M P💥wer 🤸🏼‍♀️oga in downtown hOuMa! Be in joy with light, love and life! 🐝🤸🏼‍♀️✨❤️ Join us this week in an attitude of gratitude Yoga challenge at M Power Studio in Downtown Houma! Today is a great day for a long-term, accessible and sustainable practice of yoga promoting increased flexibility, stability, circulation, wellbeing, mobility, fitness, awareness, and ease of mind & body. Monday Evening: • 5:30pm - Everybody Yoga/Gentle Flow • 7:00pm - Restorative Yoga Practicing yoga once a week will transform your mind, twice a week your body and three times a week your life! #365yoga Bring a friend and share a smile 🙂. We have loaner mats and a water cooler! All levels welcomed and no experience necessary! Address: 308 Church St ⛪️Across from the court house🏛. Next to Downtown Jeaux ☕️ Check into M Power Houma Yoga on the MindBody App for our latest schedule and class descriptions. -------------------------------------- #mpoweryoga #houma #gentleflow #everybodyyoga #pranayama #flowyoga #equanimity #reducestress #community #soundbath #sonichealing #restorativeyoga #powerflow #houma #yoga #yoga❤️ #mpoweryoga #houma #terrebonne #yoga #love #meditate #movement #breathe #powerflow #vinyasa #asana #mpowerpeace #mpowerjoy #mpowerlove #mpoweryourlife

**Please note a couple of schedule changes for Thanksgiving Week. Check on MindBody App for the latest most up-to-date M Power Houma Yoga Schedule ----------------------- Be in joy with light, love and peace. 🐝🤸🏼‍♀️✨❤️ Join us this week in an attitude of gratitude! Yoga challenge at M Power Studio in Downtown Houma! Mon, Nov 20th: • 9:15am - M Power Flow • 11am - Adaptive Yoga • 5:30pm - Everybody Yoga/Easy Flow • 7pm - Restorative Yoga Practicing yoga once a week will transform your mind, twice a week your body and three times a week your life! #365yoga M Power Yoga in downtown Houma is just the local boutique yoga studio to help support your personal growth, well-being, health, and self-discovery! Book your classes today at MindBody App/online through the M Power Houma portal. Address: 308 Church St ⛪️Across from the court house🏛. Next to Downtown Jeaux. All levels welcomed and no experience necessary! Mon, Nov 20th: • 9:15am - M Power Flow • 11am - Adaptive Yoga • 5:30pm - Everybody Yoga/Easy Flow • 7pm - Restorative Yoga Tues, Nov 21st: • 9:15am - M Power Flow • 11am - Restorative Yoga • 5:30pm - M Power Rock & Flow Yoga Wed, Nov 22nd: • 9:15am - Gentle Flow Yoga • 12pm - M Power Express • 6:00pm - Level 1 M Power Hour Thur, Nov 23rd: • 5:30pm - M Power Hour • 7pm - Restorative Yoga Fri, Nov 24th: • 9:15am - M Power Rock & Flow Sat, Nov 25th: • 9:15am - M Power Community yoga Sun, Nov 26th: • 4pm - M Power Flow

Be in joy with light, love and peace. 🐝🤸🏼‍♀️✨ Join us this week in an attitude of gratitude! Yoga challenge at M Power Studio in Downtown Houma! Mon, Nov 20th: • 9:15am - M Power Flow • 11am - Adaptive Yoga • 5:30pm - Everybody Yoga/Easy Flow • 7pm - Restorative Yoga Practicing yoga once a week will transform your mind, twice a week your body and three times a week your life! #365yoga M Power Yoga in downtown Houma is just the local boutique yoga studio to help support your personal growth, well-being, health, and self-discovery! Book your classes today at MindBody App/online through the M Power Houma portal. Address: 308 Church St ⛪️Across from the court house🏛. Next to Downtown Jeaux. All levels welcomed and no experience necessary! Mon, Nov 20th: • 9:15am - M Power Flow • 11am - Adaptive Yoga • 5:30pm - Everybody Yoga/Easy Flow • 7pm - Restorative Yoga Tues, Nov 21st: • 9:15am - M Power Flow • 11am - Restorative Yoga • 5:30pm - M Power Rock & Flow Yoga Wed, Nov 22nd: • 9:15am - Gentle Flow Yoga • 12pm - M Power Express • 6:00pm - Level 1 M Power Hour Thur, Nov 23rd: • 5:30pm - M Power Hour • 7pm - Restorative Yoga Fri, Nov 24th: • 9:15am - M Power Rock & Flow • 11am - Adaptive Yoga • 4pm - Vinyasa Power Flow Sat, Nov 25th: • 9:15am - M Power Community yoga Sun, Nov 26th: • 4pm - M Power Flow

Be in joy with light, love and peace. 🐝🤸🏼‍♀️✨❤️🧘🏻‍♀️ Join us this week in an attitude of gratitude! Yoga challenge at M Power Studio in Downtown Houma! Mon, Nov 20th: • 9:15am - M Power Flow • 11am - Adaptive Yoga • 5:30pm - Everybody Yoga/Easy Flow • 7pm - Restorative Yoga Practicing yoga once a week will transform your mind, twice a week your body and three times a week your life! #365yoga M Power Yoga in downtown Houma is just the local boutique yoga studio to help support your personal growth, well-being, health, and self-discovery! Book your classes today at MindBody App/online through the M Power Houma portal. Address: 308 Church St ⛪️Across from the court house🏛. Next to Downtown Jeaux. All levels welcomed and no experience necessary! Mon, Nov 20th: • 9:15am - M Power Flow • 11am - Adaptive Yoga • 5:30pm - Everybody Yoga/Easy Flow • 7pm - Restorative Yoga Tues, Nov 21st: • 9:15am - M Power Flow • 11am - Restorative Yoga • 5:30pm - M Power Rock & Flow Yoga Wed, Nov 22nd: • 9:15am - Gentle Flow Yoga • 12pm - M Power Express • 6:00pm - Level 1 M Power Hour Thur, Nov 23rd: • 5:30pm - M Power Hour • 7pm - Restorative Yoga Fri, Nov 24th: • 9:15am - M Power Rock & Flow • 11am - Adaptive Yoga • 4pm - Vinyasa Power Flow Sat, Nov 25th: • 9:15am - M Power Community yoga Sun, Nov 26th: • 4pm - M Power Flow

"The attitude of gratitude is the highest yoga" - Yogi Bhajan #mpoweryogachallengeday12 #attitudeofgratitude #14daychallenge #expressgratitude #mpowerhouma #houma #yoga #anyonecandoyoga #everyonecanbegrateful #day12 #SalambaBhujangasana #SphinxPose #CobraVariation #backbend

"The attitude of gratitude is the highest yoga."—Yogi Bhajan #mpoweryogachallengeday12 #attitudeofgratitude #14daychallenge #expressgratitude #mpowerhouma #houma #yoga #anyonecandoyoga #everyonecanbegrateful Day 12 = Sphinx. Salamba Bhujangasana (Sphinx Pose) is the infant of backbends. It can be practiced with either an active or passive approach. Sphinx pose is a beginner's backbend that's accessible to most yoga practitioners. Traditional texts say that Salamba Bhujangasana increases body heat, destroys disease, and awakens Kundalini. To enter this pose, the practitioner lies down on the belly with the legs extended as though preparing for cobra pose. The forearms are placed on the floor, parallel to each other, with the middle fingers pointing directly forward. The chest and head are lifted off the floor while the pubic bone is pressed down. The shoulder blades press into the back, stretching the spine while the chest pushes forward. Sphinx pose is a good introductory backbend for beginners and a calming backbend for experienced students. It is a preparatory pose for cobra pose or an alternative to it for practitioners with wrist or lower back pain. This pose expands the lungs, stimulates the abdominal organs and digestive system, improves blood circulation; strengthens the spine; stretches chest and lungs, shoulders, abdomen, and the front of the heart; firms the buttocks; and helps relieve stress. It warms the spine, rejuvenates the natural curve of the lower back; invigorates the body; soothes the nervous system; and is also therapeutic for fatigue. Pregnant women and practitioners with stiff shoulders or spines should avoid practicing this pose on the floor; it can be practiced standing up against the wall instead. The forearms and palms are pressed against the wall, and shoulder blades are drawn into the upper back to achieve a gentle backbend. Beginner's Tip: Roll up a towel and arrange it in a U-shape on the floor. Lie with the bottom of the U just above your pubic bone and the legs of the U under the sides of your belly to help support the belly lift. #day12 #SalambaBhujangasana #SphinxPose #CobraVariation #backbend

“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.”—Willie Nelson #mpoweryogachallengeday11 #attitudeofgratitude #14daychallenge #expressgratitude #mpowerhouma #houma #yoga #anyonecandoyoga #everyonecanbegrateful

“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.”—Willie Nelson #mpoweryogachallengeday11 #attitudeofgratitude #14daychallenge #expressgratitude #mpowerhouma #houma #yoga #anyonecandoyoga #everyonecanbegrateful Day 11 = Warrior 3. Virabhadrasana C (Warrior three pose) is a dynamic standing asana that requires balance, focus and strength. Virabhadrasana C is the final asana in the traditional three-pose Virabhadrasana series. The first pose in the series represents the arrival of the warrior, materializing out of the ground. The second pose is the warrior sighting his enemy and preparing for battle. This final pose symbolizes moving quickly to attack the enemy. Traditionally, Virabhadrasana C is believed to stimulate the sahasrara (crown) chakra, thereby providing a connection to the universe and a oneness with the Divine. As part of a spiritual practice, activating the crown chakra through this asana brings ego-free serenity, inner peace and joy. In addition to its physical benefits, this pose reduces anxiety by calming the mind. It can also help improve memory and concentration. Customarily entered from Virabhadrasana I, but can also move into the pose from a high lunge position. Balancing in this pose can be very challenging for beginners. Prepare for the pose with a chair positioned in front of you, just a bit in front of your sticky mat (face the back of the chair toward you). When you stretch your arms forward (as described in step 3 above), take hold of the top of the chair. As you rise up into the full pose, push on and slide the chair away from you and use it to support your arms. Try to hold the chair as lightly as possible. Advanced students can enter Virabhadrasana III from Virabhadrasana I. Perform the Warrior I with the arms stretched upward. Exhale the front torso down onto the top of the forward leg. Beginner's Tip: When you straighten the front knee by pushing the head of the thighbone back, imagine that the same-leg calf is resisting forward against the shin. These two opposing movements prevent the knee from locking or hyperextending and further stabilize the position. Benefits: strengthens the ankles and legs; strengthens the shoulders and muscles of the back; tones the abdomen; improves balance and posture. Partnering: A partner can act as a support for your pose. Have him stand in front of you. When you reach your arms forward just before lifting into the full pose, he should grasp your wrists in his hands. He should guide you into position, not pull, and then support your wrists as lightly as possible. Variations: In Virabhadrasana III you can vary the position of your arms. Try stretching the arms out to the sides, like the wings of an airplane, or reaching them back, palms facing up, along the sides of your torso. Virabhadrasana C is a dynamic standing asana that requires balance, focus and strength. In this asana, the arms are raised overhead with the palms facing each other or touching. The back leg lifts off the ground while the anchored leg remains straight. The body tilts until the arms, torso and back leg are parallel with the ground. #day11 #VirabhadrasanaC #warrior3pose #variations #weekendwarrior #airplane #crescentlunge #anjaneyasana

Sound Bath has been pushed back a week and rescheduled for Monday November 27th at 7pm. We will have Restorative Yoga Tomorrow at 7pm at its normal time.

“Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.” ― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn #mpoweryogachallengeday10 #attitudeofgratitude #14daychallenge #expressgratitude #mpowerhouma #houma #yoga #anyonecandoyoga #everyonecanbegrateful #day10 #VirabhadrasanaB #warrior2pose #variations #reversewarrior #UtthitaParsvakonasana #extendedsideanglepose

triple espresso warrior poses!

“Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.” ― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn #mpoweryogachallengeday10 #attitudeofgratitude #14daychallenge #expressgratitude #mpowerhouma #houma #yoga #anyonecandoyoga #everyonecanbegrateful Day 10 = Warrior 2. Virabhadrasana II or Virabhadrasana B (warrior 2 pose) is the second of three related powerful standing postures that improve strength and flexibility. In this pose, the legs are placed in a lunge position with the forward knee at a 90 degree angle. The arms stretch out in opposite directions, in alignment with the body, which is facing forward. As with its companion pose, warrior one, the heels should be in line with each other and the front knee bent at a 90 degree angle. The back foot should also be at a 90 degree angle. Unlike warrior one, however, the torso and hips do not rotate toward the bent leg. Only the head turns to face the arm extended over the bent knee. Warrior two pose is a deep hip-opening pose. It's particularly beneficial for those with sedentary jobs. Some of the physical benefits of warrior two pose include: relieves backaches; improves stability; builds core strength; opens the chest; aids healthy digestion; increases lung function; strengthens and stretches the legs and ankles; stretches the groins, chest, shoulders; increases stamina, especially through second trimester of pregnancy; therapeutic for carpal tunnel syndrome, flat feet, infertility, osteoporosis, and sciatica. Warrior two pose is also believed to help alleviate or prevent osteoporosis, flat feet, sciatica and infertility and improves circulation throughout the body. Beginners or those having difficulty with the pose may use a chair for stability. The seat of the chair should be under the thigh of the bent leg. If flexibility is limited, practitioners may also modify by shortening the stance. Deepen the Pose: To increase the length and strength of the arms in the pose, turn the palms and inner elbow creases to face the ceiling while you draw the shoulder blades down the back. Then maintaining the rotation of the arms, turn the palms from the wrists to face the floor again. Beginner's Tip: When you bend the left knee to a right angle, bend it very quickly with an expressive exhalation, and aim the inside of the left knee toward the little-toe side of the left foot. Partnering: A partner can help you strengthen your back leg. Have your partner stand behind your back leg. Loop a strap around your inner groin, and as you bend the front knee into the pose, your partner can pull firmly on the strap while you resist the back-leg inner groin away from that movement. Feel how this helps to open the groins. Variations: In the description above, the shoulders are centered over the pelvis with the sides of the torso equally long. You can also lean the torso slightly away from the left leg, tilting the arms parallel to the line of the top shoulders. This stretches the left side of the torso. Repeat on the right side. #day10 #VirabhadrasanaB #warrior2pose #variations #reversewarrior #UtthitaParsvakonasana #extendedsideanglepose