Inspiration in the Ordinary with Erin Joy

Erin Joy spent a lot of time moving really fast through life. She’s the kind of person who just wanted do do it all. Ride motorcycles, dance, move her body, climb mountains and just generally ‘go for it’. There wasn’t one big moment, one radical shift, but through ordinary moments out in the world, in nature, Erin Joy found her way to yoga and fell in love with the way it made her stop and take notice of all the small wonderful things around her.Some of those everyday moments led her to want to go deeper. She’s in the midst of yoga therapy training, which she’s excited to find a deeper way to bring the heart of yoga into people’s every day lives for support and healing. We talk about the koshas - the layers of our body and human experience. And Erin in her wisdom reminds me that we each have our own story and experience, and they are all wonderful and full of our own personal truth. Erin then takes us all through an easy everyday mindfulness practice that you can do anywhere. It’s called Stoplight Breath™ — turning an ordinary stoplight into a mindfulness reminder.* 3. The practice itself* 🔴 Red → Reflect (check in with breath + thoughts).* 🟡 Yellow → Slow down (invite lightness, notice clouds, sunlight, moonlight, water).* 🟢 Green → Smile + gratitude (recall someone/something you love, or just smile anyway).I felt so relaxed after just a minute or two doing it. And we talk about easy ways out in the world to use real traffic lights to remind us to stop and pause and connect back to ourselves in any moment. Take a listen and give the Stoplight Breath practice a try - what do you think? Can you find it useful in your every day life?What ordinary things do you connect with in deeper ways?Find Erin on social media on instagram @yoga_with_erinjoy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit findingmyfrequency.substack.com/subscribe