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ericavetraofficial

☮ Yoga & Fitness Teacher
💪🏽 Personal Trainer
💚 Tree planter
🐿 Squirrel Mom & Advocate
🌷 On demand yoga videos, Zoom yoga & HIIT

🌳 Imagine if trees gave wifi signals? We'd plan

🌳 Imagine if trees gave wifi signals? We'd plant them like crazy.
Too bad all they give is oxygen for us to breathe and safe homes for thousands of other living creatures.

I am not sure what it is exactly that gives humans the impression that they own this planet, but somehow it's become widely accepted to rape, pillage and exploit the natural world in the name of the almighty dollar. Questions like "How do I keep the wild animals from eating my landscaped garden" and "how fast can we turn this forest into a high end shopping center" are just shouting over "How are my actions affecting the natural world that I am sharing with billions of other equally deserving and important forms of life?" and "how can I better support this balance so we can coexist peacefully".

It's obviously nothing new, but it becomes more urgent as our planet and its non-human inhabitants continue to be abused for the sake of greed.

At the root of greed is fear. Fear of not having enough, not being enough, not being heard, not being accepted. Pretty much every human wants the same thing, to be loved.

Well what if I told you that we actually all are loved and we are all enough? We are. You are 💜

Yoga is one of those gifts that helps us see that in ourselves. It helps us accept, understand, and love ourselves.

So if we all started from a place of loving ourselves, we could love other things better. Like other humans, other animals, trees, the planet...you get it?

🕉️ That's another one of the fantastic things about investing in your Self and your yoga practice. You're nurturing your relationship with your Self and as a result, improving your relationship with the world around you.

Check out the on-demand yoga I have for you at videos.ericavetra.com (link in bio).

Your first week is free when you commit to yourself and your practice for 6 months or 12 months.

Let's be more mindful about what we're putting out there into the world and how our actions affect things outside of our own selves.

💜🕉️🌳🐿️

Sometimes it's easy for me to let my own well-bein

Sometimes it's easy for me to let my own well-being slide down to the bottom of the priority list. Anyone else feel that way?
When is the last time you did something really sweet for yourself? Not like buying your favorite ice cream and eating it in a bubble bath.

I mean showing yourself some real love and care. A desire to invest in your own growth and happiness. Like....working one on one with someone you trust, on your physical (and consequently emotional and mental and energetic) joy and vitality? 🕉️

Here are some awesome things about working privately with someone who dedicates their time and energy to JUST you....you get:

💯 Extra motivation
💯 Accountability!
💯 Fresh new exercises to mix it UP
💯 Workouts that fit your schedule
💯 Feedback tailored to YOUR body
💯 Accountability!!
💯 Efficiency - get more out of each workout
💯 Safe techniques and proper form
💯 Measurable results - improved strength, definition, flexibility
💯 Also, accountability
💯 Reach goals you've been struggling with
💯 Tools to take with you for the rest of your life
💯 And accountability 💪🏽

20% off private session packages with me for this week only! 💜 Yoga, strength, toning, sculpting, technique, athletic recovery, lots of things we can do. It's your time and you tell me how you want me to structure your sessions.

You get my undivided attention and full permission to dedicate all your energy to your beautiful self...not that you needed permission anyway. 🙂
I'd love to work with you! DM if you want to talk more 💜

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I've drifted in and out of so many spaces that I d

I've drifted in and out of so many spaces that I didn't fit,

somehow always too big and too small at the same time.

In and out of so many arms that

Were never strong enough to hold me.

Words by @seydanoirwords

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#listenandalliscoming

Happy Intl Women's Day to all the brave, tender, s

Happy Intl Women's Day to all the brave, tender, selfless and kind women I'm lucky enough to call my friends. I see you and I love you.

This is an old pic from my pre-squirrel-mom days that I find amusing, lol even though raising squirrels came into my life seemingly out of nowhere, part of me has always identified with the spirit of the squirrel. Tree loving, independent, untameable, living by our own rules, ain't nobody gonna tell us shit.

Just like all you brave badass ladies ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼🐿🐿🐿💜💜💜🌳🌳🌳☮☮☮

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#womensday #womenpower #empowerwomen #squirrellady #squirrelmom #plantmoretrees #loveandalliscoming

Pause • Inhale • Exhale You are loved more t

Pause • Inhale • Exhale

You are loved more than you know.

Join our Facebook group The Vetra Family for more support and genuine folks that care about each other.

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#loveyourselffirst #practiceyogachangeyourworld

It's possible to ♡ Feel happy, AND stressed

It's possible to

♡ Feel happy, AND stressed

♡ Be kind, AND honest

♡ Express empathy, AND hold ourselves & others to a high standard

♡ Be warm, AND protect boundaries

♡ Accept where we are, AND work toward more

Do you ever have emotions or goals that seem to conflict?

Humans are complicated creatures. Lots of stuff happening all the time. Give yourself space to feel all the things. ♡

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#loveyourself #listen #yogapractice #yogaismorethanphysicalpractice #selflove #selfacceptance

It's no one else's job to validate you. Just yours

It's no one else's job to validate you. Just yours. 😘

#loveyourself #loveandalliscoming #loveisyoga #yogaismorethanphysicalpractice #practiceyogachangeyourworld

I had a bit of a rough day yesterday, so I went fo

I had a bit of a rough day yesterday, so I went for a walk in the woods to recalibrate. I reeeeally love to walk and run in the woods. For as long as I can remember it's been my favorite way to come back home. Going down the Google rabbithole I found a Forbes article by Shadé Zahrai on exactly this, and thought it might be of interest to the folks who read full captions 🙂

"Uncertainty threatens our innate preference for predicting future events. It elevates stress and anxiety levels by triggering the amygdala (the brain’s fear center), which puts you into "tunnel vision" mode. Meaning your vision literally becomes "narrowed" as a survival mechanism to help focus your attention on the immediate "threat." Unfortunately, this state also gets in the way of your rational thinking, which doesn’t help you deal with the uncertainty.

Research published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that lateral eye movement (side-to-side) during self-generated forward motion (e.g., walking or cycling), has the effect of quieting the amygdala. In other words, you can hack your brain to break free from stress-induced tunnel vision by taking a walk in open space. When walking forward, our eyes naturally scan the space ahead laterally. This triggers a hardwired process that tells your brain: “Hey! There’s no imminent threat ahead. So chill out!”

Dr. Andrew Huberman (Stanford University) spoke in an interview about how forward movement in the face of agitation activates the winning circuit in the brain (linked to boldness and courage)."

So cool, right?

What is your favorite way to recalibrate? When was your last woods-wander? 🌳🐿💜

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#woodswoman #yogaoffthemat #supportthetrees #supportthesquirrels #yogaisnature

There's a new Vinyasa video in my on-demand librar

There's a new Vinyasa video in my on-demand library! 🕉

It's called Hips and Shoulders Unlocked and it will do just that. In this class we use a strap (or blanket or towel) to work with shoulder opening and binding. We also open and strengthen our hips a lot, and heat up our core to play with a few fun peak postures, including this one ^
Don't worry, you don't have to be super bendy to practice yoga. That's *why* you show up to practice. 🕉

This is a well rounded class that will strengthen you, open you, give you a sense of adventure, and leave you breathing deeper and standing taller. 💜

Find it in the Luxe Collection at videos.ericavetra.com/p/vetra-yoga-luxe-collection.

You can subscribe for one month, or save money by signing up for 6 or 12 months. If you do that, your first week is FREE.

Join our Facebook community The Vetra Family to get to know us more. We are honest, kind, and we'd love to have you. 💜🐿

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Waxing reflective today on how much has changed si

Waxing reflective today on how much has changed since this pandemic came into our lives.

I listened to a podcast a couple weeks ago about unconditional self love. In it there was mention of a study done with a group of elderly people. The biggest regret among this group of people was not having had the courage to build and live the life they really wanted. Instead they'd done what they thought they should do, what other people told them was good or safe, what society and media showed them they were supposed to do.

This made me really sad, then angry, then grateful.

Sad because these people had denied themselves their true joy, and died with regret.

Angry because society and media really don't give a fuck who you are and they will try to beat you down until you swallow their poison.

Grateful to not give a flying shit what my life might look or sound like to others, and to live by my true values no matter what.

What is imperative is that we love ourselves enough to honor what's in our hearts. And do what puts us in Love. When we act from Love, we're better humans. We can heal ourselves and others. We can inspire Love around us. Love is literally the reason we're all here.

Give hugs, feed squirrels, plant trees, listen like really listen to your friends and family. Honor your gifts. ☮💜

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