Midnight Madness! Sleepy Time Blend

Tonight we have open house. Yeah, I said it, open house. Tonight we learn who the kids will be learning under this year and what friends made it into their classes. Tonight we get all excited about book bags and new shoes and what’s packed in their little lunch boxes. Tonight … will be hard to sleep.

We’ve been working on getting to bed earlier. We all know that summer is a time for relaxed rules and schedules. And as much as the kids want to get a good nights sleep, their little minds are on full alert! So, here is a little blend I’ve mixed to help turn the mind off and turn the sleep on.

What you’ll need:

• 5ml roller bottle
• Fractionated Coconut Oil
• Essential Oils (more info)

What you mix:

• Grounding Blend: 10 drops
• Calming Blend: 10 drops
• Vetiver: 10 drops
• Protective Blend: 10 drops
• Respiratory Blend: 5 drops
• Soothing Blend: 5 Drops
• Fill the rest with Fractionated Coconut Oil

Why I used what I used:

• Grounding Blend: Helps to calm the mind and body.
• Calming Blend:  Supports restful sleep.
• Vetiver: Has a calming grounding effect and supports the immune system.
• Protective Blend: Supports a healthy immune system. (We want to keep them well for school!!)
• Respiratory Blend: Helps clear airways and breathing.
• Soothing Blend: Helps with tired muscles and growing pains.

Once you’re done, pop the top on and roll away! I roll this on the bottom of their feet and have them rub it in while we settle into bed. Sweet dreams are in the very near future! And hopefully some good grades as well. Are you having trouble sleeping at night? Can't turn your brain off when you lay down? This works for you too. Make one up for your family and let me know how it worked.

Want to make your own Sleepy Time Roller Bottle but need some Essential Oils? Email me here for more details.

What's In The Diffuser?

Whats in the Diffuser?

Well we’re down to the last few days of Summer Vacation. School starts back in less than a week. So that means it’s time to get the kids geared up and ready to go. Bed time has been moved back from 9 to 8:30. The school supply list has been crossed off, book bags have been packed and first day of school clothes are laid out. The “sleepy time” blend is in full effect. And in the diffuser, Protective Blend is on full blast.

We want to make friends and build relationships. We want to dive into this new year head first. But we don’t want to miss any of these foundational days. So, in order to build up that immune system and keep us all well, we are adding Protective Blend to just about everything. It’s in the diffuser. It’s added to the night time feet rub and we’re using the Protective Blend soap in the bathrooms now.

The Protective Blend has a combination of Wild Orange, Clove, Cinnamon, Eucalyptus and Rosemary essential oils. We use it topically for support healthy immune functions. We diffuse it to protect against environmental threats. I love that it comes in so many forms to use around the house as well. We have a hand wash, laundry detergent, and toothpaste! I absolutely love the toothpaste. As many types of toothpaste are a blast of mint early in the morning, this is a soft cinnamon.

Interested in adding this Protective Blend to your families healthy habits? Ask me how! 

Hearts Open: February Playlist and Schedule

Hearts open and hands raised, I will praise the name of the Lord forever. This month ... can it be February already?!? January was something completely new for me. I have started working part time around my yoga schedule and let me just say ... it's been almost 7 years since I was away from home all day every day. I've had to figure out how to fit all of life into a shorter amount of time. So please forgive me for updating a few days late!

This month as we focus on the love of our Father, you'll see a lot of heart openers. I can't imagine trying to do this wife and mother thing without his strength. I need to breath in His goodness and grace every chance I get. He's good and faithful and loves us oh so much. So in this month devoted to love, I will choose to focus on the one who loves like no other. And I refuse to stay still. I want to grow and stretch and go deeper than I've ever gone before. I want an open heart ... and an open hand.

Here is the playlist for your listening enjoyment!

And as always, if you want the yoga that goes with the playlist ... 

So here's the deal. I've given up my Monday night class to make room for some new things. I want to be really intentional with the time I have with you on our mats. So letting go of one class was hard, but will be worth it in the end ... for both of us. 

Something new? FRIDAYS ARE HOLY YOGA!! Yes, you heard me correct. Both my morning and evening classes are currently transitioning into Holy Yoga. I hope to see you there!

If there is anything I can do for you, answer for you, or pray for you, let me know. 

Holy Yoga 101

Friends, it's almost here and I could not be more excited. So many of you stay after class week after week and ask so many of the same questions. What I'm hearing is that you want to learn more. You want to grown in your knowledge of yoga and you want to make sure that what you're learning is good and safe. Me TOO!!

So starting Friday, January 16th in both my morning and evening classes, we're going to take a break from our regular flow. For the next four weeks we're going to talk through the history and benefits of a regular yoga practice. We're going to break down primary poses and I'll be helping with adjustments. The last week, we'll talk through breath work and meditation and the importance of both in a regular yoga practice. 

If you or anyone you know has been interested but just didn't know where to start, this is your starting place. This is a safe and welcome environment for you to bring your questions. And your friends!

All you need is yourself! Please wear something that's comfortable to move in and if you have a mat, bring it. If you have any questions on location, please feel free to email me or comment below. 

I can't wait to meet you on the mat so we can grow and stretch together!

Doing a New Thing: January Playlist & Schedule

"This is what God says,

    the God who builds a road right through the ocean,

    who carves a path through pounding waves,

The God who summons horses and chariots and armies—

    they lie down and then can’t get up;

    they’re snuffed out like so many candles:

“Forget about what’s happened;

    don’t keep going over old history.

Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new.

    It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it?

There it is! I’m making a road through the desert,

    rivers in the badlands.

Wild animals will say ‘Thank you!’

    —the coyotes and the buzzards—

Because I provided water in the desert,

    rivers through the sun-baked earth,

Drinking water for the people I chose,

    the people I made especially for myself,

    a people custom-made to praise me."

Isaiah 43:16-21 (The Message)

So, it's January. It's a fresh new start. And it's the perfect time to do something new, find new space, open your heart to places it's been closed to ... 

For me, I'm making 2015 the year of healthy and whole. God and I spent a lot of 2013/14 in places of refinement. It was hard, but it was oh so good. He's brought some things to the surface that need dealing with. Two big things for me: Love Well, Live Well. That may sound simple, but for me, well there is a journey ahead. I'll tell you more about that later. 

For now: Here is our January Yoga Playlist. I hope that you enjoy and open your heart, open your lungs, reach your hands open wide toward the heavens and praise Him with all you have. 

As always, if you want the yoga that goes with the playlist, please check the schedule below. If you're local and need more info, please comment or email me. I'll be happy to help!

January 12th there will be no evening Yoga. It's our Team Lean Kickoff! I hope to see you all there. We'd love to come alongside you in making 2015 the healthiest year yet!

Also, I'll be teaching Yoga 101 for any of you who are interested in yoga but have been afraid to try. This would be a great place to start. Check back for details on times. 

Together We Breathe, Together We Wait, The Best is Yet to Come!

Some of you have asked for the playlist from the Christmas Holy Yoga class. Here is the playlist, a video of "God with Us" and the pray from the end. I pray you all had a very blessed Christmas and felt the love of your Father!

I can't wait to see all that He has planned for us in 2015!

Luke 2:8-20

The Shepherds and the Angels

⁸ And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. ⁹ And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.¹⁰ And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. ¹¹ For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. ¹² And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” ¹³ And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

¹⁴ “Glory to God in the highest,

    and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”^[a]

¹⁵ When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” ¹⁶ And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. ¹⁷ And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. ¹⁸ And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. ¹⁹ ButMary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. ²⁰ And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

Prayer: God, lay ourselves out before you this morning in awe of who you are. Of what you’ve done for us. For the fact that this was always plan A. We live in a world that believes you owe us something when in reality you owe us nothing! It’s only in your great compassion on us that you sent your son to be born into this world to die to make a way for us to be right with you. It’s only in your great compassion that we get to come to you at all. We are so thankful that you have given us your spirit to guide and sustain us. To breathe life into us and give us strength for the journey. You are a loving and gracious father! Oh God, may we never take that for granted. We are free in you. God help us to get free and stay free never becoming slaves again. And God, just like those so long ago waited for the coming of the long awaited Savior, we look back and celebrate what you’ve done, but we always look forward to your coming again. We love you Lord and we together, here on our mats today, we breathe … we breathe you in. We breathe in your grace and we breathe out your praise! And together this morning and in the days that follow, we wait. Because Lord, the best is yet to come.

Come Thou Long Expected Jesus: December Playlist and Schedule

Christmas is my most favorite time of the year. The smells, the music, the excitement mounting in the air. It's almost palpable. But the thing that draws me in is the hope. The hope of whats to come. We know what's behind us, but we have no idea what's ahead. We know what this last year has brought. We know the joy and the sorrow. We know the health and the sickness. 

For believers, we know that we didn't take one step of it alone. We know this because of Christmas. We know what we celebrate this time of year, the birth of Jesus, is not another birthday. It's not another holiday that gathers families. It's the Father gathering his children. He's drawing us near. He's gathering his family together to celebrate. He gave us Jesus as our great promised deliverer so that we don't walk alone. We walk in hope. Expectant hope that He is coming back. 

We wait. 

As they waited all those many years ago. 

Generation after generation. 

With Hope.

With Faith. 

We know He's coming back.

"Before they left the garden, God whispered a promise to Adam and Eve: “It will not always be so! I will come to rescue you! And when I do, I’m going to do battle against the snake. I’ll get rid of the sin and the dark and the sadness you let in here. I’m coming back for you!” And he would. One day, God himself would come."

JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given;

and the government shall be upon his shoulder,

and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

 Isaiah 9:6

So below is the playlist, all except "The Darkest Midnight" by Bono. It's on Michael W. Smith's new Christmas Album and was not available on Spotify. But it's amazing! Go look it up.

If you're looking for the Yoga that goes with the playlist: You can find me here:

As always, tis the season ... and things may change. But as for now, here is my December Schedule. If you have any questions, please comment or email me!

Check back ... I'm looking for a place to do a special Christmas Holy Yoga class. More details to come.