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Carmen Sanz

@carmensounds

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⚡️For those tired of doing, coping and holding it all together.
✨ Come back to your body- where the answer already is.
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What’s the function of being active and doing all the time? Understanding our coping mechanisms and their functions help us to change them with time and awareness.

#healingjourney #thejourneywithin #mindfulliving #selfcompassion by @carmensounds

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a month ago

That part of you that you don’t like about yourself may have had a function, it may have helped you to cope and even survive.

🌈💚 by @carmensounds

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a month ago

There is nothing wrong with you my friend.

That tiredness, tension, busyness, pain... doesn't mean something's wrong with you. It means something in you learned how to keep you safe. 

 #nervoussystemhealing #somatichealing #traumainformed #bodywisdom #burnoutrecovery #mindbodyconnection #selfhealers by @carmensounds

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a month ago

Stop thinking about it, feel it.

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#somatichealing #nervoussystemregulation #embodiment #traumainformed #breathwork bodyawareness innerwork mindbodyconnection by @carmensounds

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You’re not breathing wrong, you’re in alert mode and didn’t notice.

The way you breathe tells your vagus nerve whether it’s time to relax or stay on guard.

Shifting the pattern, even for a few seconds, is one of the most direct ways to talk to your nervous system.

Nothing esoteric about it, just physiology!

💛🍃☀️ by @carmensounds

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2 months ago

J U L Y in full S W I N G 💛

I could have not wish for a better combo. The best things in life in one month:

- my good friend Kat comes to visit and we do a 10km kayak tour in record time. Her canoeing skills are… wow!

- I hiked around forests for hours, went up an ancient volcano Puy Mary and went up a mountain just because on my own. Pure bliss.

- my folks came to visit and I took them to vineyards around Cahors where we learned so much about bio wines and drunk a good amount too 😅.

- Festivals and music and art in every corner. Africajarc was especially epic.

- and of course work, I’ve guided over 100 women through Yoga, Healing, Breathwork. Thank you @camp.chateau for all the incredible women you host and I get to meet.

Rivers and forests have been my time off refuge.

Thank you friends, nature, music, castles, life.

Magic is all around.

✨💚✨💚✨💚✨ by @carmensounds

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2 months ago

As soon as I woke up last weekend, I knew I needed to get high…

Not that kind of high.

The kind that comes from standing on top of a mountain.
The kind that quiets the noise.
The kind that connects me with my inner wisdom.

So I found one of the highest peaks near me, packed a bag for two days, and set off with no real plan.

I followed dirt tracks, and none, took the less-travelled paths, got lost a couple of times… and found exactly what I was looking for.

It reminded me of a few things:

✨ Growth rarely happens inside my comfort zone.

✨ Doing the same things with the same people creates safety, safety is important. But if I’m longing for change, actions have to change.

✨ Choosing controlled challenges/stress teaches our nervous system that we are capable. It builds resilience, confidence, and the ability to stay grounded when life throws us the unexpected.

So here’s my invitation to you:

I invite you to do one thing this week that stretches you. Not for the adrenaline. Not to prove anything.

Just because life is precious. Let’s not sleepwalk through it.

💛🤗🌳🙏🏽 by @carmensounds

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3 months ago

Happy International Yoga Day! 💖

Let’s take this day to reflect on what the Yoga Sutras say about a spiritual practice.

A spiritual practice doesn’t have to look perfect to be meaningful…

😮‍💨…it can be a few conscious breaths before a busy day.
📿…it can be a moment of stillness.
🚶‍♀️…it can be a walk without distractions.
🧘🏻‍♀️… it can be a few minutes on your mat.

The real question isn’t: “How much can I do?”

It’s: “Can I come back tomorrow?” 🌱

Remember, Patanjali said that transformation isn’t built in a single breakthrough moment, but through CONSISTENCY, PATIENCE and DEVOTION.

What small intentional practice can you repeat in your daily routine?

#yogasutras #spiritualpractice #patanjali #yogateachertraining #lacasashambala by @carmensounds

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4 months ago

Beauty is so important to me.

And when it’s not easy to see it, I just look a little closer and there it is… Bright eyes in an elder, wild flower growing in the pavement, a wide open smile where all teeth are showing. 😄

To me beauty is the way the world expresses harmony and it helps me find the same harmony within myself.

However, when I’m stressed or overwhelmed, it’s difficult to slow down and notice the beauty around me, because my inner landscape is not so harmonious.

I’m grateful to work and live in a place where I’m reminded of beauty everyday!

What does beauty mean to you?

Thank you so much @camp.chateau 🌸🏰 by @carmensounds

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4 months ago

Sometimes, in my desire to grow, heal, and become a better version of myself, I forget all that I already am, have, and do.

I focus on the gaps instead of the gifts, the holes instead of the wholeness.

But growth feels very different when it comes from a place of completeness rather than lack.

Not because I need fixing, but because life is always inviting me to expand.

I already have it all. 💫 by @carmensounds

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4 months ago

When I was very little, I asked my dad, “What should I do when I grow up?”

He said, “Do anything you like, but don’t be a teacher!”

Both my parents were teachers, and they worked very hard: long hours, so much responsibility, low salary.

I’m glad I don’t always listen to people’s advice. Not even my wise dad because I couldn’t imagine myself doing anything else.

Thank you, life, for giving me the opportunity to do what I love most. It’s truly a dream and an honour to share my teachers’ wisdom.

Thank you, @vanesshavibrantyogaibiza, for being an awesome co-teacher during this last Yoga Teacher Training in Tenerife, I’ve learned and laughed so much with you.

And, of course, thank you to @lacasashambala and all the students for your trust.

💚💚💚 by @carmensounds

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5 months ago

When I feel the rush, the pressure, the anxiety creeping in…
This is what I do:

• I pause… even for a few seconds and let my exhale be longer than my inhale

• I soften my body instead of pushing through (consciously relax my jaw, my shoulders, my belly)

• I stop trying to control everything and ask: “what actually matters right now?”

• I let sound move through me a sigh, a hum, sometimes even a scream

• I slow down one action on purpose (walking, drinking water, opening a door)

• I remind myself: nothing is as urgent as my mind is telling me

• I ask for help(even when a part of me resists it)

This is how I come back to myself.

Return to Yourself is where we practice this and more together. Doors opening soon 💛 by @carmensounds

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