Free “No-Challenge” Challenge

5-day virtual mini-retreat to self-compassionately shine a light on manufactured busyness, pain-vs-gain mentalities, over-achieving, unwavering perfectionism, negative self-talk , boundaries & people pleasing .

Next Live Cohort TBD

Live 2025 Dates Coming Soon
Access Recorded Version
(this doesn’t have group component)

Online Live + Recorded.
1 Month's Access to Materials in Online Program Hub.
Private Group Space.
Workbook.
Additional Resources.
Q& A Time.

Are you feeling overwhelmed by all the “shoulds” in your life?

Do you feel deafened and controlled by nagging or self-critical inner dialog?

Do you feel resistant to the idea of self-compassion?

Do you wish you had more time for enjoyable moments, activities and people you choose?

Want to work on letting go of some limiting “shoulds"?

Worried if you let go of busyness, over-achieving or doing more that you won't be effective, will slip up, underachieve or will miss out?

What would it be like to feel the glimmers in your day? To consider savoring without clinging to the moment?

Striving

(1) devoting serious effort or energy

(2) struggling in opposition; contending

Striving can be great when it's something you want or need…
But what about striving for unnecessary, counterproductive or even harmful things?

Savoring

(1) having the experience of

(2) tasting or smelling with pleasure; relishing

(3) delighting in; enjoying

Savoring something you enjoy is one way to feel connected to now and grounded in your body. When you resist it, or find ways to prevent it altogether, either by being too busy to stop or too fixated on what wasn't right or should be to have a mindful moment, you untether a bit from your experience.

Healthy Challenge

(1) subjective for each person, each moment

(2) allowed to change

Want to explore where your line is between a healthy challenge and harmful struggle, force or striving?

Ready to build some tools to tap into savoring more often?

Let's explore ways to nudge toward healthy challenges and savoring, so you can encourage embodiment, aligned living and present moment awareness for when beautiful moments come around.

The Details

  • Yoga Practices

    This "challenge" will feature four days of live 25-minute practices with some discussion before or after.

  • Community

    Lifetime access to the private YWURP Facebook group for accountability and community throughout the event and beyond.

  • Flexibility

    All classes and the live will be recorded for those who can't make it but still want to participate.

  • Targeted Practices

    Each day will feature a theme, with in group "challenges," discussion and a mini-workbook with activities and information for each day.

  • Bonuses!!!

    5th Bonus Day with a capstone one hour live discussion + practice.
    Plus the chance to win a scholarship to the 7-Week Eat, Breathe, Thrive online series starting in January!

Words from Past Participants…

Daily Themes

Exploring Ways to eliminate unnecessary striving in….

Nov 20 - Monday

Yoga Practice

Nov 21- Tuesday

Daily Routine

Nov 22 - Wednesday

Professional Life

Nov 23 - Thursday

Personal Relationships

Nov 24 - Friday

Favoring a Savoring Mindset

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Who is Emily?

Through my own personal journey with disordered eating, body dysmorphia, low self-concept and complex trauma, I have developed practices that have been effective in helping me move past regular dissociation, self-loathing and self-negligence. Part of this journey has been learning about my body, my nervous system, and how many of the things that I thought made me defective or alien were actually due to my body protecting me. I also learned that a lot of other people experience similar things. I created Yoga Where U R Planted to share insights and tools with others dealing with the manifestations of complex trauma, low body image, eating disorders, dissociation, high or prolonged stress and general nervous system dysregulation. My hope is that the YWURP community continues to receive a beautiful mixture of Yogic and Ayurvedic ancient wisdom coupled with the newest research in mindfulness-based and somatic psychology and neuroscience, offering evidence-based and safe tools.

  • RYT 500 Yoga Alliance
  • Certified Breathwork and Pranayama Instructor Yogalap
  • 3 Wisdom Traditions (3WT) Certified Wellness Coach Certificate Kathryn Templeton
  • Internal Family Systems IFS Informed 20 hour immersion certificate YACEP
  • Yoga for Eating Disorders Mentoring Group

  • Yoga Facilitator

    Experience & studies in Hatha, Vinyasa, Restorative, Yin, Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive yoga , meditation, mantra, yogic philosophy & more.

  • Yoga Therapy

    With almost 800 hours of coursework completed in a trauma-informed yoga therapy program plus additional training in nervous system & mental health related issues.

  • Wellbeing Coach

    Drawing on 3WT training which combines wisdom from Psychology, Yoga & Ayurveda, for personalized wellness focused on managing the stress response with practices for resilience, self-regulation & adaptability.

  • Breathwork

    With robust learning in traditional pranayama as well as various modern takes on breathwork, this has been an integral part of coming back into my body.

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"Shoulds” and myths
to say goodbye to

  • "If I struggle less, I won't acheive"

  • "I should be a size 6 before I go to the beach"

  • "I should be more mindful"

  • "I'm hard on myself because I have big goals"

  • "I should do yoga every day"

  • "I should be able to do all these things today"

  • "Self-compassion will make me lazy"

  • "I should have that Certification/Degree by now"

  • "I should stretch deeper"

  • "I should only eat organic"

  • "My apartment has to be spotless before people can come over"

  • "I should have new shoes for the event"

  • "I should have all 5-star reviews"

  • "Saying no to striving sounds a lot like self-pity and complacency"

Love Notes <3

What other humans think about Yoga Where U R Planted's offerings….

Testimonials
Lily's Kind Words

I’ve decided to move away from trying to always have a timetable for the day, and then feeling like a failure when I’m not “on schedule.” I feel much more relaxed and able to enjoy each day as a gift since doing this. This challenge has vastly improved my familial relationships, as well as my relationship with myself. I feel healthier, happier, and more attuned to what I need and to how I can help others in a constructive way for both parties. Thank you! ~Lily

Louise's Kind Words

Emily’s Yin class was magical…just pure magic. Her skill set in taking me through a profound yin class left me feeling balanced and confident . Emily goes above and beyond by sharing her knowledge, expertise, which support me in other areas of my life, beyond the yoga mat. Thank you Emily!

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It can't be emphasized enough that for those who have recently experienced a traumatic event, have been acutely triggered, are prone to flashbacks or frequent extreme disassociation, or someone with an active eating disorder or body dysmorphia, yogic practice is best done under the guidance and cradle of a mental or physical healthcare practitioner or treatment facility, or at least with their approval and with someone specifically trained to offer such sequences, like Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitators or Certified Yoga Therapists with a co-speciality in Trauma-Informed Clinical Psychology or related field. As disassociation can be a defense mechanism, please do not engage in the practices suggested here if you feel you need this defense to function right now, and reserve this for work with a therapist or other professional qualified to hold this experience with you