Wonderland Wellness

11/01/2025

10/01/2025

Always trying to make yoga in a middle school gym feel less like yoga in a middle school gym. 😘🕯️🕉️

09/07/2025

“Whatever you do, keep your body in the story.” ♥️

Storytime now that I’m on this pre-tour truth tear. I’ve been practicing Jiu Jitsu on and off for about a year now - with Ash, we wait for each other on the bench - and this is the third time it’s happened.

I’m learning, I’m fighting with some random stranger, and something in me just snaps in half and I start weeping.

I’m a performer. I know how to read people. I have a mechanism in my brain that can carefully select whether or not to let my floodgates open. Sometimes the mechanism breaks, sometimes it’s also just allowed to glitch.

So this guy today, let’s call him John, is sweating opposite this crazy-haired 49 year old mother who starts weeping…and he says what the other two people said. He looks me straight in the eye and says “This is the place for this to happen. You’re safe. You’re in the right place.” This guy is like 6 foot tall and 200 pounds. So I let myself cry for a second while simultaneously pulling myself together. I don’t say sorry. Or at least I try not to.

This is the thing. If you’re a survivor of sexual assault, abuse, any trauma, you stumble into these vortexes where the time band-aid rips. The memories flood back. The scar opens. This is not good or bad, it’s the leak across trauma from then into now. The minute you’re physically defending yourself and feeling that fight and flight, it all pours out. But then.

It’s about what happens next. Who you’re with. Whether you can let the scar open and close a little bit tighter. Safer. Stronger. Thicker. Wiser. This is why you need community.

Where and how the break and flood and repair can happen is so vast. During a marathon, in a kitchen at a friends table, in AA, in group therapy, on a yoga mat, on a wrestling mat, in a car screaming at the top of your lungs with friends when that song comes on. The who, the community, is so important.

John added this: “I’ve been where you are.” Who knows what his story is. It doesn’t and can’t matter.

Whatever you do, keep your body in the story. Don’t forget. The body keeps the score. Keep your blood pumping, keep reminding your cells that the story is not trapped in the darkness. Keep going. Find community.

Be me. Be John. Be you.

I love you.

♥️

08/23/2025

Such a beautiful morning on the water!
A little windy and a little wet, but we’re all still smiling!

08/22/2025

Last Paddle Yoga Class of the season happening this Wednesday night! 🌅 🏄🏽‍♀️

Come out to Lake Josephine in Roseville for a sunset paddle, stretch, and float.

Yes, practicing on the water adds a new challenge, but I’ll guide us through beginner friendly poses as you relax into the peace and calm of golden hour on the lake.

Cost is $20 with your own board, or $35 if you’d like to rent one of my Paddle North inflatables.

Register at the link below & I’ll see you at the lake!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sunset-paddle-board-yoga-tickets-1596579324739?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMVrR5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHt9IFoL1baF9Q0xxYhixDmp9j5EktGdgAgO-Ma7R-Zwr9mKTL8lCfewVFvJX_aem_a_-wI8kA0pJsEHbjincvmQ

08/21/2025

These late August days make me want to soak up as much lake time as possible before the temps drop! ☀️🌊🧜🏼‍♀️

Join me Saturday 10:30am - Noon for a paddle through the Chain of Lakes. So much beauty right in the city and no boats or jet skis to contend with.

This is a leisurely paddle with fun people - totally free if you have your own raft, or I have kayaks/paddleboards available to rent for $35. We’ll meet up at & launch from North Beach of Bde Maka Ska this Saturday. Click the link to register & I’ll see you on the water!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paddle-on-lake-of-the-isles-tickets-1554913190209?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

08/18/2025

Saturday Morning Yoga is the best! Thank you Angie, Lisa, and Glory!