Cocoon Yoga

05/27/2024

Part of doing something is listening.

Not all things we encounter are meant to inform our lives, but many times we overlook signs, internal knowing, and experiences that we have. Practice noticing things that come up. Learn to discern when it is our inner wisdom speaking to us or perhaps different lessons or guidance coming in unexpected ways. 🪷

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Part of doing something is listening.
We are listening.
To the sun.
To the stars.
To the wind.
— Madeleine L’Engle

05/25/2024

I am leading a FREE online 6-week
LoveYourBrain Mindset program for those with traumatic brain injury (including concussion) and their caregivers to explore the benefits of yoga, meditation, and community.

Join me Sundays beginning July 21st at
10am CST / 11am EST / 8am PST

You can register at:
https://www.loveyourbrain.com/mindset
(search for this session by date or my name, Raegan Robinson, when you are selecting your program)

**Program sessions are limited to 13 people**

05/14/2024

05/06/2024

05/05/2024

By bringing awareness to our present experience, mindfulness practices can help us with:
• Anxiety
• Stress
• Cognitive function
• Self-acceptance
• Self-regulation

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Breathing in, I know I am breathing in.
Breathing out, I know I am breathing out.
Breathing in, I notice my in- breath has become deeper.
Breathing out, I notice that my out-breath has become slower...
Breathing in, I calm myself.
Breathing out, I feel at ease.
Breathing in, I smile.
Breathing out, I release.
Breathing in, I dwell in the present moment.
Breathing out, I feel it is a wonderful moment.
- Thích Nhất Hạnh

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05/04/2024

On the surface IPATH® may seem like just restorative yoga but is so much more than that.

The IPATH® Method uses therapeutic techniques that include somatic movement and myofascial release that brings ease, length, and balance to the body.

The breath, linked with slow movement and stillness, sends the message to the body that it is safe to soften and release. This calming of the nervous system also helps us allow the body to remain in meditative stillness during practice. This benefits the body and mind.

Come explore this restorative practice that improves posture, eases pain, and opens the body from the comfort of your own home. 🧘🏽🏠🧘🏻‍♂️

Register @ www.theipathmethod.com/booking to join me live:

🪷 Mondays:
IPATH Pilates 8:30am cst/ 9:30am est
IPATH Restorative 11am cst/ 12 pm est

🪷 Tuesdays:
Accessible Yoga 11am cst / 12pm est
IPATH || 1pm cst / 2pm est

🪷 Wednesdays:
IPATH Pilates 9:30am cst / 10:30am est

🪷 Fridays:
IPATH 11:30am cst / 12:30pm est

🪷 Saturdays:
IPATH Pilates 9:30am cst / 10:30 est
IPATH 10:30am cst / 11:30pm est

05/03/2024

Pour into yourself the same compassion that you freely give others. 🪷

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“If your compassion does not include yourself it is not complete.”
— Jack Kornfield

05/01/2024

When we think about balance, we often think about losing it — losing focus, falling out of a pose, heightened emotions, etc.

🪷 But what if we focused on when we do balance, on and off the mat?

🪷 What does balance feel like in our bodies and our emotions?

🪷 How does balance show up in our actions and reactions?

🪷What does it look like when you feel balanced?

Let me know below ⬇️

04/28/2024

No part of our body is separate. It is a fully integrated system continuously giving us feedback on our experiences through thoughts that emerge, changes in our breathing patterns, our emotions, and pains that show up in the body.

These messages are gifts to be present with. Check in with yourself like you would a friend. Notice how the wind is blowing. 🪷

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The mind is like the wind and the body like the sand: if you want to know how the wind is blowing, you can look at the sand.
— Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

04/27/2024

Just breathe.
Ten tiny breaths ...
Seize them.
Feel them.
Love them.
— K.A. Tucker

04/25/2024

Take time during your practice to move through each posture with increased awareness of the subtlety of each moment. Notice any shifts in the breath, in sensation, in the mind.

Each movement can be a meditation — a way for us to turn inward and connect with our bodies on a deeper level.

Practicing this way can help bring greater awareness and connection to who we are — physically, emotionally, and mentally, along with experiences we have off the mat and in our daily life.

🪷Raegan

04/25/2024

In-person fundraiser all those in New Orleans and the surrounding areas 🧘🏽🧘🏻‍♂️

Join YEAH! YOGA - Youth Empowerment and Healing for a “Post (Jazz)Fest Rest” Yoga Class that is healing-focused and trauma-sensitive — with music, mindfulness, and relaxation.

Pre-register and grab your spot now!
Space is limited 🧘🏽
https://www.yeahyoga.org/events

After class, go downstairs to the Good Karma Cafe to mingle over complimentary post-class refreshments.

Hope to see you there!

✨May 11, 2024
✨ 1pm-3pm cst

Swan River Yoga
2nd Floor (stairs only)
2940 Canal Street | New Orleans, LA 70119

Class donation is tax deductible.
There will be door prizes! 🙂

YEAH! YOGA - Youth Empowerment and Healing is a youth development non-profit that shares the tools of yoga and meditation with youth involved with or impacted by the carceral system in the Greater New Orleans area.yeah.yoga

04/23/2024

Yoga is often referred to as a moving meditation. In yoga, one goes deeply inward, connecting with the Divine while simultaneously moving the body in a beneficial and life-enhancing way. One does not force the pose or fall asleep. It is awake, reverent attention.
— Donna Goddard, The Love of Being Loving (Love and Devotion, #1)

04/22/2024

We’re so close to Earth that sometimes we forget how beautiful it is. Seen from space, our blue planet is remarkably alive - a living paradise suspended in a vast and hostile cosmos. I...]No other planet has yet been found to have life as we know it.
Seeing its beauty and wonder, astronauts feel great love for the whole Earth. They know billions of people are living out their lives on this little planet, with all their joy, happiness, and suffering. They see violence, wars, famine, and environmental destruction. At the same time, they see clearly that this wonderful little blue planet, so fragile and precious, is irreplaceable.
- Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art Of Living

04/21/2024

If you want a true, primordial experience honor the first sound of the Universe: OM.
Hum it until it hums you.
— Dr. Toni Sorenson

04/21/2024

Om is the primordial sound of creation —-the original vibration of the universe.

The syllable Om, ॐ combine अ (a) with उ (u) and the chandrabindu (ँ, ṃ).

🪷 A represents the physical plane
🪷 U represents the mental and astral plane
🪷 M represents the whole deep-sleep state

From this vibration, all other vibrations are able to manifest. 

Research has shown that chanting OM at six breaths per minute increased mental alertness, even while being physiologically relaxed (shown by the reduced heart rate).

Additional Benefits of Chanting OM/AUM:
🪷 Calms the mind
🪷 Improves focus and concentration
🪷 Promotes a sense of wellbeing
🪷 Activates the parasympathetic nervous system

04/18/2024

While modern society tends to focus primarily on cultivating cognitive intelligence [...] our physical bodies also hold innate intelligence for lifelong vitality.
— Denese Cavanaugh, Founder and creator of The IPATH Method