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    Hey there, I'm Taylor! Welcome to my Blog where I share my 💭 🌎 with you! I'm a 💚 Yogi 🎨 Artist 🌻 Wildflower Soul who is Saying Fuck 🖕 to Chronic Pain ... Oh and my Dad calls me “Bob” incase you were wondering lol 😆

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    • YOGA EVERYWHERE 😆✌️💚

      July 10, 2019

    • YOGA IS MUCH MORE THAN THE POSES

      July 9, 2019

    • YOGA IS FOREVER MY TEACHER

      July 8, 2019

    • STANDING SPLITS AT THE SNOW PACKED TRAILS AT CRYSTAL LAKE

      July 7, 2019

    • FIERCE & STRONG AF

      July 5, 2019

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    • Well since it’s been over a week I feel assured it’s no glitch lol ... 100K+ FOLLOWERS !!! HOLY SHIT FUCK !!! 🙊🤯🤣 LoL really I’m still a bit shocked !!! The first day I saw I reached 100K I called my mama for her to check my page to see if she was seeing the same number 😆 All I can say is I’m truly blown away !! I never thought my account was going to grow like this when I started it. It’s rather crazy. I remember back when I hit 1K friends on FB I went into a panic where I deleted my account & started a new one. I didn’t get on Instagram until 2016 when all my acting teachers told me I needed to make an account for its the new way of getting noticed & is a sort of visual resume. When I stopped acting to focus on my health I very much thought of getting rid of it because I didn’t see the point of having one but my smart mama told me to keep on it as a personal blog. I was very cautious about opening up about my health & battling with various conditions including Interstitial Cystitis (IC) - chronic painful bladder syndrome. I was diagnosed with IC back in 2013 & really didn’t want anyone to know for I was afraid to be seen differently, to be judged or defined by this condition. It wasn’t until 2017 that I felt confident enough to begin speaking about my health & sharing my journey. I’m very proud now to be a health advocate & bringing awareness to invisible illnesses. My page has always been my vision board. How I want to see myself & what I’m fighting for on a daily basis with my health. It’s easy to forget who you are & what you love when you are in pain or sick. I never wanted to lose sight of the true me that is happy, silly, spontaneous, outgoing, wild, confident, & free spirited. With my Instagram vision board I never lost site & I also developed a community of incredible human beings who have supported me along my journey - giving me strength & comfort when I needed it the most. I’m learning to mange my health conditions better. I’m able to LIVE. So many more adventures are coming up on this journey of mine ... I’m thankful you all are with me for the ride 🌻💚👣✌️🌞 #100k #thankyouforfollowingme #love
    • First you see my splits but if look closely to the right side of the photo next to my head you will see this badass guy caught on the rings 😲 Do you see him?!? How incredible is that?!?! Swipe left for a closer look!! I’m so in aw lol 💪🔥🌞💚⁣ ⁣⁣ #strongnflexiblehamstrings ⁣⁣ PC: @linayogifreeman ↠ my edits⁣
    • Playtime with the yogis & gymnasts on AcroYoga Jam Sunday at “The Green” in Santa Monica 🌞💚 Thank you @linayogifreeman for taking me to the fun last weekend !! If you’re in LA I recommend you check it out !! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I won’t be there this Sunday since I’m still feeling a bit under the weather 🤧 but my ears are starting to drain ((thank goodness!!)) I’m still pretty dizzy from my ears aching & I could be mistaken for a eucalyptus pajama monster right now but hopeful tomorrow will be a much better day 🤞it’s rather incredible how off balanced & sick you can get when there is something going on with your ears. My dad has always had problems with his ears too. He has to put cotton balls in every time he takes a bath or shower or he ends up getting swimmer’s ear. I’m not that bad but it got me thinking that since this runs in the family I should see an ear specialist just to be on the safe side. Hoping the ear specialist my dad goes to is covered on my insurance ((not often my dad recommends a doctor - so this one must be good)). 💚👂🏻👀⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #strongnflexiblehamstrings - to the beauties who are participating in this challenge you haven’t gotten your pose order wrong! I’m not doing bow or shiva since my body is not ready try those poses or variation of poses this soon after my hydrodistention surgery. Always listen to your body 💚⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ PC: @linayogifreeman ↠ my edits⁣
    • I wish I could say I’m feeling better & look how I do in this picture but instead I’m curled up in bed wrapped in my blankets smelling of eucalyptus 🤧 I’m still working on drying out my ears from Swimmer’s ear but I may have an infection 😖 Rest & sleep is what I’ve got planned for today. Hopefully I’ll be feeling better soon 💚 Any documentary suggestions??? PS this took me about 30 minutes to write due to the spelling errors & me trying to form sentences ... Tay out lol 😅😴⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #strongnflexiblehamstrings ⁣⁣- compass pose PC: @linayogifreeman ↠ my edits⁣
    • I needed to bring sunglasses for this shoot 🌞😎🤣 EVERY SUMMER two things always happen to me: 1. I am stung by a bee or wasp. This has happened every spring/summer since the age of 5 years old when a huge bumble bee at the OKC Zoo stung me on the arm in the butterfly garden. I’ve already had my annual bee sting at the beginning of summer. I’m not allergic where I need an epipen. For me I get very dizzy, nauseous, my whole body becomes inflamed, fatigue hits me, & I’ve been known to pass out (why I carry Benadryl wherever I go). Either I smell like a flower or bees mistake my hair as a honey comb - not sure which 🤣 Anyway I was stung earlier which left the second thing that always happen. Swimmer’s ear: an infection of the outer ear canal that runs from the eardrum to the outside of the head. It's often caused by water remaining in the ear after swimming. This creates a moist environment that helps bacteria or fungi grow. I’ve always had problems with my ears ever since I was a baby. I kept getting multiple ear infections & had to get ear tubes when I was little. Ear tubes are tiny, hollow cylinders, usually made of plastic or metal, that are surgically inserted into the eardrum. An ear tube creates an airway that ventilates the middle ear and prevents the accumulation of fluids behind the eardrum. The ear tubes eventually fall out on their own so they have long been out of my ears. But I’m very prone to ear infections & Swimmer’s ear. Each summer I have to treat my ears with ear drying aids for my ear canals do lock in fluids. I had my first swim of the summer two day’s ago & my ears are raging at me. Hopefully the ear aid solution I have will bring the inflammation down where I won’t need to go to a clinic & get antibiotics 😖 Maybe this will be the year I find some swimmer’s earplugs I like & fit in my ears ... on the hunt! Hoping tomorrow I will wake up feeling better 🤞💚 #givemealltheeucalyptus ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ #strongnflexiblehamstrings ⁣⁣⁣⁣ PC: @linayogifreeman ↠ my edits⁣
    • Back to the beach !! 🌞 AND first time following my most recent hydrodistention surgery to be able to do a forward fold without feeling discomfort in my pelvic floor !! Makes me so happy to see how well I’m recovering - 1 month post surgery 😄💚 ⁣ ⁣ #strongnflexiblehamstrings YAY Day 1 !! ⁣ PC: @linayogifreeman ↠ my edits⁣
    • Keep reaching for your dreams ⛰🌞⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ I want to say a big thank you to everyone who participated in #AlOboutyou !! You all did so amazing !! Final day is to share more about yourself so here are a few things you may or may not know about me 😆 ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ I was born & raised in Edmond, Oklahoma. My favorite color has ALWAYS been green. My spirit animal is the Lynx (My dad calls me “Bob” shirt for bobcat). I also have a love for owls ... & turtles. I go by “Tay” & “Tay Tay”. I have lived in three states: Oklahoma, New York, & California. I currently live in Los Angeles, CA. My favorite band is The Beatles. I love classic rock. I got in trouble in bible study when I was very little for singing the song “Psycho Killer” by the Talking Heads. One of my all time favorite movies is “Three Amigos” with Steve Martin, Martin Short, & Chevy Chase. I’m an artist. I love drawing & painting. I battle with interstitial cystitis (IC) chronic painful bladder syndrome along with other health conditions but I don’t let that define me. Instead I’m proud to be a health advocate & bring awareness to these invisible illnesses. I’ve read the Harry Potter series 17 times (currently working on 18 🤓). I’ve read the Game of Throne series 4 times. I have yet to read Lord of the Rings 🤫 but I’m a huge fan of the movies & see a lot of myself in Sméagol / Gollum 🤣I also a nerd for Stephen King. I love playing Super Nintendo, N64, & some games the Wii ... Most embarrassing injury is spraining my wrist so bad the doctor thought it was a gymnastics injury when really I got it from playing Mario Kart overly competitively on the Wii with my cousins 😅 to this day I have to wear a wrist wrap whenever I play ... AND I’m always Yoshi 💚 I have a lot of what my family & friends call “Taylorisms” where I mispronounce words or just mix them up - examples: glove compartment / glove department, cantaloupe / antelope ... I used to hate this but now I find it to be an endearing quality 😆 That’s a little bit about me 🤗🌻⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ #AlOboutyou @aloyoga @alo.moves ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ PC: @forsoother2718 ↠ my edits⁣
    • When I first began my yoga practice at 16 years old it was a huge moment in my life. I had a massive injury from dance training & over working out at the gym. Being 16 going on 17 was very difficult for me for my older sister of five years passed away at 17. I experienced loss of my faith as a Baptist Christian. Yoga became my therapy for me mentally, physically, & spiritually. Now I love Oklahoma but there are certain things growing up that would raise an eyebrow. Not being Christian ... that raised a lot of brows. After reading about Hinduism while studying the foundations of yoga I found Buddhism. The current Dalai Lama became my spiritual & philosophical teacher. This caused a lot of heartache to some close friends. My parents friends were in shock & then would remark “it’s just a phase”. My dad, who was raised Christian but leans toward agonistic, feared I would become isolated by my beliefs & would have a more challenging life. My mama who was raised as a Methodist Christian supported me with my beliefs as always & understood my reasons. It was different & maybe concerning to other family members. I didn’t understand the big deal. My spirituality was defined in the 14th Dalai Lamas words “This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” So with everyone looking at me like I was an odd duck or this as if yoga & being Buddhist was a form of rebellion I took my yoga practice based with my spiritual practice very damn seriously. I may have gone out of my way to show “I’m a yogi” & verged on being a yoga snob 🙈. Through the years I have studied the teachings (sooo many books lol), taken classes on the many different styles of yoga, & have over 500 hours of teacher training. With time I’ve become confident in who I am & not giving a fuck about what others think of me. And like my art I’m glad I received the foundation for myoga practice for correct alignment & understanding the history for now I have the confidence to let loose & just go with the flow 😉🙏💚🌻 #AlOboutyou
    • YOGA EVERYWHERE 😆✌️💚 Just testing my balance on this bridge as it was swaying with the lake water ... surprisingly I didn’t fall 🤣🌲🌊🛶 #YogaAdventure be my fave !!!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #AlOboutyou @aloyoga @alo.moves ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ PC: @forsoother2718 ↠ my edits⁣
    • When meeting new people & they learn I practice yoga I often hear the same response “That’s cool! I wish I could do yoga but I’m not flexible at all” or “Can you do a handstand or that pose where you touch both feet to your head??”. It’s always that reminder to me of what the perception of what yoga is in modern / western society. My account may not always help recognize that yoga is for everyone. I’m the typical fit looking, flexible, pretzel yogi on this world of Instagram. There’s nothing wrong with accounts that show the poses they can do without being personal - it’s our grams, we do what we want with them. This means often showing our strengths. Look up #yoga. You’ll find a lot of handstands & crazy amazing positions that can be pretty damn intimidating if you are new to yoga & thinking about trying it. My page: yeah lots of splits or my other go to poses. I love them for photos because they bring me JOY to do yet ... there is probably a bit of a show off in all of us whether we like to admit it or not 🙊🤣 Now when it comes to my practice with yoga the asanas (poses) are not the most important aspect for me. My splits or headstands that I’m most proud of in my practice. I’m most proud of my pranayama, breath work, practice. This practice has helped me get through some of the worst moments when battling with my chronic pain. Painful / uncomfortable treatments, anxiety, getting through passing some of my kidney stones without pain meds (I admit I feel a bit like a badass for that one 😅😜). In all seriousness I remember moments when my breath was the only thing that was getting me through one moment to the next when I was flaring. I don’t think I would have had that awareness or strength in that area of my yoga practice if I had not begun with a non physical practice from the very beginning. That’s why I like sharing my journey within my captions. I don’t want anyone to feel like they can’t do something due to perceptions made from our little world of squares. You can be in a wheelchair & still be yogi, fucking great one too. The integrated practice you take to heart & into the world is more important than any pose - no matter how badass it looks ✌️💚🌎
    • Yoga is forever my teacher & I her student. I grow each day with the practice. I’m aware of where being a yogi comes naturally & where it needs to be worked on in me. I’m not the best yogi when I’m stuck in standstill LA traffic - I’ve been working on my yoga practice while driving since I moved to Cali ... my family & friends say it’s gotten better at least 😆 My practice isn’t so much about being more flexible or being able to do handstands or keep me fit ... not that those aren’t good reasons to have. For me yoga started with a mental / spiritual practice rather than a physical practice & that’s what is most important to me. I don’t do sun salutations everyday, or go to class everyday, or practice the asanas everyday. But I’m always trying to practice mentally. To live life as what I consider as a yogi. To live with awareness & acceptance, to love, to find joy & happiness, to let shit go, to feel deeply, to be conscious, & to live in the present moment for it is a gift. Living this lifestyle as helped me get through my struggles - to feel them without pushing what would be considered “negative” emotions away but instead to feel them, be aware, to accept, & to release. It’s less about finding the positive in everything but finding balance between all emotions, all feelings, good & bad without judgement to the best ability. To see the strength in what feels like weak moments. To be empathetic. I used to be so damn serious with my practice. But there is play, silliness, fun, & even eccentricity in yoga. Yoga can be sexy to. It builds confidence. Helps you love your body & be proud of showing it oh no matter what your size or shape is. Yoga is liberating. I would say the spiritual aspect I had for it at the beginning has changed. I’m less structured in my practice. My spirituality is vast & I’m not sure if I could put into words ... the best way to explain is that feeling when you lay down under our blanket of stars & you feel so little but at the same time feel a part of something so huge & miraculous. I love where I am with my practice. Always with me 💚⁣ ⁣ #AlOboutyou @aloyoga @alo.moves ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ PC: @forsoother2718 ↠ my edits⁣
    • Got to the trails at Crystal Lake but they were still packed with snow ... but the sign made it the perfect place to practice my standing splits 🤣✌️🏔💚 ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Now when it comes to my standing splits it’s taken me a lot of time & practice - I like to remind everyone that this didn’t just happen over night! There was a lot of splits practicing while growing up in the dance world & then I’ve had my yoga practice for the last 13 years. And even when I’m sick you will find me doing hip opener stretches for it helps open my pelvic floor where the majority of my chronic pain is located. Along with all that I would say my hips are pretty naturally open. I love giving this reminder for I don’t want anyone to feel discouraged with their practice or body from looking at my pictures. There are plenty of poses I can’t do & to be frank yoga isn’t about the best pose price on social media ... it’s about growing, loving, awareness, acceptance & for me my practice has become more about letting shit go, being playful, & not taking life so damn seriously which includes not taking my yoga practice so damn seriously - to have fun with it! Standing splits does make me feel flexible. And it challenges my flexibility on any given day - if you’re the friend taking the photo you get to see me stretch out & move into the pose multiple times before hitting my “fuck yes” mark lol or if I don’t do the proper stretching you would get to see me have a terrible cramp & make scene 🤣 I would say I’m at the most flexible I’ve ever been in my life - which I never thought I would match my flexibility as a child ... it’s a whole lot more work as an adult. As a kid I could flop my body into any crazy position ... now it’s really feeling everything out with full awareness to prevent injuring or a flare up with my chronic pain. It’s a much deeper, in-tuned, practice. I love it. I also love that I’m less serious about it. It’s far more fun to practice while smiling & laughing 😆💚 ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ #AlOboutyou @aloyoga @alo.moves ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ PC: @forsoother2718 @gopro ↠ my edits⁣

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    • Well since it’s been over a week I feel assured it’s no glitch lol ... 100K+ FOLLOWERS !!! HOLY SHIT FUCK !!! 🙊🤯🤣 LoL really I’m still a bit shocked !!! The first day I saw I reached 100K I called my mama for her to check my page to see if she was seeing the same number 😆 All I can say is I’m truly blown away !! I never thought my account was going to grow like this when I started it. It’s rather crazy. I remember back when I hit 1K friends on FB I went into a panic where I deleted my account & started a new one. I didn’t get on Instagram until 2016 when all my acting teachers told me I needed to make an account for its the new way of getting noticed & is a sort of visual resume. When I stopped acting to focus on my health I very much thought of getting rid of it because I didn’t see the point of having one but my smart mama told me to keep on it as a personal blog. I was very cautious about opening up about my health & battling with various conditions including Interstitial Cystitis (IC) - chronic painful bladder syndrome. I was diagnosed with IC back in 2013 & really didn’t want anyone to know for I was afraid to be seen differently, to be judged or defined by this condition. It wasn’t until 2017 that I felt confident enough to begin speaking about my health & sharing my journey. I’m very proud now to be a health advocate & bringing awareness to invisible illnesses. My page has always been my vision board. How I want to see myself & what I’m fighting for on a daily basis with my health. It’s easy to forget who you are & what you love when you are in pain or sick. I never wanted to lose sight of the true me that is happy, silly, spontaneous, outgoing, wild, confident, & free spirited. With my Instagram vision board I never lost site & I also developed a community of incredible human beings who have supported me along my journey - giving me strength & comfort when I needed it the most. I’m learning to mange my health conditions better. I’m able to LIVE. So many more adventures are coming up on this journey of mine ... I’m thankful you all are with me for the ride 🌻💚👣✌️🌞 #100k #thankyouforfollowingme #love
    • First you see my splits but if look closely to the right side of the photo next to my head you will see this badass guy caught on the rings 😲 Do you see him?!? How incredible is that?!?! Swipe left for a closer look!! I’m so in aw lol 💪🔥🌞💚⁣ ⁣⁣ #strongnflexiblehamstrings ⁣⁣ PC: @linayogifreeman ↠ my edits⁣
    • Playtime with the yogis & gymnasts on AcroYoga Jam Sunday at “The Green” in Santa Monica 🌞💚 Thank you @linayogifreeman for taking me to the fun last weekend !! If you’re in LA I recommend you check it out !! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I won’t be there this Sunday since I’m still feeling a bit under the weather 🤧 but my ears are starting to drain ((thank goodness!!)) I’m still pretty dizzy from my ears aching & I could be mistaken for a eucalyptus pajama monster right now but hopeful tomorrow will be a much better day 🤞it’s rather incredible how off balanced & sick you can get when there is something going on with your ears. My dad has always had problems with his ears too. He has to put cotton balls in every time he takes a bath or shower or he ends up getting swimmer’s ear. I’m not that bad but it got me thinking that since this runs in the family I should see an ear specialist just to be on the safe side. Hoping the ear specialist my dad goes to is covered on my insurance ((not often my dad recommends a doctor - so this one must be good)). 💚👂🏻👀⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #strongnflexiblehamstrings - to the beauties who are participating in this challenge you haven’t gotten your pose order wrong! I’m not doing bow or shiva since my body is not ready try those poses or variation of poses this soon after my hydrodistention surgery. Always listen to your body 💚⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ PC: @linayogifreeman ↠ my edits⁣
    • I wish I could say I’m feeling better & look how I do in this picture but instead I’m curled up in bed wrapped in my blankets smelling of eucalyptus 🤧 I’m still working on drying out my ears from Swimmer’s ear but I may have an infection 😖 Rest & sleep is what I’ve got planned for today. Hopefully I’ll be feeling better soon 💚 Any documentary suggestions??? PS this took me about 30 minutes to write due to the spelling errors & me trying to form sentences ... Tay out lol 😅😴⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #strongnflexiblehamstrings ⁣⁣- compass pose PC: @linayogifreeman ↠ my edits⁣
    • I needed to bring sunglasses for this shoot 🌞😎🤣 EVERY SUMMER two things always happen to me: 1. I am stung by a bee or wasp. This has happened every spring/summer since the age of 5 years old when a huge bumble bee at the OKC Zoo stung me on the arm in the butterfly garden. I’ve already had my annual bee sting at the beginning of summer. I’m not allergic where I need an epipen. For me I get very dizzy, nauseous, my whole body becomes inflamed, fatigue hits me, & I’ve been known to pass out (why I carry Benadryl wherever I go). Either I smell like a flower or bees mistake my hair as a honey comb - not sure which 🤣 Anyway I was stung earlier which left the second thing that always happen. Swimmer’s ear: an infection of the outer ear canal that runs from the eardrum to the outside of the head. It's often caused by water remaining in the ear after swimming. This creates a moist environment that helps bacteria or fungi grow. I’ve always had problems with my ears ever since I was a baby. I kept getting multiple ear infections & had to get ear tubes when I was little. Ear tubes are tiny, hollow cylinders, usually made of plastic or metal, that are surgically inserted into the eardrum. An ear tube creates an airway that ventilates the middle ear and prevents the accumulation of fluids behind the eardrum. The ear tubes eventually fall out on their own so they have long been out of my ears. But I’m very prone to ear infections & Swimmer’s ear. Each summer I have to treat my ears with ear drying aids for my ear canals do lock in fluids. I had my first swim of the summer two day’s ago & my ears are raging at me. Hopefully the ear aid solution I have will bring the inflammation down where I won’t need to go to a clinic & get antibiotics 😖 Maybe this will be the year I find some swimmer’s earplugs I like & fit in my ears ... on the hunt! Hoping tomorrow I will wake up feeling better 🤞💚 #givemealltheeucalyptus ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ #strongnflexiblehamstrings ⁣⁣⁣⁣ PC: @linayogifreeman ↠ my edits⁣
    • Back to the beach !! 🌞 AND first time following my most recent hydrodistention surgery to be able to do a forward fold without feeling discomfort in my pelvic floor !! Makes me so happy to see how well I’m recovering - 1 month post surgery 😄💚 ⁣ ⁣ #strongnflexiblehamstrings YAY Day 1 !! ⁣ PC: @linayogifreeman ↠ my edits⁣
    • Keep reaching for your dreams ⛰🌞⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ I want to say a big thank you to everyone who participated in #AlOboutyou !! You all did so amazing !! Final day is to share more about yourself so here are a few things you may or may not know about me 😆 ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ I was born & raised in Edmond, Oklahoma. My favorite color has ALWAYS been green. My spirit animal is the Lynx (My dad calls me “Bob” shirt for bobcat). I also have a love for owls ... & turtles. I go by “Tay” & “Tay Tay”. I have lived in three states: Oklahoma, New York, & California. I currently live in Los Angeles, CA. My favorite band is The Beatles. I love classic rock. I got in trouble in bible study when I was very little for singing the song “Psycho Killer” by the Talking Heads. One of my all time favorite movies is “Three Amigos” with Steve Martin, Martin Short, & Chevy Chase. I’m an artist. I love drawing & painting. I battle with interstitial cystitis (IC) chronic painful bladder syndrome along with other health conditions but I don’t let that define me. Instead I’m proud to be a health advocate & bring awareness to these invisible illnesses. I’ve read the Harry Potter series 17 times (currently working on 18 🤓). I’ve read the Game of Throne series 4 times. I have yet to read Lord of the Rings 🤫 but I’m a huge fan of the movies & see a lot of myself in Sméagol / Gollum 🤣I also a nerd for Stephen King. I love playing Super Nintendo, N64, & some games the Wii ... Most embarrassing injury is spraining my wrist so bad the doctor thought it was a gymnastics injury when really I got it from playing Mario Kart overly competitively on the Wii with my cousins 😅 to this day I have to wear a wrist wrap whenever I play ... AND I’m always Yoshi 💚 I have a lot of what my family & friends call “Taylorisms” where I mispronounce words or just mix them up - examples: glove compartment / glove department, cantaloupe / antelope ... I used to hate this but now I find it to be an endearing quality 😆 That’s a little bit about me 🤗🌻⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ #AlOboutyou @aloyoga @alo.moves ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ PC: @forsoother2718 ↠ my edits⁣
    • When I first began my yoga practice at 16 years old it was a huge moment in my life. I had a massive injury from dance training & over working out at the gym. Being 16 going on 17 was very difficult for me for my older sister of five years passed away at 17. I experienced loss of my faith as a Baptist Christian. Yoga became my therapy for me mentally, physically, & spiritually. Now I love Oklahoma but there are certain things growing up that would raise an eyebrow. Not being Christian ... that raised a lot of brows. After reading about Hinduism while studying the foundations of yoga I found Buddhism. The current Dalai Lama became my spiritual & philosophical teacher. This caused a lot of heartache to some close friends. My parents friends were in shock & then would remark “it’s just a phase”. My dad, who was raised Christian but leans toward agonistic, feared I would become isolated by my beliefs & would have a more challenging life. My mama who was raised as a Methodist Christian supported me with my beliefs as always & understood my reasons. It was different & maybe concerning to other family members. I didn’t understand the big deal. My spirituality was defined in the 14th Dalai Lamas words “This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” So with everyone looking at me like I was an odd duck or this as if yoga & being Buddhist was a form of rebellion I took my yoga practice based with my spiritual practice very damn seriously. I may have gone out of my way to show “I’m a yogi” & verged on being a yoga snob 🙈. Through the years I have studied the teachings (sooo many books lol), taken classes on the many different styles of yoga, & have over 500 hours of teacher training. With time I’ve become confident in who I am & not giving a fuck about what others think of me. And like my art I’m glad I received the foundation for myoga practice for correct alignment & understanding the history for now I have the confidence to let loose & just go with the flow 😉🙏💚🌻 #AlOboutyou

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