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Hi! I’m Shelly, a freelance writer and yoga teacher on a mission to make the world a healthier and happier place. Here you’ll find tips on creating a more balanced life through yoga, spirituality, mindful travel and plant-based recipes. I’m so glad you’re here! If you have questions or comments, don’t hesitate to contact me.

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Back bending yoga challenge day 1: Baby Cobra/King Cobra I love cobra pose because it’s a super accessible way to enjoy the benefits of a backbend! Especially for people who don’t love upward dog. As someone who works at a computer a lot I try to maintain good posture, but tend to hunch over with my shoulders rounded forward as the day goes on. This is a super simple stretch to open your chest and neck while reversing that hunch and giving your spine a rest! Back bends change your life🙏🏼 . Photo by @eileenmbell . Hosts @carmensyoga @chelseaannyoga @katinicoleyoga @mikaila_nyc @sandysyoga . . Sponsors @fullcircleyogaschool @healthelighting @vayumudra @thespidersomen . . #Backbendingyoginis #flexybility #cobrapose #YogaChallenges #IGYogaChallenge #beachyoga #movingmeditation #backbending #yogainspirations #yogahealing #yogadailypractice #yogaismagic #yogaeverywhereigo #backbend

There seems to be an unofficial contract that says we’re all supposed to work towards something more. We’re all striving for tomorrow — when we’ll have the bigger house or the better job or know more about what we want from life. I too have felt that there is always something more for me waiting on the horizon, something external that I cannot yet see, and that only if I push and work and try hard enough, I’ll bring that thing into being. What is this external thing we’re constantly in search of? I wonder if we already know exactly who we are and what we want, that we are born with this knowledge buried in our bones. What would it be like if we spent our time and energy not seeking answers from the outside, but peeling away all the layers of fear and self-doubt that prevent us from living the truth we’ve known all this time? #writetoheal #waihekeisland #liveinthepresent #ownyourtruth

Just a dancer in the dunes🌙 . . . #natureyoga #nationalparksusa #travelcolorado #yogaeverywhereigo #yogasanas #naturenurtures

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Back bending yoga challenge day 1: Baby Cobra/King Cobra I love cobra pose because it’s a super accessible way to enjoy the benefits of a backbend! Especially for people who don’t love upward dog. As someone who works at a computer a lot I try to maintain good posture, but tend to hunch over with my shoulders rounded forward as the day goes on. This is a super simple stretch to open your chest and neck while reversing that hunch and giving your spine a rest! Back bends change your life🙏🏼 . Photo by @eileenmbell . Hosts @carmensyoga @chelseaannyoga @katinicoleyoga @mikaila_nyc @sandysyoga . . Sponsors @fullcircleyogaschool @healthelighting @vayumudra @thespidersomen . . #Backbendingyoginis #flexybility #cobrapose #YogaChallenges #IGYogaChallenge #beachyoga #movingmeditation #backbending #yogainspirations #yogahealing #yogadailypractice #yogaismagic #yogaeverywhereigo #backbend

There seems to be an unofficial contract that says we’re all supposed to work towards something more. We’re all striving for tomorrow — when we’ll have the bigger house or the better job or know more about what we want from life. I too have felt that there is always something more for me waiting on the horizon, something external that I cannot yet see, and that only if I push and work and try hard enough, I’ll bring that thing into being. What is this external thing we’re constantly in search of? I wonder if we already know exactly who we are and what we want, that we are born with this knowledge buried in our bones. What would it be like if we spent our time and energy not seeking answers from the outside, but peeling away all the layers of fear and self-doubt that prevent us from living the truth we’ve known all this time? #writetoheal #waihekeisland #liveinthepresent #ownyourtruth

Just a dancer in the dunes🌙 . . . #natureyoga #nationalparksusa #travelcolorado #yogaeverywhereigo #yogasanas #naturenurtures

Here’s an excerpt from a collection of short stories I’m writing about my travels around the world. This one is about a magical 6 weeks I spent volunteering at @swamis.yoga.retreat in Australia. All I feel like doing this fall and winter is writing my heart out✍🏼💕 . . . . . . #personalessay #narrativewriting #writerscommunity #travelwriters #writetolive #creativenonfiction #womenwritersofinstagram

Most people will tell you that the best part of Italy is the food. I’m not arguing against centuries of culinary mastery, but my favorite thing about Italy might be the way time passes. There is no choice but to take pause and drink in the ancient beauty. She forces you to see instead of glance; to amble instead of walk. I love how when you walk through Sicily’s streets at three in the afternoon, all the shop doors are shut to the street and the whole town has retreated inward, to reflect, to rest. There is nothing to do then but wait. Or instead of waiting, you can embrace that stretch of pause. Sit on the edge of an old fortress or lie under a gently swaying olive tree and also, as the people do, let your body rest. Italy asks you to sink into her stillness. There, in the cradle of time, you may realize that rest was exactly what you needed. It has been over a year since I was in Italy last, but I am still learning from her lessons to live a deep, slow life filled with intention. . . . . . #travellessons #seeitaly #travelwithintention #italyislove #travelersnotebooks #siciliana #discoverytuscany #sicilyessence #keepclimbingwoman #solotravelingisfun

When you feel like you’re working as hard as you can and all of your efforts are going nowhere, it might be time to surrender. This is a lesson I have to learn over and over again in life. I’m such a go-getter type of person that it’s really hard for me to sit back and allow things to unfold, especially when I have a big dream for what I want to create, do, or become. Im learning to see resistance not as a wall between me and my goals, but as a sign that it might be time to change direction. To ease up on the gas. To look inward and see what might already be working in my life, and to explore those areas with playfulness and self-compassion. I so badly want to live the biggest, boldest life I possibly can, but constantly pressing the trigger doesn’t always get you to your destination faster. I’m learning that it may be enough to just sit back and reflect on all the real-time miracles that are already happening. Spending time in this space of humility and gratitude doesn’t mean you’re giving up — it means you’re opening yourself up to all that has been, and all that may be. . Photo by @eileenmbell . . . . . #surrendertotheuniverse #cyclesoflife #innerknowing #trustthetiming #seekingbalance #theuniverseislistening #pinellasbeaches #tampayoga #mindbodywellness #leanintoit

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