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Here at Source Yoga, we want to take the time to honor, reflect and celebrate Juneteenth.

Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 and the Confederate army surrendered to the Union army in April 1865, Black enslaved folks in Texas could not exercise their freedom until June 19, 1865. On that date, Union General Gordon Granger led some 2,000 Union troops, many of them Black, into Galveston Bay, where they announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in the state were free by executive decree. This day came to be known as “Juneteenth,” deriving it’s name from combining “June” and “nineteenth”.

Happy Juneteenth.🎊

5 Benefits of Yoga maybe you don’t know about:

✨Vagal Tone & Nervous System

Slow breathing and certain poses stimulate the Vagas Nerve, improving heart rate variability and your body’s ability to shift out of fight or flight.

Sources: Tyagi & Cohen, “Yoga & Heart Rate Variability: A comprehensive review,” PubMed(2016), Zou et al., “Effects of Mind-Body Exercises on Heart Rate Variability,” Journal of Clinical Medicine(2018)

✨Bone Density

Weight-bearing poses like plank, warrior, and tree pose put mechanical stress on bones in ways that can support density, especially relevant to post-menopause.

Source: Fishman,L. “Twelve-Minute Daily Yoga Regimen Reverse Osteoporotic Bone Loss”, Topics in Geriatric Rehablilitation

✨Pain Perception Changes

Regular practice has been linked to measurable changes in how the brain processes chronic pain signals, not just “distraction” from pain.

Source: NIH Intramural Research Program: “Yoga Helps Pain & Brain”, Irp.nih.gov

✨May Support Lymphatic Flow

Twists and inversions are thought to help move lymph fluid, supporting immune function
(though research is still ongoing).

Source: Yoga management of breast cancer-related lymphoedema: a randomized controlled pilot-trial, National Institutes of Health(PMC)

✨Proprioception & Fall Prevention

Balance poses improve your sense of body position in space, which becomes increasingly important as you age.

Source: Youkhana et al., “Yoga-based exercise improves balance and mobility in people aged 60 and over,” Age and Ageing Oxford Academic(2016)
Systematic Review of Yoga and Balance: Effects on Adults with Neurumuscular Impairment,” (PubMed 2019)

We would love to know if you already knew some of these benefits or if you learned something new? Let us know in the comments?

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☀️Summer is calling you to the mat! We would love to flow through summer with you.

✨Imagine your whole summer, rooted in practice.

3 months of unlimited yoga for $299($60 savings)

Offer ends June 30th.

Details at https://sourceyogaonline.com

Mindfulness vs Meditation

What is the difference?

Mindfulness is the practice of being fully present in the moment—aware of where you are, what you’re doing, and how you’re feeling, without judgment.

It’s about slowing down, noticing your thoughts and surroundings, and gently guiding your attention back to the here and now.

Meditation is a formal practice, a dedicated time where you usually sit or lie down(or any shape that allows you to be comfortable and focus your attention)with the intention of training attention and awareness. It is a structured activity with a beginning and end.

some distinctions:

• Mindfulness is a way of being, it can happen at anytime.

• You can be mindful without formally meditating(fully present while walking, or gardening for example)

• Many meditation styles like breath awareness, body scans, loving-kindness, are specifically designed to strengthen mindfulness capactiy.

• Some meditation practices aren’t mindfulness based (mantra repetition, guided meditation, body scan meditation, certain concentration practices)

Where they meet:

observer
breath as anchor
beginner’s mind
the gap before reaction

Do you find one easier? Do you practice both?

Let us know in the comments

Join us for our community care classes that are donation based every 1st & 3rd Fridays of the month.

Ingrid Walker leads our Community Care Yoga from 5-6:15 PM and Allison Schuette leads our Community Care Mindfulness from 6:30-7PM.

Start with yoga and stay for mindfulness.✨

Both classes will be this Friday.

Pre-registration is required. Donation based, more details provided at the link below.

https://sourceyogaonline.com/workshops-series/

Please reach out if you have any questions.

See you Friday!