Mountain Pose 🌄

September 28th, 2025

Issue 49

Weekly Pause & Reset

Mindfully designed to offer healthy lifestyle-design & wellbeing info, tips, inspiration & insights to jumpstart your week.

Stability & Stillness

Happy Sunday!

I hope this week finds you well and taking good care of yourself.

I’ve been fortunate enough to get out for some hikes this week on nearby mountains, enjoying the beauty that surrounds me during this glorious time of year. The connection to nature, the serenity of being in the woods, and the sense of groundedness when I reach the summit has got me hooked!

There is a pose in yoga called “Mountain Pose” or tadasana (it’s one of my favorites). At the onset, it appears to be a simple pose…standing erect with your arms at your side. With deeper exploration, it is more nuanced and it sets the stage for proper alignment in all other standing poses.

The core quality of Mountain Pose is “stability”. Just like the wide base of a mountain is rooted to the earth, strong and immovable, practicing Mountain Pose can help us connect to the earth beneath us to physically maintain our upright posture and alignment. It can also help us to cultivate inner stability, strength, stillness, intentionality, and grounding.

This week, see if you can develop and nurture some of these qualities within yourself, whether it’s practicing Mountain Pose (see this link for more info on tadasana) or spending time in the mountains.

With 🧡,

Steph

P.S. Join me for Mind-Body Momentum: Moving Towards Change, a yoga-infused workshop on Sunday, October 12th! More details below ⬇️

Weekly Wellness Intention ✨

“I stand in the Mountain’s stability as a reflection of my true being.” Lillian Aboim

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MOVING TOWARDS CHANGE

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Sunday, October 12th, 10-12:00 | $40 | @ CORE Fitness

The registration is a little tricky, check out this link to make it more clear (hopefully!). Reach out with questions!

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