Tattooing Yogini

Yoga offers powerful tools for nurturing mental and emotional well-being. It’s more than just movement—it’s a practice of presence, awareness, and compassion. Here are some key mental health benefits of yoga: 1. Managing Emotions with Awareness Yoga teaches us to sit with what arises—without judgment. Through mindful movement and breath, we begin to notice emotions as they come and go, like waves. We learn not to suppress or fix, but to observe and allow. This gentle witnessing helps reduce emotional reactivity and supports emotional regulation. 2. Acceptance of What Is On the mat, we practice accepting our bodies, our breath, our limitations—moment by moment. This acceptance naturally extends inward, encouraging us to meet our thoughts and feelings with more compassion and less resistance. 3. Breathing Through Emotions Breath is a bridge between the body and mind. Pranayama (yogic breathing techniques) helps calm anxiety, soften tension, and ground us during emotional storms. Deep, co...

DINACHARYA: Daily intentional self care activities we do each day. These can include showering, brushing teeth, scraping tongue, washing the face, Abhyanga, etc. One Dinacharya ritual that is used by many people (myself included), is oil pulling. Oil pulling is said to be excellent for promoting tooth and gum health by reducing inflammation, and according to Ayurveda, helps to further clean the mouth by removing impurities.  Any oil can be used for oil pulling, but coconut oil is most popular for it’s taste and it’s high lauric acid content, which has anti-microbial properties. Organic Ayurveda pulling oil can be found at most wellness shops and drug stores. I recently purchased some at Walgreens. I have also made my own, or used plain, organic coconut oil. RECIPE To make your own pulling oil: 1-2 tbsp organic coconut oil, 1 drop of organic oil of oregano or clove, and 1 drop of peppermint oil. Blend all ingredients together After scraping tongue, place coconut oil mixture in ...