Bret Carr Yoga and Wellness

With Halloween on the way, the sugar-filled treats will soon be upon us. So why not get ahead of the game with your health, fitness, and wellness. This 6 minute core and back workout is done entirely standing, so you can do it anywhere (at your desk, in the living room, in the yard, etc) and there's no equipment needed! It will burn calories, improve balance, and build muscle in the back and core. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/foaDRUNRAmY

6 Minute Workout - Standing Core & Back Exercises This 6 minute standing workout for the back and core incorporates four different exercises aimed at building strength and improving balance. Incorporating b...

Even though schools are going back in session, it's still summer!☀️ If you're trying to get the six pack abs, or just trying to strengthen the core, here's a 7 minute home workout for you. No equipment needed, just some floor space and a little workout motivation. I hope you enjoy this video and the rest of the summer time when the living if fine!
https://youtu.be/V-CkwK1XzH0

7 Minute Workout - Abdominals This seven minute workout includes ten different exercises, all designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles. This can be a nice workout to help get six pac...

After a little break of putting out content, I'm back with a new 10 minute chair yoga video that focuses on increasing energy and circulation! Its a part of our work break video series, but you don't have to be at work to do it. All you need is a chair, 10 minutes and a willingness help yourself feel great. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/daU_a9Ah4rg

10 Minute Chair Yoga Work Break - Increase Energy & Circulation This 10 minute chair yoga class is part of our "Work Break" series and can be a nice way to refresh the body and mind during a long workday, or any other tim...

Happy Wellness Wednesday! This week's featured video is a 13 Meditation to help us live free and enjoy life. Often times we look for long-term happiness, but life is really lived in the present moment through each second, each breath, each minute etc. This meditation helps us enjoy each moment as much as possible and remind ourselves that it's good to be alive 😀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO9jUIwOJ18

13 Minute Meditation - Live Free & Enjoy This 13 minute meditation is designed to uplift the mood and provide enjoyment and a sense of freedom to life. It utilizes visualizations and focused breath...

This weeks' Wellness Theme: Stay Active & Creative

Long-term health & wellness is a goal for most people, and building a sustainable wellness routine is key to longevity...but so is variety. We want to participate in wellness activities that make us feel good (exercise, meditation, eating healthy, etc), but doing the same thing continuously can get boring, and lead to taking days off, and maybe event falling off the wellness wagon. By staying creative with a variety of activities, we can sustain our excitement about improving our mental and physical well-being. It's also very import to keep our wellness routines manageable so they aren't competing with life's other priorities. That's why we have a variety of wellness videos with varying lengths from 5 - 60 minutes including breathwork, chair yoga, meditation, traditional yoga, workouts, and even foam rolling! (https://bcwellnessplus.org/videos) Adding variety to our wellness journeys not only keeps us excited to learn more, it also provides a well-rounded approach to supporting different aspects of our mental and physical health. So try something new, and feel good about every step you take to health and wellness.

Videos — BC Wellness Plus

Happy Wellness Wednesday! We know that everyone has their preferred ways to incorporate wellness into their lives, whether it's exercise, meditation, breathwork, yoga, eating healthy, etc. That's why BC Wellness Plus just launched the video gallery (https://bcwellnessplus.org/videos) on our website, which has videos in many different wellness practices like home workout, yoga, breathwork, meditation, foam rolling, and more. They're all free, and range from 5 - 30 minutes. Feel free to take a look and celebrate Wellness Wednesday by trying out a class

Happy Wellness Wednesday! This week's free video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=438oSSW2DYg) is a short 6 minute cardio workout that's designed to uplift energy, enhance moods, and make us feel great! There's no equipment needed so you can do this workout anywhere, even during a work break! It's only 6 minutes, so why not give it a try and see how it makes you feel 😁 Like always, take safety first and feel free to take breaks, and modify the movements to fit your fitness level.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=438oSSW2DYg

Here's a little Testimonial Tuesday reminder that BC Wellness Plus has a wonderful variety of FREE online Wellness Classes in yoga, home workouts, meditation, breathwork, work wellness/chair yoga, and more. Check out this link to our Youtube channel for a sampling of classes!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfsdDQFkjPX3bm7ptRXwULQ

This week's wellness theme: Keep Trying, Keep Smiling
Have you ever thought of working out, doing yoga, meditating, or eating healthy as fun and enjoyable? I imagine most people would say no to that question. What if we had the ability to truly enjoy going for a jog, holding a challenging yoga pose, saying no to the ice cream sundae, etc. That may be possible if we can stop taking ourselves too seriously. Our minds are great at building up challenging situations and thinking about them over and over. For instance, when we're putting on our running shoes, getting our yoga mats out, saying no to the ice cream, etc our minds usually tell us that this is no fun! To break the negative mindset, all we have to do is to take a step back, laugh at ourselves for being a little crazy, and then keep going. We don't have to be perfect, but by continually trying to improve ourselves we will slowly but surely train our minds to enjoy doing things that aren't so "fun". So just keep trying, don't take yourself too seriously, and try your best to laugh at how crazy our minds can be.

It's always great to bring some humor to wellness. So here's a little wellness joke to bring a smile to your face 😁

It's Wellness Wednesday, and we've got another yoga class that will help you stay healthy, happy, and focused. This is an 18 minute beginner yoga class that focuses on standing balance poses. This class goes well with this week's wellness theme of "Filling your Daily Tasks with Delight", as we have fun with standing balances and don't take ourselves too seriously. It should bring some joy, focus, and fun into your day, so why not give it a try. It's a wonderful class for beginners and experienced practitioners who want to revisit the fundamentals. Happy Wellness Wednesday!

It's wellness Wednesday, and we've got another free class coming your way. With this weeks' them "Don't Wait to Act", we're providing you with a 30 minute power yoga class called "Centering Power Flow". This class will not only strengthen your body and focus your mind, it will also help you find your center so you can tune into what you know is right for you and start making it happen. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/P0aCovnZgFY

This Week's Wellness Theme: Don't Wait to Act
Humans are so good at thinking that it’s extremely difficult to stop our brains from constantly putting thoughts into our minds. Our brain power can be a positive thing, but when we think too much, we can make things seem much worse that they actually are, delay our actions, or even create new problems that don’t truly exist. In regards to our wellness, when we know we should be exercising, meditating, studying, taking a walk, etc, our brains can start telling us that these tasks won’t be fun. The snowball of thoughts begins, and we procrastinate the day away. So don’t wait to act on things that you know are good for you. When it’s time to make them happen, get started right away. Those procrastinating thoughts will melt away, and before you know it you’ll be on your way to completing the task and feeling great. So don’t save your best self for a later day. There’s never a better time than now!

This week's Wellness Wednesday video is a one hour yoga class that goes with our theme of "The Power & Efficiency of Honesty".

The class is a 60 minute yoga flow class called "Truthfulness Themed Power Flow". It's an intermediate class that will give practitioners a nice workout, stretch, and full yoga experience that helps us be honest with ourselves to understand what's best for us in various aspects of life. It's free on Youtube by using the link below. So feel free to give it a shot and tune into the power of your truth!

This week's theme: The Power & Efficiency of Honesty

We all know that "honesty is the best policy", especially during the conversations we have with ourselves. However, it's much easier to tell ourselves what we want to hear rather than what we need to hear. This usually doesn't lead to much real progress, and can also make it hard to accept ourselves as we truly are with our full spectrum of strengths and weaknesses. We all have things we need to work on, and working on our weaknesses, rather than doubling down on our strengths, can help us achieve big gains in many aspects of our lives. This week's invitation is to honestly ask yourself what part of your life you'd like to improve, and come up with 1-2 tangible ways you can start to make progress. If you'd like to improve aspects of your physical or mental health, we have plenty of free videos (see below) to help you make substantial gains. There's never a better time than now to be honest with yourself, so don't let any time go to waste.

This week's theme: Everything Changes with Time

There are many uncertainties in our days, weeks, months, and years, but one certainty is that nothing stays the same. Larger things like the weather, pop culture, and technology are constantly changing, but so are the little things like our moods, habits, daily outlooks, relationships, and more. With change being a certainty, it’s a great teacher of non-attachment. We mainly think of non-attachment as being too attached to material things and not letting them control us. But there’s another side to non-attachment, and that’s not letting the negative things get too attached to us that we feel they will last forever. Whether it’s a mood, mindset, challenge, phase in our lives, or anything else we’re not too fond of, it’s always nice to remember that it won’t last forever. This can help us flow through situations with grace rather than being gripped onto our emotions. Our invitation is whenever you’re feeling grumpy, upset, down, or any other emotion you’re not fond of, remind yourself that it won’t last forever, and things will change. It’s a nice reminder of the lesson of non-attachment and can help us stay level-headed, optimistic, and able to smile, even on the rainy days.

This week's theme: Little Actions Go a Long Way!
Our days are full of hundreds of small actions that can seem like just a part of our routines, or things we "have to get done". However each of these small actions has influence and power to shape our mindset, and can influence how we take on the next task. Starting our day with things that make us feel strong, accomplished, proud, and happy, may not be easy, but they can help us cultivate a positive mindset and continue it throughout the day. Think of it as a domino effect with each action you do with a positivity mindset leading to another. This week's invitation is to start your day with something that makes you feel good. It can be a 5 minute workout, meditation, short yoga class, etc. Even if you don't have a ton of motivation, try to do it anyway and see how you feel throughout the rest of the day. It may be the little action that sets your day up for a domino effect of positivity!

Looking for a healthy, fun, affordable way to celebrate Valentine's Day for kids and adults? We've got six virtual yoga classes that are Valentine's Themed. There are three for kids "Young Minds Big Hearts kids yoga" and three for adults "Embrace the Love Yoga Flow (partner optional)". These classes are for all levels including beginners. Check out the link below, and make your Valentine's Day extra fun, healthy, and happy!
https://bcwellnessplus.org/special-classes

This Week's Theme: Show yourself a little love
Valentine's Week is a great time of year to show ourselves a little extra love. The pressure is all around us to act, look, and be a certain way, and that can result in only feeling good when we achieve or exceed our expectations. It's much less common to show appreciation just for showing up and doing our best. When showing up becomes our main objective, we can let go of the expectations and enjoy the experience instead of comparing it to what we thought or hoped it would be. This week's invitation is to give yourself a little extra appreciation for just showing up to your wellness or fitness classes, and don't be concerned about the results (how it makes you look, feel, etc). Showing up, doing our best, and not worrying about the result will help us get the most out of classes and make them more enjoyable. So why not take the pressure off and give yourself the credit and extra love you deserve!
Check out this link for our virtual Valentine's themed yoga and wellness classes for adults and kids
https://app.namastream.com/ #/bret-carr-yoga-wellness/product/27451

Looking for a fun (and warm) way for the kiddos to have some winter fun? We just added a new kids yoga class "Winter Wonderland Adventure" to our video library. We're adding a couple new kids classes every week including Beach Adventure, Space Adventure, Zoo Trip, and more. You can access the classes, along with 4 live streaming kids classes per week through the "Kids Yoga Unlimited" and "Family Wellness Packages" at the BC Wellness Plus virtual studio (link below). It's a great way for kids to exercise, stretch, relax, and have fun all from the comforts of their home.
https://app.namastream.com/ #/bret-carr-yoga-wellness/products/all

Winter themed kids yoga poses rock! ❄️😃 Try matching each pic to its correlating pose. Your options are Skier, snowboarder, polar bear, and reindeer.
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Our online kids yoga classes are starting next week, and they're super affordable, fun, and healthy for kids. 👍👍👍 Check out the link (https://bcwellnessplus.org/kids) to get more info and 25% off if you sign up before the end of Jan!

This week's theme - Be Your Own Hero! ⚡🧙‍♂️🦸‍♂️
During the month of January, it's pretty common for de-motivation to get the best of us.😔 Some days can be dark and grim, but challenging situations are where heroes are born. 💪 If we are able to rise up to the challenge, we not only uplift our spirits and energy, we also build character. 😃 It may not be easy, but every day we have an incredible opportunity to be our own hero and take on the day with courage and purpose. 🏃‍♀️🌅
This week's invitation is to think about your optimal week of health and wellness, and strive to make it happen. 🥗🥑🧘‍♀️🏋️‍♂️ You may not be able to do everything you'd like, but each step in the right direction is a small victory and a building block of strong character 👍 So give it your best shot, be your own hero, and don't count your losses. You may even inspire some family and friends to join you in your courageous quest for better health and wellness! 🌞😀🌈
For home wellness and fitness classes including yoga, home workouts, chair yoga, breathing exercises, meditations and more check out BC Wellness Plus's online classes (https://app.namastream.com/...)! It's got lots of ways to charge up your power ⚡🦸‍♂️😄

As a yoga teacher living in Chicago, I wanted to offer an uplifting winter bonus..... I'm offering free customized classes for anyone who signs up for my yoga & wellness site in January. That means you get to choose the type of class, length, intensity, areas of the body to focus on, etc. My site has over 100 yoga classes, meditations, home workouts, breathing exercises, chair yoga sessions, and at least 4 live streaming classes a week. It's a heck of a deal with 30 days access for $10 - $15 (depending on the class package you choose). As a double bonus, you can get 25% off this month with the code WELLNESSBOOST2021 Check out this link to see all the class package options. https://app.namastream.com/ #/bret-carr-yoga-wellness/products/all