation, or it is outward work utilizing our body. The goal is to bring together the parts that feel separate, or more specifically to wipe clean the residue that is obscuring our vision of what's true: we're already connected.

When confidence is low it can feel like an abrupt, and harsh disconnection from ourselves. And when we feel far away from ourselves it impacts every aspect of our being.

The thing is - we can'y always 'think' our way to confidence. Sometimes the best way to gain new insight, and a sense of empowerment is from ACTION rather than thinking.  We have to get into our bodies and create more space for ourselves.

Power is not a dirty word.  

In Chakra theory from the Yogic tradition the seat of power is located in our solar plexus. This is the center of action, confidence, free will, and getting 'ish done.  It also seems important to point out that this is a significant interchange in our energy system. It's hard to tap into love, truth, intuition, or our higher selves when we are feeling powerless.  In exercise science when we take on BIG movement we also know it gets our blood pumping, and when we focus on core work it help support our spine so we stand a little taller, and can feel both stable and dynamic.

In this flow we focus on BIG and powerful postures along with core work to stoke our power center.

Hope you love it!  Let me know after class one empowered action you can take today.

XO,
​Julia