Yoga with Goldens

Turns out, your dog might be one of your best wellness partners 🐾 you know that feeling when you’re with your dog…

Research has linked positive interactions with dogs with changes in stress related physiology and all the feel good things like oxytocin! Taking that relationship outside adds movement, fresh air and time away from the noise (which we all lowkey need)!

A walk isn’t just a walk. You’re moving, you’re outside, you’re connecting AND chances are pretty high that you’re present.

And guess what? It’s not just you getting all the perks, you BOTH benefit.

Your dog is onto something. ✨

On Wednesdays we wear pink, on October 3rd, we pay tribute to Mean Girls Lindsay Lohan

We spent the afternoon at the L.L.Bean flagship store and it was as Maine as it gets 🤍✨ We got stopped for pictures and scratches from shoppers who just needed to capture the lobster 🦞 fun and a moment of joy from a Golden. The new store is beautiful and if you haven’t had the opportunity to pop in, screech on over to Freeport!

Turns out my dream spa day includes cows. 🐄🤍

The sweetest day at Rainbow Valley Farm with Stonyfield Organic great yogurt, yoga on my own in nature, meditation, ridiculously lovely treatments, kittens (!!), and the very important discovery that cows are basically giant Golden Retrievers.

So much care went into every little detail of this experience, and I left feeling very spoiled, very happy, and even more obsessed with cows than I was before.

Thank you Stonyfield Organic for the absolute dream of a day. 🌿🐄✨ Now who wants to do yoga with cows?

Maybe we’ve made wellness way more complicated than it needs to be. Our dogs lead pretty healthy lives and somewhere along the way, they got us to do more of it too 🤍 Your dog may be your best wellness tool.. Welcome to the next chapter of Yoga with Goldens.

Have you noticed how quickly your body relaxes when you sit down with your dog? Your body softens, your breathing slows and everything just melts into relaxation mode. You’re co-regulating and it’s a fast way to reset your nervous system into a frequency of calm 🤍 If you’re feeling overstimulated, take a beat, breathe and snuggle your pup

Grounding and rooting looks different for everyone. 🌲 for example, I like to sit amongst the roots with the trees and really feel the Earth. My dogs on the other hand, love to eat them. Either way, we’re practicing wellness together, breathing in nature, moving our bodies and enjoying the sun.

Sometimes all you need is a golden smile ✨🐾🤍

My Monda non-negotiables are dog snuggles and movement. I’m a firm believer that starting my week with a little movement sets the tone for the week. 5 minutes or 50, take a few deep breath cycles, shake out the body and know that this week is going to be ok 🤍✨

Seriously, I know nothing about the weather, that’s why I usually leave it to the experts, NEWS CENTER Maine Meteorologist Dana Osgood Alan Holt (our local faves!) but this time of year the colors remind me of my Goldens ✨ We spend a lot of time outside practicing our own version of wellness. It’s foliage season in - drink a c***r, eat a donut, pick some apples and do it all with your furry bff 🐾