Introducing (Free) Yoga Snacks!

©2020 Patrick Kern (photo) & Nicole Bratt (Graphics)

Hello friends,

It’s been 3 years since our world seemed to shift a little off its axis. In one of the more incredible and blessed traits of the adaptable human brain, now in hindsight those early months seem to have lost some of their intense flavor of surreality, desperation, and confusion (at least for me). However, when I re-read my journal entries or watch videos/read stories from that time, I remember well. My memories now feel like Time took some fine grit sandpaper to them, the impressions slightly smoother than I know they actually were experienced then.

My partner captured the photo above on one of those surreal late March 2020 days when the city was newly shut down and eerily quiet. We found joy that day in the way the light was reflecting off of the trippy purple MoPOP wall.

I remember the quietude brought on by the lack of traffic and tourists… and the sudden awareness of so much birdsong in our very urban neighborhood. There it was, an early recognition for me: for the birds and most other non-human species, our global pandemic was not an emergency. Indeed, quite the opposite.

I can’t recall where I found those 6 simple questions above, but I used them as a touchstone every day during those initial dark days, that turned into weeks, and then then months.

Sometimes, I only could answer one of those questions… and I allowed it to be enough.

When I posted the above image on social media, it apparently resonated. Most of us were in dire need of some kind of simple daily reminder of how to keep holding on to our center, our hope, our sanity, our breath.

Many times, during these past 3 years, I’ve realized that these questions are still relevant. Every. Day.

And so, on behalf of hope, abiding, moving our bodies, cultivating beauty, gratitude, easeful breath, and love, I’m introducing “Yoga Snacks”!

I gathered all those short (less than 15 minute) movement practices that I’d created during the pandemic (for IGTV) and have now posted them (for free access) in my on-demand library! You can watch/practice anytime from anywhere! Find my "Yoga Snacks” here. Enjoy!

In gratitude,
Nicole

PS. Believe it or not, we’ve already met my fundraising goal for Yoga Behind Bars! (A huge THANK YOU to all of you who’ve contributed!!!) You can still donate and help me blow right past that $500 goal mark! :) Donate here.