Ashley Flowers Yoga

03/16/2026

Such a fun time at the retreat! Check out the summer Outdoor Yoga at the Horse Farm for a taste of the magic!

03/12/2026

See you this Friday!

Next Friday's forecast? Weather-wise, your guess is as good as ours. But here's what we know for sure — it's Yoga for Good. 💛 8am, donation-based, led by the incredible . Every level welcome. Every dollar goes to , making Maine's outdoors more accessible and inclusive for everyone. Stick around after class for snacks and 30% off storewide. ☕️❄️

03/12/2026

Yoga for Good with at is coming up, this Friday 3/13 at 8:00am! Can’t wait to see you there! 🧘‍♀️

03/12/2026

Hey Friends! I am back home and have some fun stuff lined up this week! 🖥️Online yoga tomorrow afternoon (Thursday at 1:45pm), 🌿Yoga for Good Friday morning at 8am at Toad&Co Portland to benefit the Adaptive Outdoor Education Center, and then the 🐴 mini retreat this Sunday at the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals!

I am feeling refreshed and excited to reconnect with you all! 💜

02/25/2026

What do you do when you have negative thoughts?

Learn how to approach suffering with compassion.

02/22/2026

Love this article about breath!

"Inhalations and exhalations affect the body and mind in real ways, so it makes sense to explore their connection to your practice."

TLDR
1. Listen to your body!
2. Engage your curiosity as you test out how different breathing patterns affect your practice.

There's no right and wrong. It's all about how you feel.

02/02/2026

Finally, we explore what is often described as the most challenging yogic path — Jñāna Yoga, the path of wisdom and discernment, sometimes called the yoga of knowledge.

Jñāna Yoga is considered challenging not because it is inherently difficult, but because it asks something very specific of us:
that we first be firmly established in the other three paths.

To walk this path, we must be able to serve the world without the need for recognition or personal gain (Karma Yoga).
We must be capable of moving through life from a place of love and compassion, recognizing that we are not separate — that we are all expressions of the same underlying reality (Bhakti Yoga).

And we must have some capacity to work with the mind —
so that we are not constantly dragged around by our senses,
like a cart careening behind a team of wild horses (Rāja Yoga).

When these foundations are in place, Jñāna Yoga becomes possible.

From there, the practice turns toward focused inquiry:
the careful study of the nature of the self,
the examination of reality as it is,
and the steady loosening of mistaken identity.

Established in truth, the aim is not the accumulation of knowledge,
but the direct recognition of oneness.

Hari Om Tat Sat

01/30/2026

Today we turn toward Rāja Yoga — the “royal” path of yoga.

In the Yoga Sūtras, Patañjali defines yoga with the phrase:
yogaś citta vṛtti nirodhaḥ —
yoga is the quieting of the fluctuations of the mind.

Put simply: yoga (union) begins when the mind becomes still.

Anyone who has ever tried to quiet the mind knows this is not a small task. Rāja Yoga recognizes this — and offers many tools to help us work skillfully with the mind rather than be driven by it.

Rāja Yoga is traditionally taught as an eight-limbed path (aṣṭāṅga). I like to think of it as seven tools and one goal — with clarity and ease (sometimes described as bliss) arising through steady practice of breath, movement, and meditation.

💭 So when you think, “What could my yoga practice look like today?”
Rāja Yoga might include:

• living ethically (yama), for example practicing truthfulness (satya)
• cultivating inner discipline (niyama), such as self-study (svādhyāya)
• moving the body (āsana)
• working with the breath (prāṇāyāma)
• turning attention inward (pratyāhāra)
• cultivating focus (dhāraṇā)
• or sitting in meditation (dhyāna)

There are many ways to practice.
The work is patient, cumulative, and steady.

Happy yoga-ing 🤍