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#AloAutumbLiftOff

DAY 5 · RISE in Peacock pose 🦚

Rising is not always about going higher.

Sometimes it is the moment you stop collapsing into what is familiar. And sometimes, rising also means knowing when to accept support.

Peacock is probably the most challenging arm balance I’ve ever tried. I could only explore it with support and that taught me something important:
not every body is made for every pose in the same way.

That doesn’t make the practice smaller.
It makes it more intelligent.

Press down.
Lengthen forward.
Choose your line.
Listen to your body.

Today, I wear STRENGTH.

6 FIND YOUR BALANCE
in Flying Lizard 🦎

7 FEEL FREE in Handstand 🤸🏿

8 PLAY in your fav Armbalance 🕺

Hosts:
@jelica_stanojlovic
@susanhu33
@liu.yanti
@geralyn_yogapracticejourney
@simonagyoga
@yogamoll8

Sponsor:
@AloYoga & one winner will receive a $100 e-gift card
How to play:
* �FOLLOW all hosts & sponsor
* �SHARE the flyer on your feed & invite friends to play
* �POST using the hashtag #AloAutumnLiftOff
* �TAG HOSTS in your video/photo so we can see you and add hosts and sponsor in your caption
* �INTERACT with hosts & co-participants
* by @sheja.yoga

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7 days ago

SAVE THE DATE. 🥰😊

🍁✨ Step into the season of strength, balance, and flight. ✨🍁
Join us for 8 days of arm balance exploration with #AloAutumnLiftOff, a golden autumn journey to awaken your power, embrace your practice, and discover the freedom of taking flight. 🤸‍♀️
Let’s flow, lift, and rise together. 🍂🚀

Line up:
1 ROOT in Crowpose 🐦‍⬛

2 SPREAD YOUR WINGS
in flying pigeon 🕊️

3 LIFT OFF in flying splits 🤸‍♂️

4 FLOAT in firefly 🔥

5 RISE in Peacock pose 🦚

6 FIND YOUR BALANCE
in Flying Lizard 🦎

7 FEEL FREE in Handstand 🤸🏿

8 PLAY in your fav Armbalance 🕺

Hosts:
@jelica_stanojlovic
@susanhu33
@liu.yanti
@geralyn_yogapracticejourney
@simonagyoga
@yogamoll8

Sponsor:
@AloYoga & one winner will receive a $100 e-gift card
How to play:
* �FOLLOW all hosts & sponsor
* �SHARE the flyer on your feed & invite friends to play
* �POST using the hashtag #AloAutumnLiftOff
* �TAG HOSTS in your video/photo so we can see you and add hosts and sponsor in your caption
* �INTERACT with hosts & co-participants
*
* ��CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU THERE taken in Planet Earth by @sheja.yoga

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17 days ago

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#AloAutumnLiftOff

DAY 6 · FIND YOUR BALANCE
Flying Lizard

Balance is not a place you finally arrive at.
It is a conversation.

My lower body carries more weight than my upper body, so flying arm balances ask a lot from me.

That means I often use support.

Not to make the pose easier. To make the practice more honest.

Adjust.
Listen.
Respond.

Lose it. Find it again. That is balance.

Today, I wear PRESENCE.

7 FEEL FREE in Handstand 🤸🏿

8 PLAY in your fav Armbalance 🕺

Hosts:
@jelica_stanojlovic
@susanhu33
@liu.yanti
@geralyn_yogapracticejourney
@simonagyoga
@yogamoll8

Sponsor:
@AloYoga & one winner will receive a $100 e-gift card
How to play:
* �FOLLOW all hosts & sponsor
* �SHARE the flyer on your feed & invite friends to play
* �POST using the hashtag #AloAutumnLiftOff
* �TAG HOSTS in your video/photo so we can see you and add hosts and sponsor in your caption
* �INTERACT with hosts & co-participants Woman practicing a supported Flying Lizard arm balance outdoors, with one foot resting on a low wall for stability, under a deep blue sky. taken in Planet Earth by @sheja.yoga

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6 days ago

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#AloAutumnLiftOff

DAY 8 · PLAY
Favourite Arm Balance

After strength, discipline, balance and control…
there should still be play.

Try something strange.
Change the shape.
Fall out of it.
Laugh.
Try again.

Because movement was never meant to become another rule.

Today, I wear JOY.

And on this final day, a heartfelt thank you to my wonderful co-hosts and to every participant who brought their own energy, creativity and inspiration into this challenge.

And thank you to @aloyoga for making this journey possible and for giving us a space to move, explore, connect and play together.

8 days. So many shapes. So much inspiration.
And one beautiful reminder: movement can be strong and still feel like freedom.

Hosts:
@jelica_stanojlovic
@susanhu33
@liu.yanti
@geralyn_yogapracticejourney
@simonagyoga
@yogamoll8

Sponsor:
@AloYoga & one winner will receive a $100 e-gift card taken in Algarve, Portugal by @sheja.yoga

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4 days ago

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#aloautumnliftoff

DAY 7 · FEEL FREE Handstand

Freedom is not having nothing to hold you.

It is knowing what holds you and still choosing to explore.

Upside down, the world hasn’t changed.
My perspective has. Here is my Handstands FIESTA.

Today, I wear FREEDOM.

8 PLAY in your fav Armbalance 🕺

Hosts:
@jelica_stanojlovic
@susanhu33
@liu.yanti
@geralyn_yogapracticejourney
@simonagyoga
@yogamoll8

Sponsor:
@AloYoga & one winner will receive a $100 e-gift card
How to play:
* �FOLLOW all hosts & sponsor
* �SHARE the flyer on your feed & invite friends to play
* �POST using the hashtag #AloAutumnLiftOff
* �TAG HOSTS in your video/photo so we can see you and add hosts and sponsor in your caption
* �INTERACT with hosts & co-participants Woman practicing a supported handstand outdoors between two palm trees, wearing a soft pink yoga set and using the tree trunks for stability. taken in Planet Earth by @sheja.yoga

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5 days ago

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#AloAutumnLiftOff

3 LIFT OFF in flying splits 🤸‍♂️

Lift off doesn’t begin when your feet leave the floor.

It begins one moment earlier when you decide to trust yourself enough to try.

Strength underneath.
Space ahead.

And then… go.

Today, I wear COURAGE.

4 FLOAT in firefly 🔥

5 RISE in Peacock pose 🦚

6 FIND YOUR BALANCE
in Flying Lizard 🦎

7 FEEL FREE in Handstand 🤸🏿

8 PLAY in your fav Armbalance 🕺

Hosts:
@jelica_stanojlovic
@susanhu33
@liu.yanti
@geralyn_yogapracticejourney
@simonagyoga
@yogamoll8

Sponsor:
@AloYoga & one winner will receive a $100 e-gift card
How to play:
* �FOLLOW all hosts & sponsor
* �SHARE the flyer on your feed & invite friends to play
* �POST using the hashtag #AloAutumnLiftOff
* �TAG HOSTS in your video/photo so we can see you and add hosts and sponsor in your caption
* �INTERACT with hosts & co-participants
* taken in Planet Earth by @sheja.yoga

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9 days ago

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#AloAutumnLiftOff

DAY 4 · FLOAT in firefly 🔥

Firefly

Strength doesn’t always have to look like effort.

Sometimes strength becomes so familiar that it begins to look like lightness.

Less forcing.
More listening.

Less holding.
More floating.

Today, I wear LIGHTNESS.

5 RISE in Peacock pose 🦚

6 FIND YOUR BALANCE
in Flying Lizard 🦎

7 FEEL FREE in Handstand 🤸🏿

8 PLAY in your fav Armbalance 🕺

Hosts:
@jelica_stanojlovic
@susanhu33
@liu.yanti
@geralyn_yogapracticejourney
@simonagyoga
@yogamoll8

Sponsor:
@AloYoga & one winner will receive a $100 e-gift card
How to play:
* �FOLLOW all hosts & sponsor
* �SHARE the flyer on your feed & invite friends to play
* �POST using the hashtag #AloAutumnLiftOff
* �TAG HOSTS in your video/photo so we can see you and add hosts and sponsor in your caption
* �INTERACT with hosts & co-participants
* taken in Planet Earth by @sheja.yoga

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8 days ago

#AloAutumnLiftOff

2 SPREAD YOUR WINGS in flying pigeon 🕊️

Flying Pigeon

Some days ask you to hold on.
Others ask you to make more space.

Space in the hips.
Space in the breath.
Space for a version of yourself you haven’t explored yet.

Open. Expand.
Spread your wings.

Today, I wear POSSIBILITY.

2 SPREAD YOUR WINGS
in flying pigeon 🕊️ 🧘🏼‍♀️

3 LIFT OFF in flying splits 🤸‍♂️

4 FLOAT in firefly 🔥

5 RISE in Peacock pose 🦚

6 FIND YOUR BALANCE
in Flying Lizard 🦎

7 FEEL FREE in Handstand 🤸🏿

8 PLAY in your fav Armbalance 🕺

Hosts:
@jelica_stanojlovic
@susanhu33
@liu.yanti
@geralyn_yogapracticejourney
@simonagyoga
@yogamoll8

Sponsor:
@AloYoga & one winner will receive a $100 e-gift card
How to play:
* FOLLOW all hosts & sponsor
* SHARE the flyer on your feed & invite friends to play
* POST using the hashtag #AloAutumnLiftOff
* TAG HOSTS in your video/photo so we can see you and add hosts and sponsor in your caption
* INTERACT with hosts & co-participants taken in Planet Earth by @sheja.yoga

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10 days ago

#AloAutumnLiftOff

Here I am again. 🤍

Yesterday I opened this challenge with older photos, as life had other plans for me and I couldn’t create my new material in time.

So this is my Day 1 — second edition.
Fresh energy. New moment. Same love for the practice.

DAY 1 · ROOT

Crow Pose

Before you can fly, you need somewhere to return to.

Today is not about how high I can lift.
It is about how deeply I can trust my foundation.

Hands grounded.
Eyes forward.
Breath steady.

Today, I wear ROOT.

Let’s continue. ✨

#AloChallenge #ArmBalance #HereIAm

🍁✨ Step into the season of strength, balance, and flight. ✨

Line up:
1 ROOT in Crowpose 🐦‍⬛ 🌸🧘🏼‍♀️

2 SPREAD YOUR WINGS
in flying pigeon 🕊️

3 LIFT OFF in flying splits 🤸‍♂️

4 FLOAT in firefly 🔥

5 RISE in Peacock pose 🦚

6 FIND YOUR BALANCE
in Flying Lizard 🦎

7 FEEL FREE in Handstand 🤸🏿

8 PLAY in your fav Armbalance 🕺

Hosts:
@jelica_stanojlovic
@susanhu33
@liu.yanti
@geralyn_yogapracticejourney
@simonagyoga
@yogamoll8

Sponsor:
@AloYoga & one winner will receive a $100 e-gift card
How to play:
* FOLLOW all hosts & sponsor
* SHARE the flyer on your feed & invite friends to play
* POST using the hashtag #AloAutumnLiftOff
* TAG HOSTS in your video/photo so we can see you and add hosts and sponsor in your caption
* INTERACT with hosts & co-participants taken in Planet Earth by @sheja.yoga

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10 days ago

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
AND YOU’RE STILL CURIOUS ABOUT EVERYTHING
YOU HAVEN’T LIVED YET.

Woman to Woman.

Maybe we don’t need another plan for who we are going to be.
Maybe we need more encounters with life.

A place we have never been.
A conversation we almost didn’t have.
A challenge that makes us slightly nervous.
A new way of moving our body or our life.
A decision made because something inside simply says: go.

Not everything needs to improve us.
Some experiences are worth having simply because we are here.

What is one thing you still want to experience; just for YOU?

Tell me below. And send this to a woman you’d still like to have an adventure with. 🤍

#WomanToWoman #StillCurious #WomenWhoExplore #LifeAtEveryAge #SHEJA

I’M NOT LOOKING FOR A NEW VERSION OF MYSELF.

I’m interested in life I haven’t experienced yet.

Places I haven’t seen.
Conversations I haven’t had.
Ideas that might change my mind.
Moments I cannot plan.

Knowing myself hasn’t made me less curious.
It has made me freer to explore.

WHAT ELSE?

Not: What else should I achieve?

Not: What else should I prove?

Not even: Who should I become?

Simply: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO EXPERIENCE?

I spent many years leading, working, deciding, delivering.

And I’m proud of that woman.

But life cannot only be measured by what we accomplish.

How much of life are you actually allowing yourself to experience?

Not everything needs a purpose.
Some things can simply be lived.

For pleasure.
For wonder.
For the possibility of being surprised.

For doing something for the first time.

For taking the wrong turn and discovering something
you would never have planned.

FOR THE SHEER EXPERIENCE OF BEING ALIVE.

WOMAN TO WOMAN

I carry everything I have lived with me.

But I refuse to let what I already know determine everything
I am still willing to experience.

There is too much life I haven’t tried yet.

And I intend to remain curious.
Very curious.

Now you: What is ONE thing you still want to experience simply because you want to know what it feels like?

↓ Tell me. Woman standing barefoot in a dramatic red-earth landscape in the Algarve, Portugal, wearing a pale yellow swimsuit. Warm evening sunlight creates a striking silhouette of her body on the orange rock beside her. taken in Algarve, Portugal by @sheja.yoga

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16 days ago

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SOMETIMES BALANCE BEGINS WHEN YOU STOP HOLDING ON.

We are taught to hold on.

To people.
To plans.
To roles.
To expectations.
To the woman we once were.

As if letting go meant losing.
But maybe some things are not meant to be carried forever.

The body knows this.

Balance doesn’t come from becoming rigid.
It comes from listening.
Adjusting.
Trusting.
Knowing when to hold and when to release.

And perhaps life is no different.

There comes a moment when strength is no longer about how much you can carry.

It is about becoming very clear about what is still yours to carry.

The expectation you have outgrown.
The relationship with an old version of yourself.
The need to please everyone.
The plan that no longer feels like your future.
The need to know exactly what comes next.

You don’t have to keep holding something just because you once chose it.

And you don’t have to fight to keep a life you have already outgrown.

Sometimes letting go is not giving up.
It is making room.

For movement.
For possibility.
For the woman you are becoming.

Maybe that is balance:
not controlling everything around you, but trusting yourself
when something begins to move.

Now your turn ↓

Finish this sentence in the comments:

“I’m ready to let go of ______.”

One word is enough. 🤍

Save this for the day you need the reminder.
And send it to a woman who has been carrying too much for too long.

— Jelica

#AgelessMovement
#StrongWomenMove
#YogaInspiration
#TheArtOfLettingGo
#WomenWhoMove taken in Algarve, Portugal by @sheja.yoga

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20 days ago

A WARRIOR DOESN’T FIGHT EVERYTHING.
SHE CHOOSES WHAT IS WORTH HER ENERGY.

There was a time when I thought strength meant:

enduring, carrying more, never giving up, pushing through.

Today, strength means something different to me.
Not every battle deserves me.

Not every provocation deserves my response.
Not every expectation deserves my compliance.
Not every door needs to be opened.
Not every opinion needs to be changed.
And not everyone gets access to my energy.

That isn’t indifference.
It is discernment.

A warrior does not stand tall because she is constantly ready to fight.
She stands tall because she knows what she stands for.

One foot behind her.
One foot pointing forward.
Her body between the two.

Grounded.

Her gaze ahead. Her arms open wide.

Not attacking. Present.
Perhaps this is one of the things that changes as we grow:

We don’t become weaker because we fight less.
We become more precise.

We begin to understand that our energy is finite and therefore precious.

So we choose.
What we stand up for.
What we stay for.
What we walk away from.
Who receives our strength.

And sometimes, the most powerful expression of the warrior is not fighting harder.

It is standing calmly in your own ground and knowing:
This matters.
This doesn’t.
And I know the difference.

That is not surrender.

That is power with direction.

So let me ask you:
What is still worth your energy and what are you finally ready to stop fighting for?

— Jelica

SHEJA · Presence · Clarity · Self-Leadership · Human Reality taken in Algarve, Portugal by @sheja.yoga

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