Vision board

"Where there is no vision, there is no hope." George Washington Carver.

Take a look at my most recent vision board. I put this one together in less than 30 minutes after spending many hours in silence, meditation, and yoga. One of the reasons to do a vision board is to create a road map to what you want/desire. Sometimes there are just aren't words to describe what you want, that deep down want. Thats why there are images and visions. If someone would have asked me what I wanted, I wouldn't have known that doing box jumps was something I wanted. I had no idea. In fact, when the vision board was complete I looked at it and my first words where, "are you fucking kidding me? I hate box jumps."

Truth be told, I was absolutely terrified of them. In any circuit training I would stay clear of them. I was afraid of falling, landing on my face, smashing my teeth out, humiliating myself completely. I had this idea that my feet would stay cemented while I threw my hands up. I didn't believe or have hope in myself so therefore I had never ever done one. Its not possible with that type of belief system. So why on earth did it end up on my vision board? How or why did my deep down soul cry out to do these?

My only guess - is my soul wanted me to have HOPE - in myself and COURAGE to do so. One week after doing this vision board, my morning schedule opened up. Something that rarely ever happens. That particular hour I wanted to work my body, I expected to box, but the trainer instead set up a circuit - can you guess - box jumps were included in the circuit. I kinda laugh at the humor of God. This time, I had hope, courage and burning desire. See the difference? Fear had no place in me. Before I did my first jump, I closed my eyes, felt myself being light, took a breath (because breath makes you light) and took the leap of my life (I'm not being dramatic, thats what it felt like)

IT FELT LIKE I WAS FLYING!!

And I landed - light, overcome with joy, and my soul danced. Then I did it again and again. Smiling like I never had before.  Then the trainer said, "Becky you're clearing that by like 8 inches, grab a medicine ball." I could feel fear wanting to creep up, it wanted to have me fall, smash my face in. Take a look at the photo, in the background. You'll see this, "Strengthen the Mind and the Body Will Follow."

Remembering my vision and my hope, my mind and my heart spoke to do it again. I threw my hands up with the ball and flew again, with jubilee. Its that place where fear is casted out. I owed it to myself to give it all I had. I owed it to the others in the studio to give it everything I had. Turns out the soul knows what it wants. I wanted to see what I've been made of - no, its more than that, it wanted me to cast out all fears - the fear of humiliation, failure, physical pain - even the thought of these things. And it wanted me to KNOW I could do it, so I could remember, if I can do THAT - I can do anything. When the SOUL speaks, it knows. Silence is the dwelling place of the soul, its where we go to listen.

If you ever wanted to make a vision board, please join me this Friday at Peak Performance Float, Inc. this Friday for the Desire Through Silence Retreat - be in silence and watch your desires come to the surface. Will you give your soul the opportunity to give you hope and the road map to what you really want?

Sold out!

SOLD OUT!!

This Friday’s “Desire Through Silence” retreat is sold out. The next one is November 15, 5-10:30pm. 

For one year I have collaborated with Peak Performance Float selling out each monthly retreat. That tells me the awesome people in Walnut Creek are taking their self-care and desires with nobility and devotion. I am honored to serve this community and partner with Peak Performance Float these retreats are at a phenomenal price and full of unique modalities - floating, yoga, live music, vegan meal, vision boards. 

This experience has all been carefully crafted for YOU to be at your best and bring your desires to the visible surface. 

More info from me or Peak Performance Float  Justin wright photography

To be seen

If there is one thing I know it’s this. All humans want to be seen and heard.

Really seen. Truly heard. Witnessed.

This picture is about me being seen for a side of me that is rarely seen. And a side I rarely allow to be seen.

To be seen, I need to allow myself to be seen.

It’s a courageous and radical act of vulnerable love. “Here I am, I am here” and allow yourself to see you. To face yourself and be seen and witnessed by yourself.

This photo is about me showing myself to boldly see me. I see light, freedom, surrender, an open heart, I see a mystical creature.

Oh my, that is me. I had no idea.

And with this new eyesight to truly see myself I can intergrade these parts of me I keep hidden or ashamed and instead opportunity to become whole. Because I am light. I am free. I am an open heart. I am surrendering. I am a mystical creature.

This moment in time captured to help me remember and see.

Release. Heal. Create.

Sept 21 from 3-5 pm you can step into mystic and choose to be seen with new eyesight at the launch of Mystical Journey: a Yoga + Underwater Photography Experience.

Step into the mystic with me and Ashely Petersen bay area’s premier under water photographer to see yourself. Prepare your body to heal with yoga. Release in the water and create your unique piece of art - YOU.

Ashley Petersen Photography 📷

Master your morning, day 10

Day 10!!! We made it to day 10 on the 10 day Master Your Morning challenge

Day 10~~~the trifecta of self care.

You’re gonna love this one.

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Master your mornings, day 9

Day 9

10 day challenge.

Master your morning with

SILENCE.

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Master your mornings, day 8

Day 8 Master Your Morning Challenge

Set an intention

Today mine is Grace.

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Master your mornings, day 7

Day 7.

10 days to master your morning challenge.

Day 7. Personal growth

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True self-care

Master your mornings, day 6

Day 6 Master Your Morning Challenge

Yoga?!

“I don’t have time...”

“I’m not good at it...” 

I call BS

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Master your mornings, day 5

Day 5 (10 day challenge)

The most profound thing we can do

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Master your mornings, day 4

I have a confession to make.... Day 4 Master your morning challenge

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Master your morning, day 3

Master your morning.

10 Day challenge

Day 3

Body care. Lymphatic wake up!

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Master your mornings, day 2

10 Day Challenge. Master Your Mornings

Day 2

Hydration

And bonus electrolytes

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Master your mornings

Master your mornings challenge day one.

Release anxiety.

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Going all the way

For me the lesson isn’t about the early celebration.... it’s about going all the way through the finish line with everything you have no matter where you are.

Master your morning

Master Your Morning

-Release anxiety

-Personal growth

-Meditation

-Body movement

-Self care

-Grounding.

-Hydration

-Metabolism balanced

-Adrenals reset

-Ritual

-Intention setting

-Awaken lymphatic system

-Cultivate love for Yourself.

-Accountability

-Do you want that?

Master you morning with me. Claim your day. Create the life you want.

The challenge begins Monday.

Meet me here in the mornings for 10 consecutive days.

First thing in the morning

What do you do first thing in the morning?

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Lost

Words are powerful

Let’s look at the word “LOST”

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Failure and regret

"Do not fear failure but be terrified of regret"

Humans

Humans are cool.

Whats is something super human awesome about you? I dare you to list 3 things.

Event at Unity, Walnut Creek

Aumkua is presenting this amazing beautiful event and I am the guest speaker.

August 9

drumming at 6:00

inspiration at 7:00

Bring a vegan dish to share if you like 💜💕

Warrior ON

An evening of storytelling and fierce body movement.

You are invited.

Warrior ON

Becky

Let's talk

Let’s talk about boobs

Beauty industry

And radical self love.

Watch the video here

Love your body

Love your body with me!!

Tonight at Village 7:45 (location change.... will be at Drayton Ct tonight)

Wednesday morning 7:00 am Peak Performance Float, Inc.

Saturday morning 9am at Village.

Flow, laugh, move, play, love.

📸 Justwrightphotography

My passion

Dear Family,

Yup, that is how I see you, as family. You're definitely my tribe, my kind of people. I love you, each and every one of you. And not just you, your family, your friends, your scars, your victories, your individuality, your gifts, your tears, all of you. Thank you for being YOU. You. Are. Just. Right.

I'm not here to give you my resume, BUT, did you know that my passion and training is in Kids Yoga? I have been teaching kids yoga and meditation for 3 years now. It started when I began our homeschooling journey. I needed a class to teach at our co-op so I went into the little 3/4 year old classroom. Initially I was to teach art, but then one of my first sessions I turned my back for maybe 1.5 seconds and the little ninjas dumped glue all over the tables and smeared it all over themselves and the tables. Maybe they thought I was all about self expression, but in that moment I said to myself, "I am not cut out for this." Took a deep....DEEP breath and began cleaning up the glue.

The next week I refused to take out any of the art supplies and the kids and I sat in a circle. I asked them to sit in stillness and silence for a minute gazing at a candle. I asked them to notice their breath. And they did it, no, WE did it.

It was there, sitting in circle with those amazing kids that gave me a passion and an awakening I didn't know I had. They became my teachers that day since. My heart told me this was my work.

So here I am with my passion and deep desire leading me to teach kids yoga and step more and more into that and express and offer my gifts here. I hired an amazing photographer (Justin Garrett - JustWrightPhotography) to capture some highlights of my kids yoga class. This is me playing a big bigger, stepping into the role I am meant to play, offering more kids and family classes. If not me than who? If not now, then when?

With that being said, I will be offering more classes at Village, launching online kids yoga classes. This is me, playing big and stepping more and more into my passion, daring greatly to serve. I never knew I wanted to grow up and be a yoga teacher, but if you can zoom in and see the smile on my face you can see this is where I want to be.

This Saturday I invite you to bring your family, all ages as I will be teaching a "kids class" What you can expect is a bit more play, a bit more laughter, a bit more props, a bit more story, a bit more sharing. And now that I've put it that way, it seems that we could ALL benefit from "kids yoga"

I also ask a favor of you, please invite your family and friends to Village. Please invite them to know me and the other instructors more. It takes a Village - I cannot be of service without people to serve. So, I need your help - help Village be full, busting out the doors full. I am asking for help, help me grow, help me be of service. By choosing Village you are helping me pour into my family and our travels and education. This is where your generosity goes. Come here to receive then pour your generosity and then be open to receive then let it flow.

I will see you Saturday and I do hope you'll bring your kids. This is family.

Love and gratitude,

Becky

*Tuesday, July 30, Village under the Stars will be at 309 Drayton Ct. Will resume at Katie's the following week*

Being yourself

The stone wall

I took pride in how hard the stone wall around my heart was. I thought that was made me so strong. Every stone righteously placed there to protect my aching heart.

Victory, I was numb.

But it wasn’t a life worth living.

Each time on the mat I allow the stones to fall and crumble and my heart to open. Sometimes a flood opens and sometimes a tiny crack.

True victory as my heart is open, it feels, it’s vulnerable and brave, courageous . My heart is alive and now I practice the surrender and releasing those stones.

These moments captured Justin Wright taken at the backyard community yoga space called It Takes a Village in Walnut Creek. A place to practice releasing those stones and opening the heart. In gratitude.

Heart artwork by Alex Vincent

📸 Justin wright photography

Your laundry

Warrior tip... make your laundry as enticing as possible. I’ve heard it said to work as though you’re working for the glory of God. I think in this moment, of the pile of laundry, I kinda understood just that. Everything can be yoga, everything can be breath, everything can be worthy of praise. This is how to warrior, when the struggle, pains and complains come, warrior on with an attitude of gratitude. Even your laundry is beautiful. 

Warrior

Misunderstood

That's the sash I wear....Miss Understood.

Teenagers

Teenagers. I love them.

I started this talk by honoring the rebellion, the revolution and the energy in the room. I looked at each of these fine young ones today and felt the world was in good hands. And wow, remembering I was once 17 too.

I had the honor of speaking about fear and our calling at American High School in Fremont, CA being their guest speaker for their Mental Health Awareness week. I talked about their I AM statement. Becoming their greatest project. And being a warrior.

For me, I was living in my dreams. Speaking and sharing my story and impacting lives but ya know, they made a pretty big hand print on my heart too.

I am an amazing mom

Happy Mother's Day. Thank you. I am an amazing mom.

That's the mantra I want for you. When someone celebrates YOU today, RECEIVE it well and fully with your "Thank you". Then PROCLAIM it with your "I AM" (I am a joyous mom, I am a worthy mom, I am a fun mom, I am a powerful mom, I am grateful mom, you get to fill in the blank for you)

As for me I am choosing amazing. I had my first child almost 11 years ago and up until the last 2 years, I've been pregnant and/or breastfeeding. These 11 years have been some of the darkest but most beautiful in my life. But one thing that I'm not sure that I ever truly did in that time was CELEBRATE the mother that I am and my becoming. Which why, thank God, we have Mother's Day. It gives us the practice to really celebrate what we are. So take it, receive it and get into the habit of celebrating your motherhood (and if you're not a mom, celebrate YOU!)

It probably goes without saying, but a reminder about mothering. You have the energy of the sun inside your body. You grew a human inside you. You birthed that beautiful creation. It didn't stop there, oh no, then you fed and nurtured that creation from your own body. You had it in YOU the entire time. You cherished your creation, you blessed it, your protected it. YOU BECAME MOTHER. And YES!! isn't it time we CELEBRATE all of that - ALL of YOU sweet mothers

I'm saying this for myself friends. I have been a mother for almost 11 years. I could have been told 900 times, "you're a good mom" etc, but I never heard it. Why - because I never received it - because I am not sure I fully believed it. I wasn't celebrated nor allowed myself to be fully celebrated. The world shames us as mothers. Demands that we cover up. Demands with birth a certain quiet and medicated way. Demands we cover up shamefully when we feed our babies. The worlds denies us of our rightful celebration. Is it any wonder we suffer so much as mothers, with high c-section rates, low breast feeding, post natal depression. We become shells of ourselves and in complete survival mode - becoming a machine called mom, not celebrated, not worthy and we have become what the world demanded us to be. Quiet, small, uncelebrated.

Here at It Takes a Village we celebrate and we practice receiving. Come just as you are this weekend and lets celebrate - our moms, your mom, my mom, yourself. Lets choose to to receive and believe. Lets choose celebration. With our breath, our body, our movement and our beliefs.This weekend dedicate your practice to your own amazing self. You are amazing. Just. As. You. Are.

How will you celebrate YOU this weekend? How will you receive your celebration.

This is one of my favorite pictures of me being a mom. Its everything - the huge smile on Rocco's face. The weird face I'm making. It cracks my heart wide open every time I see it. I give thanks to these three stars that made me a mother - my greatest becoming. I am celebrating this year, this day and this moment - the dark, the dirty, the light, the lovely and all the in between. I am an amazing mom.

Thank you - my MOM Nancy Hammel! I know I am today because of YOU!

See you tomorrow 9am on the mat with Jessica. Lets celebrate YOU.

Love,

Becky

P.S. Hey mom's I dare you to post your favorite pictures of you being an amazing mom. I want to celebrate YOU

Stay cool!

Dear Warriors,

How are you all enjoying this sunshine? It seems sudden and warm and welcomed. As soon as it gets hot I often find my self asking "was there ever a winter?" The seasons move quickly.

I have something to confess. It is my experience that just as the heat comes in, so does my heat. I find my fuse that much shorter, my patience that much less, my cool consumed by heat. Also, just when I want to lose it, is when the thing/person around me (including me) needs the most encouragement, medicine, or remedy.

And isn't that handy for me?

It's like having a very sensitive sensor that tells me when to slow down, cool down, observe and think about what kind of encouragement, medicine or remedy is best in this situation. Loud, shouty, encouragement is seldom what's required. Which is too bad, since that's precisely what I'd like to do. I mean, I excel in loud, shouty encouragement, Its a gift.

I'm truly not kidding when I say my fuse is short, but I'm trying to see it as a gift, this sensor that tells me its time to check in and see what is required of me to encourage, cool, remedy the situation. This has been a life long quest. At first I didn't see it as a gift, but a problem. Why am I yelling? Why am I getting so mad over the smallest thing? Why am I in a fury? Why do all these little things annoy me? So, I took it that something was wrong with me.

Now, I look it as a gift and a fire that I get to control. Like I said, isn't that handy for me? To have a sensor that tells me to find some medicine.

And a side note, as the weather does get hotter, so does my sensitive fuse.

So, here are a few tips that I want to pass on to you to stay cool, in your body, and perhaps tend to you fire before it consumes you.

1. Drink water. Drinking water can sound really hard so here is how I hydrate. I put sea salt in my water and it helps me stay hydrated. Its electrolyte water. I drink a large glass the very first thing in the morning. I prepare my water the night before so all I have to do is down it. The last thing at night is drink a large glass of salt water. I also set an alarm in the day to do the same thing.

2. Incorporate cooling foods. During the day I try to eat something cooling - like cucumber, cilantro, mint (also good in water), yogurt, aloe vera and green veggies.

3. Meditation, Yoga and Breath - Silence and stillness calms the fire and resets that heat gauge - I can tolerate and accept so much more when I have been still and silence at least 30 minutes in the day. I'm centered and my fire under control. Meditation is a survival skill and NO ONE deserves to a hot fire thrown on them. Yoga and Breath - We can move a lot of energy through yoga, be it stagnation or heat. Movement is key. Our breath can heat AND cool us - we have our own air conditioning and heating unit - our breath. With yoga we combine breath to movement and movement to breath. This is how we reset our system, including our gauge of tolerance and how we want to meet the world.

I recently read something that went along the lines of this. Imagine you have your cup of tea/coffee and someone bumps you and it spills all over them. What you poured into your cup will pour all over someone else, they just happened to bump you and they got what you put in your cup, in this case coffee.

But now imagine this, what if you loaded your cup with intolerance, anger, frustration and someone bumped you, that is what would spill all over them. And guess what, when that is spilled on us, we tend to react and spill it straight back on who dumped it on us, or the next victim.

And lastly, imagine that you decided to pour into your cup cooling fresh water, cooling foods, cooling breath, calm silence. Chances are when you're bumped, your love, peace, patience, kindness, compassion will pour into someone else. That person that bumped you will receive your grace.

So for me, in this season of HOT, its important that I pour into my cup some cool. I can personally confess I have spilled hot over way too many people, especially as they accidentally. bumped me. For that, I'm sorry, but Im learning. I've got to use my fuse as a sensor and a gift and taking good care of that sensitive gift.

Village is here for you for you breath and movement and community. Its a tool for your tool box for your best self. Use it. This Saturday MuscleKups has generously given us some protein coffee. We might muscle up so we can hit those chutarungas. Kendra is teaching.

The next Desire Through Silence retreat is May 3. Space is limited and is filling up. This is some of my precious work that I would love to offer you. We use silence as the medium to take us to our desires and bring them to the visible surface. The evening of the retreat you will receive yoga with live piano music, meditation, 90 minute float, vegan meal and guided vision boards. Included in the retreat are 2 additional floats the week of the retreat a 1:1 session with me. I hope to see you there. A wonderful way to stay at your peak, practice silence and remember what you want.

See you tomorrow morning,

Love,

Becky

Alcohol

I feel that this just scratched the surface on the benefits of releasing alcohol from our lives. I have been alcohol free for 4 years and feel amazing. No substance comes close to the feeling of having a clean temple.

I openly share my story of alcohol and redemption and health. I’m here to support you or answer any questions if releasing alcohol is calling you.

What happens to your body when you stop drinking alcohol

A happy picture

My daughter found this picture of me from last summer and said “this is my favorite picture of you mom.”

“Oh? Why is that?”
“Because you look so happy. I love it”.

Oh to see ourselves through the eyes of a child, especially our own. And I am happy. I’m not trying. Not posing. Just caught in a moment of joy.

Thank you for seeing me dear daughter especially the times I can’t see myself. Thanks for your perspective and the reminder of truth.

This is who I am, a warrior with a smile. May my smile be the most contagious and may I wear it boldly may you smile ever so bodly. May your smile be the most contagious. In this crazy chaotic life, pass on a smile. A smile truly changes the world.

Thank you dearest daughter for the reminder. May we smile. This is my most beautiful. This is how I warrior. 📷 Stavro Media at Star Method Boxing, Walnut Creek.

Truth

“I used to try to be good. I thought no one wanted me as I was, so good was my go-to. But good got me nowhere. Not like truth. Truth tore me to shreds, she devoured me whole and spit me out shaking and new. Truth keeps a box of matches in my pocket. While Good, kept me afraid of transformative fires. Truth keeps me real, even if it makes everyone in the room uncomfortable. Truth, unlike good, doesn’t let me bow down to bullshit or undeserving soapboxes. Truth doesn’t let me give in to bullies, misguided or fear-based criticism and cowards. Truth is a queen and a humanitarian, while Good, she’s a silent scared little sheep. Truth knows that Good dulls my already radiant fierce and loving soul. Good showed me how to hide my wings, my words my angel vision. Truth taught me to be brave. Truth taught me to respect myself. Truth allows me to hold impenetrable space for any story, but first in for most, for my own. And Truth, well she changes everything, and my friend, she’s coming for you, too.” Tanya Markul.

Warrior Training

Warrior Training. Hydration. Grey sea salts from Dhyana Center for electrolytes and magnesium and other minerals. Grey salt is sustainable unlike pink Himalayan salt. I add salt to my water in a glass jar. Don’t use metal or it turns it to table salt. Add some chia seeds to flood the cells with even more hydration. We can drink just water and it can go straight through us. This type of water is to plump the cells full of nourishing hydration so I operate at my best. This is how I fight, as a warrior.

Yoga

Yoga means to yolk or to bind. To unite our mind, body, soul and spirit as one. We move with our breath and we breathe into our stillness.

I practice yoga so I can try to meet the world like this....one hand to the Heavens open and in gratitude, one hand to the core to stay grounded offering myself as the conduit between Heaven and Earth to be used, “May I Serve.” Is my prayer.

Yoga is my prayer in motion.

Yoga + golf

Do golf and yoga have anything to do with each other?? First of all golf clubs make great props. Look at the extension I’m getting.

Yoga helps me breathe. I hold my breath a lot when I play golf. I can’t play golf without that life force. I practice my yoga breath in my pre shot routine, for focus, visualization and relaxation.

Yoga helps me reset. So you bet I do chutarunga between shots to rinse out and prepare for the next shot.

Downward dog sends blood to my brain and a new perspective. Seeing new shots and different ways to play is all about new perspective.

I go down into malasana squat in my set up to ground my legs and power through my shot.

Yoga has taught me that I can be what I want and move how I want and flow. When I played competitive golf I was so caught up in my performance and therefore ridden with anxiety and fear of failure.

Yoga has taught me to breath, move, flow and just be on the golf course. Plus, when I incorporate yoga into my range time I work up a sweat and hit maybe 45 balls with precision, dedication and devotion rather than plowing through a bucket of balls.

Yoga changed the way I play golf. And if I can breathe and have fun on the golf course, learn new perspective, let go and keep going, visualize, trust then I can do that anywhere. I took my yoga practice to the tee box today.

What does yoga have to do with anything?? Breath, movement and prayer. And perhaps that is just everything.