Heart+Soul+Mind Yoga exists to help women connect their heart soul and mind with the One who provides true energy for life. Our yoga classes are Jesus-focused, restorative, and a place for women to practice yoga in safe environment.

Does that mean you have to be a Christ follower to take a class? Of course not... bring all your friends!  Just know there will be scripture and mostly Christian music.

Think of Heart+Soul+Mind Yoga as a place to find respite and solace from your hectic, busy life and a place to create space for connection with God and with yourself.

See you ON THE MAT soon!

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From my most recent email newsletter, I shared about the importance of taking time to be with Jesus.... Soul Rest. That's what my local church's message was on today! Oh so timely! ・・・ So if you're in need of rest and have trouble finding it (like me!), maybe you'd like some guidance from our church even if it's not your home church? Just text to the number below to receive some guidance. ・・・ #Repost @springwellsc ・・・ Text “Rest” to 40650 to receive Scripture and questions to help you find out what it truly means to rest. Maybe 2019 is the year to make time & space for yourself and with Jesus on your mat? You know life moves pretty fast so we need to be intentional about slowing down so we don't miss it (or Jesus)! @yogafaith is leading a 21 day fast that began on the 8th. #danielfast is recommended but you really have to be ready mentally & physically (and in your pantry) for that commitment. I wasn't ready... and almost said "oh well, I can't participate in the fast this time around." ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ Instead of feeling defeated, I remembered a goal I've started for January to drink 100oz of water every day and wondered if that could be used to help me draw closer to God. I know it might seem silly, but here's the thing, getting 100oz of water down every day is TOUGH! ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ So maybe instead of giving up something for these next 21 days, I can DEDICATE myself to taking care of the body God has given me by staying hydrated. With each sip I can remember all His blessings and seek Him throughout each day - allow the water to be my reminder of God's presence in my life. Fasting is usually an act of discipline in giving something up in order to draw closer to God. I can do that by committing to my water intake. :) ⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ #yogafaith #danielfast2019 # #jesusfirstyogasecond Love Puppies?⁣✔️⠀ Love Yoga?⁣✔️⠀ Love raising money to help kids?⁣✔️⠀ Yes to all! ⁣👍⠀ *⁣⠀ So I'll be leading a Puppy Yoga Class next Wednesday to help raise money for Mauldin High School's spirit week. I have no clue what that really means other than puppies walking around while practicing yoga... Have you ever practiced Puppy (or goat, chicken, or horse) yoga?? How was it? ⁣🤷‍♀️⠀ *⁣⠀ This should be interesting and tons of fun!! 🐾🐶 Working on New Year's intentions or goals? Start by seeking God first. Commit to Him & allow Him to lead. This is what I'm doing this week to listen for His lead for 2019! I'll spend time in prayer, scripture, and on my mat for quiet & stillness. How are you seeking God for your 2019?⠀ • • •⠀ Commit your activities to the Lord , and your plans will be established. 📷@youversion⠀ Proverbs 16:3 NLT. #jesusfirstyogasecond #christianyoga #yogafaith Enough said. This is one of the key passages we meditate on in this week's Jesus focused yoga - "yoga for advent" series (week 4-love). Maybe you'll take some time this week to GET STILL and focus just in this one fact: ⠀ ...⠀ God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world...🙌⠀ 1 John 4:9 NLT⠀ https://buff.ly/2BAyrX3 Sadly we will not have our Jesus-focused yoga class tonight @ GracePoint Church in Simpsonville, SC. Snowfall over the weekend delayed the carpet cleaner who is there today. The carpet will still be wet tonight for yoga. (That would be cold and wet yoga!)⠀ ⠀ Other class options this week: Thursday 1pm at Curves on Woodruff Rd. / Saturday 8:30am at Dance Without Limits on Old Spartanburg Road. Let me know when you can join us for week 3 of Advent Yoga: Joy! ALL yoga teachers need to be trauma informed and we need more trauma sensitive yoga offerings in our communities. I attended this training last month and it was incredible! Maybe this one will work for you if you're a yoga teacher (or any other health care provider? DM me if you have questions! #Repost @yogafaith ・・・ Explore every type of trauma and learn how TSYF is used as therapy and treatment for complex, developmental trauma or chronic PTSD. This training includes 2 TSYF Modules that focus on sex trafficking victims, refugee families with a focus on children and therapy. We also explore PTSD case studies in Military and domestic violence.⠀ ⠀ ~4 days and 3 nights lodging⠀ ~Registered Trauma Sensitive Yoga Faith Certification, R-TSYF⠀ ~Continued Educations Credits Provided⠀ ~3 whole meals a day (Dietary options available, vegan, gluten free)⠀ ~Module One and Two TSYF, Includes reading, webinars, and soul work for your own ~TSYF Student/Patient Practice.⠀ ~Dedicated and caring staff, use of all amenities, walking, hiking trails, free wifi.⠀ ⠀ #earlybird is good through December 31 Register online ------- https://buff.ly/2D2kV0G⠀ ⠀ #yogafaith #yoga #traumainformed #traumasensitive #healing #bodywork @jodythomae #rootedandreaching #earlybirdpricing Unboxing new yoga mats!! 😅 So thankful for all the new friends at last Tuesday night's Jesus-focused #yogafaith class! We ran out of mats! 😲😬 But I've got you covered for this week! You're invited TONIGHT @ 6pm to a slow flow yoga class preparing ourselves & hearts for Thanksgiving Holiday! (Location tagged in this post) Being a mom is hard work! Sometimes when we're exhausted and have given all we can all day, we don't feel like sitting down and reading a story with the babies even though we know how important it is.⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ If that's you, maybe you'll want to take a yoga class so you can make time & space for yourself and with Jesus. ⁣⠀ . ⁣⠀ If you're local to Greenville, SC - I invite you to any of the 3 weekly Jesus-focused classes I offer (link to classes in bio) and especially the NEW EVENING classes on Tuesday nights at 6pm @ GracePoint Church 319 W. Georgia Road Simpsonville. ⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ When you get home from your yoga class, your heart and soul will be filled so you can pour out more love on those beautiful babies! ⁣⠀ #feedyoursoul #yogafaith #meetJesusontheyogamat #jesusfirstyogasecond #jesusfocusedyoga #christianyoga #momsneedrest Are you in need of a little Rest & Relaxation? I'm sure you'd love to get to the beach for it! BUT... if that can't happen right now, then maybe you'd like to attend our NEW evening Jesus-focused yoga classes! You just might leave refreshed and restored as though you just left the beach. Ahhh...⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ Classes begin Tuesday nights on 11/13 (tomorrow!) at 6pm. GracePoint Church 319 W. Georgia Road Simpsonville. ⁣⠀ . ⁣⠀ If not yoga - what is your favorite way to find some R&R with Jesus? #jesusfocusedyoga #jesusfirstyogasecond #yogafaith #restandrelaxation A nice break during #YogaFaith trauma sensitive yoga training yesterday. Equine therapy...a new, fun experience with the horse, Walker. @getting.still - you are a great partner lead! #tsyf #trynewthings #yoga Focus of our yoga classes this week..."Worship Me Only" from @jesuscalling devotional book. * It fit so perfectly into Jesus-focused yoga when she wrote "... Rest in Me, My weary one, for this is a form of worship." * We prayed God would reveal anything coming between us and Him (aka idols) and began to tear them down. Choosing rest & trust today! #jesusfirstyogasecond #gospelpreacheryogateacher #YogaFaith #worshipwithyourwholeself #christianyoga Had to #Repost @yogafaith today since we're in the midst of the #fallingintograce2018 challenge and this is the focus of our local classes this week. (Join us??) It's simple... Go to YogaFaith.org each day for a beautiful reminder of God's Grace. Sign up for weekly email reminders. ・・・ How have you experienced God's Grace? ・・・ Here's a story of Grace I experienced Sunday & yesterday. I felt behind with some work this weekend. I was planning to work on Sunday. But when God reminded me that I needed to rest & that He's in control, I obeyed. I didn't work and I wondered if there were going to be some disappointed or frustrated people on Monday. But guess what! God's Grace... Things were fine. No one was upset with me, I'd gotten rest on Sunday & Monday was a great day. I felt as though God said "I've got it all worked out. Let my Grace cover you ". ・・・ If you have been shown GRACE and MERCY, then LIVE like it TODAY..... you are not promised tomorrow! How will you give Grace today? I'd love to get to know you better... and let you get to know me. I've never posted #fridayintroductions so I'm stepping out of my comfort zone to share a little about myself with regard to teaching yoga. Hi! 👋 I'm Tracey, your Heart Soul and Mind Yoga teacher in Greenville, SC and soon online. I started practicing yoga when I was running a lot (I've completed 9 half-marathons 🏅) to improve my running. Then I started having back trouble so I don't run much anymore (and still miss it; dream of getting back to it), but I kept practicing yoga. I found myself praying & worshiping during at-home or in-person yoga classes and loved the time with Jesus on my mat! Then in 2016 I heard God say "bring it to Greenville; just bring it" so I began praying harder... long story short, God led me to @yogafaith where I completed my 200hour RYT and I have been teaching since July 2017. Your turn! Tell me: ❤️ Your Name ❤️ Where you're from ❤️ An interesting tidbit about yourself (doesn't have to be yoga related 😉 ) #yogateachertraining #jesusfirstyogasecond #yogafaith #yogateachergospelpreacher #stepoutofyourcomfortzones #bevulnerablebebold #bewhogodmadeyoutobe What was the last book you read? (fiction, non-fiction, yoga related or not - I love adding suggestions to my reading list!)⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Unfortunately I have a really bad habit of having too many books going at the same time. So I'm currently reading these to prepare for #yogafaith trauma-sensitive training in October:⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ * Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy by David Emerson⁣⁣ * Stretching Your Faith ⁣⁣ * Honoring the Body⁣⁣ * The Body Keeps the Score⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ -- and I try to read fiction before bed because I read somewhere it's better than non-fiction before sleeping... So I'm reading "Eleanor Oliphant is completely Fine" by Gail Honeyman. I'd give it 4 stars so far for keeping my curiosity going!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ And of course The Bible! Just finished Malachi with @first5app. That was interesting. :) ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ What are your suggestions?⁣🤔 ⁣ #leadersarelearners #jesusfirstyogasecond #toomanybookstoolittletime #lovelearning #traumasensitiveyoga #traumasensitveyogafaith Photo credit goes to @anniespratt at Unsplash. What are you grateful for today? I'd love to hear your comments below... and God would love to hear you pray them. ❤️ * This is the focus of our yoga classes again this week in the #yogafaith to overcome anxiety series. It's interesting that focusing on gratitude (meditation) will ease fear and anxiety. Just this morning I was feeling anxious about my day, finances, my kids getting to school on time, and so on! After several prayers of gratitude to Jesus, I couldn't really concentrate on or remember why I was feeling so anxious. * @maxlucado in his book "Anxious for Nothing" which this series is designed around says "Worry refuses to share the heart with gratitude. One heartfelt thank-you will suck the oxygen out of worry's world." * I think he's right!! What are you grateful for in this moment right now? Pray & thank God, then ask him for help with whatever is causing anxiety. He will answer in an awesome way! (see Philippians 4:7 for His response!) ❤️ Whoa... This new single by @lauren_daigle is amazing! This song will be in LOTS of our upcoming Jesus-focused yoga classes! I'm listening on repeat! Take a listen on your platform of choice. What do you think? How does this song speak to you? • #childofgod #ichoosetobelieve #jesusfocusedyoga #christianyoga #YogaFaith #gospelpreacheryogateacher #jesusfirstyogasecond Today's verse of the day from @youversion is a favorite!! When I knew God was nudging me toward @yogafaith yoga teacher training, I started praying about & brainstorming ideas of what to call it. This is the verse the Lord gave me. Hence the name "Heart Soul & Mind yoga". (I'm clever like that...) We worship with all of ourselves through Jesus-focused yoga practices. • • • #praisehiminallthings #jesusfirstyogasecond #gospelpreacheryogateacher #christianyoga #yoga This week in local classes we start a series using yoga to overcome anxiety. It's rampant in our world! I've felt burdened to create this series as a resource to help. Over the next few weeks I'll offer classes based on @MaxLucado's book "Anxious for Nothing: finding calm in a chaotic world". • • • Just today I left teaching this class and within a couple hours, anxiety started to creep back in. After talking with a friend & being reminded to simply "rejoice in the Lord, always!", I felt better. • • • We'll focus on this verse as step 1 to overcome anxiety as Paul encouraged us to do. This meditation paired with our gentle yoga practice are great tools to use whenever you feel anxiety creeping in! • • • P.S. I hope to make all of the classes available online soon so anyone, anywhere can use them to overcome anxiety. #jesusfirstyogasecond #gospelpreacheryogateacher #christianyoga #yogafaith #yogaforanxiety #overcomeanxiety