Dharma Shakti (2025)

14/07/2025

Thee Power of Practice and Letting Go – The Yogic Path to Mental Freedom (raise your hand 🤚 if you want mental freedom)

In this week’s Monday Message, we explore a core teaching from the Yoga Sūtras:
Abhyāsa-vairāgyābhyām tan-nirodhaḥ The mind becomes still through consistent practice and compassionate letting go.

🌀 This teaching isn’t just for meditation cushions — it’s for real life.
 It’s for those navigating change, burnout, overthinking, or the pressure to “keep it all together.”

In this 8-minute video, you’ll learn: 🌱 What real practice (Abhyāsa) looks like in daily life 🕊️ How non-attachment (Vairāgya) creates inner freedom ⚖️ Why the balance between effort and surrender is the key to peace

📺 Watch now on YouTube → link in my bio
 📩 Want to reflect on this more deeply? DM me the word STILLNESS and I’ll send you a free guided journaling PDF that goes with the video.

11/07/2025

Having teachers on your path of growth is such a blessing and a gift - no matter the path you are walking

Tag someone in the comments below who has been a teacher to you in your life and show them some love and appreciation.

In yoga it is said, by the grace of God you get a guru, and by the grace of guru you get God 🙏🏼🩵🙏🏼

These are just some of the teachers who have greatly impacted my growth and development on the path of yoga and spirituality

Many of them have influenced me in how I show up as a leader, a teacher, a mother, and a student

They have taught me with their words and wisdom they share through their teachings, and writings. and they have taught me with their example of walking the path of devotion and pure hearted service leadership !!

I honestly would not be who I am today if it wasn’t for these amazing souls and their contribution to me and my journey and my healing and my evolution

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

There are many more teachers who are not pictured here that I would have loved to include! I have been truly blessed to be influenced and impacted by such amazing and wonderful people !!!

On this guru Purnima, I have been thinking about them so much today, and how they have shaped my life, whether they know it or not! And I am eternally grateful and forever indebted and hope to pay that debt forward as much as possible and follow in their footsteps (even tho I am way way way far behind them) to be able to have even the tiniest of fraction of what they gave me - to others - is my life’s mission 🙏🏼

I pray that by the grace of God I am able to pour into others the way they have poured into me ✨✨✨

Jai Guru Dev
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet - I offer a deep bow of gratitude 1million and 8 times over and over
Sri Gurubhyo Namah

08/07/2025

Welcome to this week’s Monday Message — a heart-centered reflection for yogis, seekers, and anyone navigating a noisy world.

In this weeks episode (full video on YouTube), we explore one of the most essential and foundational teachings of the Yoga Sutras:

🕊️ “Yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ”
“Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.” — Yoga Sutra 1.2

Together, we unpack how this ancient teaching invites us to come home to ourselves — not through doing more, but through being still. In a world that constantly pulls us outward, this message is a call to reclaim your peace, your center, and your clarity.

✨ In this video:

What “citta vṛtti nirodhaḥ” really means

How stillness can be a tool for transformation

Reflections on peace, presence, and the modern yogi’s path

Gentle encouragement to reconnect with your inner state of awareness

Let this be a sacred pause in your week — a reminder that you are not your thoughts, and that stillness is not the absence of movement, but the space where wisdom arises.

💬 Leave a comment and let me know which of these points landed for you.

🧘‍♀️ Head to my YouTube channel (in my Linktree up there in the bio ) Subscribe for weekly Monday Messages rooted in yoga philosophy, inner growth, and authentic living.

03/07/2025

Love you son! You did it !!!
It wasn’t always easy for you (especially entering HS during the pandemic on the heels of your parents separation), there were moments when I thought you had given up on yourself …. But I never gave up on you, and I am so so so glad and so proud of you, that you didn’t give up either !!! Don’t forget, you are always worth the effort my boy!!! Always !!!

You put in so much effort to transform yourself and your mindset (with some extra help and love and laughter from Aunty ) and you have grown up to be quite the young man!!!

I know you are nervous to step out into the world as an adult, but you got this! And you don’t have to figure it all out at once, or even in the next decade!
Take your time, but spend your time wisely !!!

I love you tremendously and I am excited to see what the next chapter unfolds for you 🩵

I believe in you, I’m proud of you, and I love you
Love
Mom

29/05/2025

Guiding people through a yogic practices rooted in Vedic philosophy and personal development wisdom is my happy place !! How else could you keep doing something for 20 years??? You have to love it right ?

Being a guide and facilitator of an asana yoga practice, what some call a yoga teacher, AND, owning, running and operating a yoga studio, and a donation based one at that…. Well, that’s takes passion, commitment and resilience, but, it also very much, one thousand percent takes having a clear vision and a clear mission that is rooted deep at the core of your values and standards and HEART!!!!

I have been running a donation based studio for 15 years, and for many of those years I was wearing 99% of the hats and playing 99% of the roles, but I would be LYING if I said I did it all by myself!

I have had some incredible help, assistance and team work over the years, especially in the last 7 years!

I have also had some horrible experiences with help, the kind that actually causes more problems and make more (distracting) work… but hey, that’s all part of the learning curve and it’s what forges character and helps to clarify your standards and boundaries, and also refine your role(s) and leadership skills

I have also dealt with betrayal, being used and taken advantage of, taken for granted, I have been criticized and mor times than you would think, have received letters emails and messages of hate, oh yeah, and some graffiti of hate messages as well!

I don’t share this for you to feel bad for me, i have been incredibly blessed. AND, I have also stayed the course !

Those people who criticize, the ones who take, the ones who betray, the ones you love you when you pour into them and then catch feelings about you when you exercise boundaries, they are off living their own lives, doing who knows what, cause I don’t pay attention to that (I do genuinely hope they are well and happy and healing and growing though)

My mentor told me years ago, and it has become a guiding compass for me, your dreams have to be bigger that your drama !!!

I’ll say it again louder in case you missed
YOUR DREAMS HAVE TO BE BIGGER THAN YOUR DRAMA

That’s my message to you too!

29/05/2025

Congrats to this beautiful spirit soul for completing her 200hr Yoga Teacher Training with me at the studio

It’s been such an honor and joy to get to know you and to see you grow and really step up and out into the world as you let your light shine bright!

Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your journey! And I look forward to continue watch you grow and bloom more and more as you continue down your path and expand your abilities to contribute GREAT things and Good Energy into the community of Long Beach and beyond !!! 🫶🏼

We are thrilled to have you as a fellow Peace Ambassador and part of our studio mission !!!!! 🙏🏼

29/05/2025

A gift from my brother who recently got to play an event alongside many amazing musicians for the gathering - including someone I really admire and whose music I love and enjoy listening to, it reminds me and inspires me to rize up and be a warrior every day!

Thank you for signing this for me ! Thank you for the work you do, for creating your art, and singing and sharing straight from the heart! Big ups Sistren! May Jah continue to empower you to inspire the people to stay strong, to rize up, and keep dem spirits high! 🩵 much love and deep raspect to you 🫶🏼

I first saw you perform when you opened up for Trevor Hall in LA! I truly felt like it was such a gift to see you perform and have loved your music and message and been inspired by the strength you exude. Give thanks and Jah Bless

❤️💛💚

And thanks bro for such a thoughtful gift!

27/05/2025

Your attitude is your greatest advantage. Not your resume. Not your credentials. Not your title.
It’s how you show up — especially when things get tough — that determines how far you’ll go.
Zig Ziglar said it best: “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”
So here’s your challenge for the week: Each morning, ask yourself — “How can I show up better today — not because I have to, but because I choose to?”
The way you show up matters more than you think.

Drop a comment below and let me know what you will be choosing to show up with this week - for me, it’s courage and strength (to stand in my truth)

26/05/2025

Wishing I was out in the wild - barefoot in the forest, sun on my face - no WiFi - and the sound of a running stream lulling my nervous system back to a harmonious state !

Drop a 🌱if you are balancing dreams with day-to-day life too!!!
But I’m here - rooted in home life, focused on work life

Hands in dishes, heart in projects, present with my boys, being here for them as they grow (which at this point mostly means driving them places and giving them money LOL, every now and then I can sneak in a heart to heart convo, or at least try to)

This is sacred too! It’s all sacred - even tho we sometimes tell ourselves our current situation isn’t, and if we could just get somewhere else, we would be happier

accepting where you are, growing where you are planted and have roots already, can be just the key you need to unlock the abundance and the beauty of your current situation - but, becomes harder when you think one place is more sacred or better than the other - we suffer more than we need to

Tell me - where are you finding beauty and joy in the everyday right now, drop it in the comments below 🫶🏼

20/05/2025

🧡 What would you do if you weren’t afraid? Drop it in the comments below

Courage doesn’t always roar
 Sometimes, it’s a quiet voice inside saying: “Try again. Speak up. Take the step.”

This week’s Monday Message is all about igniting your courage :  ✨ the kind that helps you stretch past fear, ✨ move toward your purpose, ✨ and grow into who you’re here to be

Swipe through for inspiration + 3 journal prompts to help you reflect. Then, take one small bold step today. Just one. That’s how change begins.

👇 I’d love to hear from you: 💬 What’s one area of your life where you’re being invited to choose courage over comfort?

15/05/2025

My Mother’s Day with my boys and and adopted children ( a few yoga students who know who they are 😘😆😜) was filled with love, laughter and playfulness

And good food !!
Thank you boys and for spending time with me and getting me lunch and Isaac for the note you left me (I will cherish that forever, now I know you like my hugs even tho you act like I am a zombie trying to touch you when I go in for a hug)
kitchenn was delicious with the Mother’s Day cupcakes full of beautiful spring vibes !!! Thank you dear daughter for showering me with sweetness and I loved chatting with you while you were over 🩵

I am so so so forever grateful for my two sons! Who have made me a better person (maybe much a much more tired person, but none the less, BETTER)

My only regret on this day, is that I didn’t take advantage of my privilege on this day to make you both take a nice picture with me 🫣🤔🤔🤔🤔

To all the yoga students who wished me a happy mother’s days while at the bluff, and for those of you who wrote me sweet messages in beautiful cards, I am so so so very grateful and my heart is filled with joy and appreciation for your expression of kindness and love and thoughtfulness

And last but not least, to my mother ….
Thanks for bringing me into this world and bringing me up in this world, I know motherhood is not easy, and I am grateful for all the sacrifices you made, known and unknown to me….. I am grateful for you, and I love you
(And yes mom, I have been busy with teacher training prep and haven’t been able to call you back LOL)

13/05/2025

Just want to shout out this guy right here! Congrats on your initiation! It’s been an honor to watch you aspire for initiation and to do the work it takes to receive initiation from a guru!!! Your commitment and dedication is inspiring as well as motivating ! 🩵

🙌🏼haribol!!! Ananta Ram Das Prabhu Ki Jai!!!!!! 🫶🏼

Drop a nice message here to celebrate this milestone on his spiritual journey and growth!

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Dharma Shakti

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