In the first year of my yoga self-practice at home there have been many times where I made practicing yoga more complicated than it needed to be. Having too high expectations of myself or self-sabotaged to a point where I would avoid stepping on the mat and forget why I even started a yoga self-practice in the
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Yoga
How To Get Started With Sun Salutations For Yoga Beginners
Sun salutations were NOT what made me fall in love with the yoga practice. The first few yoga classes I ever went to were quite traditional in the sense that we warmed up doing 5 rounds of Surya Namaskar A followed by 5 rounds of Surya Namaskar B, then moving on to some other traditionally
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Personal Growth
Habit Formation: I Meditated For 31 Days
If you want to form a new habit you can download my habit tracker printable here (week starting with Sunday) or here (week starting with Monday). My word of the year for 2020 is CONSISTENCY because I’m looking to show up more regularly for my own wellbeing and to work toward an even better everyday life this year. Part
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Personal Growth
Goals, Habits, and Word of the Year for 2020
This year I’m starting a yearly ritual that’s (hopefully) going to turn lessons learned in the past year into positive changes or actions for the new one. Instead of making a bunch of resolutions for the new year that are never going to stick, I’m choosing a word of the year instead. The word is
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Acroyoga
What Acroyoga Is And What It Will Teach You
Perhaps you’re wondering: What is acroyoga? This post will teach you what it is and what acroyoga will teach you. I started practicing acroyoga 3 years ago, teaching acroyoga 1 year ago and since then I have grown in so many ways. Vis dette opslag på Instagram Et opslag delt af Camilla Mia – Yoga & Acroyoga (@camillamiia)
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Handstand
Overcoming Fear On The Journey To Your First Handstands
Perhaps you’re experiencing fear of handstands. Do you know the number one thing I realized about handstands recently? It’s about 20% physical and THE REST IS IN YOUR MIND! Your mind is so powerful, and it wants to protect you. It creates fear to keep you alive and this fear dictates how you move your
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Yoga
Active vs. Passive Flexibility: Why You Need To Know The Difference
In this post I’ll get super geeky about active vs. passive flexibility, why you should care about flexibility, and how each one can benefit your yoga practice. What is flexibility? Flexibility is the range of motion (ROM) available at a joint. If you are very flexible you will have a larger range of motion in your
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Yoga
How To Start Deepening Your Yoga Practice
You’ve been practicing for a number of months or years. Perhaps you’re still practicing in the same way you did when you set out on your yoga journey. The poses that were once challenging you are starting to become easier. Maybe it’s even starting to feel a little boring to practice, it’s becoming harder to stay
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Personal Growth
13 Instagram Accounts To Follow For Mental Health, Personal Growth, And Self-Love Inspiration
I’m probably not the only one who spends time on Instagram to get inspired/entertained, have real conversations like-minded people, and share thoughts, experiences and passions with the community. Recently, Instagram was no longer the place where I could do those things. That’s why I decided to do a big clean up on my Instagram feed. I
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Handstand
Build Up Courage For A Free Handstand With These Wall Exercises | COMPLETE HANDSTAND GUIDE pt. 3
In this post I share all the handstand wall exercises that helped me learn the free-standing handstand. This post is part of my series: The Complete Handstand Guide for Beginners. If you missed the introduction or the first two posts of the series, click the link below to go back and read them first. Now
