Living Temple Yoga by Rachel Joyce

Dreamt a little dream about a dream kitchen in a dream house with a dreamy partner and even dreamier familiar. ✨

This is practical magic. The secret? It’s it always love? 💕

In 2 days I leave for India to make my pilgrimage. Dreams coming true is not by accident. It’s an effort. It’s a prayer. It’s faith. And I need to go and say Thank You to the Great Mother of the Universe for helping make all these dreams come true. 🙏

Final note, no the purple is not staying. It’s the color of the drywall 🕉️

Yes, those are lobster tails in the lobster coconut curry 🥥

Close families hold hands. 💕

Our lighting is not installed so these photos don’t do our dream kitchen justice. However, no amount of terrible lighting can dull the lustre and raging beauty that is our granite countertop, Pegasus. 🦄✨🫶

POV It’s October 🎃
It’s a yogi and a Yogi Bear.
Muddy morning ATV rides.
Jim Thorpe Halloween decorations go hard.
Just a jack o lantern dragon + us
October Dakota is so dreamy.
New friends smile for the camera!
Here comes our kitchen!!
Autumnal bliss. 🍁

Listen, if I die tomorrow know that I am the happiest and seriously loved by these goofballs 💕

Little kitchen addition update for your fans 🔨🪟🪚

POV: when you finally get a Hemi on dubs but it’s eclipsed by your kitchen addition 🌘

Plus great friends make Fridays even greater 🫶

A girl and her dog, a 🫶

“Yoga is a practical subject. It is a direct and experiential subject rather than a discursive subject. Its practice brings an incoherent and scattered mind to a coherent and reflective state.” - BKS Iyengar
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My next workshop Embody Ashtanga Yoga is a deep dive into cultivating a personal, tangible relationship with the eternal practicum and wisdom of yoga as codified in the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali through our bodies, minds and breath. 
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Most modern yoga is rooted in the philosophical foundation of Ashtanga Yoga’s eight limbs which was forever programmed as the centralized system of yoga-at-large in Patañajli’s Yoga Sutras. 
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In Embodying Ashtanga Yoga of the Yoga Sutras, practitioners will gain Yoga Sutra historical knowledge and context threading this medieval text to why and how we practice yoga today. 
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Practitioners will embody the text, specifically the Ashtanga Yoga system, through not only āsana, prānāyāma and meditation, but also through absorption of the teachings themselves.
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This workshop is for yoga practitioners who want to know more about the philosophy underpinning the practices, teachers, those interested in teaching and those generally interested in deepening their yoga practice and understanding of the subject. 
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July 14, July 15 & July 16 in Hatboro, PA.
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Day passes available! 
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This workshop is a continuing education credit for teachers! 
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DM me with any more questions!

Wednesday Jim Thorpe weekly class cancellations - 7/5, 7/12 & 8/2.
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If you want to practice with me, I have other offerings -
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Embody Ashtanga Yoga Workshop
July 14-16 in Hatboro, PA

Join me for the whole weekend or just a day to embody the 8 limbs of yoga. This workshop focuses on Yoga Sutra philosophy and feeling into the philosophy with the mind, body, and breath. Expect asana, pranayama, mediation and more. Sign up at https://www.nourishingstorm.com/events 
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Rest, Rejuvenate and Recreate this August at the R3 Summer Retreat hosted by in Jim Thorpe, PA. Retreat for the long weekend, come for the day or just drop in for yoga.

Join me for Rise & Vibe outdoor morning yoga Saturday, August 19 & Sunday, August 20. Signup at www.venusrisinginc.com
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Omh Sákti Sákti Sákti

Living my best ⛰️

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2 - Communing with the divine herself
3 - Smoke on the water
4 - Reading & Northern #2021 Steam Engine
5 - “Involute” with creatures for scale
6 - Me & mine cuddling in a waterfall cave
7 - Come practice with me this summer! Move Mountains this July 14-16 for “Embodying Ashtanga Yoga” Workshop or practice here in for close mountain encounters weekly Wednesdays 6:30-7:30pm at the or join us for the R3 Summer Retreat hosted by and thus August

About last week…
1. Blonder by
2. Egg sandwich supreme by my s/o
3. Dragons are real
4 There be bears here
5 🔥🔥 Me & mine
6 Eclipse card pull screen shot
7 Custom built for the fam’s coats
8 INDIA! Deposit down, passport expedited, heart full
9 Surprise dinner guest was just what I needed (it’s a moth)
10 Neighbor caught us in the act

A week in review 💛💚
1. Blonder by
2. Egg sandwich supreme by my s/o
3 Dragons are real
4 There be bears here
5 🔥🔥 Me & mine
6 Eclipse card pull screen shot
7 Custom built for the fam’s coats
8 INDIA! Deposit down, passport expedited, heart full
9 Surprise dinner guest was just what I needed
10 Neighbor caught us in the act

🌿 IT'S SPRING, LET'S YIN!

🪷 Yin Yoga Class Tonight 6:30pm

🤔 "What's Yin?"

😌 Think deep, slow stretches for maximum high vibes.

🕉️ See you in class!

You are not the body, and you are not the hair! 💇🏼‍♀️.

Swipe to see how much hair will be donated to ♥️

Styled by the master and Goddess 🔥

More blonde to come! 💁🏼‍♀️

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Practice with me in Jim Thorpe!

🪔 All levels are welcome! Pose modifications and variations will be provided.

☯️ $15-20 sliding scale drop-in. Fees are payable by cash or Venmo -joyce-6

⏳All classes are 60 minutes

🥰 Parking on premise!

🗺 Bring your mat. If you have yoga blocks and a belt, bring those too but they aren’t required.

🙏Please arrive 10-15 minutes early to allow for sign-in, etc.

👁 See you there!

About last night 🎄

1. Icing with a super engaged Doug aka Dougie Fresh aka Dougalooch 🎂

2. This is me & .mil_b 40th Christmas together!! 4️⃣0️⃣

3. Doug in his Christmas finest 💅🏻

4. Cousins crush Christmas, 2023 edition 👯‍♀️

5. Will all the Italian ladies please stand up? 🇮🇹

6. My version of Sicilian Citrus Salad 🍊

7. Shrimp & Crab. Nachos.

8. A shrimp amuse bouche so cute I want to hang it on the tree! 🍤

update 💸

When it’s winter outside, you work inside. 🥶

In his infinite wisdom, my partner says hallways require the most work of any room in a house. 🪜

In my staggering newb-ness, I was shocked to learn hallways are considered “rooms”. 😳

Pictured here is our 2nd floor hallway “room” with -
• new pine bead board ceilings
• the start of our shiplap wall down the steps
• repainted original floor and door trim (150 years old)
• repainted walls (peep the og curved wall)
• laundry closet with W&D plus cabinets

Also pictured is the front bedroom with all the reno features as the hallway + original window trim. 🪟

The original hardwood floors are finished but covered for safekeeping. 🦶🏼

Stay tuned for more Hemlock House trans-morph-con-re-figure-reno-vations 🏡

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Cranberry sauce is my favorite Thanksgiving dish to cook, probably because it’s the easiest, inherently vegan and pretty much everyone loves the big flavors. ♥️

I am grateful to every plant, every animal, every human that is making our scared meal today possible.

I am grateful for the fertile earth, the bright sunshine, the nourishing rain, and even the necessary darkness of the clouds for making our sacred meal possible today.

I am grateful to every Indigenous genius and survivors, every cook, every recipe rememberer, every story ever told about dishes and flavors making our sacred meal today possible.

Wishing everyone every where a day filled with gorgeous gratitude, well wishing, loving connections big & small, delicious cooking, and thanks to every being every where that days like today can be possible. ♥️

Come to yoga class this Wednesday!

~YOGA CLASS DETAILS ~

✌️2 classes on Wednesdays; 8-9am & 6:30-7:30pm

🪔 All levels are welcome! Pose modifications and variations will be provided.

☯️ $20 drop-in. Fees are payable by cash or Venmo -joyce-6

⏳All classes are 60 minutes

🥰 Parking on premise!

🏯 Check Instagram stories for class updates. Link in bio. 

🗺 Bring your mat. If you have yoga blocks and a belt, bring those too but they aren’t required.

🙏Please arrive 10-15 minutes early to allow for sign-in, etc.

👁 See you there!

First things first, ✔️

Sunday morning . Feel the fall 🍁
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As you travel the corners of the country and the world, if you’re lucky you get to trade stories about life with strangers. When the topic of best friends surfaces and I begin to gush - not only about the longevity of our bestie bond, but the quality of loving organic commitment to our friendship - many of these new strange faces are shocked and awed.
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It’s not common to be in love for so long. Its not common to play with your friends for so long. It’s not common to be present for one another for so long. It’s not common to champion each other for so long. It’s not common to learn from and help each other grow for so long. I realized our bond is not common at all, but wildly special.
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True blue best friends to walk through this chaotic carnival of life together is a never ending gift straight from the Divine herself. I am grateful we celebrated our 40 years of life and I simply can’t wait to do 40 more with you. ♥️

☀️ RISE & SHINE YOGA CLASSES START TOMORROW! ☀️
Whether you’re visiting or a resident of picture-perfect Jim Thorpe, PA, join me for a 60-minute Rise & Shine Yoga class weekend mornings this summer starting tomorrow Sunday July 3, 2022. 
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All levels welcome! 
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Please bring your mat, 2 blocks, and a yoga belt if you have these props. Not required, but nice to have!
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$20 to drop-in
$15 for High Street House Guests, please show your Airbnb reservation.
Payable by cash or Venmo to -joyce-6
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Link in bio for more info!

Weekend 🇨🇮
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It was a Joyce Country Family reunion, and begrudgingly I competed in the lookalike contest finishing in a stunning 2nd place. 🤠
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For our Irish Cieli Hoedown I was finally able to wear the cowboy boots purchased circa 2015 in Austin, TX only to never make it out of my closet - until yesterday. 👢
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The family photo is always a riot. ☘️
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And with divine timing our beloved Grandmother Mary Loretta Joyce dropped her body late Friday evening as we were gathered, celebrating the largess of our family clan. 🦅
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Mary had 8 children, 21 grand children and 10 great-grandchildren. That’s 40 human beings for anyone who’s counting. And that’s not her only accomplishment. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧
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I am P R O U D to be the first granddaughter of this legendary lady, an actual unicorn being, and I will do my very best to honor all she taught and gave us everyday. 🦄
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👑 H A I L M A R Y 👑

Here’s how I spent 35 minutes this morning for a yoga inversion practice. ➰
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