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☀️Pensacola, FL
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Owner of @pensacolabeachyoga

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✨ 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐠𝐚, 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐚’𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝐇𝐑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟑𝟎𝟎𝐇𝐑 𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐚 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞!

Comment 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇 to have the info sent right to your inbox, or get all the details on our website:

𝙬𝙬𝙬.𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙮𝙤𝙜𝙖.𝙣𝙚𝙩/𝙮𝙩𝙩

#yogateachertraining
#pensacola #yoga
#pensacolabeachyoga #ytt taken in Pensacola, Florida by @ltrainyoga

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4 months ago

I wish i could show you

whenever you are lonely or in darkness

the astonishing light

of your own being ✨

💫 𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐟𝐭
—> 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝟔𝐩𝐦

📍@longhollowcreatives
—> Pre-register at: www.pensacolabeachyoga.net/events (🔗 in bio)

#community #sangha
#yoga #practice
#pensacolabeachyoga by @ltrainyoga

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Community is not made by walls, labels, or conditions; It is made by how we stay in relationship when those structures, shift, break, or disappear.

We find connection through containers of faith, wellness, shared schedules, and structure - but connection isn’t meant to be held in, limited, or bordered. Community is not the container.

So when the container changes, what remains?

How do we show up for each other when shift happens? When walls come down. When relationships change. When mistakes are made.
When the place, person, or idea we thought held us no longer does.

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿, 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙬𝙚’𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙚 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨.

Last night I had the immense privilege of leading 20 people in a practice embodying this truth. People I’ve met in different spaces and facets of this community, people I’ve moved with, and been moved by, people I’ve cried with, laughed with, grieved with, and grown with. People who continue to show up.

I didn’t realize when I started @pensacolabeachyoga 4yrs ago that not having walls would foreshadow the growth of a community so undefined by them. And now, In this season of shift, transition, and grief, I’ve found an even greater stability here, in the unbordered space between certainty and uncertainty, where we walk alongside each other through every step and stumble of our becoming.

𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚.

No judgment, no expectation, no containers to fit - just show up:

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝘄, 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝟵𝗮𝗺
@lovelockhealingarts

𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮, 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆s 𝗮𝘁 𝟵𝗮𝗺
@pensacolabeachyoga by the pier

𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟳/𝟮𝟬 𝟲𝗽𝗺
@loturawellness

www.pensacolabeachyoga.net taken in Pensacola, Florida by @ltrainyoga

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4 months ago

We can’t hold it in any longer🙊

WE’RE GOING BACK TO COSTA RICA! 🇨🇷

𝐀𝐥𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐲: 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐙𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭
𝐍𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚, 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐚
𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟐𝐭𝐡-𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕

Last year was a soul-dream come true - slow sunlit mornings, nourishing food and conversations, the perfect balance of rest and adventure, and the sunsets - THE SUNSETS - the kind that take your breath away and breathe life into you at the same time.

✨ 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 ✨

Join is for a soul-nourishing journey to one of the world’s rare Blue Zones and experience a culture shock of the best kind -

Enjoy:

* 𝟔 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚 a stunning boutique hotel and retreat center in the heart of Nosara
* 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 to/from Liberia airport to Jade Nosara on April 12th and 18th
* 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 Fresh Fruit and Organic Costa Rican Coffee each morning
*𝟐 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐝𝐞 with our incredible Blue Zone Chef
* 𝟏 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 at the acclaimed Coyol restaurant. Transportation included.
* 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐠𝐚 in our private shala, on site at Jade
* 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 with local experts and indigenous healers including- a Herbalism Class at the local Apothecary, a Cooking Class with our Blue Zone Chef, Aerial Yoga, a Functional Movement & Neurology workshop, Sound Bath, and more!

Nosara is calling, friends. Align with nature’s rhythms, slow down, and remember what it feels like to be fully at home within yourself 🫶🏼

Comment 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 to have the link sent directly to your inbox 💫

#nosara #costarica
#puravida #bluezone
#yogaretreat taken in Nosara, Costa Rica by @ltrainyoga

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14 days ago

When I tell you these women are badasses, what I mean is that they show up FULLY. In the face of fear, self-doubt, trauma, illness - overcoming battles I can’t even fathom - just to be here. But they keep showing up, not only for themselves, but for each other (and for me) in ways that crack my heart wide open. How did I get so lucky?

Our first weekend all together (200s and 300s) was filled with growth, learning and unlearning, vulnerability and courage, and exploring what’s possible when we remember what we’re all doing here — that yoga has always been and will always be a practice of liberation. Forever grateful 🤍

Big thanks to our extra special guest @shahanashasha for sharing her heart with us, chanting with us while playing her grandmother’s harmonium (😭), guiding us in a practice that looked like a work-out but was most definitely a work-IN, and above all - steering us directly into the heart and teachings of yoga. 🙏

If you feel the longing for this type of community, this level of growth, and this kind of healing- there’s room for you here 🫶🏼

Reach out or comment TEACH for info on our next trainings 🧘🏻‍♀️ by @ltrainyoga

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a month ago

When I began my yoga practice, I never dreamed of teaching. I couldn’t even imagine having the relationship with my body that was necessary to practice yoga — I was in near-constant physical pain, couldn’t sleep, and felt like my body was always working against me. Yoga, at first, was a salve- a slow drip of medicine that took the edge off without allowing me to abandon myself (what a gift🫶🏼).

Over time, and for reasons I couldn’t explain, I started sleeping better. I felt the same physical pain, but was less burdened by it. The struggles with my health were still profound, but I felt less defined by them. Somewhere between my legs falling asleep in a pose I couldn’t name, the busy-ness of my mind wondering if I was doing it right and simultaneously wondering what I was going to make for dinner, and - oh yeah, breathing! — what felt like absolute chaos was transforming me.

Yoga set me free.

Not from my pain, or grief, or the struggle of my human-ness — but from suffering. Yoga didn’t take my pain away, but it completely changed my relationship to it. It allowed me to loosen my attachment to the identity I had wrapped around my suffering, step back from the acute focus of discomfort every second of the day, and realize - there were so many things I couldn’t control or change, but suffering wasn’t one of them. It was a choice I was unknowingly making, and it consumed me.

Many great teachers have called the body our vehicle to spiritual awakening - the widest gateway to experience freedom from the mind stuff. We may think of the fancy poses or the beautiful way someone flows with their breath, but the real gateway to freedom is wherever our pain resides - it’s always in the cracks where the light gets in✨

To be human is to hurt, to grieve, to lose, and to struggle. But what if we could experience all of that without suffering? As a gift instead of a burden?

What if we considered every one of those a doorway to our own liberation?

Practice with me this week:

TONIGHT:
𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐟𝐭, 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝟔𝐩𝐦
@longhollowcreatives (🔗 in bio)

WEDNESDAY:
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐚, 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝟗𝐚𝐦
@lovelockhealingarts taken in Long Hollow Creatives by @ltrainyoga

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a month ago

Just out here doing my thing with my favorite beach ball ☀️

Last SUPY class scheduled for this season is TOMORROW - Saturday 9/19, 7:30am @key.sailing

If you’ve been waiting to try it, now is the time! I’ll teach you how to paddle and give you all the tips and tricks for staying balanced on the board - beginners welcome 🤗

Message me or comment below and I’ll send you the link to sign up 🔗

@pensacolabeachyoga taken in Key Sailing by @ltrainyoga

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a month ago

Every moment is an opportunity - but only the curious have something to discover there.

It takes courage to stay open - to show up for yourself - when doors seem to be closing around you and you can’t see what’s next.

So - be brave! Show up, and stay curious.

This is the key to being in alignment and where self-trust is nurtured —> what’s meant for you will always find you 🫶🏼

Join me for practice this week:

𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐚 , 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝟗𝐚𝐦
@lovelockhealingarts
—> message me for a free first class!

𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐚, 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝟗𝐚𝐦
@pensacolabeachyoga
—> $10, no registration, meet by the pier

𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝟔𝐩𝐦
@longhollowcreatives
—> all are welcome. Pre-register at: www.pensacolabeachyoga.net/practicewithlaura

#practice #yoga
#connection
#curiosityovercommentary by @ltrainyoga

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a month ago

200HR YTT Weekend 1 - that’s a wrap!🧘🏻‍♀️

There’s no way to accurately recap such a profound weekend - so we’ll just leave this right here 🫶

BIG love and deep gratitude to each of these beautiful women who showed up with hearts wide open, ready to learn connect and grow. Sharing in this practice is truly the greatest gift we could ever give to ourselves and to each other 🫶🏼

If this is something you’ve wanted to experience, reach out. No prerequisites. No level of experience required. Building relationship with yourself is the medicine, and realizing your connection to everything else is the liberation we all need.

—> Comment YTT if you want info about our next session in 2027!

#gladyourehere
#ytt #yoga #teacher
#pensacolabeachyoga by @ltrainyoga

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Sometimes growth arrives with open arms. Sometimes it arrives as a change you never asked for.

Closing the Studio chapter of Lovelock and changing our business model wasn’t in our plans. But over these last few weeks, we’ve watched unexpected doors open, beautiful coincidences unfold and this community surround us with more love than we can fully express.

So many of you have asked, “How can we help?”

Keep coming. Keep moving your body. Keep filling these rooms with breath, laughter, sweat, stillness and life.

Most of all, show up for our extraordinary instructors. They are the heart and backbone of this Studio. We’ve spent years thoughtfully developing this team, and we can confidently say they are among the very best instructors in Pensacola. Fill their classes. Thank them. Follow their work. Support what they create next.

And every visit matters—not only to the Studio, but to Lovelock Massage. Book an appointment, return to the care that has supported you or recommend us to someone who needs it. Every client has a unique referral code at the top of the dashboard in the Momence app. Sharing yours is a beautiful way to send someone through our doors and support this community.

If Lovelock has been on your list for far too long, you still have eight beautiful weeks to experience it. Let’s raise the energy together, welcome more people into our space and continue building a healthier Pensacola.

Happy Labor Day weekend! As you celebrate the work you do in this world, remember that rest, movement and self-care matter, too. Our Massage and Studio schedules are running as usual all weekend and on Labor Day, and we would truly love to see you.

Our Labor Day Baylen Street Bonus Pack includes 10 classes + 2 bonus classes—one for September and one for October. All 12 classes must be used by October 31 and may be shared with one friend, partner or family member.

The sale ends Monday at midnight.

Come move with us. 🤍

🔗Link in bio or visit lovelockhealingarts.com

#LovelockHealingArts #PensacolaYoga #PensacolaMassage #DowntownPensacola #SupportLocalPensacola taken in Lovelock Healing Arts by @ltrainyoga

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Friends! I’m beyond excited to finally share that I’m back to teaching WEEKLY, Monday nights at 6pm 🙌🏼

Join me for the first one in 2 weeks:

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 | 𝟔-𝟕𝐩𝐦

📍Long Hollow Creatives Loft
700 Guillemard Street

This class will be a 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮, growth and exploration into the heart of yoga - everyone is welcome. We’ll have some seasoned guest teachers periodically sharing different perspectives, styles of movement, and science-backed frameworks for doing this thing called life together. I could not be more excited to collaborate with different leaders and host this class in various wellness spaces in our community - I hope you’ll come along for the ride :)

Classes are in tandem with my yoga teacher training programs so 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝. Please register ahead of time to save your spot!

𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐲𝐨𝐠𝐚.𝐧𝐞𝐭/𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚

🤓🧘🏻‍♀️🫶🏼

{photo from a beloved yoga space that meant so much to me in another life, and reminds me of LongHollow 🫶🏼} taken in Long Hollow Creatives by @ltrainyoga

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a month ago

Happy 3 to my wild child! 🎉 Stevie’s YES day with mama and dada included pancakes @aunt_katies, playing at the beach park, swimming in “the big pool” aka the sound 😂, and jet skiing with dolphins @key.sailing!

She’s the absolute best and cutest and I couldn’t love her more 💕😭✨

#hbd #steviejo #virgobabe taken in Pensacola Beach, Florida by @ltrainyoga

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