New Lenox Yoga by Roja Yoga

03/21/2026

Thoughts from rhe mat.

Healing includes forgiving yourself over and over again.

It is holding yourself with tenderness while you revisit the experiences you had when you were

Surviving
Reeling
Traumatized
Lost
Hurt
Angry
Lonely
Unaware

It’s a series of recollections and humility. Memories resurface for you to witness—sometimes for the first time—the repercussions and pain you and those you love went through. It’s experiencing shame, guilt, sorrow, or pain- the horsemen of regret- for actions that carried you farther from yourself or made you small.

It’s an opportunity to love the version of you that didn’t know. The you that didn’t have the skills or perspective to process or manage what was happening.

It’s an opportunity to kneel besides yourself and hold her gently. It’s in that space that you try to forgive. Again and again. Do it as many times as it takes, because only you can bring salve to these private wounds. You deserve it. Forgive gently and abundantly. Love unconditionally.

It’s guaranteed that you’ll revisit this altar, as uncomfortable as it is, to quietly close the book on a time when you could’ve done things differently.

To heal is a gift given over and over so that you might lay your past to rest in the hopes that someday, where there was remorse, there is peace, because there are no do-overs.

03/13/2026

02/28/2026

When I finally make it to my mat, I’m met with love. The kind of love that holds me, supports and understands me. It nourishes me and expects nothing from me in return. It doesn’t care how long I’ve been gone, only that I’m here now.
In that safe space, I can breathe. My nervous system calms and I connect with my soul. I hear my breath, feel my heartbeat and witness how I’ve arrived. I can let go in this space. I can exhale the emotions I’ve been storing and feel it breathe it out of my hips. Sometimes I weep because of pain, others for sorrow. Often because I’ve met my self with unconditional love. It’s as though I’m embracing someone who has been gone for eternity and finally arrived.

And there- that place- who would ever want to leave?

RM

02/23/2026

Yoga blocks are not “cheating”. They help you find steadiness, better alignment, and more breath space in the pose.

Dont be block-resistant, you have nothing to prove and a deeper practice to gain.

09/21/2025

🌑✨ This weekend’s rare alignment of the new moon, solar eclipse, and autumnal equinox invites us to pause, reflect ans move into balance.

I’ll be holding a 90-minute class called Turning Toward Stillness where we’ll slow down together: releasing what feels heavy, setting intentions for what’s next, and moving through gentle grounding yoga to help integrate these changes in body and spirit. We’ll close with a cleansing meditation to carry clarity into the season ahead.

It feels like the perfect time to pause, breathe, and reset. I’d love to have you join me. 🍂

YogaFace & Body Spa
New Lenox
9am
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06/23/2024

🕉️💜I’ll be teaching in-studio again beginning next Sunday at YogaFace & Body Spa . I’m so grateful for Sarah Zackavec for giving me the space to reconnect with this part of the yogi path.

Class details:
Sundays 7:30am
Recover and Restore gentle yoga

This 60m class focuses on recovery through slow, gentle movements given supports and modifications to restore body-awareness, mobility and balance. We pause between poses and incorporate postures that will increase spinal flexibility, range of motion, and muscle restoration. Reduce inflammation and activate your body’s own healing processes during this mindful hour. We cultivate a practice of acceptance and gratitude of where we are in each moment and move towards recovering the mind-body-spirit connection. We end with a group reiki session in support of healing.
The class is open to all abilities. Special considerations are given to conditions such as systemic illness, chronic disease, inflammation, and injury rehabilitation.

I’ll see you on the mat🕉️

https://www.yogafacespa.com/book-online

10/10/2022

“Create a clearing in the dense forest of your life” 💙

Do not try to save
the whole world
or do anything grandiose.
Instead, create
a clearing
in the dense forest
of your life
and wait there
patiently,
until the song
that is your life
falls into your own cupped hands
and you recognize and greet it.
Only then will you know
how to give yourself
to this world
so worthy of rescue.

~ Martha Postlethwaite, “The Clearing”

Art by Rose Drummond
Rose Unfolding
www.roseunfoldingart.com

10/10/2022

"It's been said that the Mother Earth was the first Indigenous Woman. After all, she is the original life giver, the first ancestor of us all- from microscopic single celled organisms, to colossal prehistoric dinosaurs. Her blood our fresh water, flows like so many veins and capillaries, forming rivers and tributaries that sustain us. We evolved to exist in unison, forever linked and connected as relations. We are a part of her, star-dust children of the Sky and Earth. She is the divine feminine, Creator, and Mother. There is no humanity without her .." ~Ruth H Hopkins : Dakota/Lakota Sioux Writer

Painting by Walter Tamani Arirama

07/28/2021

Om, Sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ
Sarve santu nirāmayāḥ
Sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu
Mā kashchit duḥkha bhāgbhavet
Oṁ Shāntiḥ, Shāntiḥ, Shāntiḥ

May all be prosperous and happy
May all be free from illness
May all see what is spiritually uplifting
May no one suffer
Om peace, peace, peace

🕉🙏💚

Music video from the band SHVA off of their album Mantra & Kirtan available on itunes and spotify.https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mantra-and-kirtan/id11591...

04/20/2021

S’up gorgeous souls!! Happy 4/20 💚☮️🕉💚 Guess who’s going back in-studio Monday mornings? ! How I’ve missed the in-person connection with other yogis!!!! Starting May 3 you’ll find me at Tranquil Soul in Frankfort. I cannot wait to meet you on the mat 💕💕