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🐶: @larrythejindomix
📍: NYC
💗: Find me @lifetime.nyc AAV, OWS, & 23rd @exhale2inhale

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We recently joined the kate spade new york Global Summit on Women’s Mental Health, in a room full of leaders, researchers, and advocates who see mental health as the foundation for everything else. 💜

The conversations felt close to home. Panels explored young people and mental health, building self-confidence from the inside out, the connection between movement and mental health, and what it means to belong to a community. These are the values at the heart of our work, and it meant so much to hear them reflected throughout the day. Thank you to kate spade new york for convening this space and for continuing to lead the conversation on women’s mental health.

We were also so proud to be featured as a case study in kate spade’s annual report. Seeing our name in print is a moment we’ll be holding onto for a long time. In our featured research, which was a collaboration with kate spade new york and Prospira Global on our From Wellness to Wellbeing college program, we found that 94% of student participants reported an increased sense of belonging, and 94% said they felt more confident taking steps toward their goals.

To our college program partners — Queens College, University of Mount Saint Vincent, York College of the City University of New York, CCNY, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, City University of New York School of Law, and St. John’s University — and students who joined us, thank you for sharing this special day with us and committing to supporting mental health and healing on campus. To kate spade new york and all of our partners, thank you for being in community with us in this work. We continue to be inspired by all the collaboration taking place across this work, including our long-time supporter lululemon.

We’re grateful to keep doing this work together. 💜

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Hi Exhale to Inhale community! This September, there are numerous ways to get involved with our trauma-informed yoga programs, including:

✨ Join us at the 8th Annual Celebration of Healing Gala!
Tickets and sponsorships are now available for our Rising Together Gala on Thursday, October 15th at Edison Ballroom Rooftop. This is our most important fundraising event of the year, helping bring trauma-informed healing to survivors around the world. Link in bio to purchase tickets.

✨ Registration is now open for our returning FREE public yoga classes!
This term, we have three available class options: Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. ET, Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m. ET, and our Spanish class on Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m. ET. Register now via the link in our bio above.

✨ Deepen your practice at our September Community Learning Series!

Join Exhale to Inhale trainer Matty Espino on Tuesday, September 22nd for a session exploring trauma-informed healing through the chakras. Open to yoga teachers, professionals, and anyone on their own healing journey. Sign-ups available in our bio.

✨ Early bird pricing ends soon for our November Trauma-Informed Yoga Training!

Register before October 7th to lock in early bird rates for our 16-hour virtual training on November 7th and 8th with trainers Julie Fernandez and Jenna Conner. Learn more via the link in our bio above.

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Join Exhale to Inhale trainer Matty Espino for our next Community Learning Series session, exploring how the chakra system supports survivors of domestic and sexual violence and their communities. 💜

Rooted in yogic tradition, the chakras offer a language for noticing patterns of sensation, emotion, and response within the body, helping us understand how trauma shapes our experience and what it means to support healing from the inside out.

This session introduces a trauma-informed approach to the chakra system through grounding, breath, and gentle movement, with attention to safety and nervous system regulation. Whether you're a yoga teacher, a professional working with survivors, or on your own healing journey, you'll leave with practical tools to bring into your work or practice.

🗓️ Tuesday, September 22
🗓️ 1:00 PM ET
🗓️ Zoom

Free and open to all. Donations welcome and appreciated.
Link in bio to register. 💜

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📍 Lake Tahoe in the summer is my absolute fave!!

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AfterGlo: SOL GUIDED VINYASA, MAT PILATES, MB360 @lifetime.nyc with Hannah Rose, Matty and Garrett @happyhapa.nyc
So much fun! Loved taking the different formats! Love love Lifetime 💜 Thank you for the great class, instructors, food, and gift bag! @thejohnnydnyc

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my summer so far!!! <3

photo dump, new york, outfit inspo, pinterest inspired, style inspo, fit check

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The darkness of the stage signaled the culmination of it all
As the lights turned on, a tsunami of great energy surged and hyped the ultimate stage call
Cheers from the crowds, filled my ears like an uproar, more like a brawl
Every movement perfected, every line refined, the masterpiece manifested itself in the bodies of us all

Lights switched to summon another vibe
A beacon of refreshment for another song to dive,
Flashes from the sides highlighted the contoured faces as we jive
Halfway through the piece, I felt everyone’s gasping for air as they give their best, they felt so alive

Brief moments of pause for all of us to feel
Our bodies starting to tire but our spirits recover, from the short gaps we heal
The last song exploded in pink as the dolls exit and entered the stage like an addicting looped reel
We turned the dance floor into a runway on our last deal

As the last pose lingered in continuum
A sense of satisfaction perpetuated the equilibrium
Exhaustive but balanced, a feeling of zen as our efforts paid off, our hard work translated into a gem like a beautiful corundum
Memories made and will live ad infinitum

The Dolls by jaspamide

🧠 @misschionyc sensei 👩🏻‍🏫
🎥 @bdcnyc 🕺🏻💃🏻✨

PS I really waited for the official video before releasing this piece of poetry. 📝🤭🥹

#broadwaydancecenter #newyork #dance #showcase #poetry

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Oh, how I missed the stage 🪩💃✨

THANK YOU @debbiewilsondance and @misschionyc for bringing me back to my happy place and for making the journey so enjoyable. Learning from you both is such a privilege and I’m forever inspired by you🫶❤️

Thank you to my DOLLS and DIVAS for being the most wonderful, talented, and fun group of dancers and for making every rehearsal feel like a party🎉 ❣️

Thank you to my family and friends for always being supportive, and thank you to everyone who came and hyped us up 💪💗

2026 BDC Student Showcase 🔥

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Multiple episodes of right anterior shoulder dislocations/subluxations for the last 10 years and two of which happened while I was dancing in BDC and Ripley. New onset osteoarthritis of the bilateral knees probably secondary to over use after intensives and three back to back classes on Sundays. A lot of struggles, from exhausting clinic tasks and cases, sleepless nights from anxiety, major break up from a long-term relationship and so many more. In all of these Dance has been my best friend, my stress buster, a vortex that swallows all the negative energy that’s consuming me from within. I never imagined that despite all the hurdles after 7 years, dancing would pave the way for me to be back on the stage again.

This NYC journey will never be complete without dance. I’ve always told my friends I came in for the dance, not for people but ironically a lot of my close friends are the ones I share the dance floor with. I guess the mutual affinity towards a cohort of the same energy is just too strong. I am forever grateful to the people I shared this journey with. To the teachers especially to my sensei @misschionyc for the opportunity to be a part of your masterpiece. To my friends whose cheers and support always fueled my performance in classes and in our showcase. To The Dolls, it’s an honor to have shared the same stage with you.

6 months to go NYC. I promise to make every moment count. Expecto Patronum 🗽✨

PS can’t tag all. Limit is 20 people. 🙇🏻‍♂️

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2 weeks till we’re back on the court! We’re so excited to go back to the Barclays Center on Thurs 5/21 for our giant class on the court and to watch the @nyliberty game later that night.

The yoga class is sold out, but there are still seats in the stands with us to watch the game in our own Tangerine Yoga section. Hit up the link in bio 🔗

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I open my phone for a casual scroll. The first thing I see is an article about s*x trafficked girls in Mexico. In between photos of my friends is a post about “alpine divorce” - the cute name they created for when a man m*rders his wife while hiking. I guess it happens often enough that they needed a name. I see a post about Epste!n survivors. A woman who victimized them sits in jail. A man who victimized them sits in the White House. I haven’t seen much about them recently because CNN has been focused more on the “R@pe Academy” - another name, this one for men who share tips on how to drug and ass*ult their sleeping wives.

I see images of celebrities on the red carpet at last nights gala who look like skeletons. I scroll past a fitness influencer with a discount code for ozempic shots. I close my phone. Time to get out of bed and get ready for work.

I’m 35 years old and my whole professional career has been about holding space for women, queer people, and survivors of all kinds to feel stronger, more capable & connected, and ultimately, a little bit safer in their bodies. It’s the most important work I can do because this world is not safe for us.

This weekend I had the honor of co-leading another 16 hour Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher Training alongside @supermatt1123 and @exhale2inhale at @brooklynwellnessclub ✨ 15 individuals gathered to bear witness, to co-create, and to go forth into their own communities well equipped to help make the world feel just a little bit safer for survivors.

Thank you to the ETI team for giving me space for this since 2018 and cheers to this beautiful & inspiring cohort, thank you for your open hearts and minds 💜

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April showers bring ☔️ a great April practice? Be sure to come in for our fun theme classes left this month. Thanks to Liz, Matty, Jake, and Hannah for these extra unique classes that make Tangerine, well, Tangerine 🍊

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