Common Ground Yoga

Take Root in Mindful Fitness.
All are welcome, empowered, and celebrated.
Our focus is overall wellness of mind and body by engaging in various yoga forms.

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This week’s mantra is BE GENTLE AND FORGIVING. Apply as needed.

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Committing to presence- even when it hurts.
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#pose #yoga #melanin #startmeditating #meditatedaily #tattooedyogi #yogisofinstagram #yogafit #yogaflow #bayareayoga #sanjoseevents #sjevents… https://t.co/zpP1NHxrp2

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Reflecting on this year and it’s gifts🎁
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#meditation #meditativeactivity #melanin #startmeditating #meditatedaily #tattooedyogi #yogisofinstagram #yogafit #yogaflow #bayareayoga… https://t.co/mFs1nbs5G5

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“I’m not doing yoga, I just want to be around somebody black” —14yr old African American boy in a session at a mental health facility

My first impulse was to chuckle at the rawness in that “no” 😅 but I understood the… https://t.co/eHxsZoi1zq

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This expands beyond self care.

As the body becomes aware of itself, we gain the ability to untangle its experience and the mind’s interpretation of it- connecting us to something greater.

This embodiment unearths… https://t.co/BXyxXsgZIa

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Here’s to new traditions🍠🍏🍂
VEGAN SWEET POTATO GREEN APPLE BAKE
-Sweet potatoes
-Green apples
-Brown sugar
-Butter
-Cinnamon
-Sea salt
-Chipotle pepper
-Ginger
-Nutmeg

Bake for 45 minutes at 425°
Don’t ask me for… https://t.co/wwV2W8i7Pl

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Man I’m feeling the energy of this Bay Area rainstorm! ⛈ Nature communicates with us, if we listen close enough.
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#pose #yoga #melanin #startmeditating #meditatedaily #tattooedyogi… https://t.co/xo9JbRN0Gf

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(4/4)As I take more ownership of this ever evolving story I become more aware of how malleable it all is. How truly, every single one of us has the power and wisdom to have THE life we dream of. Walk in your… https://t.co/lJWTthZt1w

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(3/4) So it became the mantra “I am anointed and obedient”. Every choice I made, every opportunity that revealed itself was met with this phrase. As much as it scared me, I knew I had to make the move. So I put in my… https://t.co/xqo1OWLjER

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(2/4) Opportunites began surfacing and me, being “miss do it all” spread myself oh so thin. After a few 20hour days, schedule mix ups, and tears shed, I reached out to my spiritual guides and begged for answers. The… https://t.co/3ARcVlm4d5

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(1/4)Tomorrow’s my last day working a “conventional” full time job and stepping into my wholeness as Conscious Facilitator/CEO of Omnipotent Studios.
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I’ve always had this knowing of where I’m called to be and a… https://t.co/eZPdaNVP6W

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A lot of the time my meditation consists of short verbal statements that call the attention home.
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Meditation doesn’t have to be a multiple hour long pilgrimage to enlightenment. It’s only purpose is to become… https://t.co/FqU0XyasLA

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We get a more wholesome understanding of self when we map our development. These prompts could be used for journaling or pointing the awareness during meditative activities like yoga, biking, creating art, walking,… https://t.co/y9J3bJIQ3D

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Less Than 10 Minute Gentle Morning Yoga Sequence https://t.co/2SP6O3Fj9k

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This practice gives the body means to exists across the space time continuum. Within it, an endless stream of consciousness being experienced through everything it perceives. Wild.
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There’s yoga videos and… https://t.co/tUtVBjCcPm

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Here’s a FREE <10 minute flow you can do more than half of in bed. Click the link in bio for your download~
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#freeyoga #yoga #melanin #startmeditating #meditatedaily #tattooedyogi #yogisofinstagram… https://t.co/DX1Wb0BrQ0

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-Ram Dass.
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#pose #yoga #melanin #startmeditating #meditatedaily #tattooedyogi #yogisofinstagram #yogafit #yogaflow #bayareayoga #sanjoseevents #sjevents #conscioussanjose #conscioussj… https://t.co/MrHN2Dbx1r

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Your attention sets the course for the consistent stream of energy being sent forth from this vessel. Have you chosen your focus today?
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#pigeonpose #yoga #melanin #startmeditating #meditatedaily… https://t.co/Pm17CjF5eh

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The floor is old ways of thinking that formed a limited version of self
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Classes this week:

-Sunday slow flow 11am @bethechangeyoga

-Wednesday *free* integrative flow backyardsj
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#pose #yoga… https://t.co/MMisrB1iq1

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Everybody’s hype about ~*spooky szn~* but what if we got real spooky and did some shadow work this season?
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Self inquiry is a valuable meditation tool that helps you question present ways of thinking and be more… https://t.co/PzoieGmTIW