Christina Mills Yoga

The Phoenix!
She rises!

May all beings be happy and free.
Including me.

May all beings be forgiven for the ways they have harmed others intentionally or unintentionally.
Including me.

May all beings be released from the trauma of their past, from negative thoughts patterns, and from all negative habits, addictions and physical dis-ease.
Including me.

May all beings see clearly, no longer by ego, or fear.
Including me.

May all beings know what it feels like to be loved.
Including me.

May all beings be happy and free.
Including and especially me.

I market myself as a “yoga teacher,” but really I’m a yoga student. I started to practice yoga because I was the one who desperately needed the yoga. I still feel that way. I just did practiced so much and for so long that people asked me how to do it. The funny part is I’ve practiced for so long that so many people in my world now never knew the desperate girl who would do anything to change her life. They just know the girl who does headstands in leotards.

That’s just to say that the end of the day, every teacher, every pastor, every healer has a story for why they do what they do. Most likely because they faced a situation or many where they had to save themselves. And so now they help others in the same situation. Healers aren’t angels. No. Healers are humans who have been to Hell and survived to tell about it. I smile and do my breathing exercises and keep shoulders back and down because I know the exact address of Hell and lived there for many years. I could tell you how to get there. But I’d rather tell you how to get out.

May all beings be happy and free.
Including and especially me.

STARTS TODAY!! Feb 14-18 Day 1: Kalesvara Mudra

Join us for our favorite mudra and asana to connect with our inner divinity. Post your pic! Check the page each day for the tutorial on the next day’s pose.

The Postures:
👑 Feb 14: Kalesvara Mudra
Feb 15: Dandasana
Feb 16: Prasarita Padottanasana A
Feb 17: Tree Pose or Ardha Baddha Padmotanasana
Feb 18: Headstand

The Sponsors:




The Hosts:

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The Rules: Enter to win a $75 gift card for the shop or classes 🛍 and a tarot reading from 🔮
💜Follow the hosts and sponsors
💜Tag a friend in the challenge flyer on the page
💜Post all 5 poses tagging the challenge hosts/sponsors using the hashtag by midnight EST Feb 19.

Bonus points for being festive with the challenge theme and for supporting other participants with likes and positive comments. Please make sure your profile is public so we can see your posts.

Happy yogaing! ✌🏽🍍

Yoga Challenge Day 2: Utkatasana/Fierce Pose with a Twist

Utkatasana is commonly translated as “chair pose,” but it’s really Fierce Pose, requiring heart and determination. Whoever said yoga is easy obviously never practiced yoga. 💚

Utkatasana helps us to surrender and remain open to the flow and infinite possibilities of life. Fall in love with yourself and with your life. ✨

Post your pic of with a twist on Tuesday tagging the hosts and sponsors! 💚✨

The Postures:
💚Day 1: Lotus Mudra
💚Day 2: Utkatasana/Fierce Pose with a Twist
Day 3: Wild Thing/Chamatkarasana
Day 4: Dhanurasana/Bow Pose
Day 5: Ustrasana/Camel with movement {Video}

The Sponsors:



The Hosts:






Join us for heart openers to generate love for self and others. Enter to win a cork yoga mat sponsored by , A founders favorite book called “A Return to Love” by
and a crystal gift set. Check and the day before for tips and variations on each posture.

The Rules: Enter the challenge by…
Following the hosts and sponsors and posting challenge flyer. Post all 5 days using the hashtag . Day 5 must be a video. Bonus points for being festive with the challenge theme and for supporting other participants with likes and positive comments. Please make sure your profile is public so we can see your posts. Must live in the United States to be eligible.

✨💚Yoga Challenge Starts Tomorrow! 💚✨

November 8-12

Join us for heart openers to generate love for self and others. Enter to win a cork yoga mat sponsored by , a founder’s favorite book called “A Return to Love” written by and a crystal gift set. Check and the day before for tips and variations on each posture.

The Postures:
Day 1: Lotus Mudra
Day 2: Utkatasana/Fierce Pose with a Twist
Day 3: Chamatkarasana/Wild Thing
Day 4: Dhanurasana/Bow Pose
Day 5: Ustrasana/Camel with movement {Video}

The Sponsors:



The Hosts:






The Rules: Enter the challenge by…
Following the hosts and sponsors and posting challenge flyer. Post all 5 days using the hashtag . Day 5 must be a video. Bonus points for being festive with the challenge theme and for supporting other participants with likes and positive comments. Please make sure your profile is public so we can see your posts. Must live in the United States to be eligible.

Yoga Challenge Starts Tomorrow!! 💚✨


November 8-12

Join us for heart openers to generate love for self and others. Enter to win a cork yoga mat sponsored by , a founder’s favorite book called “A Return to Love” written by and a crystal gift set. Check and the day before for tips and variations on each posture.

The Postures:
Day 1: Lotus Mudra
Day 2: Utkatasana/Fierce Pose with a Twist
Day 3: Chamatkarasana/Wild Thing
Day 4: Dhanurasana/Bow Pose
Day 5: Ustrasana/Camel with movement {Video}

The Sponsors:



The Hosts:






The Rules: Enter the challenge by…
Following the hosts and sponsors and posting challenge flyer. Post all 5 days using the hashtag . Day 5 must be a video. Bonus points for being festive with the challenge theme and for supporting other participants with likes and positive comments. Please make sure your profile is public so we can see your posts. Must live in the United States to be eligible.

We’re back, bigger, and better with another yoga challenge!


November 8-12

Join us for heart openers to generate love for self and others. Enter to win a cork yoga mat sponsored by , A book called “A Return to Love,” and a crystal gift set. Check and the day before for tips and variations on each posture.

The Postures:
Day 1: Lotus Mudra
Day 2: Utkatasana/Fierce Pose with a Twist
Day 3: Wild Thing/Chamatkarasana
Day 4: Dhanurasana/Bow Pose
Day 5: Ustrasana/Camel with movement {Video}

The Sponsors:



The Hosts:






The Rules: Enter the challenge by…
Following the hosts and sponsors and posting challenge flyer. Post all 5 days using the hashtag . Day 5 must be a video. Bonus points for being festive with the challenge theme and for supporting other participants with likes and positive comments. Please make sure your profile is public so we can see your posts. Must live in the United States to be eligible.

💚 November Heart Chakra Yoga Challenge


Our Kundalini is rising to the Heart Chakra, and the color is… Green! 💚 Join us for some heart openers to generate love for self and others. The prizes are even bigger and better this month! Enter to win a cork yoga mat sponsored by , A book called “A Return to Love,” and of course, a crystal gift set.

The Postures:
Day 1: Lotus Mudra
Day 2: Utkatasana/Fierce Pose with a Twist
Day 3: Chamatkarasana/Wild Thing
Day 4: Dhanurasana/Bow Pose
Day 5: Ustrasana/Camel with movement {Video}

The Sponsors:



The Hosts:







The Rules: Enter the challenge by…
Following the hosts and sponsors and tagging a friend in the challenge flyer comments. Post all 5 days using the hashtag . Day 5 must be a video. Feel free to use variations to make the poses your own. Bonus points for being festive with the challenge theme and for supporting other participants with likes and positive comments. Please make sure your profile is public so we can see your posts. Must live in the United States to be eligible.

Wishing the Happiest of Birthdays to my Dad! ✨

He passed away a couple of years ago. He lived an amazing, long life into his 80s and was a wonderful Dad to me since I was a baby into adulthood, though he was not my blood. So grateful, but the only bad part of having a great Dad is missing him dearly.

True story…

In February, I was with a friend who was beating an African drum late one night. 🪘 Out of the blue I heard my Dad’s voice *clear as day*

“Christina!!” I immediately started crying. It was him!! “I’m still here!” 😭

He had never been a spiritual person during life and always feared death, so he was laughing at the fact that he was still around and wanted to tell me that he finally understood what my mother was taking about (she’s a pastor) when she talked about life after death. He communicated many very special things to me, and his spirit was on me heavy into the next day. This is the only time something like this has happened to me.

At the time he left this earthly life, I felt very lost and was figuring out so many things. Sometimes I wish he were here to see Liveology and my success. But I remember that he is “still here.”

Happy Birthday, Dad!! I love you very much. He’d be 90 today. ❤️

Congratulations to challenge winner .mind.yogi!!! ✨💛🏆

Did you miss the challenge?? 😱 No worries! 😊We’re doing it again Nov 8-12 and our is rising to the Heart Chakra! 💚💚💚You won’t want to miss it!

Incense & crystal gift set including selenite charging plate and 6 polished stones to enliven and balance the solar plexus sponsored by

Crystal bath salts sponsored by

If your business would like to sponsor a future challenge with a product, please send me an email!

Love you, fam!

UPAVISHTA KONASANA

Freedom can mean so many things. For me, it means freedom in my body. Freedom from physical pain, from mental anguish. I wondered on many occasions if it was worth going on because it felt so uncomfortable to just exist. So the ability to sit or stand, run, and play like a child and put my body in any position without discomfort became the most exciting type of freedom.

If you ever asked yourself, “Why is she so obsessed with yoga??” it’s because pre-Ashtanga I was in a lot of pain (physically and in other ways)... and every morning that I practice it goes away more. To the point that now it’s almost gone. And the more I started to feel not bad, I kept practicing out of curiosity and wonder. How far can I take this?

It turns out, that physical freedom pointed to something else. Freedom from mental limitations... freedom from rules I was living by for one reason or another that I actually don’t have to, freedom from shame and guilt, freedom from all of my “unspeakable things,” freedom from regrets or from wanting to change anything about the past.

The freedom to trust my inner wisdom over everything. 💫

Mysteriously, the most expansive and true form of freedom can grow out of the strong foundation of grounding, consistency, and self-control.

Yoga has given me that freedom to be. And to enjoy being. Everything.

This photo was taken in Sept 2019. Suddenly I’m feeling free enough to post it. 😉

Wishing everyone reading this the freedom to be the most expansive version of yourself without apology. ✌🏽❤️

Arm balance fun with at Trap Yoga.

I actually had a hard time holding side crow UNTIL I started laughing... and then suddenly keeping my legs up felt easy. I think that might be the trick! 😆💫

I spread love because I know what it’s like to not hear “I love you.” Or go without something basic like a hug.

Sometimes, we can go so long without truly feeling loved or cared for, that someone saying they love us sounds foreign or even fake. Out of fear, we assume the person offering us “love” is lying or wants something from us. So we put our guard up or create a (not very convincing) reason push their love away.

Many of us live in a loveless way. We may have fun with friends, or do activities we like, but there is no love there. Respect, maybe. Good times, always. But love?

I’m not seeing a lot of it. Division is everywhere. Anger... Fear... But love?

So I’ll keep offering it up.

Love you guys!! ❤️

Led Full Primary Series at 6am tomorrow morning at AYA. 💫

AYA is back open with Led Primary tomorrow and Mysore Sunday 10-12. I’ll be subbing both classes.

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I just received the most wonderful gift from in the form of this beautiful cartoon of me doing dropback/standup! Thank you soooo much! I love it! 😍🥰

is an illustrator and Ashtangi, so give her a follow. ❤️

Happy Full Moon Day and 1st of October! 🌝

SWIPE for my new teaching schedule.

Join me today at 5:30 pm for Led Half Primary Series

I’m now offering Led Half Primary Series Mon/Wed at 10 AM and Thurs at 5:30 PM. You can join both in person and online.

I also have the honor of leading Full Primary Series at AYA tomorrow so come on

Join us for Ashtanga Led Half Primary Series Thursdays at 5:30 pm in person in Marietta or on Zoom.

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Dive into your Ashtanga journey with the next Beginner Course in Marietta starting Oct 4, meeting Sundays at 2pm.