Anastasiia Yogalife

29/09/2025

✨Not Just Being Present — Training Your Presence✨

We hear “live in the moment” all the time. It can feel cliché. But here’s the thing: presence is a skill. And like any skill, it needs practice.

Notice this: how often do we actually feel our bodies, our breath, our senses right now? Most people think they’re present… but ask them what they feel in their body, and it’s often hard to answer. Feeling isn’t thinking. It’s experiencing.

Through conscious practices — breathwork, yoga, meditation — we can train ourselves to come back to the body, to the moment, quickly and effectively. This isn’t just “nice to have” — it’s a skill that shapes how we handle life’s stress, decisions, and challenges.

Think about it: can you name a highly successful person who doesn’t have some routine for their mind, body, or soul? I can’t. Practices like these aren’t optional — they’re foundational.

So, yes, the present moment matters. But more than that, the skill to return to it under pressure matters. That’s where real energy, clarity, and balance come from.🦋

If you’ve been practicing your presence, notice how it changes the way you move through stress. If not — maybe it’s time to start. 🌿









Trentside Studios

07/09/2025

✨🌿 Upcoming Yoga Themes – Small Groups & Mindful Community in Burton on Trent🌿 ✨

Here’s what’s coming in September in our intimate yoga sessions at Trentside Studio:

🕖 Every Monday at 7 p.m. (Trentside Studio)

1. Notice the Change ✅ (last week)
2. Meeting the Wall ✅ (this week)
3. Breaking Through / Moving Beyond ➡️ (next session)
4. Embracing Change ➡️
5. From Walls to Wings ➡️

Each class is designed for you, in a small, supportive group. Whether you are new to yoga or experienced, you will be guided with care through each pose, connecting with your body, mind, and emotions.

✨ Every session includes:

• Mindfulness practices and meditations
• Aromatherapy to enhance your experience
• Personal guidance to help you feel the work in your muscles and move safely
• A welcoming community to support you every step of the way

The studio is fully equipped — just bring yourself and your mat, and enjoy a mindful, immersive practice.

💌 Check the comments for links and dates to book your spot.
Or simply DM me if you have any questions — always happy to help.

🪷 Give yourself this hour to restore, recharge, and reconnect.

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21/08/2025

🦋 Discipline: How to Start When You’ve Never Been Disciplined

Discipline. It sounds simple to say, but it can feel impossible to practice—especially if you’ve never seen yourself as “a disciplined person.”

The truth is: discipline isn’t punishment, it’s devotion to yourself. It grows from understanding your habits, your patterns, and your triggers.

💫 Why it matters
• For your body & mind: Discipline brings consistency, safety, and less chaos.
• Instead of being pulled in all directions, you feel more grounded and in control of your day.

🌱 How to begin

Discipline isn’t only about wellness routines—it applies to anything you truly need.
👉 Ask yourself: What do I want to bring into my life?
👉 Write down your reason.
👉 Schedule it. If you miss it, reschedule—don’t call it failure.

When temptation or fatigue shows up, pause and reconnect to why it matters to you.

✨ Practical tools
1. Anchor habits – attach a new action to something you already do.
2. Micro-goals – keep them small and doable daily.
3. Environment design – make the right choice easier.
4. Gentle accountability – track progress, reflect, or share with someone.
5. Reconnect to your why – when resistance comes, remember your purpose.

Discipline isn’t something we’re born with—it’s something we practice.
Start small. Stay consistent. Notice how your body, your mind, and your sense of self begin to shift.

08/04/2025

Becoming the Authority of Your Own Life
A reflection from the mat, the heart, and beyond.

“You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.”
— Joseph Campbell

There’s a moment—quiet, subtle, but deeply powerful—when you realize that no one else is coming to choose for you. Not your past. Not your conditioning. Not even your own old stories.

And in that moment, something shifts.

You begin the process of becoming.

Not the kind of becoming that pushes or performs, but the kind that returns.
To the body. To the breath. To yourself.

As someone who works with people through movement, breathwork, and embodied awareness, I see this truth unfold all the time:
Real transformation doesn’t just happen in the mind—it happens when we become whole.
When we start leading ourselves, from the inside out.

Let me share a few perspectives on what it really means to “become the authority of your own life.”

1. Claiming Ownership of Your Choices

Maturity begins when we stop outsourcing our power. When we pause and ask:

What am I choosing right now?
Who am I becoming through this choice?

Whether it’s how you respond in conflict, how you spend your time, or how you care for your energy—every choice is an invitation to self-leadership.
On the mat, we learn this through the body. No one can breathe for you. No one can feel what your body feels. Authority begins with awareness.

2. Understanding That Maturity Isn’t Age—It’s
Integration

We’re often taught that maturity is a timeline. But I see it more as a relationship—with yourself. With your story. With your emotional landscape.

To become whole is not to “fix” yourself, but to integrate your experiences into a deeper presence.
To meet yourself as you are and move from there.

3. Leading Yourself with Embodied Awareness

So much of modern life pulls us up into the head—into analysis, performance, and doing.

But true self-leadership often begins lower: in the body, in the breath, in the spaces we’ve neglected.
That’s why yoga, for me, isn’t just a practice—it’s a return.
A tool to reinhabit your own inner space.
From that place, your choices become clearer. Your boundaries become kinder. Your voice becomes rooted.

4. Building Emotional Maturity through Self-
Responsibility

We often think of healing as something gentle—and it is. But it’s also bold.
It’s about taking responsibility for what we carry, how we respond, and what we’re ready to release.

Sometimes, the most mature thing we can do is feel fully.
To allow grief its space.
To soften into truth.
To create new patterns—not out of avoidance, but alignment.

Becoming the authority of your life doesn’t mean doing it all alone.
It means listening inward before reaching outward.
It means honoring your own pace, your own truth, and your own body’s wisdom.

This is the journey I guide others through—not just as a yoga teacher, but as a space-holder for embodied transformation.
Because the most sustainable growth begins when we reconnect with ourselves—fully, gently, honestly.

If these words resonate with you, I invite you to explore this journey together. Online or in person, reach out and let’s begin.

Mindful Yoga Teacher & Transformation Guide. Helping you Reconnect, Find Balance & Embrace Change.