05/25/2026
Whether youâre actively practicing, dropping in on e in a while, or been off youâre mat for quite some time - this is so worth the read!
The missing mindset piece to your practiceđđť
The Thursday before last, I went to bed way later than usual having attended my husbandâs final choir concert of the year.
I was tired, amped up from how well the kids had performed, a little hungry, and fully in the âIâll do it tomorrowâ mood.
But before I went to bed, I still brushed my teeth. I didnât stand in the bathroom debating whether I felt inspired enough to do it. I didnât tell myself Iâd fallen off track because my schedule got weird. I didnât decide that one late night meant I should probably just give up brushing my teeth altogether until Monday.
I just did it because itâs a practice.
And that got me thinking about yoga.
Somewhere along the way, many of us started treating yoga like it only âcountsâ when conditions are perfect.
We convince ourselves that we need a full hour, a calm nervous system, enough energy, and the perfect mindset before we can step on the mat. Then life gets busy, a few practices get skipped, and suddenly it feels easier to stop altogether than simply pick back up where we left off.
Meanwhile, we still take care of the other things that support our lives.
We brush our teeth even when weâre tired. We still shower after a long day. We still feed ourselves when life gets hectic.
Thereâs an understanding that these things are part of caring for ourselves, even when the timing is off or the day didnât go according to plan.
So why do we treat movement, breath, strength, mobility, mental clarity, and spiritual connection differently when they impact every part of how we experience our lives?
Your practice was never supposed to be something you only return to once life finally settles down. Your practice is one of the things that helps you move through messy seasons with more steadiness while life is actively happening around you.
And maybe this is the shift.
Maybe yoga starts feeling more sustainable when we stop treating it like a performance and start treating it like care. Some days your practice will feel focused and strong. Other days it will feel distracted, clunky, rushed, or small. Some days you only have time for twenty-five minutes. Other days you find a full ninety minutes to devote to yourself and your practice.
The power has never been in doing it perfectly. The power is in returning again and again because itâs part of what you do and part of who you are.
Because thatâs what a practice actually is.
And if you didnât brush your teeth for a week, youâd feel it pretty quickly. Your teeth would feel gross, your mouth would taste terrible, and eventually youâd probably look in the mirror and think, âAlright⌠this situation has gotten out of hand.â
Your yoga practice really isnât that different.
After a week or two away from practice, most people can feel the difference pretty quickly. The body tends to stiffen up, little aches begin creeping back in, and stress suddenly feels harder to navigate. Even your patience can start wearing thinner because one of the things that helped you feel more grounded, capable, and connected to yourself slowly disappeared from your routine.
And yet, instead of simply returning to the practice the way we would return to brushing our teeth, we tend to make the whole thing far more complicated than it needs to be. We act like we need to restart perfectly on a Monday morning with the ideal class, the perfect amount of motivation, and a completely clear schedule.
Meanwhile, the practice itself is sitting there going, âYou could have just rolled out your mat for twenty minutes on Wednesday.â
Thatâs why I think the word practice matters so much.
A practice is something you return to because it supports your life, even when life gets messy.
And maybe this is your reminder to stop waiting for the âperfectâ moment to begin again.
June classes inside the studio begin a week from Monday, and in many ways, this is the perfect time to step back into your practice with support, structure, and a community of women who are showing up right alongside you. Some students will be joining for the first time, some are returning after time away, and some have simply decided theyâre ready to stop putting themselves at the bottom of the list again.
You donât need to restart perfectly.
You just need to return.
Iâd love to share the practice with you.... I'll drop the link to join the studio below âŹď¸
