SonRise Yoga

05/17/2022

In case you needed the reminder today….Because I know I need it all too frequently. You are SO loved.

04/24/2022

O Jesus, when I consider the great price of Your Blood, I rejoice at its immensity, for one drop alone would have been enough for the salvation of all sinners. Although sin is an abyss of wickedness and ingratitude, the price paid for us can never be equalled. Therefore, let every soul trust in the Passion of the Lord, and place its hope in His mercy. -Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska

📷Picture taken while we were camping at Lake Havasu State Park

04/21/2022

"You want to do something for the Lord...do it. Whatever you feel needs to be done, even though youre shaking in your boots, youre scared to death -- take the first step forward. The grace comes with that one step and you get the grace as you step. Being afraid is not a problem; its doing nothing when you feel afraid." ~ Mother Angelica

04/15/2022

✝️Good Friday is upon us. Please spend some time meditating on the depth of our Lord’s merciful love.

04/13/2022

Todays practice is a slow flow contemplating the crowing of thorns.

Journal Questions:

Is Jesus the King of your heart? Do you prioritize and live your life accordingly?

Do you seek the Lord’s guidance regularly?

What can you do to free yourself to receive him more completely? Is anything holding you back?

In loving Jesus, we must first know him. What questions can you ask Jesus to better know and love him?

04/13/2022

Todays practice is a power flow.
I hope you enjoy it.

Here are some corresponding journal questions:

Do you acknowledge the restraint it took Jesus to not shield himself from suffering on our behalf?

Has there been a time you were wrongfully accused? A time when your intentions were misunderstood or even slandered?

How can you rely on God more fully at these times?

Do you strike back in instinct, or do you pray for God’s guidance when faced with conflict? Do you seek God’s provision to patiently endure trials?

Do you long for vengeance or repentance for those who trespass against you?

04/11/2022

Monday’s practice is up!

Here are some optional journaling questions to follow if you want to dig deeper on The agony in the garden. (Mark 14:32-36)

-Jesus asks for another way, but is still ready to yield in totally surrender and obedience. Has there ever been a time you knew God’s will and …yet prayed for another way?

-What brings you strength at a time such as that? Do you rely on his strength or your own?

-What is the posture of you heart as you obey Gods will over your own?

-What is the outcome when you obey even reluctantly? How is that different from when you chose to follow your own will?

04/11/2022

My first ever FREE Yoga Series starts today!

Practices will be based off of the sorrowful mysteries (events leading up to the crucifixion). The schedule is listed below.

Monday-Mini Flow
Tuesday-Power Flow
Wednesday-Slow Flow
Thursday-Restoration
Friday-Meditation

Each practice will be uploaded to YouTube the night before.

Is it perfect? Nope. Is it the masterpiece I planned with a beautiful backdrop? Not at all! 14 minutes into the first video, unknown to me, my phone overheated and quit recording. I redid the entire flow (where in the heat I was stressed and not perfectly embodied -causing my form to be questionable in puppy pose). In another practice the wind blows my mat around. I even loose my balance in crescent lunge trying to gaze at the sky.😬 Did I miss a few helpful cues? Of course.

But I didn’t let fear paralyze me. I showed up. Authentic. Imperfect. Knowing I still have so much to learn. I didn’t overthink it. I wrote it, I reread it, I recorded it, and it’s out. Did I learn a few things along the way? Yes! Both about the process, and cueing. Will it help me grow? Absolutely! Did I step out and into something that was on my heart? Yup!

So I’m going to celebrate! Celebrate with me!

If this practice blesses you I’d love to know!

04/09/2022

Hey Friends!! I’m working on finishing up a project.

FREE Yoga for Holy Week!

Practices will be based off of the sorrowful mystery (events leading up to the crucifixion). The schedule is listed below.

Each practice will be uploaded the evening before (for example Monday’s practice will be uploaded Sunday night)

You can just head to YouTube each day or comment below and I can start a Facebook group where I can post links/reminders and maybe some journaling or discussion questions.

❤️I hope you’ll join me!

03/22/2022

🧡 through your ups and your downs remember Jesus crucified on the cross to open the gates of Heaven for us. (Caption by my 8 yo daughter because I have no creativity today).

03/22/2022

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.” - Jeremiah 17:7-8

03/18/2022

Take time to breathe with the Lord today.

03/17/2022

As I arise today,
may the strength of God pilot me,
the power of God uphold me,
the wisdom of God guide me.
May the eye of God look before me,
the ear of God hear me,
the word of God speak for me.
May the hand of God protect me,
the way of God lie before me,
the shield of God defend me,
the host of God save me.
May Christ shield me today.
Christ with me, Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit,
Christ when I stand,
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.
Amen

☘️Happy St .Patrick’s Day

02/21/2022

Recently I laid in shavasana and begged God to touch me with his presence.

Not a moment later one of our dogs came up and licked my arm. I could help but laugh at the sentiment. It wasn’t exactly what I had in mind.

It brought me to a place of awe and wonder. Why couldn’t the Lords presence be felt through an act of love, a touch, or a warm embrace?

It doesn’t have to be profound. We have a habit of over complicating things don’t we?

02/19/2022

❤️take a moment to breathe with him today. The one who gave and gives you breath to breathe.

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔. 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒔 𝒀𝑯𝑾𝑯.

𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒆’𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏 “𝒂” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏 “𝒆” 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒀𝒂𝑯𝑾𝒆𝑯, 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒗𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒔.

𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒂𝒃𝒊’𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒀𝑯𝑾𝑯 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔, 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒔, 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝒀𝑯 (𝒊𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒆): 𝑾𝑯 (𝒆𝒙𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒆).

𝑺𝒐 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚’𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒚, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅.

𝑨 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 – 𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒂𝒔𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔.

𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑮𝒐𝒅.

𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒆, 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒅’𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒔.

𝑺𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆, 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆?

𝑩𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝑰 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚.

𝑺𝒐, 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰’𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕?

𝑰𝒏 𝒔𝒂𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒔.

𝑰𝒏 𝒋𝒐𝒚, 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒕.

𝑰𝒏 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏.

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆’𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅, 𝒘𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆.

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕, 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔!

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑰 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒆’𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆.

𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒔, 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.
𝑾𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔.

❤️

𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒚 - 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂 𝑻𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏.

02/18/2022

Perspective is so important. Choose to see the good.

02/14/2022

If God is love..
God is patient and kind; God does not envy or boast; God is not arrogant or rude. God does not insist on his own way; he is not irritable or resentful; he does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. God bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. God love never ends.

If God is love…
Do we give a small piece of God to others when we choose to love them?

If God is love..
What better way to love God than to love others?

Today and everyday…
"Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor... Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting."
--Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta

We are created out of love for love.

❤️Happy Valentine’s Day Friends❤️