When was the last time you truly said YES — to something unexpected, something brave, or even something soft like rest?
From our earliest days, we’re taught the safety of “no.” It’s a boundary, a protection. But too often, “no” becomes a habit — automatic, unexamined. We say no before we even know what we’re turning down.
But what if July became a month of YES?
YES to the mat. YES to the breath. YES to your life.
What Saying YES Means on the Mat:
Yoga offers us another path: a quiet invitation to expand. With each breath, each posture, each mindful pause, we’re reminded that YES is always available.
🪷Yes to showing up, even if imperfectly.
🪷Yes to trying a pose that scares us.
🪷Yes to curiosity and adventure.
🪷Yes to savasana, when the world wants hustle.
This theme isn’t about toxic positivity or always saying yes to everything.
It’s about conscious choosing — pausing before the habitual no, and asking:
“What might YES feel like here?”
In Sanskrit, there’s no single word that means “yes” — yet the language of yoga is full of affirmation. One such word is Tathāstu (तथास्तु), meaning “so be it”. A blessing. A sacred agreement with life. A quiet but powerful YES.
This month, we’ll weave the theme of YES through the way we meet ourselves on and off the mat.
July’s Weekly YES Invitations:
We’ll begin with the simple act of showing up — of saying yes to presence.
Then we’ll explore challenge with courage and curiosity.
We’ll say yes to adventure — both playful and profound — with a reminder that it’s okay to try something new, to explore unfamiliar paths
And finally, we’ll end the month with the deepest yes of all: rest. A return to the breath. A surrender to stillness. A homecoming.
Saying yes doesn’t mean pushing or forcing.
It means listening.
It means honouring what arises.
It means softening the grip of resistance and asking gently,
“What would happen if I welcomed this moment… just as it is?”
So, wherever you are, however, you arrive this month —
Know that your YES is enough. It always was.
