The days are becoming shorter, and cooler. The wind is crisper. The sun rays, softer. Trees are beginning to shed their shady foliage. Birds are flocking up. Animals are gathering up food and preparing their dens, all to get ready for the long cold winter.
As we shift into our hibernation mode, there’s less to do in the great outdoors, but what to do instead?
What a great time to begin your yoga journey with me! Check out all the details of when and where I’ll be this fall, and sign up today!
People have asked me how it is that I have been able to recover so quickly from a very hard, physically traumatic fall I took on May 6th.
People that know what I went through back in 2016, the damage that my body sustained and the prognosis I’d been given that sounded like total doom and gloom. Stenosis, massive arthritis, degenerative spine, labral tears, eminent hip replacement, it did not look good for me back then.
Yet my body healed from the majority of all of it without surgery, or much western medicine at all. It was yoga, meditation, essential oil use, and straight up positive mental attitude, along with some acupuncture and a bit of time in a warm therapy pool, and about 4 years of focused effort.
So OF COURSE as I went airborne through my kitchen crying “NOOOOOO!”, trying to somehow break the fall, life flashing before my eyes, I feared I was likely in for that hip replacement this time for sure. I was about to undo all of the good work I’d done on myself. All of the healing, years of progress, gone in an instant.
But that’s not what happened.
Yes, that fall put me into total acute, physical trauma. My entire back seized up with hot burning pain that resonated down the legs and up into my arms. No standing up straight. Unable to walk a step. The only position even remotely tolerable for days was to simply lay my torso across the dining room table and try to breathe. I slept hanging across my dining room table most of the first night.
Those first couple of days were unbearable. Yet, I rolled off that table in the morning and got myself situated to teach my 6 am yoga class—using only my words. With ice, heat, essential oils, lots of restorative poses and an acupuncture treatment I started finding relief. I started asking my body if we could try a little yoga. I kept TEACHING my yoga classes, using my voice. I went to my doctor and got checked out for head trauma, and back and hip x-rays. She handed me a stack of “exercises” to do at home. As I paged through them I said, “you know, you may consider these physical therapy exercises, but they are actually yoga poses, basically, and the kind of yoga that I typically teach.” Her response? “Okay, do what you do. Carefully.”
Little by little, I worked with my body to try tiny movements via my yoga knowledge.
Friends loaned me a fancy walker with breaks and a seat so I could get around the house. I had help with shopping and mowing and all the heavy lifting stuff that my body just wasn’t ready for. I slept in a recliner in restorative poses. I napped any time I could between day job and night job, 30 minutes here, 20 minutes there, resting, meditating, coaxing my body to calm, and asking it to release the trauma. Two weeks later, one more acupuncture treatment, a series of tests and x-rays and it appears that not only was nothing broken chipped, fractured, or crushed, but my spine looks better than it did in 2016. I didn’t even have signs of osteo-perosis!
It has only been a month since my flight across the kitchen, and yet I am up and moving and doing things to at least 75%. I am confident I will be 100% before the Fourth of July.
How is it I’ve been able to recover so quickly?
Yoga
Meditation
Essential Oils
Eating well
Sleep/Rest
Positive Mental Attitude
I am proof positive that Yoga is for EVERY body. Especially if you have pain, trauma, limited range of motion, less flexibility than you’d like, if you’re recovering from surgical procedures, injury, or live in a larger body and realize you need to move it.
This summer I offer 6 different yoga classes. Three classes are narrowly focused on guiding the body in very gentle but effective ways to introduce it to movement. The first step in opening up your energy pathways and bringing more flexibility to your life.
Gentle Yoga –Sunday nights 7:30 via Zoom—breath work to help you to allow your body to relax, super basic poses to introduce your body of the day to the idea of movement, and conscious relaxation to allow your body to integrate the new energy you’ve sent it. Perfect for the ultimate beginner, the inflexible, folks with arthritis, diabetes, autoimmune disorders, or larger bodied beings that thought “they” could never do yoga. Well, yes you can. With me. Sunday nights. In your own space.
Happy Joints-Tuesday nights 6:00 – 7:00 in person at Parker Lake—an hour of serious part by part joint movement as the body allows, to begin to increase strength and flexibility, rehydrate and loosen up the joints. The perfect hour for anyone suffering with aches and pains and stiffness, dis-ease like low back pain, tendonitis, frozen shoulder, “bad knees” or for those that are trying to bounce back from a trauma or injury. It is so important to develop a relationship with your body, and dedicate effort not just to areas of the body that are reacting to chronic pain triggers, but to the whole body, as it all works together.
Seated Yoga—Wednesdays 4:30 – 5:30 on Zoom. Forget the floor, pull up a chair. This is a “raised” Yin class, for those that find it harder and harder to get down on the floor, and harder yet, getting back up. As we age, if we don’t use it–we loose it, and this hour will have you using your body in gentle, yet challenging poses while seated on a chair. Now is the time to get your body moving towards a healthier you. Perfect for beginners, older bodies, larger bodies, or anybody who has limited range of motion, and struggles with the ability to comfortably get to the floor.
All 3 of these classes share elements that have been instrumental in my injury recovery. There are no expectations, no judgements—participants are always free to do as much or as little as they choose.
If you or someone you know would benefit from some movement, why not give this a try? Surprise yourself. Take care of yourself. Come Yoga with me. New classes start in July.
Namaste.
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The ultimate workshop to create handmade gifts that are useful, healthful and fun using doTerra CPTG (Certified Pure Therapeutic-Grade) essential oils! 
During this workshop participants will make sensuous bath goodies, ornaments and jewelry for girls and guys, kids and pets. In addition, you’ll come away with an increased understanding about the positive impact that CPTG oils can have on your wellbeing.
Included with the workshop are 3 of 5 gifts participants can choose to make. After that, additional gifts are welcome to be made for $4 to $6 cash each. All materials are provided. There will also be essential products available to purchase.
To register go to the City of Plymouth Minnesota Park and Rec page, use the Register Online tab and click on Health & Fitness to see available classes. Search by course number or keyword. If you have questions or if you prefer to register over the phone, call: 763-509-5200
https://www.plymouthmn.gov/departments/parks-recreation-/recreation-activities Registration closes 12 Noon Nov 10th.
Classes are small and carefully postured to be safely, socially distanced. Facilities are cleaned and sanitized prior to each class.
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Thank you for reading my post. I share information about all kinds of products, places, services and experiences under my “Whats New” blog category—along with many of my own handy little DIY ideas. And I EVEN let you know about things I’m up to, like offering programs through The Hindu Society Of Maple Grove! If you like what you see and want to see more, please let me know by “liking” my website. You can even join my tribe to automatically receive new postings ‘hot off the press’. Please share my information with others who may find interest and value in these yoga practices or PR Brady AdVentures! Thanks again!
Thank you for reading my post. I share information about all kinds of products, places, services and experiences I’ve found under my “Whats New” blog category—along with many of my own handy little DIY ideas. And I EVEN let you know about things I’m up to, like offering programs through the City of Plymouth! If you like what you see and want to see more, please let me know by “liking” my website. You can even join my tribe to automatically receive new postings ‘hot off the press’. Please share my information with others who may find interest and value in this Yoga class or PR Brady AdVentures! Thanks again!
Offered through the City of Plymouth, Community Recreation Programs, Parkers Lake Park, 15205 County Road 6, Plymouth MN
What’s so great about Restorative Yoga? Facilitated conscious relaxation brings our nervous system into a parasympathetic state that helps to achieve a deeper sleep at night. Even just 15-20 minutes of conscious relaxation is as beneficial as three hours of sleep. Deep relaxation can also lower blood pressure, increase “good cholesterol” levels, reduce belly fat, improve digestion, lower blood sugar levels, and of course reduce muscle tension and general fatigue. Experience 
“rest and digest mode” deeply and completely in this gentle, nurturing series. Learn to relax and feel better in a warm, cozy space on the lake. Great for any/all experience levels—if you can breathe, you can do this yoga. Bring a mat and your favorite blanket.
There’s still time to sign up for this session! Simply call 763-509-5200 and register over the phone or sign up online by 12:00 pm March 5th.
Plan now for 8 yummy weeks of self-care to wrap up this winter—start your week with total relaxation!
Space fills fast, register now for Sessions #2! Please register directly through the City of Plymouth, either by calling 763-509-5200 or registering online: https://plyregister.plymouthmn.gov/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/splash.html
Thank you for reading my post. I share information about all kinds of products, places, services and experiences I’ve found under my “Whats New” blog category—along with many of my own handy little DIY ideas. And I EVEN let you know about things I’m up to, like offering amazing Yoga programs through the City of Plymouth! If you like what you see and want to see more, please let me know by “liking” my website. You can even join my tribe to automatically receive new postings ‘hot off the press’. Please share my information with others who may find interest and value in this Yoga class or PR Brady AdVentures! Thanks a
The practice of Yin Yoga is very unique to each individual and involves relaxing the body right up to ones’ healthy edge, feeling into each and every part of the body. When we breathe deeply while our bodies are outstretched, we are able to release tension, hydrate the fascia and open our meridian lines. This process results in feeling more balanced and less restless, giving back more strength and energy than it takes away. Great for people who stand all day, sit all day, feel tight, tense, inflexible, or experience anxiety. 
If you have ever said; “Oh, I can’t do Yoga, I’m not flexible enough for that.”, THEN THIS CLASS IS FOR YOU! Bring a mat and your favorite blanket.
There’s still time to sign up for this session! Simply call 763-509-5200 to register over the phone or sign up on line by 12:00 pm March 5th.
Give that snow shoveling winter body a break. Release some tension and improve your range of motion with 8 weeks of self-care to wrap up this winter!
Activity # 15441-02
Residents: $108
Non-Residents: $118
Parkers Lake Park, 15205 County Road 6, Plymouth MN
Space fills fast, register now for Sessions #2 class! Please register directly through the City of Plymouth, either by calling 763-509-5200 or registering online: https://plyregister.plymouthmn.gov/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/splash.html
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