Zendaze Yoga

Nobody warns you that the hardest part of

family yoga isn’t the yoga,

it’s the 20 minutes before you leave the

house.

Someone needs the exact right toy or the

whole outing is cancelled in their mind.

Someone else can’t find their shoes even

though they were on their feet ten minutes

ago.

You’ve already changed your own shirt twice

because toddler hands happened.

And yet. You will still show up to Toy Story

Family Yoga at Shanty & Co on August 31st

at 4:30pm,

because that’s just what we do.

Tell me the most chaotic thing that’s

happened trying to leave the house for an

activity.

I need to feel less alone.

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we’re full.

Somewhere along the way we decided a

“good” family yoga class means quiet kids in

a neat little row, matching poses, calm faces.

That’s not childhood.

That’s a stock photo.

Real kids wiggle, real kids interrupt,

real kids decide the mat is now a trampoline.

And that is completely normal,

developmentally on track, and honestly kind

of the whole point of bringing them at all.

You didn’t come here to produce a mini yogi.

You came here to move your body, laugh a

little, and let your kid be a kid in a space that

doesn’t need them to sit still.

That’s the win.

That’s always been the win.

Drop a 🙋‍♀️ if your kid has ever used you as a

jungle gym mid class.

Save this for the next time you’re side eyeing

yourself for having a “chaotic” kid at yoga.

If you want more of this no pressure,

no perfect poses approach,

come find me at Shanty & Co or grab the

Come Back Guide, Not a Bounce Back Guide

through the first button in my profile.

I think we’ve all been picturing family yoga

wrong.

It is not a room full of calm children in tiny

leggings holding tree pose.

It is a room full of real kids, real toys, and real

parents just trying to move their bodies next

to their people for once.

At Toy Story Family Yoga on August 31st at

4:30pm at Shanty & Co,

the goal isn’t perfect poses,

it’s shared time. Kids get to bring their

favorite toy, move at their own pace, and be

as wiggly as they actually are.

If your kid has never made it through a full

yoga pose in their life, this is still for them.

What’s the one activity your toddler has

never sat still for that you’re bringing them to

anyway?

Tell me below.

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Woody never had to survive a family yoga

class with three kids under six,

and honestly, that explains why he stayed

so calm his whole life.

Y’all. We are doing a Toy Story themed

Family Yoga at Shanty & Co in St. Augustine

on August 31st at 4:30pm,

and I need you there.

This is real family yoga, meaning there will

be giggling, someone will refuse to do a

pose on principle,

and at least one toy will go rogue mid class.

That’s not a bug, that’s the format.

Bring your kiddo any age, bring their favorite toy,

and let’s move our bodies together without

anyone needing to be perfect at it.

Tag the parent who needs a low pressure,

high chaos activity this month.

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The mats were already down before anyone

walked in.

That’s on purpose.

You’re already rushing to get out the door

with a diaper bag, a snack, and a baby who

decided now was the time for a blowout.

The last thing you need is me also rushing

you the second you walk in.

So I set up early.

I don’t start class exactly on time either,

because five extra minutes for you to

breathe before we begin matters more to

me than staying on some rigid schedule.

And once everyone arrived, this room got

loud. Babies babbling, toddlers full sprinting

across mats, somebody’s kid asking why we

were all lying on the floor.

That’s not a distraction from yoga here.

That’s the class.

This space holds every season of

motherhood, the exhausted new mom, the

mom on kid three who’s just trying to move

her body for ten minutes, the mom who

cried in her car before walking in.

No judgment. Not now, not ever.

If that’s the kind of space you’ve been

looking for, come find us.

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Mini or Family Yoga at Shanty & Co.

Tired mama, tiny human, one hour to just breathe together. See you tonight

I have said
“we’ll get there when we get there”
to absolutely no one
out loud
in an empty room
at least FOUR times this week. 😂

So if you’re also in your
“we’ll get there when we get there” era…

come be tired together. 🫶

Mommy & Mini Yoga
Monday Aug 17th | 4:30–5:30 PM
📍 Shanty & Co.

Come move.
Come connect.
Come as you are.

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Everyone told you to just do more Kegels.

Nobody told you that’s like doing bicep curls

while ignoring your shoulders, back, and

core. Your pelvic floor doesn’t work alone

it’s part of a whole team.

So if Kegels haven’t changed the leaking,

the pressure, the “something feels off”

feeling… it’s not you failing at Kegels.”

Here’s the myth: pelvic floor issues = weak

pelvic floor = squeeze it more.

Do enough Kegels and everything snaps

back.

Here’s the truth: your pelvic floor is part of a

pressure system that includes your

diaphragm, your deep core muscles,

and even your glutes and hips.

If those muscles aren’t coordinating with

each other, more Kegels can actually make

things worse, especially if your pelvic floor is

already tight or overworked, not just weak.

My favorite Functional Pelvic Floor PT

explains it like this:

think of your core as a soda can.

Your diaphragm is the top, your pelvic floor

is the bottom, and your deep abdominal and

back muscles are the sides. If one part of

that can isn’t working with the others,

squeezing harder on just one spot doesn’t

solve the pressure problem

it just moves it somewhere else.

That’s why so many of us did our Kegels

religiously postpartum and still dealt with

leaking, heaviness, or that pelvic floor giving

out on you feeling.

We were only working one piece of a much

bigger system.

The real answer involves breath,

alignment, and full-body coordination

not just squeeze-and-release on repeat.

If your nervous system is stuck in high-alert

mode, by the way, that shows up in your

pelvic floor too, tension doesn’t just live in

your shoulders.

That’s a whole conversation of its own

(one I get into in The Soft Reset, first button

in my profile).

Kegels aren’t the villain, but they’re not the

whole story either, and I wish someone told

me that sooner.

Here’s the myth:

pelvic floor issues = weak

pelvic floor = squeeze it more.

Do enough Kegels and everything snaps

back.

Here’s the truth:

your pelvic floor is part of a pressure system

that includes your diaphragm,

your deep core muscles,

and even your glutes and hips.

If those muscles aren’t coordinating with

each other, more Kegels can actually make

things worse

especially if your pelvic floor is already tight

or overworked, not just weak.

My favorite Functional Pelvic Floor PT

explains it like this:

think of your core as a soda can.

Your diaphragm is the top,

your pelvic floor is the bottom,

and your deep abdominal and back muscles

are the sides.

If one part of that can isn’t working with the

others, squeezing harder on just one spot

doesn’t fix the pressure problem it just

moves it somewhere else.

That’s why so many of us did our Kegels

religiously postpartum and still dealt with

leaking, heaviness, or that pelvic floor giving

out on you feeling.

We were only working one piece of a much

bigger system.

The real fix involves breath,

alignment, and full-body coordination

not just squeeze-and-release on repeat.

If your nervous system is stuck in high-alert

mode, by the way, that shows up in your

pelvic floor too

tension doesn’t just live in your shoulders.

That’s a whole conversation of its own

(one I get into in The Soft Reset, first button

in my profile).