Where In the World Was Woods?

*Short on time? Eyes exhausted from looking at screens all day? Scroll to bottom for the TL;DR.

So recently I decided to join the “share your travels when you’re no longer there” club, and I’m getting the question, “Where are you in the world?” even more than before.

I just finished a 5 month stint in two pretty dope cities that I’d never visited before in the country that issued me my passport. 

I’m intentionally still being vague right now because I want to share 4 ways in which I found myself in a beginner’s/learner’s seat during that time:

🐾I learned how to incorporate house/pet sitting into my digital nomad lifestyle.

📖I dove DEEP into the study of the nervous system. 

💪🏽I became a STRONG Nation (High Intensity Tempo Training - HITT) Instructor.

🧘🏽‍♀️I didn’t teach any yoga classes; I enjoyed practicing at some amazing yoga studios only wearing the hat of a student.

I’m so excited to add a new style of movement classes to my offerings (particularly for folks who practice cycle syncing); I’m especially excited to share nervous system capacity building practices to elevate wellbeing and liberation.

When I started learning about the nervous system back in November 2023, I couldn’t help but remember a conversation that happened in November 2021. I’d participated in a private plant medicine ceremony in the Andes Mountains. Three days later, when I was recapping it with a friend I distinctly remember telling her, “I think my nervous system is regulated. I’ve never felt this level of inner calm, inner peace before.”

I’ve since learned our nervous systems are always regulated. They’re doing what they’re naturally wired to do: keep us safe. However, we have nervous systems operating in a modern world that is very disconnected from the nature they initially evolved in. 

So if you ever feel like you’re broken, something is wrong with you, etc. remember that it’s not you. You’re just living in an anti-nature, capitalistic, racist, cis-heteropatriachy culture.

Now I know that what I felt post ancestral healing journey was the ability to access a particular state in my nervous system that I was rarely tapping into because my nervous system was constantly in survival mode.

I had no idea that my plant medicine ceremony would increase my nervous system’s capacity, clear out the incessant overthinking/overwhelm, and bring about an inner ease. 

To be honest, I wasn’t putting all my hopes in this experience fixing any problems. My hope was that IF it worked, it would heal various physical pains and health concerns I was experiencing (which it did).

I can’t share about my plant medicine ceremony with you without wondering… Have you gone on a plant medicine healing journey? If not, would you? Email me or DM me on social media and let me know!

During my study of the nervous system and connecting the dots to previous experiences, I’ve decided to get back to something that soothes my nervous system: teaching movement classes.

I present to you the Yoga Summer Series!

Join me weekly to gently flow to the chilled out, melodic sounds of neo-soul and R+B music.

• (Tue) Vibe + Flow: Gentle Yoga @ 7pm CST

  • Tuesdays are for folks who enjoy gentle movements with slow transitions in between poses.

• (Wed) “Real Girls Get Down On Da Flo” Yin Yoga @ 7pm

  • Wednesdays are for folks who LOVE practicing yoga asana without having to leave the floor. F*ck those standing poses.

  • Begins June 26th. Enjoy the Juneteenth BBQs

• (Thur) Elevate + Flow @7pm CST

  • Thursdays are for folks who like to revel in the enhanced relaxation of an elevated gentle flow. 

Feel free to drop in on a class or purchase the Yoga Summer Series Pass and get 6 classes for $55.

The Yoga Summer Series Pass offer ends June 21, 2024.

Additionally, stay on the lookout for some pop up virtual STRONG Nation (HITT) classes this summer.

Here’s to moving, breathing, and rewilding our nervous systems so that wherever we are in the world we’re able to cultivate creativity, elevate equity, and embody wellbeing.

Wishing you mindful moments in and with nature.

Be dope. Be well.

💚Woods

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TL;DR

• Woods spent the last 5 months in two new cities she’d never visited before

• She dove deep into the study of befriending our nervous system for wellbeing and because she’s been loving the benefits of cycle syncing, she completed the STRONG Nation (HITT) Instructor Training.

• She connects dots between her plant medicine ceremony in 2021 and how it rewilded her nervous system.

• Teaching yoga soothes her nervous system, so she’s back to teaching virtually with the Yoga Summer Series.

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