~ musings on feeling, sensing, breathing, moving & being ~
JUNE NEWS & PROMOTIONS
New Class and New Home!
I am so happy to join the Ritual Sacramento teaching team. Ritual is a space steeped in practice, feminine wisdom, yogic tradition, therapeutic expertise, and what I can only describe as a profound sense of family-ness.
I deeply admire every single teacher at Ritual, not only for their understanding of the human body but also in their warm, welcoming, caring, grounded and profoundly loving embodied presence.
Im grateful to Kaci Florez for her warmth, devotion and clear leadership as I join this community - and to all the teachers and students who have made me feel so welcome.
You’ll be seeing me regularly attending classes at Ritual, and please join me at 7:30am on Saturday mornings for movement, breath, and the mysterious journey that we undertake when we combine the two.
in joy!
Natasha
Discounted Private Yoga, Yoga Therapy and Essential Wellness Sessions
For the month of June, I am offering Private Yoga Sessions, Yoga Therapy Sessions and Essential Acupoint Sessions at a significantly reduced rate.
Being new to Sacramento I am working to become established, grow my own roots, and make myself available and accessible to anyone wishing to be supported in their own personal healing/human journey. Through yoga practices, essential oil therapy, and the exquisite magic that happens when we come together to serve the Highest in our own hearts and in each other.
The advantage of a personalized attention in your yoga practice is that it accelerates your learning and gives you feedback and homework tailored to your specific needs.
Yoga & Yoga Therapy improves:
Posture, breath, mindset
Chronic pain conditions
Injury recovery
Anxiety & depression
Self esteem & confidence
Strength & flexibility
In the way I naturally teach and share yoga, movement is integrated with yoga philosophy to support your Higher Self from the inside out.
With over 13 years teaching experience, I integrate a variety of movement techniques that the body loves, supporting cognitive function, greater mobility and intelligent strength + flexibility cultivation.
Send me an email if you have questions, or book a session to get started!
doTERRA June Promotions ✨
✨ 3 FREE OILS!!! ✨
The big deal this month is that anyone who places an order of 200PV or more will receive the 3 major tension relieving blends that doTERRA offers.
AromaTouch is the main “massage” blend, it melts away physical tension in the body and deepens the breath almost instantly. I like to massage AromaTouch into my feet, hips, back and neck - and it works wonders!! It is a profound staple in my wellness & self-care routine.
Past-Tense is one of my personal favorites in that it melts away headaches but it’s scent is truly divine! let the worries melt away as you step into the present moment with this sacred littler roller bottle.
Balance is doTERRAs grounding blend. Combining mostly root essential oils with flowers like blue tansy, it helps mediate between the upper and lower sections of our bodies and the left and right hemispheres. Apply to the soles of the feet, an any acupressure point in the feet and legs to settle your mind and energy field.
If you do not have a doTERRA account and would like more information on how this membership works, check out my top 7 reasons why doTERRA is my favorite wellness subscription box - and, if you feel curious but still unsure, you can schedule a 30 minute consult with me to learn more about how you can ditch the chemical stuff around your house and leverage the power of therapeutic-grade essential oils for your wellness and healing.
This mighty, all natural, essential oil based cleaner concentrate makes 18 16oz bottles of cleaner concentrate! And it is 15% off all month.
New limited edition oil - FREE!
For those with an already existing doTERRA account, when you order your monthly wellness box before the 15th of June with a PV order of 125PV or more, you will receive this warm, herbal new blend called Summer Savory.
✨ HURRAY FOR DADS! ✨
This lovely fathers day gift brings a brilliant card diffuser clip that dads can attach to the AC in the car. It comes with 3 inner cylinders that he can put different essential oil blends. The Island Mint blend that comes with this kit is bright, joyful and grounding, combining lemon, lime, peppermint and Spruce.
May all dads feel pampered, loved and cared for on this coming Fathers Day!
The Daily Habits Kit is still 20% Off!
This is one of the very best kits to get started with doTERRA. It gives you 5ml bottles (aprox. 85 drops each) of some of the most powerful oils for mental, emotional and cellular wellbeing as well as doTERRA’s #1 selling supplements. This kit gives its recipient a very quick, easy and powerful experience of the power of highest quality, intelligent plant medicine.
The Kit Includes:
Lifelong Vitality Pack: the foundational supplement program that is doTERRA’s #1 product! It’s packed with bio-available food nutrients, omegas, antioxidants, phytonutrients, vitamins & minerals delivered in a balanced, absorbable way.
Terrazyme: this powerful blend of 10 active whole food enzymes helps your food digest, absorb & eliminate properly. Have you watched the Terrazyme oatmeal experiment yet?
Deep Blue Rub: Want to experience a deep tissue massage and muscular pain relief whenever you feel like it? Work this baby into any sore areas and voila! - you won't know what you did without it.
PB Assist Probiotic: Want to get your guts and skin working together better? This probiotic is unique as a double layer capsule of pre-biotic fibre + 6 strains of probiotics to deliver 6 billion CFUs.
Essential oils included in this kit:
5ml Balance Blend: dab onto pulse points & breathe in to feel instant relaxation
5ml Lemon: the cleansing powerhouse! add to drinking water, make cleaners, remove stains, purify the air
5ml Frankincense: promote healthy cell growth internally + glowing skin by using topically
5ml Lavender: Use for all things skin topically and diffuse to sleep better + relax
5ml On Guard: The immune system supporter: diffuse to clean the air, use it to clean with, take internally for immunity support.
Introduction to Anusara Yoga
In our Tuesday / Saturday classes we’ve started applying with more specificity the Anusara principles of alignment – this is sort of a “peek behind the curtain” of all the alignment efforts we’ve been doing in class for years; it’s just that I may not have been spelling them out quite as much in the past, but now we are looking and studying more closely.
Anusara is the main hatha yoga system that I have trained in, and it has a big influence in how I understand the body, alignment, and yoga. Over the next several weeks we will be looking into and learning each alignment principle of Anusara (of which there are 5), as a way to strengthen our foundational understanding – as well as to give you the power to find your most optimal alignment and vitality in any yoga pose. It’s always very good practice to visit and revisit the “basics”, even as we progress in our practice in ways that were previously unimaginable.
Anusara is a Sanskrit term derived from the root words, anu, meaning “with,” and sara, meaning “flow.” Therefore, anusara may be translated as “flowing with grace”, “entering the flow of divine grace” or “flowing with the heart”.
The Anusara system of alignment opens us up to a deeper question: What does alignment truly mean? in our bodies, in yoga postures, but also – in our lives. What does it mean to align with our own hearts, our own truth, and to live (flow) from that space?
These teachings correspond directly to what my teacher Swami Chetanananda explains to us that yoga is about: Contact, Alignment & Flow. We’ll explore this idea further down the line when we have a more complete understanding of the principles of alignment themselves.
There are 5 principles of ALIGNMENT, in Anusara. These are the 5 principles that we follow, in their specific sequence, to find ourselves in greater alignment physically, as well as to our hearts, in our lives:
Opening to Grace
Muscular Energy
Inner Spiral
Outer Spiral
Organic Energy
We will be exploring what each one of these means in class, and I will write more about each one here soon – I hope you will join us!
lots of love,
natasha
The Luxurious Practice.
Once a week or so, I would clear out for myself about a 4 hour block, for what I called my “luxurious practice”. The name alluded to the fact that on most days my time by myself on my mat was limited or rushed - but on these long practice days I could really take my time to work on anything and everything I was craving, nice and slow, without any time pressure. It was so so fun and delicious!!
Many years ago, when I was living in LA, fully immersed in studying yoga with my favorite teachers and teaching upwards of 17 classes per week, I would occasionally block off a chunk of time for a lengthy practice at home.
Once a week or so, I would clear out for myself about a 4 hour block, for what I called my “luxurious practice”. The name alluded to the fact that on most days my time by myself on my mat was limited or rushed - but on these long practice days I could really take my time to work on anything and everything I was craving, nice and slow, without any time pressure. It was so so fun and delicious!!
Our Saturday two hour class is meant to give us all a taste of that experience. This is a class that is NOT rushed. It’s meant to be exquisite, luxurious, dedicated, fully sensorial, and delicious.
Last week someone commented after class they felt they had received an acupuncture treatment, a massage, and a chiropractic adjustment all-in-one from the work we did on our mats that morning.
So that’s what we’re aiming for, to really get a full system treatment, to reset our bodies, minds and spirits, to breathe and move in a way that releases the deeply stored gunk we’ve accumulated from the hustle and busyness of life, and re-establish the easeful flow of our breath and Chi throughout our whole selves.
The class includes time for yoga, pranayama, meditation, chanting, and plenty of deep exploration within.
I hope you will join us sometime.
Maybe I will see you soon!? I’m so so happy to be back.
Love you all so much!
thank you for being in my life.
natasha.