Embody Wellness with Brenda

08/20/2025

Life is a moving process: we are always flowing, whether we chose the direction or not.

08/19/2025

I celebrated my birthday in Colorado last week, hiking several days through RMNP. Another year older and I’m feeling pretty grateful to still be in this body and enjoying all the splendor of this beautiful world!

While hiking, my focus often went to the scraggly old trees & shrubs with their gnarled branches and twisted trunks, half eaten by bugs, mis-shaped by fire or avalanches, or erosion from hikers.

These beauties radiate life, and the dead ones too seemed to dance for me in the sunshine with their bare branches and hollow trunks. With their unique shapes and textures, evidence of their challenges and resilience, reminding me of how every stage of my own life tells a story.

When I look at trees, I wonder why we humans are so caught up in chasing the illusion of perfection for ourselves, yet appreciate the visible signs of adversity, trauma and resilience in nature.

Nature is a profound and humbling teacher, always right there, offering wisdom to our own life's rhythms.

08/09/2025

04/06/2025

This Saturday at Indigo Crow Yoga. Only a couple spots remain. Message me for details!

01/17/2025

The date for my workshop in Ottawa at Indigo Crow Yoga has been rescheduled for April 12th. Go Chiefs‼️❤️💛🏈

01/01/2025

Happy New Year!!

11/04/2024

Dear yogis,

My deepest hope for all of us is that we can breathe and get through the week ahead, and still be loving, kind and respectful to each other whatever the outcome of the election. I think all of us have strong feelings one way or the other, but as a yoga teacher, I also have to have strong boundaries as I respect people with different political perspectives, and I also respect the reasons why my students are coming to yoga.

If there's one place that should be a safe haven from politics, that needs to be when practicing yoga. Let us all keep the first and most fundamental limb of the Eight Limbs of Yoga in mind, especially when you're heading into a yoga class in the coming days /weeks: Ahimsa, which translates as "non-violence."

Ahimsa means to eradicate anything that undermines peace, and consciously practicing compassion & thoughtfulness. Practicing Ahimsa doesn't mean not standing your ground in the midst of conflict, rather doing so peacefully.

Mahatma Gandhi famously said "there is no way to peace, but rather peace is the way!” Practicing Ahimsa is both an inner and an outer journey. Connecting our body, mind and spirit is crucial as we cannot offer what we have not yet embodied.

10/20/2024

Join me on Nov. 9th for a healing practice to empower lasting change. Space is limited. Register by going to The Yoga Space www.theyogaspacetopeka.com

07/14/2024

Topeka Yogis, Don’t miss out on this amazing deal‼️

We have a new Fall for Yoga special! 90days of unlimited yoga for $200 (flat fee or 3 monthly payments of $67)

If you would like to purchase the Fall for Yoga special but still have a Class Pass or Monthly pass, JD will be keeping an eye on email and will "pause" that Class Pass or Membership so you do not miss out or lose your pass.

Your 90 days starts at the time of purchase.

07/06/2024

More twinning @ yoga 😍🧘🏻‍♂️

06/29/2024

Disciplined Effort, Gratitude, Letting Go, and Trustful Surrender to God’s will. These are some of the foundational concepts of yoga that have shaped who I am.
Sadly, yoga sometimes gets a bad rap by Christians. But in my own experience of practice and teaching over the past 25 years, yoga has in no way pulled me away from my faith as a follower of Jesus, but has strengthened my relationship with Him, by helping me be mindful & honestly examine my thoughts, actions and intentions. Because of my faith, I have complete trust that I will always be taken care of and I see the Holy Spirit working in my life, in and around all things. Because of yoga, I have tamed my monkey mind & learned to be still in mind and body, so that I can keep my eyes on the Lord and not of this world.

03/01/2024

Before I started healing my anxiety, I thought there was something wrong with me. There wasn’t. Here are two other myths I believed.