How yoga shapes my day… without a single pose

For years, I’d tell Sean I was considering enrolling in another yoga training and he’d ask, “Is this the last one?”


“YES! This is it!” I’d promise.


But over time, he stopped asking, because we’ve both accepted that my yoga training never truly ends :-)


The full scope of yoga goes far beyond a physical practice, and has influenced all aspects of my life. Yoga shapes my mornings, how I approach challenges, how I care for myself (and my dogs!), and how I connect with the world. 


Yoga isn’t just something I “do” — it’s how I live.

Yoga flows through even the smallest parts of my day…
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I begin my day by boiling water for coffee and while I wait, I scrape my tongue — an Ayurvedic practice I picked up during my third yoga teacher training. 


When my coffee is brewed, I add some canned coconut milk — a habit I adopted years ago during a tapas practice. As a part of a training, I gave up dairy for a week to prove (to myself) I could live without half and half in my coffee. Turns out I could, and still do! Tapas, which means “intensity” or “discipline,” stokes our fire of change through life’s challenges, big and small.


With coffee in hand, I scroll through emails and social media — a habit I’ve reframed thanks to wisdom from my yoga teacher in India. “We use social media to make ourselves more available,” he told me years ago. Instead of mindless doom scrolling, I view my presence on social as making myself available to those who want to learn from or connect with me + keeping up with friends, family and students.

I bring a yogic mindset to my writing, too. No monotony or strict content calendar — I am an Aries ascendent in Vedic Astrology, and I thrive on newness! I follow my intuition when choosing topics, like I did with this newsletter. When I pause and listen, ideas tend to surface.


Morning also includes listening to my body. Sometimes, I’ll do quad strengthening or scrape my knee (physical therapy — a form of yoga! — I learned for healing my knee pain), nourish myself with a simple breakfast, and gear up for my “asana” practice: Dog-sledding!​



Mushing dogs requires preparation, from choosing the right team dynamics to layering up for comfort on the runners. The ride itself is my flow state — balance, core strength, and full focus.  By the time we’re back and the dogs are unhooked, I’m brimming with gratitude — and so are they.

Afternoons are for creative projects and off-grid chores, evenings for nourishing dinners (intuition-led, just like my writing), and winding down. I might write, inspired by something from the sled, or pull an oracle card to reflect on the day.


Meditation comes last. While I used to feel pressure to meditate in the morning, yoga taught me to release resistance and find what works. Practicing at night feels more natural. My meditation practice (which I teach in my YTT's) has absolutely changed my life.


Thousands of hours of training trickle into every aspect of who I am. I’m “practicing yoga” 24/7 — without ever rolling out my mat. And that fact has made all the difference in my life.



If you haven’t yet taken a 200-hour YTT, I’m looking for just a few more Beta Testers for my self-paced, 100% online teacher training. If you have time to test and complete my 200-hour training on an accelerated timeline by February 15th, you’ll receive a special discounted rate. All the training details can be found here, or you can reply to this email and I can send you the deets.


Sending you all lots of love,
Mollie