Selena Isles Yoga

04/18/2026

This crown is mine, put in the work rolled out my style, gave it its time

But this HERE (hair) is mine

PS the Cloud Bob it is not. Don’t touch our hair.

02/26/2026

Let’s talk about the somatic clench of being perceived aka THE FLEX.

When I opened the email stating I had been nominated for the 2026 CEO’s Award of Excellence at Sun Life (placing in the top 3% of a massive global enterprise)... my very first instinct was to shrink.

My samskara script whispered: “Don’t post this. It’s too loud. Keep your head down.”

But in The Empathy Lab, we don’t build False Exits. We stay in the room.

A lot of you know me as , the legendary Yogi, Speaker and on… But behind the scenes, I move as an Organizational Architect and a Doctoral Researcher and also as an Analyst for one of the largest financial institutions in the world. And my secret? I just took the exact same blueprints we talk about here and mapped them onto a corporate giant.

My nominated project was about shifting the company to a “Relationship-Driven” model.

Translated from corporate-speak? We audited the Inefficiency Tax. We stopped treating client service like a transactional “Straight Line” and started respecting the human geometry of connection. We proved that when you redesign the psychological safety of a system, the ROI is undeniable.

I am sharing this today because I need you to understand the fractal.

What we practice at the small scale sets the pattern for the whole system. The exact same Ta***ic technology and boundary work it takes to survive a Sunday grocery run at the Provigo or the IGA... is the exact same technology it takes to restructure a global boardroom.
The architecture scales.

Thank you to and the leadership team for the nomination.

If you are feeling the urge to shrink your brilliance today just to make the room comfortable... un-clench your jaw.
Drop your shoulders.
Take up your space.
You built the blueprint.
Now live in it. 🌀✨

02/22/2026

The next time the pressure rises and you feel the urge to say “I’m fine” or “whatever you want” just to get out of the room... pause.

Check the body. Does your throat feel open, or does it feel heavy?

That heavy feeling isn’t peace. It’s pacification.

In the Lab, we call this the False Exit (or Structural Bypassing). When we force a perfectly straight line onto a messy, spiraling emotion just to keep things “efficient,” we aren’t actually resolving the conflict. We are compressing it. And what we compress today, collapses tomorrow.

Remember the fractal: what we practice at the small scale sets the pattern for the whole system.

The boundary you swallow in the aisles of the Provigo is the same boundary you will surrender everywhere else.

Stop being polite. Start being real.

New Field Notes are live on Substack, and Episode 08 is streaming everywhere.

🔗 Link in bio to read the full diagnostic.

01/05/2026

What Shape is Your Friction?

I am looking at why 9 out of 10 people feel their work is a ‘Tangle’ while their home life is a ‘Circle.’ So we wrote a field guide to friction in 2026.

Read the article and tell me: what shapes are your fights? 🌀 Link in bio for the full stack!



PS the work version of this article is live on my LinkedIN 😉Because we all want to know how Kleshas apply to the office dynamics

12/14/2025

New article on Substack to help you NOT get into THAT same argument.

How the two root Kleshas—Avidya (The Blind Spot) and Asmita (The Inner Dictator)—make you argue over who you were, not who you are now.

12/07/2025

Why do we keep having the same arguments? New article on Substack - tune into the heart of the conversation.

The Geometry of Disagreement: Unlocking the Hidden Blueprints of Conflict

06/09/2025

Hello! Hi! (aka ME) on
Sunday June 15 from 2:45pm 🔊

I’ll be hitting the stage for 🔥

Clean your dancing shoes and your chillest outfit and for the afternoon! In the line up we got and we gonna shake it the f**k up!!!

06/03/2025

Sometimes we forget this; to honour our divine nature… the divine seed that grows through cycles every year.

Maybe just for today can we can remember to offer ourselves grace and honour our divine nature weather it’s with pizza or mimosas or sadhana it’s all part of the whole.

Words on paper

**ra

02/22/2025

Tending to the community I’ll be joining this collective inviting all to with me and a host of amazing luminaires for 40 days of sadhana.



February 24-April 5 th 2025

In times of uncertainty and chaos, we are called to tend deeply to ourselves so we can show up for our families, our communities, and the world.

For 40 days, the Tend Collective invites you to slow down and reconnect with yourself. Through free online daily 30-minute offerings in yoga, meditation, grief gatherings, sound healing, and more, we create space for healing, reflection, and renewal-together.

Whether you’re beginning a new practice or deepening an existing one, you are welcome here.

Come as you are. Tend to yourself. Tend to the collective.

Sign up for free, link in profile.

10/03/2024

I’m thrilled to announce I’m part of the inaugural Eudēmonia Summit. Eudēmonia—named after the ancient Greek word for “well-being”— is a 3-day immersive event in West Palm Beach dedicated to helping you cultivate your personal wellness.
Join me and other proven experts as we explore 5 elements of good health through dialogue and activities:
- Movement
- Nourishment
- Mental Optimization
- Restoration
- Connection

No gimmicks. No snake oil. Just evidence-based information that will empower you as the architect of your own health and wellness.

Check out the experience: https://www.eudemonia.net