by Julia Carpenter | May 19, 2022 | Fighting Depression, Hope, Inner Strength, Resilience, Self-care
Being a Trauma Informed Yoga teacher, I am very aware of how important Mental HEALTH is. Yoga helped me work through my own trauma, and I have even come to call it my own personal anti-depressant. Through the process of working through my trauma, I...
by Julia Carpenter | May 5, 2022 | Change & Transition, Fighting Depression, Inner Strength, Letting Go, Resilience
A couple of weeks ago, my son brought home a sprout planted in a little cup of dirt. He had grown the sprout from a seed. Once he was home, he watered it one tablespoon a day, as instructed by his science teacher. It grew. And then… we went out of town for a week. The...
by Julia Carpenter | Mar 3, 2022 | Compassion, Fighting Depression, Hope, Inner Strength, Kindness, Resilience, Stress Relief
I need to acknowledge that a lot is happening in the world right now. The invasion of Ukraine, Famine (and more) in Afghanistan, the changing status of the world Pandemic, all that plus whatever you are dealing with directly in your daily life. Any one of these...
by Julia Carpenter | Feb 17, 2022 | Fighting Depression, Happiness, Hope, Inner Strength, Resilience, Self-care, Stress Relief
What is that little voice in your head telling you today? Is it helpful or is it bringing you down? Do you have an inner critic that won’t let up? We all have these moments where we get caught in negative thoughts. It can be easy to get into a defeatist...
by Julia Carpenter | Jan 27, 2022 | Change & Transition, Happiness, Inner Strength, Letting Go, Releasing Anger, Resilience
I’ve been noticing color lately. It’s a pretty big deal. For a long time, I was gravitating towards grey, black, and white. But, lately, as I’ve been making deep soul fulfilling changes in my life, I’ve been moving towards colors – all the beautiful...
by Julia Carpenter | Jan 13, 2022 | Happiness, Hope, Inner Strength, Letting Go, Resilience
I took the week off from my blog last week because I was moving. This was the culmination of big changes that I initiated in my life months and months ago. I’ll admit, at first it was scary. But, making these changes was a true example of taking my yoga...