🌟Everything I learned through leaning into discomfort... 💜I am stronger than I ever consciously realized. It is by leaning into the tough stuff that brings about the greatest healing. Speaking my truth openly to the world, without regard for how I would be seen by others, was liberating for my soul. Each step of my journey was perfectly placed in order to bring me to where I am today. Avoiding the triggers just makes the wounds fester and prolongs the suffering. It's not fu

Do you need more self care time? Are you struggling with stress/anxiety? Does your body send you signals that it needs a little compassionate care and movement? Are you too afraid to go into a gym but really want to learn Yoga from an experienced and knowledgeable teacher? If you answered yes to any of those questions then I provide a service that could support you. I am an internationally certified Yoga Therapist through IAYT and experienced registered Yoga teacher through

Always a work in progress. A regular physical yoga practice, with breathing, intention setting and mindful movement, assists with chilling out the mind if you have a hard time doing it sitting still. Tuesday's are a physical challenge practice. Details below on how to join live or find it anytime through On Demand video library. ☮🌟💜🌟🕉🦋🕉🌟💜🌟☮ Tuesday's at 9:30am EST join me for Virtual Blissful Morning. A 75 minute strong hatha with a dash of vinyasa class, familiari

This week is all about looking at fear and remembering our true nature is love. Yea John Lennon knew what was up. Come love yourself body, breath, mind and spirit. Details below on my Wednesday beginner friendly gentle Livestream class. ☮🌟💜🌟🕉🦋🕉🌟💜🌟☮ Wednesday's at 6:30pm EST join me for Virtual Sleepy Orange Evening.  A 60 minute gentle beginner friendly hatha with a dash of vinyasa class.  Livestream through Zoom. 🌟Pre-registration required 🌟Class details and f

You are a beautiful being of pure light and love. Remember your true nature. It lives just below the surface of your humanness- under your skin suit, behing the noisy mind- you are Sat-Chit-Ananda or Truth- Consciousness-Bliss. Yoga philosophy teaches that Brahman (Source/Absolute Reality) lives within each and every one of us as Atman (Spirit/Soul) and that it's true nature is Sat-Chit-Ananda. All yoga practices are designed to help you see through the veils of the materia

Ego says- I need to be more than what I am. Spirit says- I am enough as is. Ego says- Success is measured by notoriety, money, power. Spirit says- Success is measured by your ability to spread loving kindness in whatever way shows up to be of service, there is no price tag. Ego says- I must avoid discomfort at all costs. Spirit says- I must learn to sit with discomfort and know that nothing in the physical world will last forever. Ego says- I am lesser than because I don't ha

Yoga Sutra 2:6 tells us that "Egoism is the identification, as it were, of the powers of the Seer (Spirit) with that of the instrument of seeing (body-mind)." Egoism is classically seen as being self absorbed/obsessed with looking/being a certain way basing worth or lack there of on attainment or loss of things/status. The ego judges self/others as superior or inferior based on physical attributes. Egos can be inflated or deflated- I'm the best, or I'm the worst. The ego blo

According to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali there are 5 Hindrances of the Mind which cloud our understanding of who we really are. This week in classes I am talking about the 2nd Klesha or Hindrance which is Asmita or Egoism. The Ego is the mask we present to the world. When the Ego is in charge our mind is judgmental, our thinking is rigid and our beliefs lead us to think that there is only one right way. Ego stands in front of the Spirit Self and hides the reality of our expa

This week's philosophy theme will be the 2nd Klesha or "Hindrance of the Mind" written about in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, which is Asmita or Egoism. Each human being has an ego or a sense of "I-ness." The problem with identifying with only the "I-ness" is that it leads to a sense of separation. The Ego fails to identify with the true Self/Spirit and dwells in individual differences which leads to internal suffering guided by judgments and drives a wedge between beings. Wh

If I asked you "Who are you?" What would you say? The average human begins to list things such as jobs, relationship status, belief systems, age and other types of external ever changing variables. When we find ourselves identifying with these things we feel unstable in general because those variables are in constant flux. Who are you if you lose that job, that car, that relationship, that body to injury/illness? Who are you when the physical world falls apart? If you cho

The quote pictured was written in a letter to Ram Dass by the Tibetin Lama as he was dying. I found this quote in a talk by Ram Dass on Podcast “Ram Dass Here and Now” episode 25- “Reflections on Suffering.” Each of us human beings has events in our lives that shatter the foundation of who we thought we were and face us with a new reality of who we really are. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, an ancient yogic text, talks about the "hindrances of the mind" which lead to suffering

This week is the beginning of the 5 week dive into the Hindrances of the Mind or the Kleshas. In an ancient text, The Yoga Sutras,  the sage Patanjali speaks about the things within each human mind that get in the way of knowing the true nature of the Self- the Highest Self- the part within each human that is a spark of Divinity itself.  This week classes will focus on what the Kleshas are and the first one, which the 4 others fall under the umbrella of: Avidya or Ignorance. 

I highly recommend you take a listen friends. Meditation by Burgs for you: "It's Time to Remember." Enjoy. https://linktr.ee/blissfulbutterflyyoga ☮🌟💜🌟🕉🦋🕉🌟💜🌟💜 #blissfulbutterfly #blissfulbutterflyyoga #yoga #burgs #meditation #itstimetoremember #gratitude #appriciatelife #mindfulness #breathe #listen #thetimetotransformisnow

Moment of bliss brought to you by Blissful Butterfly celebrating how much hard work I've put in to heal from childhood trauma that led to young adult emotional trauma. It's pretty messy work facing the shadow parts of the self, but worth the dive into the murky waters. Yoga helped me feel safe while exploring the darkness within, the fear of sitting still and listening was eased by learning how to regulate my nervous system and gain insight into unconscious habitual response

Pictured here "Be Here Now" by Ram Dass. I listen to him often and in the current lecture I am listening to he speaks this Ram Tirtha quote. I then look it up and voila- a butterfly. The choice of Blissful Butterfly Yoga for my business name was very purposeful in connection with the Yoga journey. Butterflies represent metamorphosis and transformation. This is what Yoga does- it transforms anyone who practices it. These changes start small- less stiff body, stronger core (c

My morning adventure was waking up at 3am to drive to see the sunrise. It felt fucking phenomenal to do this for myself. As I stood, danced, sang, breathed, and moved my body- I mindfully spoke to God/Goddess/Universal Oneness, voiced my gratitude and asked to be an open vessel of light and love for Source to work through in support of humanity and Earth. When I was very young I loved God, then in my Roman Catholic gradeschool and Eastern Orthodox High School years- religion

This week classes are all themed around the Crown Chakra 👑. I will be reading excerpts from "Eastern Body Western Mind" by Anodea Judith throughout classes.  This is the good stuff. She puts it together and explains it so beautifully that I'm inspired to share the wisdom with my students directly from the source. If you are an experienced yogi I invite you to all classes I offer. Adonis Blue Evening and Blissful Morning classes are specifically geared towards intermediate le

This week will be all about the 7th chakra,  located at the crown of the head, named Sahasrara or "thousand petal lotus." This energy center rules our human rite to know and to learn. When our crown is balanced we are guided by inner wisdom, see all occurrences in our lives as opportunities to learn/grow/evolve and we know we are connected to all that is- including the Divine Source of all creation.  This chakra is a doorway to straight Divine Light and Love flowing into and

Quote says it all. Yoga supports all of those things. Let's practice together, details below. Quote: @sylvestermcnutt ☮🌟💜🌟🕉🦋🕉🌟💜🌟☮ Friday's at 8am join me for Virtual Monarch Morning. A 60 minute all levels moderate hatha with a dash of vinyasa practice. 🌟Livestream through Zoom. 🌟Pre-registration required 🌟Class details and full schedule found at www.blissfulbutterflyyoga.com 🌟"Livestream Classes" Tab 🌟link in bio on IG 🦋💖🌟 No worries if you can't make class

I followed my intuition and it led me here...not one mistep along the way. All the falls, all the breaking, crumbling, burning away of those things that did not serve my highest good....Led me to the picking up, dusting off, rebuilding, reimagining of how expansive my heart could become and how blessed my life could be. 6 years ago I moved to NJ. 4 years ago I had a mental breakdown and considered ending my life. In that same year I left a fiance, lost a house, lost step