Thrive With Cassandra

11/02/2025

Mental fitness training is as important as physical fitness. Take care of your nervous system in order to experience clarity in the mind. I am trained by Shirzad Chamine who created the Positive Intelligence framework that I use with my coaching clients.
1. Catch the Sanitahing thoughts
2. Reset the nervous system
3. Tap into compassion, creativity, and wisdom

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In work and in life, change is inevitable. Resilience is key to navigating change without getting thrown off balance.

Luckily, you can build and maintain resilience with a few small daily habits. These little actions add up over time, and fundamentally rewire your brain for greater wisdom and clarity.

Here are three habits you can begin practicing today:

1️⃣ Intercept your Saboteurs: When you recognize a negative thought pattern (like stress or self-doubt), say, "That's my Saboteur!"

2️⃣ Energize your Sage: Do some PQ Reps (10 seconds of focus on a physical sensation) to activate the positive part of your mind.

3️⃣ Use Your Sage Powers: When faced with a challenge, tap into empathy, curiosity, or laser-focused action to respond rather than react.

Take the free Saboteur Assessment to identify what's holding you back so you can start boosting your resilience today:

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11/01/2025

Link in bio to apply for a partial scholarship for YFFR’s next Instructor School January 26-30 with the US Marshal Service. Must apply before Nov 15 and register by Nov 30

11/01/2025

Sharing because it sounds like a different kind of wellness market experience, including a Day of the Dead memorial altar and aerial dancers. Note it is SUNDAY. FYI there is a fee to enter and an eventbrite page if you want to register in advance.

Join us tomorrow at the Evolve Mindful Market!
Saturday, November 2nd at The Ivy House – Milwaukee, WI.

This beautiful event brings together an incredible group of wellness practitioners to honor those who’ve come before us while celebrating life, movement, music, and mindfulness.

Here is what to Expect:

🌿 25+ Wellness Vendors — bodywork, apothecaries, intuitives, tarot, massage, energy healers, creatives, holistic health, women’s wellness & intentional retailers
💜 Aerial Dance Performance by Warped Studios
🥗 Nourishing Food by Simple Eats
🍹 Signature Cocktail crafted in collaboration with Acorn Apothecary — infused with mindful ingredients & seasonal magic
🎶 Music, food & mindful drinks to lift your spirit
🕯️ Interactive Ofrenda to honor loved ones who have passed
🌸 Donations supporting Core El Centro’s Reiki Training Scholarship Fund
Come as you are. Leave with your heart full, your spirit grounded, and your light renewed.

Head over to to learn more about the practitioners attending and grab tickets! We would love to see you there!

10/30/2025

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Are you a local yoga teacher or pilates instructor with a passion to teach & interested in joining Our amazing community at ? We are hiring!!
We are looking for yoga( must have a 200 RYT or more) and mat pilates instructors that are interested in helping out as a sub or leading a regular class. Please email or call us for details if this sounds like a good fit for you! We look forward to meeting you!!

10/25/2025

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Drum Circle is back at River Bend!
Nov. 7 starting at 5:30pm

People of all ages and paths are invited to join a drum circle as the sun sets and the moon rises.

Gather at the pavilion at River Bend Nature Center to build community and common ground with music and intention around an evening campfire. You are welcome to bring a chair or blanket if you would like. There will be some extra drums available, but feel free to bring an instrument of your own. Participants do not need previous musical experience; all ages and skill levels will enjoy the powerful rhythms.

This is a drug/alcohol free event.

This event is free of charge; no reservations required; free will donations are welcome and sincerely appreciated.

10/24/2025

It’s amazing that we can teach our minds to see whatever perspective we want. And when you pay attention to details in the moment, it has a regulating effect on the nervous system.

It doesn’t mean there is never suffering—there definitely are things that hurt and harm—but you can teach your brain to not see or create additional unnecessary suffering.

10/18/2025

Can you turn a 🍌 into a human? When you eat or drink, it becomes the cells of the body from skin, to heart, to brain. Be intentional with what you feed your body. Everything you see, hear, and say either out loud or in your head reinforces how you will perceive each future moment. Be intentional with what you feed your mind.

retreat time

10/04/2025

@ Mocha Lisa Coffeehouse event today. Offering short neuro reset yoga classes every half hour. And Mel offering a sound bath! 10-2

10/02/2025

Refresh yourself with 15-minute breathwork and yoga sessions at Mocha Lisa Coffeehouse Saturday during the autumn celebration in the yard. Other highlights at the event include sound baths from Sheepish, a sketch class, and wine from Spirits of Norway.

10/01/2025

Last year, someone asked if Yoga For First Responders was going to help during the California fires. Olivia’s response?

We already are.

✅ Free resources.
✅ Proven tools.
✅ Resilience training that works.

First responders are exposed to unimaginable stress daily—and most leadership teams are still waiting for a crisis to decide it’s time to provide the department the necessary mental skills.

That ends now.

🔥 YFFR’s next Leadership Briefing is Thursday, October 9th. Just 30 minutes.
You’ll walk away with tactical tools to support your team’s mental health and performance—starting today.

💬 Comment LEAD or click the link below to get the free guide + sign up: https://yogaforfirstresponders.activehosted.com/f/46



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