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Love & Inspiration #19
Checking out of the Morning
Phone-Check Cycle to Reclaim your Day

How are you?

Question – Do you check your phone first thing in the morning?

If you do, you are in good company.

According to research by IDC and sponsored by Facebook, more than 80% or 4/5 smartphone users check their phones before brushing their teeth or getting out of bed in the morning.

This week I tried out an experiment on myself: I would check my phone in the mornings only after I had already finished my meditation and yoga practice.

Here’s what happened…

Click here to Read On…

Hope you have a wonderful day and beautiful weekend ahead.

Thanks again for being a part of this beautiful growing Pure Flow Yoga Tribe,

We truly LOVE and APPRECIATE you! being here,

With Love, Gratitude & Blessings,

XOXO

Francie

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Here are some fresh inspirations for your weekend ahead:

1) Quote

“No one succeeds without effort… Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance”. – Ramana Maharishi

2) Blog Post

Reclaim your Day: 3 Tips to Help you Checking Out of the morning Phone-Check Cycle

3) Song: Remixed Classic
Leonard Cohen: The Partisan (MK Remix) – Electronica Massive Edit

4) Inspiring Video Talk
Thich Nhat Hanh talks with Oprah Winfrey

5) Thought Provoking Image

Find more Love & Inspirations Here!

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May / June 2019 – Bali

Awaken your Voice: Wednesdays @ Sayuri Cafe, 6pm

Sound Medicine Journey: Thursdays @ Yoga Barn, 3-4:30pm

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Love & Inspiration #18
Let go to Let flow

Namaste beautiful,

First of all, just wanna let you know that we are doing a
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So if you’re thinking about coming soon, now is the time.

Did you catch my Instagram LIVE this week I wonder? I started sharing a couple weeks ago my personal musings on life and what’s present for me and Pure Flow, and I’d love to see you there.

Mondays @ 3pm Bali Time / 2 pm Thailand / 8am UK Time / 5pm Australia / 3am NYC (if you miss the LIVE, you can catch a reply on our instagram stories for 24 hours only!)

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This week, on the instagram live, I bared my soul and shared very vulnerably with you about where I’m at and the struggle I’m having to keep the business side of Pure Flow Yoga…flowing.

I’m in a place where I’m coming into a lot of questions of how can i make this project work. How can i keep it all flowing and supporting? What if I have to let it all go? What does that even mean? Who would I be if I let it all go?

How can I lean into trust more.

When life is not unfolding in a state of pure flow of synchronicity, ease, and joy, what do you do?

For me, I notice that my tendency at first, is to fight the current, work harder, stress more, and try to control the situation to make things work. I hold on for dear life.

Generally, I do this until I become aware that I’m caught in the illusion of believing that I am ultimately in control of everything. Slowly I realise that I’ve gotten caught in an attachment of thinking that what i do is who am I.

What I do, the relationships I have, the likes and dislikes that I have, these are ever-changing aspects of my personality, my ego if you will. They are not the essence of who I am.

In other words, I will still be me, even if my outer world, my work, my relationships, my georgraphy etc completely change.

So what to do in these moments where life is not in full flow?

Practice the life-long art and practice of letting go.

While I’ll continue to do my best, and show up to the challenges that present,

and while I’ll maintain my commitment to the path of Yoga,
this commitment to cultivate my strength, balance and flexibility
of not only my body, but also my mind,

I let go of of how it’ll all unfold moving forward.
So that I can relax into a deeper state of trust in the unknown,
and remember that the great mystery,
the infinite intelligence that flows through life,
is far greater that i can ever fully comprehend in this moment.

So, I don’t yet know what will happen next with the business. Let’s see…

But, Here’s what i do know:

• I can do my best and keep showing up to do #allthethings,
• I can keep showing up to my practice of Yoga, meditation, prayer, asking questions, and deep patient listening
• I can actively practice letting go into the great mystery and divine unfolding
• I can control my relationship to this moment
• I can cultivate more trust and knowing that whatever does happen next, is in the spirit of rising up and evolution.

  Today I invite you to take a minute and ask yourself, where in your life can you surrender to more trust and letting go?
  Please hit REPLY and let me know – I love hearing from you always, and always give each person an individual reply.

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Here are some fresh inspirations to help you let go:

1) Quote

• “We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell
• “Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” – Hermann Hesse
• “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need.”– Lao Tzu

2) Video

• Let go of Attachment – Alan Watts / UG Krishnamurti / Terence Mckenna

3) Music for Letting Go

• Nourish by Hanna Leigh
  I seriously love this song and all the beautiful lyrics that flow through this incredible being. I had the chance to live with Hannah, once upon a time in a conscious community in Hawaii, and the resonance and frequency of what she shares is pure crystalline beauty. Hope you love it as much as i do!

4) Poem for Letting Go by Saffire Rose
Tip: Take the time to Read this out loud to yourself or to a friend.

She let go.
She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go.
She let go of the fear.
She let go of the judgments.
She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head.
She let go of the committee of indecision within her.
She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons.
Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go.
She didn’t ask anyone for advice.
She didn’t read a book on how to let go.
She didn’t search the scriptures.
She just let go.
She let go of all of the memories that held her back.
She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward.
She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right.
She didn’t promise to let go.
She didn’t journal about it.
She didn’t write the projected date in her Day-Timer.
She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper.
She didn’t check the weather report or read her daily horoscope.
She just let go.
She didn’t analyse whether she should let go.
She didn’t call her friends to discuss the matter.
She didn’t do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment.
She didn’t call the prayer line.
She didn’t utter one word.
She just let go.
No one was around when it happened.
There was no applause or congratulations.
No one thanked her or praised her.
No one noticed a thing.
Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go.
There was no effort.
There was no struggle.
It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad.
It was what it was, and it is just that.
In the space of letting go, she let it all be.
A small smile came over her face.
A light breeze blew through her.
And the sun and the moon shone forevermore…

5) PFY Practice Podcast

• Allowing & Letting go – 90 minute dynamic asana flow
  Open your body, open your mind.
  Enjoy practicing with us live in the jungle

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Pure Flow Yoga News

Join us weekly on Instagram Live

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I’d LOVE to hear from you and will share in the live. Please hit reply and let me know your question and also the time that might work best for you where you are.

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June 16 – July 26, 2019
Are you a Yoga teacher? Do you want to become an even more skilled, confident and effective teacher and leader through deepening experiences and having rich individualised feedback? You can earn Continuing Education credit when you participate in one of our life-changing Yoga Retreats in Paradise in Koh Phangan with Pure Flow Yoga’s founder Francie Fishman

Please send me a personal email or book a discovery call here.

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July 7-13, 2019
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Francie’s Events in Bali
May / June 2019

• Awaken your Voice: Wednesdays @ Sayuri Cafe, 6pm
• Sound Medicine Journey: Thursdays @ Yoga Barn, 3-4:30pm
• Wanna make magic where you are (or where you wanna go)? Let’s talk. I’m now offering private retreats and trainings in Bali, Canada, USA and beyond in 2019/2020 and I’d love to connect with You! 🙂
  ———-

Hope you have a wonderful day and beautiful weekend ahead.

Thanks again for being a part of this beautiful growing Pure Flow Yoga Tribe,

We truly LOVE and APPRECIATE you! being here,

With Love, Gratitude & Blessings

XOXO

Francie

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Love & Inspiration #17
New Moon Yin-spiration

Blessings to you for New Moon in Taurus this Sunday Lou,

New moons are a naturally more yin – reflective, introspective and intuitive – time.

Do you feel that?

As we approach this new moon, we are being invited to review how we go about our day-to day life, and reflect on how/where we can create more space, more presence, more love, more joy.

New Moons offer us the perfect opportunity for fresh starts and inspirations,

as well as support and nourishment for the seeds of the intentions we plant with this new cycle,

whether that’s to be more healthy, do more yoga and meditation practice, or simply to bring more gratitude into our days.

What seeds or intentions are you planting for this new moon cycle?
Please REPLY – I’d love to hear from you
(Otherwise be sure to tell a friend – so valuable to have a witness / accountability partner)

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Here are some fresh inspirations to help inspire your presence for your week ahead:

1) Quote

• “I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in the silence, and the truth comes to me”. – Albert Einstein
  (shared by Kyle Gartlan Close – one of our amazing YTT Grads)

2) Pure Flow Yoga Podcast

• Yoga & Taboo: Sex, Death & Wealth with Emily Kuser

Emily is a true seeker at heart, and has journeyed from her humble American roots, to becoming a prominent international Yoga teacher based in Bali and offering her Self-Care, Woman & Feminine Sexuality work as well as her Taboo exploration workshops worldwide.

Emily has a passionate curiosity for exploring the big questions of life (and death), and also how can she be best be in service to humanity a teacher. Emily is known for her skills and passion teaching Anusara Yoga, Embodied Flow, and now the more juicy and unexplored topics of sex, death & wealth, which we explore a bit in today’s conversation. Hope you enjoy!

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3) 12 Minute Meditation Practice on Insight Timer

• Somatic Practice for Mental Reset – with Daphne Chua

Our very own Daphen Chua, who will sharing @ Pure Flow Yoga this June offers this meditation…

Somatic education is an exploration into waking up the internal senses to uncover our own physical and subtle mind-body mapping, to help us determine the way we inhabit in our environment and respond to elements and people around us.

This is a short somatic reset practice, working with a simple body sensing, breath and subtle movements to cultivate awareness, restore mental clarity and ease of breath.

This can be practised anytime, anywhere. Just find a comfortable seat to begin.

4) Ask and You Shall Receive

• Love & Inspiration Archives

Thank you x infinity to those of you who have been reaching out in gratitude and appreciation and asking for more. For more inspirations to fuel your flow, you can now visit our L & I archives on our blog right here

5) Music – Pure Flow Yoga Soundcloud Playlist

• Yin Yoga Flow Compilation

Enjoy 20+ curated heart-melt tracks to help you drop into to your Yin Yoga or simply your chiill-out flow.

Listen and let me know, What’s your favourite song?

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Pure Flow Yoga News

NEW! Let’s Connect LIVE!
Fuel for your Flow – Instagram Live

Mondays @ 3pm Bali Time / 2 pm Thailand / 8am UK Time / 5pm Australia / 3am NYC
What questions do you have about Yoga, Retreats, life and/or everything in between?
I’d LOVE to hear from you and will share in the live.

Yoga Alliance – YACEP 30h & 60h
Continuing Education Credit for Yoga Teachers
June 16 – July 26, 2019
Are you a Yoga teacher? Do you want to become an even more skilled, confident and effective teacher and leader through deepening experiences and having rich individualised feedback?

You can now earn Continuing Education credit when you participate in one of our life-changing Yoga Retreats in Paradise in Koh Phangan with Pure Flow Yoga’s founder Francie Fishman

Please send me a personal email or book a discovery call here.

Sacred Sound Retreat: Yoga & Music
Awaken your Voice and Connect to your Song
July 7-13, 2019
with Francie Love & Mel Dobra
BOOK NOW

Francie’s Events in Bali
May / June 2019

• Sister’s Singing Circles: Thursdays @ 11am – 12:30 pm
• Sound Medicine Journey: Thursdays 3-4:30pm
• Wanna make magic where you are (or where you wanna go)? Let’s talk. I’m now offering private retreats and trainings in Bali, Canada, USA and beyond in 2019/2020 and I’d love to connect with You! 🙂
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Hope you have a wonderful day and beautiful weekend ahead.

Thanks again for being a part of this beautiful growing Pure Flow Yoga Tribe,

We truly LOVE and APPRECIATE you! being here,

With Love, Gratitude & Blessings

XOXO

Francie

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Happy full moon beautiful,

How are you? What is present for you right now?

There is always deeper and further to go in this work we are doing to love and know ourselves more.

Sometimes life can feel fully flowing, and sometimes life can feel like a relentless fury of pounding waves in the infinite ocean of our lives..

In other words, life can feel really hard, confusing, overwhelming, stressful, unfair even, sometimes or even a lot of the time.

We all have our unique shoes we walk in, our uniques patterns of behaviours, emotions, and dynamics we play out…

The first thing we do to transform our experience in any given moment is to come into awareness of this moment:

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At the beginning and end of our Yoga classes at Pure Flow we invite you, our students, to scan the bodymind, to come into a conscious awareness of our present moment experience.

Let’s take a moment now and try:

• How am I feeling in the body right now? Is there tightness? Is there pain? Is there openness?
• How am I feeling in the mind? Is it busy? Full? Fast? Slow? Am i scattered? Am I present? Am I in the future? Am I in the past?
• How am I feeling in the heart? Is there emotion? What’s present?

At the end of each practice, we scan our bodyminds again, notice the contrasts in how we feel, and then practice the fine art of “marinating in the goodness”. of the practice.

What does that mean?

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Marinating in the Goodness

Marinating in the Goodness, is a simple 2 minute practice to help integrate shifts, clarities, openness, flexibility, peace of mind, presence, and love into our lives.

It allows us to fully witness, see and marinate in the feeling of love and gratitude.

When we do this after our practice, we get to feel into the power of how simple breathing, moving and feeling into the bodymind for 90 mins (or more, or less) can really help us shift our vibration and energy field and integrate transformation,

so that we can carry the goodness off the mat and into our everyday lives.

Marinating in the goodness is just one simple gratitude practice that we can all work with in this moment to grow the good and increase the flow of love and joy in our lives.

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As we come to the peak and completion of yet another full moon cycle, I invite you into a few moments of scanning your bodymind, and “marinating in the goodness” of your life. Ask yourself:

How can I marinate in the goodness of my life? What is flowing in my life? What does feel good and spacious? What are three things that I can be grateful for in this moment?

Hit REPLY and let me know

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Here are some fresh inspirations for your weekend ahead:

Quote
Sometimes you never know the value of a moment until it’s a memory” . – Dr. Seuss

Video Poem by Rinpoche
Rest in natural great peace by Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche

Rest in natural great peace

This exhausted mind

Beaten helpless by karma and neurotic thought

Like the relentless fury of the pounding waves

In the infinite ocean of samsara.

Francie’s Tip: Do yourself a favour, and take 4 single-tasking minutes to be present with this prayer and poem.

Pure Flow Yoga Practice Podcast

(#8) 🙏 Gratitude Flow 💕 – 90 minute Flow
What are you grateful for? Purna = fullness. Life is full. The more we can appreciate how much we have in life the more we cultivate contentment, or Santosha. Join me in this practice today to cultivate the feeling of enough-ness: remembering that there is Enough love, enough money, enough time and space for every one.

Francie’s Tip: Even if you don’t do the whole practice, I promise, that even if you just start and do a few minutes practice, you’ll feel some benefits!

Fresh from our Award-Winning Blog
Our Body is our Brain: What is Somatic Yoga by Daphne Chua
What if Yoga isn’t about touching your toes or forcing your body into odd shapes or being able to look good in Lululemon gear, to get a glimpse into enlightenment?

What if it is actually a practice centred around cultivating awareness, using different toolkits, to better connect body and mind?

What if it can be fun, accessible, engaging? What if it can offer you insight into how you carry your beliefs through your body so you have more choices?

What if it helps you to understand more about your relationships with self and others so you have more confidence, clarity and empathy in your interactions?

Join Daphne and learn more about Somatic Yoga on Retreat @ Pure Flow Yoga from May 26 – June 28, 2019

Beautiful Music
The Divine – by Mel Dobra
Have a listen to a beautiful melodious mantra with the beautiful Mel Dobra who will be co-leading the Sacred Sounds – Awaken your Voice – Music & Yoga Retreat with me this July.

Home Practice Meditation App
Insight Timer
I love this app and know that I have yet to discover it’s full potential…I use it most days to time and track my meditation practice. You can also do this with friends!

Insight Timer offer the largest free library of guided meditations on earth and the world’s most loved meditation Timer, for free.

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Hope you have a wonderful full moon and week ahead.

Thanks again for being a part of this beautiful growing Pure Flow Yoga Tribe,

We truly LOVE and APPRECIATE you! being here,

With Love, Gratitude & Blessings

XOXO

Francie

P.S. We appreciate you so much. Until the end of the year 2019, use promocode “lovelovelove” for $75 off your next retreat with us:) This is exclusive to LOVELETTER subscribers only!

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Gorgeous beautiful,

Epic love from the Bali Spirit Fest.

Gush.

It’s so beyond magical, heart-opening, inspiring, and uplifting. The music, the workshops, the people, the atmosphere….oh my!

Feeling an overflow of inspiration and gratitude flowing through my every vein, and filling me with so much nectar goodness.

Check out the vibe a bit here and catch a glimpse of my favourite new kirtan singer Sivani Ma Francis. The music she shared helped transport me into another dimension with her melodious devotional trance sounds. Wow.

This year, the theme of the festival is “Restore the Balance” and I’ve been reflecting on how important balance really is in our individual lives, as well as in the collective.

Are you feeling balanced? What do you need to feel more balanced?

For me, this festival has so far been an incredible journey of sharing, but mostly it’s been a balancing time of receiving and taking in the abundance of awesome that is all around.

After 14 weeks straight of leading and holding space on our Pure Flow Yoga retreats and teacher training, this experience truly is helping me to “restore the balance”, and juice up on all the teachings I’m receiving here, to be able to give again to you all from a totally full space.

I’m excited to share billions of inspirations for you from here in the coming weeks: music, projects, podcasts interviews I’m doing with incredible people…so stay tuned!

What do you need to restore the balance in your life right now?
I’d LOVE to hear from you!

Here are some fresh inspirations for your weekend ahead!

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Quote
“There is nothing like a dream to create the future.” – Victor Hugo

Song you will LOVE
Gajumaru – Yaima
I LOOOOOOVE this track.
Try to get this one out of your head.
I dare you! 🙂

Book
Yoni Shakti by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli PhD
This is the #1 book on my read next list, and considered required reading, by many contemporary yoga teacher friends from here and all over the world.

This week I’ve had the absolute privilege to participate in some workshops with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, and I am beyond inspired to study and learn more of what this incredible woman is sharing in relation to feminine cycles, menstruation consciousness, the maha vidyas – wisdom goddesses, and post-lineage Yoga. Expect more from me on this ….

Cacao Ceremony
Elah & Ausierra
No one does an 800 person cacao ceremony quite like Elah & Ausierra! I love these guys. They rocked such an incredible ceremony of transformation, intention and joy that I’m sure we’ll all remember for years to come. Check out the awesomeness they are sharing with the world here.

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Have a wonderful weekend and week ahead, & thanks again for being a part of this beautiful growing Pure Flow Yoga Tribe,

We truly LOVE and APPRECIATE you! being here,

With Love & Blessings

XOXO

Francie

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P.P.S Have some inspirations you wanna share with us? Hit Reply and share! If we share here on L&I, we’ll be sure to credit you!

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How are you?

My bestie, from when I used to live in Japan in 2005, and who came to live and teach with me at the famous Green School here in Bali in 2011, just gave birth to her 2nd child.

I got to love and adore this magical baby creature when he was just 24 hours old and wow,

Just wow.

I’m feeling really inspired by the great mysteries of birth, life, death, creation and everything in between…

This baby needs so much love, presence and care to have his basic needs met, so he can thrive, grow and flow in this world.

and he doesn’t need to do, be or have anything other than he is: a crying, pooping, chilling being, for us all to LOVE him with all our hearts.

We forget that we are so much the same as this tiny being.

We need love to grow.
We need presence to thrive,
and, as cliche as it may sound,
we are perfect as we are.

We don’t need to play any roles, or be anyone other than we are,
nor do we need to have the perfect house, car, job, relationship, {fillintheblank].
nor do we need to do, achieve, or accomplish anything to be worthy of love and presence.

You know, presence is a form of love that truly is both the simplest and greatest gift that you can offer yourself and others.

Today I invite you to reflect: How can you offer your presence today in service of love?
What is one thing you can do to practice more presence today?

Please REPLY – I love hearing from you!

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Here are some fresh inspirations to help inspire your presence for your week ahead:

Quote
“This moment is not life waiting to happen, goals waiting to be achieved, words waiting to be spoken, connections waiting to be made, regrets waiting to evaporate, aliveness waiting to be felt, enlightenment waiting to be gained. No. Nothing is waiting. This is it. This moment is life.”
― Jeff Foster, Falling in Love with Where You Are

Music
4 hours of FREE Yoga & Mediation Music by Moby
“I’m not doing yoga because I want to live to 500 years old and be young and beautiful for the rest of my life. It’s simply because, I enjoy it. It makes me feel good and I think it increased my chances for having a happier, healthier life. And creatively I get a lot more work done.” (Interview: The Deepak Chopra Channel]

What a gift! Musician, DJ, author, photographer, restaurant owner, and activist, Moby shares this beautiful, quiet, calm, ambient music for free download and streaming. You can learn more Moby’s new release and personal Yoga practice in this interview here.

Blog I’m Reading & Thinking about…
Why Busyness Is Actually Modern Laziness by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter
Busyness is a choice. By being busy all the time with deadlines, projects, errands, to-do’s, are we avoiding facing life? The busier we keep ourselves, the more we avoid being confronted with questions of life and death. As we keep ourselves occupied with tasks, important or not, we keep a safe and comfortable distance from the issues that are sometimes hard to look at…

Any reflections on this? Sound like you? I’d LOVE to hear from You!

Home Practice Meditation App
Headspace – A personal meditation guide, right in your pocket
Are you ready to try meditation? Do you need help staying with the practice?

Headspace is a truly AWESOME resource to help you learn the basics and develop a strong foundation of meditation.

it’s science-based, non-woo woo, and visually appealing guided meditations, lessons, podcast and videos to help you eliminate stress and anxiety from your life, ad help you find more clarity, purpose and calm.

When you sign up for FREE, you’ll get 10 days of 10 minute mediation and lesson. Try it and let me know how you go! 🙂

Introducing…
Michael Ewertz – Our lead Yoga Retreat Teacher from April 28 – May 31st on our Pure Flow Yoga Retreats in Thailand.
We are so honoured and excited to welcome Michael to Pure Flow Yoga. Michael is an incredible, wise, friendly, and experienced 700hr Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Teacher and Owner of Sun-Surya-Yoga, Ambassador and Retreat Manager for Sri Jasnath Asan| Thai Yoga Practitioner, Acupressure Therapist, and Yin & Yoga Nidra adept.

His teachings, with their strong focus on meditation and loving compassion, are known to help people find peace of mind and deep relaxation, to help find harmony in our fast paced society.

Join Michael for an intimate, magical & life-changing experience NOW!

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Pure Flow Yoga News

Sacred Sound Retreat: Yoga & Music
Awaken your Voice and Connect to your Song
with Francie & Mel Dobra | July 7-13, 2019

BOOK NOW! There’s only a few days left of our Early Bird Special
{closes April 30th}

I’m really truly truly excited about this powerful and magical offering, and would so love to see you there! Music is the universal language that really unifies, uplifts and resonates our souls.

This unique retreat will help you align to a higher vibration, shift and transform any stagnant emotion or energy that isn’t serving you, and will help you to awaken to the true potential of your voice and expression.

Francie’s Events in Bali

• Sister’s Singing Circles: Wednesdays @ 11am – 1pm
• Sound Medicine Journey: Wednesdays 7:30-9 pm, Thursdays 3-4:30pm
• If you are interested in private retreats or trainings in Bali, Canada,USA or beyond in 2019/2020 please let me know…. I’d love to make global magic happen with You! 🙂

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Hope you have a wonderful full moon and week ahead.

Thanks again for being a part of this beautiful growing Pure Flow Yoga Tribe,

We truly LOVE and APPRECIATE you! being here,

With Love, Gratitude & Blessings

XOXO

Francie

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Lovely, How has your week been?

I’ve just come back from a couple nourishing days in nature at the beach with some of my old-school besties here in Bali.

I left my computer behind for the first time in ages, and let myself spend quality time with my friends, practice yoga as a student, be in the moment, simply be…

It was powerful.

I feel like a totally upgraded version of myself.

Our students say that all the time, and it’s just so true.

Every so often, tt’s so important and necessary to take some time out for some time in.

For me, this sacred pause is so necessary for self-care.

What I notice, when we stop ,and press pause on busy,

we relax and unwind, and naturally things start to fall in place:

we become more receptive

fresh perspective on our challenges are revealed,

creative treasures start to flow through,

gratitude arises for what we do have

and most importantly perhaps, that space we’ve intentionally created allows for a deeper openings,

more connection with ourselves, with those we love, with the moment,

and with the wonder of nature itself.

When was the last time you took a sacred pause? How did you feel after? I’d LOVE to hear from you!

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Pure Flow Yoga News

Sacred Sound: Yoga + Music retreat with Francie & Mel Dobra | July 7-13, 2019

Early bird pricing ends APRIL 30. BOOK NOW to avoid missing this transformative embodiment and vocal awakening experience.

Francie’s Events in Bali

For those of you in Bali, keep checking my personal fb page to stay tuned on upcoming offerings.
Starting next week I’m so excited to be sharing Sound Medicine with Kirtan master Punnu Wasu, Wednesdays 6:30-9, and Thursdays 2:30 – 4:30.
I’ll be sharing a concert soon @Zest cafe, so stay tuned!

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Here are some fresh inspirations for your weekend ahead:

Quote
“When people come to me and they ask, ‘How to meditate?’ I tell them, ‘There is no need to ask how to meditate, just ask how to remain unoccupied. Meditation happens spontaneously. Just ask how to remain unoccupied, that’s all. That’s the whole trick of meditation – how to remain unoccupied. Then you cannot do anything. The meditation will flower.’ – Osho

Watch
How to Receive Revelations From Nature – Uplift TV
In this 2 minute video, Ecologist,Stephan Harding, shares with us a simple practice on how you can transform your relationship with the natural world.

Following on Instagram…
@eatpraynewyork – I want it. You want it. George Costanza wants it (“Serenity now!”) So I’m taking one step a day towards inner peace in the world’s most chaotic city.

Check out Sabine’s new insta-project @eatpraynewyork, where she gives step-by-step insight on finding serenity in the city.

Here’s one of my favs…

Step 19: DIGITAL DETOX. I’ve read that the average American sends 3,400 messages a month from bed, and checks their phone 200 times a day. That’s once every six and a half minutes. One in four people spend more time online than they do asleep. Our attention span has dropped over the past decade from 12 seconds to a mere eight – shorter than the attention span of a goldfish. Not surprisingly there is a direct correlation between my happiness and reducing my screen time so I’ve started digitally detoxing for periods of time that are getting longer and longer, mostly around sleep. I just spent a couple of days in a remote national park that had no power after dark, which led me to turning off my phone during those periods. The change in my experience was palpable. I’ve also turned off my push notifications, and will be more mindful of putting my phone away during meals.

How do you limit your screen time?

Reading

The Soul of Money: Transforming your Relationship with Money and Life by Lynne Twist
What I’m loving about this book is the invitation to examine and confront our attitudes towards money – earning, spending and giving it away, and demystify our challenges, fears, addiction, attachment, remorse, regret, and hurt around money, so that we can align our relationship with it and embrace it all to transform our lives.

“Our relationship with money can become a place where, day in and day-out, we can engage in meaningful spiritual practice”.

Listening to…
Ah Ni Kuni (Mose Remix) – Lindsey Wise
I pretty much love ANYTHING this magical woman creates and shares. and I’m loving this new remix EP. Check it out the EP here.

The Lindsey Wise remix EP is an offering of devotional medicine music reworked into beat driven dance journeys. The three remixers Intiche, Mose, and Binder each add their own signature touch to the already beautiful voice and message of Lindsey. Intiche offers his sunny joy filled take to Ah Ni Kuni in addition to Mose’s more subdued slow journey approach and Binder brings his playful groove into the celebratory
energy of Stardust.

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I hope you have a wonderful weekend and week ahead, & thanks again for being a part of this beautiful growing Pure Flow Yoga Tribe,

We truly LOVE and APPRECIATE you! being here,

With Love & Blessings

XOXO

Francie

P.S. We appreciate you so much. Until the end of the year 2019, use promocode “lovelovelove” for $75 off your next retreat with us:) This is exclusive to LOVELETTER subscribers only!

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Happy New Moon and Vedic New Year!

Today is considered a very auspicious time in the Vedic calendar to reclaim and renew your power.

“The Sun Moves into Aries to start the Tamil New Year, and there is so much transformational energy available during this transit. You can empower the Sun within you. This is the time when you can alter time, succeed in your business as well as personal life and affect a change in your destiny.” ~ Dr. Pillai

Today is considered a powerful day to move forward with your dreams and aspirations, moving through obstacles so that you can have prosperity, good health and abundance.

How will you empower the sun within yourself for this new year cycle?
Or in other words, how will you push forward with all your dreams and aspirations for 2019 so you can have a year of success and fulfilment?

I’d LOVE to hear from you!

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BSF Wrap-Up:

I’m finally starting to find my own personal rhythm after an incredible but highly full and stimulating week at the Bali Spirit Fest.

There are so many highlights:

I loved all the music, and the workshops i was able to attend. I loved the art, and the vibe.

It was such a treat to run into so many of the Pure Flow Yoga family, and to hear about everyone’s journey’s since their retreats with us.

I loved connecting with the community from all over the world as well as making so many new beautiful connections.

I especially loved sharing vocal activations and a concert with the incredible Lindsey Wise. and I was so honoured to share live music for a Yoga Nidra class with the amazing Cathy Pearson.

Of course, a big highlight was being able to step out of my own way and show up to share music at the Coco Love Stage. I invited a number of friends to play with me, and that felt super supportive and nourishing, especially at these beginning stages of me sharing myself more with the world.

What was so special about this particular moment for me, was that I was sharing a song from the rainbow family. These are kind of folk songs that people from all over the world sing around fires and in circles, and often we don’t know who wrote them or when.

The woman who actually wrote this song in the 70’s, when she was living with Osho, Maha Laxmi, happened to be front and center at the Coco Love Stage, spinning and dancing with utter glee. She was heart-blasted to hear her song shared decades later in this wild tropical land. It was such a beautiful and synchronistic connection, for which I’m beyond appreciative.

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Pure Flow Yoga News:

For those of you in Bali:

I love being invited to share, and since doing the show at Bali Spirit, I’ve been invited to share on some sound medicine journeys around town, and i’ll be doing a live acoustic show next week.

Feeling really grateful for these opportunities to learn and grow.

I’m also gonna start doing a weekly singing circle soon, so for those of you in the Ubud, Bali area, please follow my personal page on facebook here to learn about my offerings!

For those of you in North America:

I’m starting to think ahead to my trip home to Canada & the US this August/September and would love any invites to share Yoga, meditation, workshops, singing circles, vocal activations…

If you are interested, and have a studio or connection to a space and a group of people that would benefit from these offerings, please get in touch by replying to this email, and hopefully we can arrange something awesome!

For those of you joining / wanting to join us this month in Thailand:

Yay! Please meet Nadia Moon, who starts sharing her magic this week. She is an incredible Yogi and teacher, who will be teaching alongside our beautiful Sophie, and you can learn more about her here.

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Here are some fresh inspirations for your weekend ahead:

Quote:

“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but thought about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking. Separate them from the situation, which is always neutral. It is as it is”. – Eckhart Tolle

Sacred Sounds:

Here in the Now – Murray Kyle [Temple Step & DJ Lo Qi Remix

Murray Kyle is one of the most uplifting and inspiring sacred musicians I know. Check him out and discover more of the gold he shares.

Bali Spirit Festival Highlight

Porangui LIVE @ Bali Spirit Fest

I was super blown away by this epic performance by multi instrumentalist and ceremonialist Porangui. You can check out more of his transformational music and healing experiences here.

Reading:

Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness by Rick Hanson PH.D
I tend to read a number of books at the same time to match my mood of the moment. I’ve just started this book and I’m already getting so much out of it. It’s all about resilience.

It’s not about what happens, but what happens next…

In this practical guide, and with his trademark blend of neuroscience, mindfulness, and positive psychology, New York Times bestselling author Dr. Rick Hanson shows you how to develop twelve vital inner strengths hardwired into your own nervous system. Then no matter what life throws at you, you’ll be able to feel less stressed, pursue opportunities with confidence, and stay calm and centered in the face of adversity.

Conscious Clothing:

Tao Muse Designs
Meet my friend Pavitra. I LOVE what this sister is creating – love-infused earth-friendly, organic, sustainable and stylish clothing from beginning to end. Hand-crafted in Bali. And guess what? She’s been so kind as to offer our community 10% off with PROMOCODE – PUREFLOWMUSE

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Happy new moon and new year again.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and week ahead, & thanks again for being a part of this beautiful growing Pure Flow Yoga Tribe,

We truly LOVE and APPRECIATE you! being here,

With Love & Blessings

XOXO

Francie

P.S. We appreciate you so much. Until the end of the year 2019, use promocode “lovelovelove” for $75 off your next retreat with us:) This is exclusive to LOVELETTER subscribers only!

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Happy Full Moon & Equinox Magic from Bali beautiful,

How are you?

I’m transitioning from Thailand to Bali, and just sitting in a place of awe, wonder and gratitude.

It’s amazing how quickly everything can suddenly seem to change.

One minute, I’m full power in our beautiful teacher training in Thailand, and the next minute I’m in Bali, rehearsing for Bali Spirit Festival, which starts this weekend.

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This year at the festival, I’ll be sharing mantra and music on stage for my first time ever going on a stage as a solo project.

I’m feeling all of my shadow self rising….

I’m feeling self-conscious, nervous, apprehensive, self-doubt…

all the things really.

What if I’m not ….enough?

What if they don’t like me? What if I fail? What if I get too nervous or haven’t practiced enough? What if I forget all the words or chords to the songs? Why am I even doing this anyway?

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Today, I want to dedicate our love and inspirations here to courage.

Did you know that the root of the word courage is cor – the Latin word for heart?

Somewhere along the lines, when I said “I do” to Yoga, I committed myself to a life-long journey of showing up to discomfort, fear, evolution and change.

I’ve made myself a promise to develop courage, an open heart, to keep showing up to my fears, my tears, my edges, my comfort zones, to keep working towards an opening my heart, especially in the face of fear.

Not always easy, but always worth it.

So my plan, my prescription for courage:

1. Prepare as best as possible for that which we are summoning courage for.
2. Know that we will likely feel challenged/self-doubt
3. Accept that we may not be perfect and trust that that’s okay, and ultimately
4. Surrender to whatever happens, and trust…

   Wish me luck/courage!

When was the last time you summoned the courage to move out of your comfort zone and into the magic? How did you feel before & after?

I’d LOVE to hear from you

Here are some fresh inspirations for your weekend ahead!

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Quote:

• “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” Mark Twain
• “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney

Book:

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown

I love this book. It almost feels like an essential read to help us embrace worthiness and open-heartedness and to better navigate the paradoxes of courage: that we become strong by embracing vulnerability, how we dare more greatly when we acknowledge our fear.

Ted Talk:

The Power of Vulnerability | Brené Brown

Classic ted talk. Also Brene Brown. Such good insight and reminders.

Brené Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.

Music

Wise in the Way – Francie Love

Courage to share this raw recording of myself with you. Hope you can sing with me!

Oracle Card:

“Courage” – From the Osho Zen Tarot

This is one of my favourite of the Osho Zen tarot cards:

“The seed cannot know what is going to happen, the seed has never known the flower. And the seed cannot even believe that he has the potentiality to become a beautiful flower. Long is the journey, and it is always safer not to go on that journey because unknown is the path, nothing is guaranteed.

Nothing can be guaranteed. Thousand and one are the hazards of the journey, many are the pitfalls–and the seed is secure, hidden inside a hard core. But the seed tries, it makes an effort; it drops the hard shell which is its security, it starts moving.

Immediately the fight starts: the struggle with the soil, with the stones, with the rocks. And the seed was very hard and the sprout will be very, very soft and dangers will be many. There was no danger for the seed, the seed could have survived for millennia, but for the sprout many are the dangers. But the sprout starts towards the unknown, towards the sun, towards the source of light, not knowing where, not knowing why.

Great is the cross to be carried, but a dream possesses the seed and the seed moves. The same is the path for man. It is arduous. Much courage will be needed”. – Osho Dang Dang Doko Dang, Chapter 4
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Have a wonderful weekend and week ahead, & thanks again for being a part of this beautiful growing Pure Flow Yoga Tribe,

We truly LOVE and APPRECIATE you! being here,

With Love & Blessings

XOXO

Francie

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