Shawna Farrow Yoga

Hustle culture comes from a place of lack.
Years ago when I started my business I was told that in order to succeed I needed to put myself out there, post everyday, network constantly, give up my time and knowledge for free and DO as much as humanly possible. And so i did.

And of course, non of that helped build my business. Hustling and desperately putting myself out there ALL THE TIME, because deep down I felt like I was not good enough.

So I slowed it down, stopped putting my business first and put myself first. I took care of my needs, my desire and my joy and in doing so my business began to thrive. I now understand the more fulfilled, at peace and joyful I am, the more my business is the same.

Now my business looks like: rest, healthy boundaries, doing what I love, saying NO, getting paid for my work, lots of time away, fun & play and loving kindness to myself 🌸

This Sunday, let’s connect, move and share!

Womens circles are such a magical time to come back home to your soft centre, to connect to your inner wisdom and share from the heart 💕

We will be celebrating this full moon in nature, surrounded by trees and birdsong!

Only a few spaces left!

Contact me to get your spot or Book here:
https://www.shawnafarrowyoga.com/booking-calendar/outdoor-full-moon-women-s-circle

Spring so far 🌸🌸
I am so incredibly thankful for all the beautiful beings in my life who help fill it with magic, love & kindness!

Yesterday was a day full of emotions; love & joy because I get to celebrate my rock and best friend (my mom), and incredible sadness because I feel like I loose her over and over again with her dementia.

I’m trying to remind myself that regardless of what is happening or happens, she is and will always be with me ♥️ she is who I see when I look at my blue eyes, she is in the way I choose kindness, she is my adventurous spirit, she is in my skills as a baker, she is the belief in my abilities and of course she is in my distaste of authority.. lol 😂

Happy Mother’s Day to “the wonderful one” my mom ♥️ or as I like to call her “simply the best, better than all the rest”.

For all of you having a mix bag of emotions on Mother’s Day, I see you and I love you ♥️

I was first introduced to reiki by a friend over 14 years ago 🙌🏻
In those 12 years I have fallen in love with everything to do with reiki! I became a reiki master over 10 years ago and LOVE offering reiki session in person and long distance!

For the past few years I have been working on offering reiki courses for those who are interested in learning more or beginning their own journey as a reiki practitioner!

Now I have a date for my first reiki level 1 course - I will be offering this course on Saturday may 4th (may the 4th be with us) - I want everyone who joins to get a beautiful experience so I am opening it up to only 4 people!

Want to join??? Want to learn more? Contact me or check out the event link on my website in my bio 🙌🏻🌸

Loving reminder…

Nature is healing, being surrounded by trees, water, mountains, rocks, fields, etc ground us, and I still go to the therapy.

Meditation is healing, creating stillness within, coming back home to our soft centre is so important, and I still go to therapy.

Mindful movement is healing, being in your own body with your breath, feeling the sensations and emotions within is such magic, and I still go to therapy.

Laughter is healing, play is healing, being with loved ones is healing, hugs, cuddles, love notes are all healing… AND I still go to therapy.

It’s so important to do all the things that connect you to yourself AND still seek out professional support, it is healthy to go to therapy 💕

This is 39 🎉

The last year around the sun has been filled with adventure, kindness, heartbreak, love, grief, joy & so much more!

Even though it has been one of the hardest years with my mom going into long term care, I have grown so much. I don’t have any f*cks to give, I only give time to people who I love and things that bring me joy, and this has made me a better and more loving person!

I want to give a big THANK YOU to all of my loved ones who have seen me through some dark times filled with tears and frustration. For bringing light, love and understanding into my life ♥️

And most importantly I want to thank me! In the words of the incredible Snoop Dogg:
“I wanna thanks me for believing in me. I wanna thank me for being a giver. I wanna thank me for trying to do more right than wrong. I wanna thank me for just being me at all times.”

Moments captured ♥️

What you didn’t see: 4 days sick in bed, $300 phone bill unlocking our accounts, 100’s of kisses, cuddles and “I love yous”, fevers, dancing, jumping in massive waves, tears, laughs, joys, frustrations and so much more.

Life is never just one thing, it is ALL things in all ways. And just like life, our holiday was fun, challenging, playful, frustrating, love-filled, hot, joyful ♥️

You only see moments on here - there is so much more that you don’t see.

Wishing everyone happy holidays! ♥️

I will be on holiday from December 22 - January 14th.
I know the holiday season can be a lot, but I am wishing a peaceful, loving, joyful and restful time for you!!

Even though I will be away I do have lots of recordings of meditations and restorative yoga - contact me if you would like to get some ✨🙌🏻

Join us in a sacred space where we can share what’s in our hearts, process and heal.
Next event happening Monday November 27th
Register via our website.
With the lovely and talented

My set up for my very first Xmas craft fair this Saturday!!
Join me & 50 other vendors at in Coquitlam from 11am - 4pm!

All my blankets & scarves will be ready for purchase ✨

Address📍550 Thompson ave, Coquitlam

I’ve been lucky to celebrate 9 birthdays with you and I am looking forward to lifetimes more 🎉

I love you so deeply and I am so thankful for you, each and everyday! Looking forward to celebrating one of my absolute fave days!! 🥰

Happy birthday to the halloween baby!! 🎂🎈🥳🎁🎊

I have been cooking up something SUPER cozy for you!!
As well as my yoga, meditation & reiki sessions, I am making beautiful, warm and so soft chunky knit blankets & scarves! My instagram page for these beauties are:

Each item is handmade by me with so much love and reiki energy 🙌🏻

These beauties are available Canada wide and locally (Anmore area in BC). Free local pick up or flat rate shipping!

Perfect for gifts as well! Custom colours are available as well!

Contact me for more info 🧶

Handmade by me with lots of love!!
These amazing scarves feel like being held!
Long enough to be wrapped around 2x!
Canada wide shipping or free local pickup!
Dm me if you want your own!! 🧶

Been busy making chunky knit blankets! So cozy, warm and great quality! Machine wash on delicate!
If you want one - send me a message 🥰

Happiest of birthdays to my mom 🥰 she is one of the reasons why I jump all in for my dreams, why I love to travel, why I love baking, swimming and trying new things.
Thanks for bringing out the best parts of me ♥️
I love you 🥰

What dropped away when I set up healthy boundaries:

-relationships where people benefitted from my lack of boundaries.
-the weight of holding everyone’s expectations of me.
-“obligations” that were never mine in the first place.
-caring about pleasing others before I please myself.
-the idea of who I was.
-heaviness.

What leaves us when we start taking care of ourselves was always meant to leave. It allows space for us to come back home to ourselves and attracts our people to us 🥰

BC you are a stunner 🥰
It was all smiles and love at the top, it was sweat, red-faced & panting most of the way up tho… lol

Hiking does not come easy to me, so I am pretty proud when I make it to the top :)

Joeffry Lakes near whistler 🏔️

Noise.
This is something I keep dealing with. From loud upstairs neighbours to construction/fire alarms during reiki session or zoom classes and even martial arts neighbours whenever I teach in studios.

For so long I tried to fight it, or to simply ignore it and come back to my breath.

For the last few weeks I have been seeing it differently. So the other day, I asked “why is there always so much noise, especially when I am trying to teach my classes or record a meditation?”
A voice answered. “It’s life. Life is banging at your door asking to be let in.
To recognize that you are alive. To be alive is to take up space, to make noise.”

If like me, you try to be quiet, to put everyone else’s needs/comfort before your own, then here is your reminder…
Take up that space, be loud, let yourself be seen, to be heard. That is what it is to be alive.

New moon mini readings time! 🙂

I am so incredibly happy to be hosting my first event in my gorgeous new space 🌳!
Summer solstice Womens circle out in nature - surrounded by trees!
Space is super limited so make sure to book your space asap or dm me 🙌🏻

During my daily meditations, I always ask my guides what I should do next. What I should work on, what steps need to be taken, and how I can further grow into myself.

The answer is always the same, “There’s nothing to be done, Rest, dear one.” Is what they always say.

This confused me, as I believed I was resting. But now I know that what I was really doing, was distracting, distracting with social media, with TV shows and movies, with things that need to be done.

Rest is not escaping the mind, rest is softening the mind. Rest is the undoing of societies expectations, limitations, rules, and pressures. Rest is revolutionary. It is a reminder that we don’t need anything, to do anything or be anything, because we are whole, complete and worthy. Just. As. We. Are.

what if rest takes nothing, yet gives everything? What if rest is the revolutionary way that we come back home to who we are? What if rest is the way in which we receive all that we desire?

Rest is the most productive thing that you can do. And it should be practiced every single day. Rest is how we heal, not just ourselves or our community, but also the world.

This Thursday 1pm PDT let's meditate together and tap into some full moon magic! Join me live or get the recording 🌕

https://www.shawnafarrowyoga.com/booking-calendar/online-moon-meditations

Grief, the unseen heartbreak.
So many of us deal with grief alone, because it cannot be explained. It is felt and it is experienced.

Over the past few years grief and I have become constant companions, and for most of that time I tried to escape its grip.
All of us have experienced some form of grief, and for those of us dealing with a loved one with dementia, we know it all too well.

Our hearts are broken over and over, only to be healed to be broken yet again.
The good days are just as hard as the bad.
It’s as if we are losing our loved one, over and over and over again.
It’s exhausting, heartbreaking and isolating.

Last year, I stopped running from the grief and instead softened to it.
I cry, I scream, I punch pillows, I ask for help, I lean on my loved ones, I cancel plans, I say no, I take long baths and have made space in my schedule.
Somehow, in all of my feeling and grieving I have learned how to hold myself. I am learning to heal my broken heart and be tender to what I am dealing with.
Each day I pour so much love, kindness, forgiveness, awareness and tenderness within that I begin to fill in the holes of my shattered heart.

For those of you who are feeling, moving through & dealing with grief, you are not alone. There is no time where you should be “over it”. You are doing everything you can. Most importantly I hope you know how cherished, precious and beautiful you are ❤

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