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Michelle Polizzi

Freelance Writer + Yoga Teacher

Benefits of Journaling: 3 Science-Backed Reasons Writing Heals The Soul

August 30, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Writing is medicine for the mind, body, and soul. Here are 5 science-backed benefits of journaling as a reflective practice.

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How to Create a Self Care Routine (for Any Day of the Week)

June 24, 2019.Reading time 11 minutes.

Learn to create a self-care routine that makes you feel better both now and in the days ahead.

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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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The most meaningful advice I’ve achieved in the past year was also the most simple: enjoy your life. I’ve been told this many times in my travels, from people all over the world, but mostly by people in their seventies and eighties. “Do it now,” they said. “While you’re young, while you have no obligations, while you can.” And then they said the part that really got me, “I wish I’d done more of that.” Now I’m trying to figure out exactly what they meant. What does it mean to really enjoy your life? I think it means living a life that’s true to you. Saying how you feel. Saying yes when it feels nurturing and saying no when it doesn’t. Giving life to the ideas and inspiration that have always resided within you. Mostly, it means pushing past your own limits to live a life that’s so full of effort, mistakes, growth, love, and experiences that you don’t have a single regret at the end of your life. All you have to do is your best, and you will live your best. That’s my goal for this coming decade, and every one after.🌈 . . . . #yourbestlife #newdecade #mytravellife #nurtureyoursoul #wordofadvice #doyourbestandforgettherest
Things I’m grateful for this year in no specific order: Living on my own for the first time in an apartment by the water, where I can walk out and watch the sun set on the gulf. My yoga practice, my yoga tribe I’ve met at @fullcircleyogaschool and becoming a yoga teacher, and all the students I’ve had the opportunity to guide and support. Walks and runs under the live oaks in my neighborhood, and being in good enough health to move my body daily. Reconnecting with old friends and family members from the past and realizing we’ve grown separately but ended up on the same page. Also reopening conversation with others on a different path not to connect, but to find forgiveness and healing so we both can move forward. My family and their unending support in my clumsy and imperfect search for truth and meaning. My writing, and recommitting myself to my work as an artist and making it a bigger part of my life — and the revelations which have come from that. All the little things that make this life magical, like seeing dolphins on a morning walk, finding a gem at the thrift store, a home cooked meal, laughing over wine with an old friend, a cool breeze blowing in through the window at night. Even though I’m more uncertain about my future than I’ve ever been, I also feel more like myself than ever. I’m grateful that I have the strength to be honest about what I do and don’t want in life so I can finally find the path that nurtures me in all the ways I need and want. . . #gratitudepractice #offthemat #writeyourlife #meaningfull #growthmindset #yogaismedicine
Yoga is so much more than stretching. It’s moving and releasing stuck energy in your body so you can move forward from a stagnant place. It’s opening your heart so you can let love in, even when you’ve been hurt time and time again. It’s finding your breath and cultivating your calm when the storm of anxiety sets in. Yoga has brought me many gifts in life, but the greatest so far has been learning how to wade through the ongoing tide of overwhelm and uncertainty and emerge feeling whole. . . . . #practiceyogachangeyourworld #oceanyoga #yogaforanxiety #strongmindandbody #calmmind #selfcareishealthcare #yogashifthappens #overwhelm #mentalhealthwellness

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The most meaningful advice I’ve achieved in the past year was also the most simple: enjoy your life. I’ve been told this many times in my travels, from people all over the world, but mostly by people in their seventies and eighties. “Do it now,” they said. “While you’re young, while you have no obligations, while you can.” And then they said the part that really got me, “I wish I’d done more of that.” Now I’m trying to figure out exactly what they meant. What does it mean to really enjoy your life? I think it means living a life that’s true to you. Saying how you feel. Saying yes when it feels nurturing and saying no when it doesn’t. Giving life to the ideas and inspiration that have always resided within you. Mostly, it means pushing past your own limits to live a life that’s so full of effort, mistakes, growth, love, and experiences that you don’t have a single regret at the end of your life. All you have to do is your best, and you will live your best. That’s my goal for this coming decade, and every one after.🌈 . . . . #yourbestlife #newdecade #mytravellife #nurtureyoursoul #wordofadvice #doyourbestandforgettherest
Things I’m grateful for this year in no specific order: Living on my own for the first time in an apartment by the water, where I can walk out and watch the sun set on the gulf. My yoga practice, my yoga tribe I’ve met at @fullcircleyogaschool and becoming a yoga teacher, and all the students I’ve had the opportunity to guide and support. Walks and runs under the live oaks in my neighborhood, and being in good enough health to move my body daily. Reconnecting with old friends and family members from the past and realizing we’ve grown separately but ended up on the same page. Also reopening conversation with others on a different path not to connect, but to find forgiveness and healing so we both can move forward. My family and their unending support in my clumsy and imperfect search for truth and meaning. My writing, and recommitting myself to my work as an artist and making it a bigger part of my life — and the revelations which have come from that. All the little things that make this life magical, like seeing dolphins on a morning walk, finding a gem at the thrift store, a home cooked meal, laughing over wine with an old friend, a cool breeze blowing in through the window at night. Even though I’m more uncertain about my future than I’ve ever been, I also feel more like myself than ever. I’m grateful that I have the strength to be honest about what I do and don’t want in life so I can finally find the path that nurtures me in all the ways I need and want. . . #gratitudepractice #offthemat #writeyourlife #meaningfull #growthmindset #yogaismedicine
Yoga is so much more than stretching. It’s moving and releasing stuck energy in your body so you can move forward from a stagnant place. It’s opening your heart so you can let love in, even when you’ve been hurt time and time again. It’s finding your breath and cultivating your calm when the storm of anxiety sets in. Yoga has brought me many gifts in life, but the greatest so far has been learning how to wade through the ongoing tide of overwhelm and uncertainty and emerge feeling whole. . . . . #practiceyogachangeyourworld #oceanyoga #yogaforanxiety #strongmindandbody #calmmind #selfcareishealthcare #yogashifthappens #overwhelm #mentalhealthwellness
One year ago I was volunteering at a yoga retreat in Australia. In six weeks, I learned to cook Indian dal, pick mulberries properly, teach meditation, cook a vegan dinner for twenty, and open my heart more than I ever thought possible. Then I let it all sink in on a Christmas drive on the Great Ocean Road, a camping trip in the Outback, and reunions with travel friends in Sydney and Melbourne. I had no idea what I would find when I went to Oz but I sure found more than I bargained for.✨The people I met and the things they taught me continue to shape who I am and for that I will be forever grateful.🧡
These are a few snippets from a story I wrote about my adolescence in upstate New York, but mostly, about the friend who got me through it. I started writing this in 2015 but didn’t have the courage to work through it fully for three years because it required me to confront a lot of pain from the past. I now see that some things need to be written solely to help me heal, and I credit this very story with giving me the courage to write my truth, reawaken my muse, and step into my power as a writer. I’m beginning to see that the hardest things are sometimes the things we most need to do. . . . . . #creativenonfiction #truestories #writerscommunity #writetoheal #writeyourlife #nonfiction #countrylife #upstatenewyork
Day 5 #backbendingyoginis Tiger Pose Do you remember when you once wanted everything you have now? In my classes this week, I invited students to set an intention to honor how far they’ve come. I think this is so important in a world where we’re constantly being told to manifest our dreams and work toward the future and create our best life. Without taking time to appreciate all the work you’ve already put in — and sit with the ups and downs it has brought — we risk living only in and for the future. In finally taking action toward something I’ve always wanted to do, I’ve realized I wasn’t even ready until now. Everything I’ve explored and dreamed and tried and failed at in the last 5 years taught me what I needed to know to make this happen, and I’m grateful for it all. . . . Photo by @eileenmbell . Supportive Hosts @carmensyoga @chelseaannyoga @katinicoleyoga @mikaila_nyc @sandysyoga . . Generous Sponsors @fullcircleyogaschool @healthelighting @vayumudra @thespidersomen . . #strongandflexible #yogagirls #onebreathatatime #inspiredyogis #feeltheyogahigh #girlswhoyoga #mentalgrowth #yogafitness #fitnesslifestyle #beachyogi #strongbodystrongmind #practiceyogachangeyourworld #honeymoonisland #gratitudepractice

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