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    Hey there, I'm Taylor! Welcome to my Blog! A little bit about me: I'm a Storyteller ⋫ Explorer ⋫ Yogi ⋫ Artist Health Advocate ⥁ Social Activist ⋫ Go by ☞ Tay, Taytor, Tay Tay, & Bob ⬳ ☻

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    • JOSHUA TREE Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

      January 3, 2020

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      January 3, 2020

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      January 2, 2020

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    • Turning into a mountain girl 😎🏔❄️ #mountainsarecalling #snowshoeing ⁣ 📸 @rob4realz
    • Had such a blast today with my friend @rob4realz !!! I’m such a pro when it comes to mountain life lol #snowbooting #okiecaligirl 😂 Make sure you join us at the @theflilife retreat this April !!! We know how to have fun 💯 Live life to the fullest 💚 https://fli.life/ref/adventure 👈 Link in bio!
    • I never thought I would be one for adventuring in the winter but I truly LOVE it !!! It has been so much fun to see all the parks with snow 😍❄️ Though ice & me don’t do well together lol. I’m already a bit of a klutz when walking on solid ground so when ice came into the picture it didn’t go over well. Yesterday I fell hard twice. First at Canyonlands NP & then at Arches NP. One moment I was a taking a step, the next moment I was lying on back. BAM! Landed on my tailbone both times. This is now the fourth time I’ve hurt my tailbone, poor thing. First time was when I was a kid; in dance practice we were trying a cheerleader stunt where I was thrown into the air but I was not caught, fractured it that time. Second time I was trying to do aerial moves on my home door pull up bar... the pull up bar ended up being dislodged & I ended up landing strait onto my tailbone. I remember laying on the ground for a good ten minutes before being able to reach my phone to get help. Third time I was going too deep in a yoga position I was not yet ready for, that one was pretty bad. Due to the jamming of the bones one of my legs was an inch shorter than the other leg 😬 Took several chiropractor sessions & alignment stretching to get it back to normal. And now this time. Seriously my poor little tailbone. I’ve never injured any other bones except for this one, it needs a break... wrong use of words lol. Right now I can’t tell if I bruised the bone, jammed it, or have a small fracture. I’m okay though! Just in a bit of pain when going from standing to sitting, sitting to standing, leaning forward or back, & when peeing & pooping... other than that I’m great 😂 Not much can be done for injury like this. Needs to heal on its own. Hopefully the bone is just bruised 🤞 I’ll know in a few days. Even though the ice got me twice I feel like I’m getting it back ten fold every time I get a bag of ice & place it under my ass, thinking “who’s laughing now?!” 🍑❄️🔥🤣 Next winter trip I’m going with spikes on my hiking boots... or just carry around a big bag of salt, throwing handfuls in front of me. That might be worth it just to see the expressions on other hikers faces lol #iceicebaby
    • Little explorer 😆 Yes, this hat is a Tay’s Mama made knits. Two days before I headed out for my trip I was looking at the weather & said “fuck it’s COLD where I’m going ... mama can you knit me hat?!?!” 🤣 I have at least ten of her hats back in SoCal but didn’t think to bring one. Being the badass knitter she is she whipped this up in a just a few hours. All the time me pressuring her to go faster “Hurry mama, if I end up with my ears freezing off we will know who to blame”. Her response “Yes, yours since you didn’t bring one of the many hats I’ve already made you & we just couldn’t buy you hat”, still she knitted faster lol. AND look how CUTE it turned out!! My mama is so damn talented !!! Now for my daddy who is reading this post & thinking “what about me?!?!” Well daddy you don’t know how to knit but every time I post a picture of my thermal hiking boots you can think to yourself “Fuck yes, I got her those!! My idea. Mine! Her feet would have frozen off without me. Who’s the man??? I’m the man.” There you go daddy 🤣😘 But in all seriousness I want to give a big shoutout to my parents. Even though I’m close to 30, I know how nerve wracking my solo trips are for there. They will be sleeping a lot better once I’m home ((I’m sure all my family & several of my friends feel the same lol)). I do my best to take all necessary precautions when traveling while still having a great time. But I 100% understand their concerns. Parent & child relationships can be at times more difficult when everyone has reached adulthood. Have to remember even when we’re in our 80s & our parents are in their 100s, they will still see us as that baby they brought into the world. They will see those first steps. That first day of school. The day you got your drivers license. When you went to college or started your first job. They will see it all in a blink of an eye. And it all starts with that moment you came into their world, when their job became being our protectors & wanting to keep us safe because they love us so unconditionally. Well at least the parents we should celebrate are that way 💚 Thankful for you mama & daddy. Neither my ears or my feet are freezing off thanks to you 😉
    • ZION NATIONAL PARK 😄🙌💚 My favorite place !! My plan was to spend one day visiting... I was there for three lol. One of the days was a rest day since the day before I hiked over 10 miles, most I’ve ever done in a single day. The Angels Landing hike is an ass kicker!!! I have taken soooo many photos & I just can’t wait to share them with you all. It’s truly been such an amazing trip. Yesterday I traveled from Zion NP to visit Capital Reef NP, Bryce Canyon NP & Arches NP, where I took some short hikes on all of them. Today I’m heading back to Arches & to Canyonlands NP as well. Hitting all 5 National Parks in the state of Utah !!! I’ve also seen the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument & Dixie National Forest. There is just soooo much to see here in Utah. You would probably need to spend your whole life to see it all. Truly spectacular. AND my health is doing FANTASTIC !!! I was a bit worried about how my body was going to handle the cold since in the past cold temperatures would make my body flare. But there has been no flaring 😄 No bladder pain from my interstitial cystitis, no pelvic pain, none of my chronic pain, & no autoimmune stuff either. I will admit I’m little surprised lol. I bet that day of resting helped a lot; very well could have prevented a flare. I’ve finally learned to take the necessary time to let my body rest without pushing myself. It’s taken me a lot of time, years, to reach this point & to retrain my mind that it’s ok to slow down. Truth be told my family & friends gave me the nudge to rest after hiking 10+ plus miles but in the past I would have told them I was fine & kept pushing myself, now it was without argument “I agree. Tomorrow I’ll spend the day resting”. I came back recharged & in better state of being physically & mentally. This trip has put so much life in me. I have so much to share; not just pictures but stories from the trips & thoughts I had a long the way. As always I want to thank each & every one of you who have been supporting me on my journey. It really does mean a lot to me to have such an incredible community of people all around the world. LOVE YOU TRIBE !!! Xoxo 💚 #adventureisoutthere #liveyourdreams
    • Hello Utah! Hello cozy cabin 😍🥰 ⁣ ⁣ One of the many amazing accommodations at the @theflilife retreat located at @zionponderosa, right outside Zion National Park 🏜 April 23-26th. Hope to see you there!! Ok not hope... I better see you there 🤨😉😘 HUGS TRIBE!! ⁣ ⁣ 👉 More info of the the FLI Life retreat is the link in my bio. DM with any questions 😄💚
    • I'm so incredibly thankful to have reached this point in my life where I feel so healthy & happy. Living my new dream. Never give up 💚⁣ ⁣ With this in mind I recently purchased the book “the sun & her flowers” by Rupi Kaur, a collection of poetry. It's one of the books I'm currently reading while on the road. I love having a book as my companion when traveling. Rupi Kaur’s words touched me deeply. It was as if my own soul was speaking through the pages. ⁣⁣⁣The below passage makes me think of my health journey & how far I've come. ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ The following from the book “the sun & flowers” ⁣⁣⁣ “and then there are days when the simple act of breathing leaves you exhausted. it seems easier to give up on this life. the thought of disappearing brings you peace. for so long was i lost in a place where there was no sun. where there grew no flowers. but every once in a while out of the darkness something i loved would emerge & bring me to life again. witnessing a starry sky. the lightness or laughing with old friends ... living is difficult. it is difficult for everybody. and it is at that moment when living feels like crawling through a pin-sized hole. that we must resist the urge to succumbing to bad memories. refuse to bow before bad months or bad years. cause our eyes are starving to feast on this world. there are so many turquoise bodies of water left for us to dive in. there is family. blood or chosen. the possibility of falling in love. with people & places. hills high as the moon. valleys that roll into new worlds. and road trips. i find it deeply important to accept that we are not the masters of this place. we are her visitors. and like guests let’s enjoy this place like a garden. let us treat it with a gentle hand. so the ones after us can experience it too. let’s find our own sun. grow our own flowers. the universe delivered us with the light & the seeds. we may not hear it at times but the music is always on. it just needs to be turned louder. for as long as there is breath in our lungs—we must keep dancing.” ⁣— @rupikaur_ ⁣ ⁣⁣ 💚 #nevergiveup #empowerment #keepdancing
    • All the cactuses are making me miss my plant babies at home, along with giving me the huge urge to go crazy & spend all my money at the garden center when I get back 🤣😍🌵💚 OBSESSED!! #plantmama #myobsession #cacti
    • 5 days later !! Now that’s something to smile about 😆🙌💚 Kicking melasma & hormonal imbalance ass !!! Thank you to my amazing medical team at @optimalhealthassociates for providing me with the PicoSure laser treatment !!! Love you all so fucking much !!! I honestly don’t know what I would have done on this health journey of mine without you. Thank you for continuing to raise me up. This Phoenix is flying 🔥 Now time to get dressed & ready to explore the south/west side of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument & then Zion National Park 😍🚗🏜 North Rim of the Grand Canyon will have to wait for another time since the road to get there is closed & I don’t feel like hiking 45 miles lol. That’s what my last post was leading to about being alright when plans change, before my mind went to other places lol. Happy weekend everyone, hope your day is amazing !!! xoxo  #melasma #kickass #adventuretime
    • Adventuring is my favorite 😆🏜💚 When it comes to my travels I’m a mix batch when it comes to planning them out. Before a trip I do a lot prepping; checking the weather, making sure I have the proper attire, mapping out the routes, having precautionary items in my car like food, water, blankets, first aid kit, pocket knife with many different functions, my atlas, & then of course my personal safety items I keep on hand such a pepper spray & a nice size knife. At the same time with all my planning I never really set how many days I’m going to be exploring. I rather just play it by ear. I know where I’m going but I never know how long I will end up staying in one location since some places I’m good for a few minutes & others I may end up spending the entire day exploring. I know not everyone has the luxury to do this & has to stay on a schedule. But I highly recommend if you’re given the opportunity to have a trip where you’re not on a time crunch to just pick locations, prep according, & then just go with it without stressing about time. It makes a huge difference in the trip. When we’re so focused on the time & getting to the next place we aren’t really experiencing the place we are at right now. We aren’t truly able to enjoy it or revel in it. It’s the same with taking pictures of the place. We have to set down our phones & cameras as well so we can look with just our eyes. Now I’m all about capturing the places I visit, clearly lol. But I used to spend so much time focusing on getting the “perfect shot”. Now it’s more click click, quick check, looks alright, phone & camera away, now really take in that site. Now if you’re a photographer & taking photos is your passion, fuck what I said lol. I’m more talking to everyone who are how I was when traveling; caring more about how the photos look or trying desperately to capture every single moment instead of truly experiencing it. Took me years to figure this out; well I understood it before I got on social media, forgot, then had to retrain my way of thinking. Lol this post went into a whole other direction then what I had planned, which is rather fitting 🤣 Happy exploring 💚🌵 #liveinthemoment #bepresent
    • I will never not be astounded of this view, no matter how many times I visit.⁣ Takes my breath away every with each & every moment. ⁣ Mama Earth you are the most beautiful. ⁣ Let’s love & protect her. ⁣ #explore #sedona #arizona
    • Back in Arizona with my cacti friends 😍🌵13 hours of driving !!! I’m looking forward to a hot meal & then getting cozy in bed with a book 🥰 #Arizona #cactuslover #desertvibes

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    • Turning into a mountain girl 😎🏔❄️ #mountainsarecalling #snowshoeing ⁣ 📸 @rob4realz
    • Had such a blast today with my friend @rob4realz !!! I’m such a pro when it comes to mountain life lol #snowbooting #okiecaligirl 😂 Make sure you join us at the @theflilife retreat this April !!! We know how to have fun 💯 Live life to the fullest 💚 https://fli.life/ref/adventure 👈 Link in bio!
    • I never thought I would be one for adventuring in the winter but I truly LOVE it !!! It has been so much fun to see all the parks with snow 😍❄️ Though ice & me don’t do well together lol. I’m already a bit of a klutz when walking on solid ground so when ice came into the picture it didn’t go over well. Yesterday I fell hard twice. First at Canyonlands NP & then at Arches NP. One moment I was a taking a step, the next moment I was lying on back. BAM! Landed on my tailbone both times. This is now the fourth time I’ve hurt my tailbone, poor thing. First time was when I was a kid; in dance practice we were trying a cheerleader stunt where I was thrown into the air but I was not caught, fractured it that time. Second time I was trying to do aerial moves on my home door pull up bar... the pull up bar ended up being dislodged & I ended up landing strait onto my tailbone. I remember laying on the ground for a good ten minutes before being able to reach my phone to get help. Third time I was going too deep in a yoga position I was not yet ready for, that one was pretty bad. Due to the jamming of the bones one of my legs was an inch shorter than the other leg 😬 Took several chiropractor sessions & alignment stretching to get it back to normal. And now this time. Seriously my poor little tailbone. I’ve never injured any other bones except for this one, it needs a break... wrong use of words lol. Right now I can’t tell if I bruised the bone, jammed it, or have a small fracture. I’m okay though! Just in a bit of pain when going from standing to sitting, sitting to standing, leaning forward or back, & when peeing & pooping... other than that I’m great 😂 Not much can be done for injury like this. Needs to heal on its own. Hopefully the bone is just bruised 🤞 I’ll know in a few days. Even though the ice got me twice I feel like I’m getting it back ten fold every time I get a bag of ice & place it under my ass, thinking “who’s laughing now?!” 🍑❄️🔥🤣 Next winter trip I’m going with spikes on my hiking boots... or just carry around a big bag of salt, throwing handfuls in front of me. That might be worth it just to see the expressions on other hikers faces lol #iceicebaby
    • Little explorer 😆 Yes, this hat is a Tay’s Mama made knits. Two days before I headed out for my trip I was looking at the weather & said “fuck it’s COLD where I’m going ... mama can you knit me hat?!?!” 🤣 I have at least ten of her hats back in SoCal but didn’t think to bring one. Being the badass knitter she is she whipped this up in a just a few hours. All the time me pressuring her to go faster “Hurry mama, if I end up with my ears freezing off we will know who to blame”. Her response “Yes, yours since you didn’t bring one of the many hats I’ve already made you & we just couldn’t buy you hat”, still she knitted faster lol. AND look how CUTE it turned out!! My mama is so damn talented !!! Now for my daddy who is reading this post & thinking “what about me?!?!” Well daddy you don’t know how to knit but every time I post a picture of my thermal hiking boots you can think to yourself “Fuck yes, I got her those!! My idea. Mine! Her feet would have frozen off without me. Who’s the man??? I’m the man.” There you go daddy 🤣😘 But in all seriousness I want to give a big shoutout to my parents. Even though I’m close to 30, I know how nerve wracking my solo trips are for there. They will be sleeping a lot better once I’m home ((I’m sure all my family & several of my friends feel the same lol)). I do my best to take all necessary precautions when traveling while still having a great time. But I 100% understand their concerns. Parent & child relationships can be at times more difficult when everyone has reached adulthood. Have to remember even when we’re in our 80s & our parents are in their 100s, they will still see us as that baby they brought into the world. They will see those first steps. That first day of school. The day you got your drivers license. When you went to college or started your first job. They will see it all in a blink of an eye. And it all starts with that moment you came into their world, when their job became being our protectors & wanting to keep us safe because they love us so unconditionally. Well at least the parents we should celebrate are that way 💚 Thankful for you mama & daddy. Neither my ears or my feet are freezing off thanks to you 😉
    • ZION NATIONAL PARK 😄🙌💚 My favorite place !! My plan was to spend one day visiting... I was there for three lol. One of the days was a rest day since the day before I hiked over 10 miles, most I’ve ever done in a single day. The Angels Landing hike is an ass kicker!!! I have taken soooo many photos & I just can’t wait to share them with you all. It’s truly been such an amazing trip. Yesterday I traveled from Zion NP to visit Capital Reef NP, Bryce Canyon NP & Arches NP, where I took some short hikes on all of them. Today I’m heading back to Arches & to Canyonlands NP as well. Hitting all 5 National Parks in the state of Utah !!! I’ve also seen the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument & Dixie National Forest. There is just soooo much to see here in Utah. You would probably need to spend your whole life to see it all. Truly spectacular. AND my health is doing FANTASTIC !!! I was a bit worried about how my body was going to handle the cold since in the past cold temperatures would make my body flare. But there has been no flaring 😄 No bladder pain from my interstitial cystitis, no pelvic pain, none of my chronic pain, & no autoimmune stuff either. I will admit I’m little surprised lol. I bet that day of resting helped a lot; very well could have prevented a flare. I’ve finally learned to take the necessary time to let my body rest without pushing myself. It’s taken me a lot of time, years, to reach this point & to retrain my mind that it’s ok to slow down. Truth be told my family & friends gave me the nudge to rest after hiking 10+ plus miles but in the past I would have told them I was fine & kept pushing myself, now it was without argument “I agree. Tomorrow I’ll spend the day resting”. I came back recharged & in better state of being physically & mentally. This trip has put so much life in me. I have so much to share; not just pictures but stories from the trips & thoughts I had a long the way. As always I want to thank each & every one of you who have been supporting me on my journey. It really does mean a lot to me to have such an incredible community of people all around the world. LOVE YOU TRIBE !!! Xoxo 💚 #adventureisoutthere #liveyourdreams
    • Hello Utah! Hello cozy cabin 😍🥰 ⁣ ⁣ One of the many amazing accommodations at the @theflilife retreat located at @zionponderosa, right outside Zion National Park 🏜 April 23-26th. Hope to see you there!! Ok not hope... I better see you there 🤨😉😘 HUGS TRIBE!! ⁣ ⁣ 👉 More info of the the FLI Life retreat is the link in my bio. DM with any questions 😄💚
    • I'm so incredibly thankful to have reached this point in my life where I feel so healthy & happy. Living my new dream. Never give up 💚⁣ ⁣ With this in mind I recently purchased the book “the sun & her flowers” by Rupi Kaur, a collection of poetry. It's one of the books I'm currently reading while on the road. I love having a book as my companion when traveling. Rupi Kaur’s words touched me deeply. It was as if my own soul was speaking through the pages. ⁣⁣⁣The below passage makes me think of my health journey & how far I've come. ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ The following from the book “the sun & flowers” ⁣⁣⁣ “and then there are days when the simple act of breathing leaves you exhausted. it seems easier to give up on this life. the thought of disappearing brings you peace. for so long was i lost in a place where there was no sun. where there grew no flowers. but every once in a while out of the darkness something i loved would emerge & bring me to life again. witnessing a starry sky. the lightness or laughing with old friends ... living is difficult. it is difficult for everybody. and it is at that moment when living feels like crawling through a pin-sized hole. that we must resist the urge to succumbing to bad memories. refuse to bow before bad months or bad years. cause our eyes are starving to feast on this world. there are so many turquoise bodies of water left for us to dive in. there is family. blood or chosen. the possibility of falling in love. with people & places. hills high as the moon. valleys that roll into new worlds. and road trips. i find it deeply important to accept that we are not the masters of this place. we are her visitors. and like guests let’s enjoy this place like a garden. let us treat it with a gentle hand. so the ones after us can experience it too. let’s find our own sun. grow our own flowers. the universe delivered us with the light & the seeds. we may not hear it at times but the music is always on. it just needs to be turned louder. for as long as there is breath in our lungs—we must keep dancing.” ⁣— @rupikaur_ ⁣ ⁣⁣ 💚 #nevergiveup #empowerment #keepdancing
    • All the cactuses are making me miss my plant babies at home, along with giving me the huge urge to go crazy & spend all my money at the garden center when I get back 🤣😍🌵💚 OBSESSED!! #plantmama #myobsession #cacti

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