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How to Listen to Your Body: Self-Love Routine

Posted by strange on February 15, 2018
How to Listen to Your Body: Self-Love Routine

One of my January reflection goals was to learn to love myself again. A part of that process has been making it a routine to listen to my body.

Listening to your body is a practice (and yes, sometimes it is hard + involves tissues <3 <3 <3). It means pausing to sit, breathe, relax the muscles in your face, neck, shoulders, all the way down to your toes. It means asking your inner self, “how do you feel” and “what do you need?”.

Posted in: Advice for Mind Obstacles, Self Care, Shannen | Tagged: 500 ryt yoga instructor, anxiety, depression, how to listen to your body, listen to your body, panic attacks, shannen roberts, the strange is beautiful, yoga for mind obstacles, yoga instructor

5 Meditations for Anxiety and Depression: May 2017

Posted by strange on May 17, 2017
5 Meditations for Anxiety and Depression: May 2017

Hi TSIB friends!

Every Monday on Instagram (@TheStrangeisBeautiful) I post a meditation to practice based on my own personal yoga practice and training. Here are five of the latest meditations I posted for you to practice this month :)

Posted in: Meditations for Mind Obstacles, Self Care | Tagged: 5 meditations for anxiety and depression, meditation for May, meditations, self-care meditations, the strange is beautiful, yoga instructor, yoga teacher

Win Yoga and Dance Classes (Online + IRL) Plus Our Alternative Self-Help Guide!

Posted by strange on February 16, 2017
Win Yoga and Dance Classes (Online + IRL) Plus Our Alternative Self-Help Guide!

50th person to sign up for Safe Space Yoga and Dance For All Bodies online and in Los Angeles wins two classes and our The Strange is Beautiful Alternative Self-Help Guide! Our classes are especially encouraged for those who have never tried yoga or dance and promise to be different than generic corporate classes by offering individualized healing movement.

Posted in: Self Care | Tagged: dance for all bodies, free dance classes, free yoga, healing movement, queer yoga in los angeles, safe space yoga, the strange is beautiful, win a self-help guide, win yoga, woc yoga in los angeles, yoga for anxiety, yoga for anxiety in los angeles, yoga for depression, yoga for depression in los angeles, Yoga for Mind Obstacles, yoga for mind obstacles, yoga in los angeles, yoga instructor, yoga teacher

Safe Space Yoga + Dance For All Bodies, Sign Up Today! (Online + in LA)

Posted by strange on February 6, 2017
Safe Space Yoga + Dance For All Bodies, Sign Up Today! (Online + in LA)

Sign up for Safe Space Yoga – featuring Mind Obstacles Yoga, WOC Yoga and Queer Yoga – and Dance For All Bodies online and in Los Angeles on a sliding scale of $5-$15 here. All classes will have hands-on-adjustment “consent cards” and name / pronoun tags xoxox.

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The Strange is Beautiful 2017 Goals and Recap

Posted by strange on January 1, 2017
The Strange is Beautiful 2017 Goals and Recap

It’s easy to lose sight of why you started something – the genuine, root, pure catalyst. Below I’ve revisited the root reasons I started The Strange is Beautiful (TSIB), the original goals and the actions I’ve taken, which goals have changed and the future goals for TSIB in 2017 and beyond <3 <3 <3

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