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I used to think I'd never be a yoga teacher. It was something I knew I wanted to do, but because I was living with chronic illness, I didn't think it would be possible. I thought that in order to be a teacher, I would have to do a 200-hour yoga teacher training at a studio or else go to India to study with a guru. Oh, and I'd definitely have to be able to do a handstand. Because no one would take me seriously if I couldn't do a handstand 🤔 I didn't have any studios in my city that offered this kind of thing. And because I had chronic illness, I couldn't travel. So that also knocked out the India plan. But I truly believe that we will never be given a desire unless we are meant to fulfill it. And there is always more than one way of doing something! I've been teaching yoga now for almost four years and have completed two training programs. Still can't do a handstand, though 😆 In my newest YouTube video, I'm sharing my entire journey as a yogi and a yoga teacher + all my tips for aspiring teachers. You can check it out at the link in my bio @sleepysantosha or here 👇🏼 https://youtu.be/vnebf5v0Ea4
My migraine must haves: 🌿 CBD topicals from @blueridgehemp or CBD teas from @buddhateas. • 😌 Yoga Nidra - it means yogic sleep and this is a guided meditation practice. One hour is equivalent to four hours of regular sleep. It’s the BEST! • 🧘🏻‍♀️ Restorative Yoga - If you only have energy for one pose, legs up the wall pose can knock a headache out for me with 5-10 minutes of practice. It’s so soothing for the nervous system. • I have yoga nidra practices + a full-length headaches and migraines practice in my membership program! You can try it free when you sign up at the link in my bio @sleepysantosha • How do you cope with migraines? Let me know in the comments 👇🏼
I need your help, friends! Finances are such a personal, vulnerable thing for me to talk about, so I have been debating whether or not to write this. But I’ve decided that this community means too much to me not to write it. As you probably already know, I am a person living with chronic illness just like you. I live alone and live a really simple life so that I can afford all of my medical expenses…because, let’s face it, living with chronic illness is expensive, especially in the USA where healthcare is not universal. (But that’s a whole other rant 🙈). Sleepy Santosha is currently my only source of income, and I’m so so grateful to all of you who have already supported my work by purchasing memberships or yoga programs or even just by leaving comments and sharing my YouTube videos with friends. All of this helps me so much! And it allows me to keep doing what I do. Although a lot of the work I do is for free, Sleepy Santosha is a business, and I found out that this year, the small business taxes are going to total around $1500. I need your help to keep this business going! I absolutely love doing this work and seeing so many people improving their lives through the practice of yoga. And none of this would be possible without any of you! If you are able and feel called to do so, I’m going to leave a donation link in my bio @sleepysantosha. I know many of you are struggling financially too, so please don’t feel pressured. Any amount you can contribute will help! When I receive your donation, I am going to send you a free exclusive meditation download within 24 hours as a thank you :) Thank you for being a part of this journey with me! Namaste.
For me, building strength has always been so much harder for me than flexibility training. But as someone with POTS, not conditioning my muscles can result in a worsening of my symptoms, so I have learned that I absolutely CANNOT slack on my strength training. Less than two years ago, I was bed bound. I could endure getting up to use the bathroom and prepare simple meals for myself, but otherwise, all of my time was spent in bed because of undiagnosed and untreated POTS symptoms. During that time, my muscles became severely deconditioned. My doctor told me that I had to quit my part-time office job, which made me feel so discouraged about my life and about my health. I remember crying when I had to tell my manager I was quitting, and it felt like she just didn't fully understand how crushing this was for me. To feel like my life was falling apart. There have been so many times where I've just wanted to give up. To stop fighting. Because sometimes the fighting is exhausting! But I truly believe that we are powerful beings. We create our own reality. Our thoughts, our beliefs, create our reality. The power to change our circumstances is within us, and even if some things are out of our control, there is always SOMETHING that we CAN do. We may have to start small, but these efforts will pay off over time. We just have to keep going. I still have a long way to go, but I am in such a better place now than I was before diagnosis. I've been able to use my yoga practice to recondition my body, and now I am practicing an active vinyasa style of yoga practice about three times a week along with Kundalini practices. But in order to get here, I started with yoga in bed! This experience has inspired me to create two spoonie-friendly strength training plans for you guys! There’s a supine plan + an upright plan. They’re available inside my membership program NOW for existing members and when you sign up for your free trial at the link in my bio @sleepysantosha👆🏼✨
“Being healthy is easy.” 🌸 This is an affirmation I’ve been using in my personal practice lately, and I find it so incredibly powerful ✨ We can get so bogged down by all the doctor visits and treatments and symptoms we experience that we can forget this simple truth: The body is designed to heal itself. Everything your body does is in the interest of self-preservation and maintaining equilibrium. Being healthy is what it was designed for. So healing isn’t about “fixing” the body. It’s about bringing the body back into alignment by eliminating the things that are pulling it out of alignment. By introducing tools (herbs, medication, exercise, etc) that help support the body’s natural state of alignment. This happens on a physical, emotional and energetic level. When we do this, the body will naturally return to a state of health. (Keep in mind this will look different for everyone.) Our thoughts influence our bodies. I realized that by constantly telling myself how hard it was to be healthy and how hard I had to fight, I was undermining my own healing and disrespecting my body’s innate wisdom. This affirmation has been helping me to change this narrative and feel more unified with my body. My body and I are a team 💕🌸
So excited to collaborate with @mindful_manifestations! Go check out this like-minded community for some amazing wellness resources 👇🏼 __________ ⠀⠀ Hi everyone, and welcome to our community of mindfulness seekers! ⠀⠀ We are a community launched by Elicia Kristine, a law student and soon-to-be Mindfulness Meditation Instructor and RYT-200, who has successfully learned to live well with chronic illness. Elicia is determined to share how mindfulness has changed her life by connecting you with the experts on the new MM Podcast. ⠀⠀ The Mindful Musings: Mindful Living Made Simple podcast by Mindful Manifestations is, at its core, a platform to help people live a more mindful, happier and healthier life. More specifically, we aim to slowly introduce more "scientific" and research-driven information that showcases mindfulness as necessary survival tool for the 21st century in a digestible format for younger generations. ⠀⠀ While mindfulness gets a lot of media attention, there seems to be a lack of relatable platforms for the Millennial and Gen Z crowds--specifically, for women between the ages of 17- 35. This is starting to improve with platforms like Yoga With Adriene and Headspace. However, there isn't a large platform geared towards this young female audience that specifically lays out how and why mindfulness works. ⠀⠀ That's where Mindful Manifestations steps in. We interview experts in neurology, yoga, meditation, psychology, counseling, gastroenterology, immunology, and beyond to explore how mindfulness reduces stress and *literally* affects physiological change in the body and mind. ⠀⠀ Head on over to iTunes, Stitcher and TuneIn and search "Mindful Musings: Mindful Living Made Simple" to hear our story and listen to leading international expert @sagerountree explain how she uses mindfulness to help Olympians, NBA, and NFL players find balance. ⠀⠀ In the meantime, don't forget to follow us on IG for updates on the amazing MD's, PhD's, RYT's and more who will be featured on our platform!
Your yoga practice doesn’t HAVE to be a full hour! Even just five minutes of yoga can replenish your energy stores and soothe the nervous system. Like I always say, whatever you’re capable of doing is worth doing 🙌🏼 I have a brand new 5 minute bed yoga class for fatigue on my IGTV. Go to my profile and tap the circle below my bio that says IGTV. It’ll take you right to it 👍🏼✨