How many of you have been interested
in adding yoga into your daily self-care practice?
I know I've been using yoga for years now,
but very recently it's become a big part of my life.
And today I have special guest on,
Dene Robinette.
Now she's been practicing yoga since 1999
and teaching it for 19 years.
So she is a wealth of knowledge.
And we go in depth and talk about how yoga is not
just exercise or something that you do to be flexible.
It's kind of a part of your whole lifestyle.
So let's get into it today.
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Hello, Dene.
Welcome to the Soul Aligned Self-Care Podcast.
I want to thank you for coming on.
And I'm really excited to talk to you today.
I'm so delighted to be with you, Tina.
Thank you so much.
So to just get started, if you could just
talk a little bit about your journey and what you do
just so the audience can get to know you.
You bet.
So my name's Dene.
Sounds like Renee.
I am a yoga teacher of 19 years based in San Francisco
in the Bay Area, California.
And I stumbled across yoga in the most strange bizarre way.
At the time, I was working for Nordstrom.
And a coworker simply said, you've got to come along to this class.
They didn't say anything about it.
Didn't tell me it was yoga.
And in my 20s, I said yes to everything,
sort of blindly trusting the process.
And all they said was, since you're a dance,
I have a background in dance.
I think you'll be good at it, but not good at it,
whatever that means, right?
Yeah.
And the class happened to be Beekroom, which
is just a type of yoga, right?
That has a lot of heat.
So as a dancer, I didn't mind all the sweating,
but the teacher was almost like a drill sergeant.
And even scolded me when I did something not exactly
as was offered.
I was being mindful of an injury and thought,
hey, this looks like a balanced pose.
And in dance, we pass A. So I'm going to give that a go.
And you thought, wow, they were so mean.
But in dance culture, we're very, very respectful of the teacher.
So I just kept going.
And thankfully, that last moment where we lay down and rest,
I waxed deeply and leaving the class, I thought, you know what?
There's got to be more styles and approaches to yoga.
And that was in 1999.
They think the co-worker's still.
And now the teacher, as I am now a teacher,
because it has gone on to shape and inform
how I want to lead classes, which is warm and welcoming
and nurturing and having a little bit of fun.
Yeah.
Yes.
Absolutely.
Yeah, everything should have a little bit of fun involved.
So that's actually amazing that you were turned onto it
when you were in your 20s.
Did you continue to regularly do yoga from your 20s on?
Or did you come in and out of it?
I would say I'd come in and out of it.
And thankfully in San Francisco, there was a lot of yoga happening at that time.
So I got to be with certain teachers here and there.
Eventually, I moved to Arizona to pursue my dance degree.
And again, continue to study with other teachers there.
And then decided, you know, I want to learn a little bit more.
But I don't want to be a teacher, right?
I chose teacher training just to enhance my learning
and my transmission of the knowledge and chose a program in Sedona.
And was there for 30 days?
And my mom--
Yeah, starting at 4.20 a.m. Monday through Saturday,
going to like 7 o'clock at night, really intense,
but super just exactly what I needed to really immerse myself
and also strengthen and fortify myself.
I didn't know at the time.
But it was June of 2005 and in July, when I came back home,
my mom, we discovered her ovarian cancer diagnosis.
Sorry.
This yoga like wrapped me up and what I didn't even know I needed,
but it really helped me proceed.
Yeah, I absolutely love that story.
So I'm actually doing a teacher training.
And it's the same thing.
It's just like, I love yoga.
I think I really was in and out of it for a long time
and stepped back into it probably beginning around the pandemic.
And just kind of-- and that's when I signed up for an online teacher
training because that's all I could do.
And I've been working through that and then just practicing yoga
almost every day where beforehand, it was just like in and out.
In and out, I used it a lot for injuries at times.
I'm a runner.
So anytime I suffered any type of injury,
I would just move into yoga and it always helped me heal super fast,
just like super fast.
And back in the day when I first started,
it was such a different thing for me.
It was more about me getting a workout, totally being flexible.
And now it's just moved into something so different.
And I love how you tell the story about your first class.
I interviewed a couple of yoga professionals here on the podcast.
And I hear very similar stories, like similar background
similar stories, which I find very interesting.
But I think that one of the main points that I want to put on the forefront
is that don't automatically judge yoga by the first class that you go to.
So you didn't.
You questioned that you would like this got to be more.
Because there's so many different types of yoga.
There's so many different types of teachers.
And then on top of that, you're different.
You change.
So like if I went to a yoga class back in the early 2000s
and the yoga teacher took out her whatever that instrument is and started chanting,
I'd be like, where the hell am I right now?
But now if I go to one of those classes, I'm like, cool.
All right, I can get into this.
Like I'm open to like anything now, you know?
But back of the day, I was like, I just want my workout.
Like, why do I have to chant for, you know, what?
So it's really.
So it's really about finding what's right for you in the moment.
And so you know, it would be really cool as if you could talk about some of the different types of yoga
that people could, you know, learn about.
So they can see the different types.
Absolutely.
I just want to echo everything you've said, Tina, it's so, so important.
Yes, there are so many styles, so many teachers.
In fact, it's my mission that if people join my class, they know yoga is for them.
Even if I am not the teacher for them, right?
Because I do correct jokes and I kind of like to make it fun and light.
And, and maybe you want to take the view that it should be serious and uptight.
And okay, no problem.
There are, there are ways for that too, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
So yes, there are so many ways and don't write it off just from the one class, the one experience.
Give it another try.
Maybe even a couple of different tries.
So yes, there are so many styles of yoga, right?
There are styles where there's, it's based on a person's name.
Like my first introduction, which was beacrum.
There's a stonga, there's power yoga, right?
And those are a little bit more fast or, you know, sweaty, like the movement, the muscles
are working a lot, right?
As you said before, like you wanted that workout, right?
And there's nothing wrong with coming to yoga to get that.
Yeah.
If that's your draw, at least you walked in the room, right?
And now you can see what it's all about.
So if you're intrigued by that, give it a go for that reason, right?
Hopefully you stay for the other benefits that come after that.
And then, so that's like, I would say the solar side, right?
The hot, the heating, you could even say the masculine side of yoga.
And then there's the lunar arts or the moon or the cooling, soothing, more feminine, right?
But everybody can do everything.
Yeah, exactly.
And so that's Yin yoga.
So Yin yoga is where you hold a shape for maybe one, three or five minutes and it's working
the connective tissues and you come into the shape, you find your edge of sensation and
then you're still.
So it's a beautiful prep for meditation, right?
Where we sit and you're still.
And then there's restorative yoga, which I call the sister to Yin yoga.
Yes.
Yin is a little spicier, right?
Because it's working the connective tissues.
It restorative is like a sweet elixir.
You are propped up by blankets, bolsters, so muscles and bones don't have to do any work.
You just sink back into the floor and you're cradled and held and supported and it's deeply
relaxing.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, I love both.
Yeah.
Yin yoga could be very intense sometimes.
So it's not like if you're looking for like complete relaxation and you need that restorative
is probably a better choice.
I always, I think a good way to look at some of the different types of yoga is when I go
into my yoga practice, whether it's in the morning, sometimes I do in the morning,
sometimes in the afternoon, I always ask myself the question, like, what do I need today?
Do I need to relax?
Am I really tired?
Because I had a long run and I don't want to work my muscles at all.
Do I need a good stretch?
You know?
And so that's what makes my decision right there.
And I do all my yoga from my TV because I don't live near any yoga studios.
Like 40 minutes is the closest yoga studio really.
And so I have all these different people I follow.
And so like, I'm going to go to this one.
I have all my favorites because she challenges me.
Like one of the yoga teachers I follow, she's a gymnast.
She's so strong.
And some of the poses I can't even do.
But when I feel like challenging myself, I go to her.
And then I go to like another person because I'm like, yeah, she's pretty like basic, like
level, but she also has like low key ones too.
And like, I need something low key or I'll just do a search for like, I need Yen, I need
to make my choice of what Yen or I need restorative or maybe I just need some yoga
in a drawer right now where I'm just going to be like, yeah, it's yoga needs drugs so sweet
too.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I was just turned on to that.
I recommend it to a lot of my clients.
And it's definitely completely different from yoga.
Like I didn't really understand the complete difference of it, but I'm starting to.
And now that I've been practicing it more, I'm like, yes.
And I feel like the way they describe it saying it's, it's a sleep, what do they call it,
restful sleep while you're awake, restful.
So it's like you're, you're getting like the rest that you would get when you're sleeping,
but you're awake.
And it does take some time.
Like so you need some space to be able to add that into your life, but it's so worth
it if you're the type of person that's exhausted.
And so are there any other types that you'd want to add into that meditation is a form of yoga
right?
And also pranayama or breathing or strategy.
How much of that do you add into your practices that you do in a studio?
Do you always add those or sometimes?
So it depends, yes, breath-based focus is always critical for me, whether I am teaching a
restorative class or more of a flow or a vinyasa style class, absolutely emphasizing the
breath.
Meditation, it depends studio to studio if they want to offer that to their students.
Yeah, private practice, I absolutely would want students to have a well-rounded approach
to yoga.
Oh, you know, it is a good question because I always wondered this.
When you do like private practice with a person, how does something like that work?
Because it must be so individualized, I would imagine that would be so powerful.
So how does something like that work?
It is so individualized.
And again, you're, you have a brilliant framework already that you're using Tino where you
check in with yourself and ask what needs to move today, how am I feeling today and
then go to that place and space.
And so that's sort of the lens we work with one on one.
It's more of a conversation, I would say, then, you know, if you're taking a public class
or if you're joining a class from online, right, there's no conversation, there's no chance
for asking questions and make a mistake.
It's not about what you had for dinner last night or, you know, who you're dating.
That comes after if you want to indulge me and share.
But it's going into a pose and then really getting an inquiry going like, where are you feeling
this?
How is this feeling?
So they're just developing a greater capacity to be aware of the self.
That's yoga in a nutshell, like a journey of yourself.
Yeah, it's so much more than a workout.
Oh, absolutely.
Yeah, absolutely.
So it might meet for an hour where the focus is maybe you just want to work on inversions,
for example, I met a woman yesterday in fact, who approached me after class and said, I really
want to learn inversions.
And so we started having a dialogue about what that would look like in private practice.
So maybe a student comes because they want to have a goal in mind to meet, right?
Or sometimes a student like yourself cannot get to a studio.
So maybe the teacher comes to your home or meets you in your office because that's better
for you, time wise, schedule wise.
Or it could be to rehabilitate an injury so it's for a fixed period of time, right?
Or maybe you're working towards your fertility goals, right?
And you want to get yourself prepared to have a good pregnancy and also through prenatal,
right?
Because prenatal yoga is very different than another type of yoga, right?
Honoring, strengthening the arms to be able to hold that baby and working on the lower
body, the hips especially.
For example, I've had this.
Some clients for years, so they just have a chance to say, hey, this is how I'm feeling and
this is how I want to end up, right?
So I'm having a stressful day and I want to wind down no problems.
So it's very mellow for perhaps they want to get really more fast and sweaty.
You know, it's customizable.
And it's so fun because you can pivot in the moment, right?
We can have this train of sort of soft soothing, relaxing and then maybe build into something
because they want to do something different and we can pivot immediately.
Whereas in a group class, you have a goal in mind for the class, but each person's individual
stuff is not necessarily being met unless your brain works like mine and sometimes you see
things and you're like, I've got three or four private sessions going on and once and
it's okay.
Nobody knows except my brain and that's fun because after teaching for 19 years, I like
to keep challenging myself.
Like how can I keep meeting people as they are even if it's a group class?
You know, lots of options, lots of adaptations.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, nice.
Yeah, totally.
You could have a beginner and then somebody who's, you know, really advanced who wants to
be challenged in the same class, you know?
So definitely have to adjust yourself to those different circumstances.
And make it accessible, you know, for so far as part of me, so that that first new person
isn't scared or turned off, you know?
I want people to always know like, oh, the body is amazing for us to fall.
The capacity is amazing.
And what you can do today is going to definitely be different tomorrow.
And that's okay.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And the changes that you see over time when you do have a regular practice or amazing, I
think one of the things that really opened up to me in the past like four years is that
like we said earlier, it's more than just a workout.
It's about like when you really get into it, it's about a way to live your life and as a
way to approach your life.
And sometimes when I'm in those difficult poses, it just reminds me it's in comparison
to like, there's points in your life where you have these difficulties and you learn to
like, break through them.
And so whenever I'm in a difficult pose and I'm, you know, trying and I want to kind of
give up, but at the same time, I want to challenge myself so that I could be able to, you know,
do those, you know, all those different poses that you see the yoga teachers do where they
look like they're floating in the air, you know, kind of, like, I want to do that someday.
You know, so it's like, I want to like strengthen myself and move into those positions, but it
also reminds me that life is like that too.
And to be able to like learn how to breathe through those situations is, you know,
it's not going to be forever.
I'm not going to be here forever.
And it's the same thing in life.
I'm not going to be in this place forever.
I'm going to move through this.
Life has its ups and downs.
And so like, for some reason at this time in my life, that's been like the main focus,
you know, and at the same time, you know, what are they called a hymnsa, right?
Yes, my say, right?
It's like non-harm.
And I don't know if I'm looking at this is the right way or if I'm defining it the
right way, but the way I think of it in my head is, I'm not going to push myself to the
point where I'm in pain, you know, I want to be comfortable at the same time.
I also want to be growing and expanding and getting stronger.
And so like, just accept the fact that there's certain things that I really can't do.
Like I tore my, I had to have a complete tear of my hamstring a while ago, but it's the
scar tissue and there's certain things I just can't do.
And I just do my best and, you know, work from there.
And if I don't feel like doing that pose, that's going to like really stretch my groin or
something like that where there's the lost scar tissue built up, I just do it in different
pose.
Like I'm just like, all right, well, I can go into, you know, child's pose or I can just
stay in downward dog and or I could, whatever I could do, I could do it like differently.
And I think that it's very important for people to know that it doesn't mean that you're
not doing yoga correctly if you can.
If there's a pose that you can't do just because of the way your body is and reminding yourself
that that's okay and then to keep going because there's so many other things that I can do
that are amazing.
Like you said, the body is amazing.
And so I find that so mentally, you know, and then be, you know,
like mentally expansion, you know, mentally being able to like move through difficult emotions.
And then also at the same time being kind to yourself, you know, not pushing yourself
too hard, you know, so like self love and self compassion.
And then still having that need for, you know, I want to expand, I want to get better
and I want to, I love myself, but I also want to still get better.
And so I found that those are some of the components that are really strong in right now for me.
Whereas before, like I said, it was all about the workout and getting stronger and having
a tight butt and do fancy abs.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yes.
And so I would like to ask you like some of the things that yoga has done for you, like
some of the things that you, how yoga has changed your life maybe.
Yes.
So absolutely what we learn on the mat spills over into other areas of our lives.
And yes, we can do hard things.
We can be in the challenging poles.
We can find a smooth steady breath even when it's challenging, even when it's hard.
If we're standing on one leg and we're wavering and wobbling, it's okay.
Tree sway.
Yeah.
No problem.
You can put your foot down, put it back on the leg or, you know, come down and exit
and come back into it again.
Yeah.
So yoga has helped me manage my reactivity and my response, right?
I can admit, I talk to drivers.
I know they can't hear me, right?
I think a Bay Area San Francisco.
I can imagine.
Sentina a message if you know what I'm referring to.
A few listen to this episode, right?
I know they can't hear me, but it's, it's really helped me realize.
Is that necessary?
The name, you know, who's, who's benefiting from that?
No one because it's causing me stress, getting me all excited.
So it's also developing emotional resilience, right?
Like as I mentioned earlier, completed this two hour yoga teacher training program in
June of 2005 to come home and face the announcement of a cancer diagnosis with my mom.
And again, and again, yoga has wrapped me up and fortified me and helped me and strengthened
me on physical, emotional, mental levels.
It's also life changing just to be the witness to student, right?
And they realize they can do this that or the other thing, right?
I often say it's true in headstand.
And not because it's a challenging quote unquote pose, but because we walk around on our feet,
not our hands or our heads.
So it's totally different.
And when you have built the strength to give it a go and then your legs do go up, it is
empowering.
It's a confidence booster.
And those qualities that you built up simply by doing a posture, you carry with you once
you roll up the mat and walk out the studio or you know, click off the computer of watching
and tuning into a class.
That allows you to speak more boldly, maybe to ask for what you need and get your needs
met more with regularity and consistency, right?
Or to have your peace when you're having a challenging conversation.
You know, the breath is such a gift, right?
It's a gift of life.
But when we're breathing in a smooth and steady way, we're more at ease for ourselves and
also around other people.
So learning how to harness the power of the breath has been so, so valuable to me.
Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, it seems silly to say, but so many gifts, yoga gives.
Yeah.
Also, over again, as a student, as a teacher, and I'm forever a student.
I have a daily practice, a daily pranayama practice and then also Asana.
I struggle with meditation.
I can admit that.
Yeah.
I struggle to be still.
I do too.
I have the same problem.
Yeah.
And I learned that the best time to do my meditation is right after, you know, like a physical
yoga class, you know, it's like I'm going in Shvasana and then right after that, I put
my headphones on and do like a guided meditation.
That seems to work for me.
And like I said, the yoga nidra has really, yeah.
So like sometimes I'll do a yoga nidra right after a class too.
And I've tried doing yoga nidra.
I'm like a bath person.
I love to be a bath.
So I try doing that in the bath and it is great, but it is hard to be comfortable and completely
relaxed when you're in the bathtub because you know, you get the hard bathtub around you.
So usually about like 20 minutes, I'm like, okay, I've had enough.
So I try to do like shorter ones, you know, and there, but that's same thing like trouble
sitting still.
And that's why the YIN can be so spicy, you know?
Yes, it's true, right?
It's so true.
I love that you combo the bath with the yoga nidra.
So I have been studying with a teacher, Tracy Stanley, who talks about creating the
rest cave.
So really setting yourself up for like that luxurious, fully deeply supported experience
when you do take yoga nidra, right?
So, you know, that concept in art, no negative space, right?
Yeah.
Like everything is supported.
All the joints.
And instead of like feeling flat and wide and open and exposed like we are in Shavasana,
like maybe even having the elbows bent and the knees bent and everything supported with
the cushion and I mean, learning yoga at home because of COVID, we realized we have so
many props in our homes.
Yeah.
And pillows from the bed and, um, garrfs and ties and bathrobe sashes.
Yeah.
Yeah, there's so many props.
Yeah.
Absolutely.
Oh my god, whenever I do yoga with a lot of props, my dogs get so excited.
I think, they think I'm going to, I'm putting on some kind of a show for them or something
and it's so funny.
My dog, uh, Millie, I have an older dog who's like, uh, going to be 11 and then a younger
dog, Millie, who's going to be six and she, she'll come over to me like what I'm in
Shavasana and that's, she knows now because I've been doing it so often that she could
lay next to me.
But before she lays down, she has to spend about a minute like rubbing her face all over
my side.
So before I could like settle into Shavasana, I have to let Millie get all her rubs out and
then she like, finally, I'm like, okay, finally.
So sweet.
So sweet.
She's so sweet.
I take pictures of her all time.
Should I like, I'll be like laying there and she'll like be right over me, looking down
at me and I'm like, please don't draw on me.
Yeah.
She wants to make sure you're okay.
And then mom's okay.
I'm going to relax too.
Yeah.
She's like, what are you doing?
So I have another question for you because I hear people say this a lot when it comes to
yoga that it's very intimidating for them to go into a class.
They may be, you know, maybe they've never worked out.
Maybe they're trying to lose some weight and they're a little insecure about their body.
So what are some pointers that you have or some suggestions to people that feel intimidated
about getting started and go into that first class?
I love this question.
Thank you.
So first of all, I always say it's like 90% of yoga is walking in the room.
It is hard to walk into the room, but give yourself that self loves, into the room.
And you know, have a conversation with a teacher.
Any teacher worth their salt is going to be able to see you and offer adaptations, possibilities.
And it's not always child's pose.
Yes, that's a lovely pose.
But even someone who's brand new to yoga can do things, you know, let's give themselves
credit.
They walk in the room.
They're ready to give it a try.
Let's not just always offer child's pose.
Let's meet them as they are, right?
So if someone's in high lunge with the knee off the ground, maybe it's better to have the
knee down in low lunge, for example.
I would think of either making the shape really big or making the shape really small.
Basically what's at the root?
What's the root function of the pose?
Those are standing on one leg, like tree pose, one leg on the ground, one foot on the ground,
and your other foot into your thigh.
Well, what about your calf?
What about your big toe kickstand?
So your heel is just hovering above your ankle, making it small, making it big, making it
more accessible.
So you have a conversation with the teacher and it doesn't matter your size, your shade,
none of that matters.
Truly, none of that matters.
I would encourage you lovingly to actually place your mat at the front.
Now I know that's a big bold ask, right?
If you're brand new, but you want to see, and I always want to see, and a teacher wants
to see you too, you know?
If you're in the back, although I take the view, when people come again a few times and
they're always in the back, either go to the back of the room and teach from there.
So now that row has the front row.
And I say, you know, there's no assigned seating at this restaurant.
Why would you come on over?
I showered today.
You know, I'm closer to me so I can really see you clearly, right?
Yeah.
So have a little chat with the teacher, you know, say your brand new.
This is where you're at, what you're working on, you know, feel free to disclose any injury
or other concerns that you might have.
Now a teacher is not a doctor, so please we need to stay in our lane of zone of genius.
Yeah.
Right?
But if there is something that needs to be shared, feel free to share that, you know?
And sample around, like in a studio, there are different teachers and different time slots.
And you know, I would stay away from initially anything that says like level two or three.
Now, if it's the only time you can go, okay, so be it.
But level two, level three might be a little bit faster.
And there might be a lot of wild and crazy things happening.
And I want you to know that it's like not yet, right?
Yet is a powerful word.
Maybe those poses and postures you can do down the road once you've committed to a practice,
but not yet, right?
So maybe the level one class or the all levels class, as we spoke about YIN and restorative
because there are all sorts of different types of classes.
Yeah.
Private yoga teacher for a couple of sessions, just to gain fundamentals, I mean, not to
to toot my own horn, but that can be super beneficial just so you can get some confidence.
You can understand some of the terminology, right?
Some teachers use Sanskrit, which is the language of yoga.
And I do.
I use English and the Sanskrit.
I think it's important for authenticity.
So yeah, that's what I would say.
I would say all those things.
Yeah.
Yeah.
No, I think that's perfect.
And I have asked that question before.
And I love hearing the different answers because I remember how hard it is to go to yoga class
because you do feel like you're on a stage and that's why a lot of people go to the back
of the class.
But it is, it's nice to be close to the teacher because she can help you make adjustments
and you could also see what she's doing.
And so, like, if you can get past, you know, being in the front of the class, I feel like
if you don't looking the mirror, you're fine.
You know?
So true.
The videos do have mirrors.
And I, I mean, I do like to change the facing, you know, from front side.
Right.
It's, it comes from my dance training.
We always move the rows, one row, move forward.
It doesn't make sense to move the mat.
So I move myself.
Yeah.
Right.
Backside.
You know, if you are in front of a mirror, please look at yourself with loving kind eyes.
I ask that of the students absolutely.
Or I just turn them to a different direction.
And remember that it's your own journey.
There's no comparison to be had between you and other people.
Everybody is on the mat for themselves.
Yeah.
And it doesn't matter what you, you know, what type of yoga where, you know, something
from Target is just as fine as Louis Vulemme and it does, there's no hierarchy with that.
Something where the body can be seen is important.
So not your baggy sweats, right?
Just because we want to see the alignment of the body.
Mm-hmm.
But be comfortable.
Yeah.
You can have freedom of movement, you know, and maybe not have had a big plate of food
before coming.
That's a good point.
That's a good point.
That's a really good point because I sometimes it just works out like the only time that
I could do yoga is after dinner.
And that's like, it's just not a good choice.
It's just not.
It's harder.
It's harder.
I mean, everything is possible, right?
Yeah.
And I do teach yoga class at a university and on the day when we go over the syllabus,
I always make this joke like, because we have burritos in San Francisco in the mission so,
so good.
And I'm like, maybe not a burrito or something.
Yeah.
Or maybe before coming to class or she was at once and see what happens.
This is what's going to happen, right?
You're going to have, you know, abdominal stress, you know, fart, who cares?
And all that does happen.
Body makes sounds, right?
Even cleaf, we fart for all the things.
Yeah.
You just carry on if it happens, no problem.
Yeah.
But we do twist, we back then, we forward fold.
So if you've got the plate of food in your belly, it's just going to make you uncomfortable.
Now, if you're someone who has like a low sugar, hypoglycemic sort of thing, right?
You know you need to have food here, there, everywhere.
So then keep it light, a little piece of food, a handful of nuts, maybe a little bit of
yogurt, right?
Yeah.
I'm not saying no food.
Just be aware and be mindful.
Yeah.
No, that's a really good point because I've definitely done that.
Yeah, and it's uncomfortable when you're trying to get into like pigeon or something like
that.
Yeah.
Exactly.
Yeah, it's not really going to work that good.
But, um, and definitely not for you.
And that's for sure.
So.
Well, um, how could everybody connect with you and get in touch with you?
What are you hang out?
So my favorite social media channel is Instagram.
I love Instagram.
I love making reels.
They're so fun to take the time to make.
So my handle is my name, Denise Robinette.
Okay.
And if I have a website too, Denise Robinette.com, I also send a weekly email newsletter.
I call it the Wednesday love note, LUV.
Nice.
Mm-hmm.
I like that.
I've been writing newsletter since 2012 and I really love that way of communicating with
my students and finding ways to share tidbits of yoga wisdom or just things that are happening
in the news or the world and tying it back into a yoga lesson.
You know, you mentioned that Hymnsa earlier, which is one of the codes of conduct.
I like to say the Yamas, the Niyamas ways of being and interacting with ourselves and
others.
And so I'd like to pull in a little bit of yoga wisdom.
I love that.
Relatable to the world.
World stage affairs.
Yeah, that's a great idea.
I have to check that out.
So that, all that information will be in the show notes.
And with that, I would like to thank you for coming on and sharing your wisdom.
And I wish that I lived closer to you so I could take one of your classes.
Come on, retreat.
Yeah.
That, you know, yeah, I would love to go on a retreat.
So maybe we could chat about that.
But, yeah, thank you for coming on.
It was really fun.
Thank you so much for this opportunity.
We had such a fun conversation, Tina.
Thank you again.
Did you guys know that the Salt Align Self-Care Podcast has a community?
It's called the Salt Align Self-Care Insiders and I would love you guys to join us over there.
So the link will be in the show notes.
And I want to say we do so many cool self-care practices over there.
So if you really want to up-level your self-care, join us on the insiders.
Okay, I'll see you there.
Bye.
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