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Lillyvette

Yoga for Everyone

Join Lillyvette on the Yoga mat!

Lillyvette is a 200 RYT and Trauma-Informed Yoga Instructor, as well as a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Self-Compassion Facilitator and an ACE-certified personal Trainer.

Lillyvette has worked in the fitness industry since August 2000. She has been helping clients as young as 16 years old and as old as 80 to achieve their health and wellness goals. She has worked with clients who have had chronic neck, back, and knee pain, as well as those recovering from shoulder and breast cancer surgeries. She is there to listen to her client’s needs and to guide them on their specific holistic wellness journey.

She enjoys and welcomes working with people at all levels and stages in their yogic journey. Whether someone comes for a Vinyasa flow, Hatha, restorative, chair yoga, Yin, all-levels, or meditation practice…she is there to guide and facilitate this experience for them with compassion.

Lillyvette considers it an honor and a privilege to have the opportunity to hold space for a variety of individuals through her yoga and mindfulness meditation practice.

“I am dedicated to doing good and serving others as much as I possibly can since I feel this is my dharma” – my purpose in life.”

She is married to her best friend, Haakon. They have three playful and amazing dogs: Penny (a 5-year-old Ridgeback) and Blue (a 2-year-old Ridgeback). They enjoy hiking, biking, and unplanned adventures. She enjoys crochet, knitting, and reading in her spare time.

Yoga for Everyone

I've heard so many people say they don't participate in yoga classes because they're not flexible enough. Sometimes they tell me that when they get stronger, they'll join the class. Other times, they tell me they don't "look like the typical yoga practitioner."

What does all of that even mean?

Yoga does not require you to "look" a certain way. Yoga is for ALL body types. Yoga will allow you to become more flexible, stronger — both inside and out — and develop a greater sense of compassion for yourself.

There is no such thing as a "perfect pose" or even the "perfect body."

Allow yourself to enjoy a practice that will permit you to focus on yourself, your breath, and your mind.

Remember, they call it "practice" for a reason.

I look forward to having you join me on the mat, with all of my imperfections, as we work toward acceptance.

Namaste

Lillyvette

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Discover Yoga and Mindfulness Online or in Small Groups in Brownsville, TX

Yoga, Mindfulness and Compassion

Lillyvette established Flow 4 Balance to help you incorporate yoga, mindfulness, compassion, and acceptance into your life, not just on your yoga mat.

Regardless of whether you are a beginner or an advanced practitioner, Flow 4 Balance can be easily integrated into your life. Our purpose is to help you "hold space."

My purpose in establishing Flow 4 Balance was to make yoga and mindfulness accessible to everyone. Self-care and wellness should be accessible to every individual who desires to feel better.

Yoga enables us to cultivate strength, balance, and compassion, and offers a chance to calm our minds. Yoga is a moving meditation...it is a flow that allows you to connect with your breath and strengthen yourself from the inside out. It isn't meant to be difficult or to make you feel less than anybody else.

Your practice should allow you to feel a connection to self...a bridge that connects your body to your soul through your breath. The place where you land is your heart...with compassion, self-love, and acceptance.

Mindfulness can be practiced on a yoga mat, seated or lying down, in a chair, or in any place where you feel calm, strong, yet neutral. You choose what best serves your needs. Although sitting or lying in stillness might seem easy, having someone guide you and put you at ease is extremely helpful.

Allow Flow 4 Balance to guide you on a mindfulness journey that can help alleviate stress, teach you to respond to unexpected situations, and deal more effectively with anxiety.

What is mindfulness?

Mindfulness

It seems like mindfulness is the new "buzzword" we are hearing about everywhere. Yet mindfulness is not a new thing.

Mindfulness has roots that reach back 2,500 years, and this hardly makes it a "new thing" to implement into our lives. While mindfulness practices have assumed different roles over the past thousands of years, their purpose has remained constant: to end suffering.

Mindfulness means paying attention on purpose in the present moment with an open-hearted, curious, and non-judgmental attitude.

Mindfulness meditation is also referred to as "insightful meditation." They call it "insightful meditation" because you will ultimately gain insight into areas of your life you may not have imagined. For instance, you will understand why you respond to certain things the way you do more clearly. You may also learn to take better care of yourself. This can all lead to mindful awareness, mindful eating, and self-care, which can develop over time through the regular integration of mindfulness practice.

Mindfulness meditation - Virtual, Hybrid or In-Person