How can we use yoga, breath, and mindfulness to shift our energy? In this episode, we explore this and more with Kara Miller, accomplished yoga teacher and marine biologist. It’s a conversation you don’t want to miss! Some of the key points of the conversation include:
- Yoga changes people’s lives. It is a universal language that everyone around the world can benefit from.
- One profound way to incorporate yoga into our busy lives is through mindfulness. This means stopping, connecting with your breath, and observing your environment exactly as it is without judgment.
- A great place to start for busy people with a career and kids, is carving out natural “pukas” or spaces to pause and slip in a bit of mindfulness or movement.
- Our breath can shift the nervous system and the mind.
- Pranayama can be loosely translated to control of the life force energy
- Learning to be aware of the level of our prana, or life force energy, enables us to take action to shift it.
- Diaphragmatic breathing can be used to shift our prana or reground us during the day.
- Practicing the 4-7-8 breathing technique is another effective practice.
- BRFWA (Breathe, Relax, Feel, Watch, and Allow) is a tool that we can use when we are having a stress-driven, un-ideal emotional response. We can also add another A or Action which reminds us that we have a choice to choose how we respond to any given situation.
- Incorporating yoga into the workplace can have positive effects. It can build bridges and community between people who might not normally have an opportunity to interact. It can also help us to be more disciplined about honoring our bodies and minds by taking breaks throughout the busy work day.
- Yoga is about self-inquiry and through yoga we can get to know ourselves better.
- Kara shares her morning routine and how she practices the pillars of Coffee Surf Yoga, and Wine.
- Learn more about living a Coffee Surf Yoga Wine lifestyle! Get your FREE guide: 4 Tips For Living A Coffee Surf Yoga Wine Lifestyle + Bonus Planner
- Follow Carey on instagram @coffeesurfyogawine. Send a DM to let her know how she can help you to live your Coffee Surf Yoga Wine lifestyle.
- Join the Coffee Surf Yoga Wine Facebook group at www.facebook.com/groups/coffeesurfyogawine. Be a part of this growing wellness community!
- Connect with Kara Miller on instagram @karaocean, via email at liveahimsa@gmail.com, or join her for a yoga class at the North Shore Yoga Co-op
