Namaste with Shay

Namaste with Shay Specialized in yoga for cancer and life after. Private events, workshops and meditation.

Teaching at:
Private Spin Classes at Indian Ridge Country Club
November - May

Luci Curci Cancer Center at Eisenhower campus
Yoga for Cancer
Wednesday's 10:30am (on hold until further notice)

Yoga at Sunnylands on the Great Lawn
10am 1st & 2nd Friday of each month Nov-May

Teen & Tween Workshops - Online
Private workshops and teachings Online

Email me for more information shay@namastewithshay.com

After going through cancer there is no "back to normal." It's about moving forward and learning to GROW. Come try some...
09/19/2023

After going through cancer there is no "back to normal." It's about moving forward and learning to GROW. Come try something new for your mind, body and soul at Grow at the Garden's October 21st 8am- 6pm

We have a full day of fun planned out with our local community partners. Sign up for free classes, watch the mini fashion show, listen to speakers on breath work, hear local survivors tell their inspirational stories of hope and resistance. Following our good friend and internationally known TedX speaker Jodi Wellman on how many Monday we have left....stick around for the sound bath while watching the metor shower in the night sky. You and your family aren't going to want to miss this day long event!

For tickets 🎟 https://tinyurl.com/yteyzmuz

Getting ready to teach a Zen-Filled Day at a local corporate appreciation event. Just love collaborating with our commun...
10/05/2022

Getting ready to teach a Zen-Filled Day at a local corporate appreciation event. Just love collaborating with our community 🧘‍♀️ to give back! Can you hear the calm ocean ripples, and smell crisp island air....we sure can 💖

I won't be teaching but go get your yogi on Friday night my friends for a great cause....It's a special one 😘 and we are...
10/05/2022

I won't be teaching but go get your yogi on Friday night my friends for a great cause....It's a special one 😘 and we are grateful 🙏 ❤️

Life is all about perspective. We choose how we want to see things. Sometimes we just need to stop and change the way we...
08/13/2022

Life is all about perspective. We choose how we want to see things. Sometimes we just need to stop and change the way we initially see things. Choose to pause first and then see what it is you really see, because it may just be a different perspective!

My favorite parts of the days recently have been reflecting during sunrises and sunsets.There is just something so calmi...
07/21/2022

My favorite parts of the days recently have been reflecting during sunrises and sunsets.

There is just something so calming and intriguing about the silence of a sunrise right before the whole world awakes. What that new day will bring us. A gift that we get to open our eyes one more time. A new day we get to choose how to respond to situations. To let go of our egos or let it get in the way of inner growth. A day to be kind or a day to hurt someone without even knowing what they might already being going through. That one conversation that you may have might impact someone else for hours, a day or even weeks.

A sunset also has that calming feeling. It pulls you in as it seems like time starts to slow down when the light dims. It reminds us that even though today wasn't your best day or you didn't make the best choices nor choose the best words. Or maybe today was perfect.... time if only for a moment, keeps us drawn to the present moment. Time slows down as does watching the sun disappear.

And in that instant, you feel the love and gratitude for Mother Nature exude from every inch of your body. A sunset possesses the promise of a new day and the remembrance that life is a very precious gift. 💕

Goals written✍️ready to receive 💖
07/18/2022

Goals written✍️ready to receive 💖


There are angels everywhere ✨️ Day 3
07/17/2022

There are angels everywhere ✨️

Day 3

Speechless. Morning conversations with God ✨️
07/16/2022

Speechless. Morning conversations with God ✨️

Happy birthday my beautiful friend. When I met you 4 years ago I knew we would meet up again. What a gift and blessing ...
06/30/2022

Happy birthday my beautiful friend. When I met you 4 years ago I knew we would meet up again. What a gift and blessing you have been in my life and in the lives of so many in this world. ✨️ A perfect weekend to celebrate life! Yours, your beautiful family and in two of thee most happiest places in earth. I hope your day was as magical and awesome as you are. Love you Cec!

Xo
Shay

Cancer changes you because every bit of trust you had in life is questioned in an instant and every instant after.Just b...
06/29/2022

Cancer changes you because every bit of trust you had in life is questioned in an instant and every instant after.

Just because you are "cancer free" doesn't mean you are 'mentally cancer free.' Cancer shows you your mortality like looking in the mirror. It puts life into perspective, because not everyone is a survivor.

I am a strong, but I break. I've been broken many times over the past 6 years. Physically, mentally, and emotionally. There have been times where I have wanted to give up. And I know there are those that think and say she should just get over it.

This weekend was what I've been searching for. Validation that my stuggle is real. Because with that, others understood me and I understood them. We understood eachother without even a word spoken. This weekend was the first time since my cancer I have felt completely comfortable in my own skin again. I felt whole again and
I fought like hell to get here.

I'm so grateful to these women who trusted me to hold a safe space for them. Grateful for those who have supported Shay's Warriors, because life after cancer matters.

When I wrote, it wasn't about me. It was about finding connection and understanding. It was and is about moving forward, feeling supported, uplifted, seen, heard, and loved. This weekend was that and so much more. This weekend was built with so much tender love.

Thank you for bringing the colors and smiles to life. for being a YES four years ago. Thank you to my board you now understand what has been in my head and in my heart. Thank you to for keeping my timelines and being my friend. for the love you poured into each of us all weekend, and the grace you gave showed me. for capturing the perfect moments, and for the moving and such healing music.
This weekend was perfect in every... single...way.

I AM Grateful.
I AM Hopeful
I AM Blessed



Just checked in and this is the song on the radio....another sign from the big guy himsef! Thanks for blessing us dear l...
06/23/2022

Just checked in and this is the song on the radio....another sign from the big guy himsef! Thanks for blessing us dear lord thank you everyone for being a part of this ignarual weekend. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍🙏🌈🧘‍♀️💫

Happy Summer ☀️ keep that light shining bright always.
06/22/2022

Happy Summer ☀️ keep that light shining bright always.

Hair...we think our hair defines us until we have none. I was born with two inches of hair on my head, so knowing I woul...
06/08/2022

Hair...we think our hair defines us until we have none.

I was born with two inches of hair on my head, so knowing I would be bald soon was fascinating and scary to me.
To prepare, I downloaded an app that you could take a photo that would show you how you looked bald. I would also look in the mirror each day envisioning what that I would look like and how it would feel.

Like many women, I was so attached to being who I was because of my thick dark hair. It defined me, and I now wondered who would I be without it? The doctor said by my second chemotherapy session it would be gone. That is would start to fall out but that after it was all done not to worry because it would grow back.

I remember one day calling up my girlfriend to ask her to do my first cancer cut. I wanted a short cute cut so it would be less traumatic when it started to fall out. Boy did we have fun that day. It was also a way for me to take a little control back, and learn the lesson that my hair didn't define me. Long, short or soon to be bald I was still me. As Christina and I discussed all my options, we began to talk wigs. Her guidance, fun attitude in a scary situation helped lighten my worry. She not only gave me peace in my heart, but she reminded me that my hair never defined me. And that sometimes we just have to cut things off in order for something beautiful to grow back again. That day, little did Christina know, she gave me HOPE to look in the mirror and see things with a different mindset. Because I would soon learn hair or no hair bald is beautiful and bad ass 💞 more tomorrow...

Yesterday was Who knew this chubby cheek baby would grow up to have cancer and ultimately find her purpose and passion...
06/06/2022

Yesterday was

Who knew this chubby cheek baby would grow up to have cancer and ultimately find her purpose and passion in life to help others just like her.

Honoring those I've lost, those who are going through the journey. Celebrating those on the other side, and those who will always continue until God calls us home. 🙏 💞🌈





Over the next week I prayed and looked for signs. Those signs came frequent and vast. February 4th, 2016, I was in a gui...
06/05/2022

Over the next week I prayed and looked for signs. Those signs came frequent and vast. February 4th, 2016, I was in a guided biopsy. Then on February 11th, 2016 I would ultimately be told by my first doctor, after a 3 hour meeting, by myself, I had the very aggressive Triple Negative Breast Cancer. She would go on to say that there were limited ways to treat it. It was that day I learned not all doctors had the same bedside manners. She had none. Hearing the news I already knew deep down inside was like a bad dream. This was real and I needed signs that I was going to be okay.

The first sign came the morning of my port surgery, I was looking out the window at home when suddenly a white dove appeared out of no where. It sat on the tree branch just outside my window and it stayed long enough for a calming sensation to come over me. As I reached for my camera it was suddenly gone.

The second sign came on the way to the hospital RISE UP by Andra Day played on the radio. Now if you have never have heard that song find it, play it. The words vivid to this day "I'll rise up unafraid ".

The 3rd sign and almost immediately after that song was a text message from a friend of this Phoenix. The mythical bird that rises from buring ashes.

The 4th sign was this verse by Joel Osteen. GOD will not give you more than you can handle. If you face a big challenge then you have a big destiny.

So with faith, family, friends and a new great medical team by my side I surrendered. I knew I was not in control anymore and to get through this I needed to trust. For me, the lesson of letting go was tough, trusting was tougher. More tomorrow.

This girl. My everything, I already knew in my soul I had breast cancer. But how could I tell her? She was ONLY 12 yea...
06/04/2022

This girl. My everything, I already knew in my soul I had breast cancer. But how could I tell her? She was ONLY 12 years old, and I didn't want her to worry or stress. I also knew I would not be able to hide things for long. There were so many unknowns of what was yet to come. Her first Jr high dance was in a few weeks and I wanted it to be fancy free for her. So I decided to wait until after to break the news.

Things started to happen quickly. I was already thinking I'm going to loose my hair, and what if I can't go to my daughter's volleyball games? My Jae and I are so close and I didn't know how this would affect us.

I picked up the phone and called my dear friend who's an incredible photographer. I asked him if he would take some mother and daughter photos because I wanted to remember this moment before things got ugly. I was so scared.

As we drove to the bottom of the beautiful Santa Rosa mountains it was golden hour. I remember looking around me in awe. Every color seemed brighter. The sun going down behind the mountains sparkled like gold dust. The mountains were bigger than I remembered. And the birds songs were unique. As I looked at my daughter I was in awe that she was growing up, and would soon have to deal with this. I just wanted to shelter her from it all.
Why me I thought? Then because we were yogis my friend said do a Warrior pose. That was my answer. I had gotten through a lot of trauma in my life with a Warrior mindset so, yeah, why not me? That night changed a lot. I could let the fear and anxiety take over or I could choose to let go and let God. That's what I did. I put my faith, hope, and my trust on whatever was to happen to the big man. I asked to send signs, and I prayed to the most important person in my life, my dad, who I lost the year prior to watch over us both.
5 years later I am ready to go take new photos. And those signs? Well more to come on that, because it's true, when your mind, and your heart are open to receive the signs are shown. Until tomorrow...

I remember vividly the doctor saying get her into a specialist STAT. My heart raced. I knew that word meant something wa...
06/03/2022

I remember vividly the doctor saying get her into a specialist STAT. My heart raced. I knew that word meant something was up.

The unknown of the following weeks filled me with fear. Fear of death, life, fearing of leaving those I loved behind. It was all so surreal. A bad dream. I couldn't eat, sleep, or do much of anything. I did everything I could to pull myself together to go teach my kids yoga over the following week. My fear was paralyzing my mind, body and soul. So I faked all the smiles and hugs. I wasn't my normal self and I hid my fear the best I could, until I couldn't.

Teaching children's yoga meant everything to me. Watching them grow and achieve something they thought was impossible was so rewarding. Those little yogis lived FEARLESS!

As I taught that last week, my lessons were all about living fearless. I was teaching them that anything in life was possible, and I was trying to convince myself the same thing.

It was then, I knew I had to give up teaching for a while. After all, how could I authenticly teach something I was not practicing myself? Telling my studio I had to step away for sometime was still one of the hardest lessons I had to learn. I felt like a failure, and that I was letting my students down. At the time, I didn't understand self care and how to give myself grace. Taking care of myself even if I was sick was incredibly unnatural. I've known no different than to take care of others all my life.
I am beyond grateful to these children because unknowingly, they were my teachers at a time in my life I needed to learn one of the hardest lessons. They helped teach me to live fearlessly that year. I could have hidden from the unknown but the lessons they gave me I would carry within my heart to every chemo day that was yet to come. 💞 I would soon learn the hard lesson taking care of myself first was a basic necessity I needed to add in my life. Sound Familiar?
..more to come


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