A walk on the beach. @dennisfromsalad @ringo_thegringo #beachday #happiness #life

A photo posted by Rachel Brathen (@yoga_girl) on Jul 16, 2015 at 2:31pm PDT

 

Everything you need is right here. In your heart. In this moment. In this breath. Nothing is lacking. Everything is ok. #trust

A photo posted by Rachel Brathen (@yoga_girl) on Jul 13, 2015 at 4:23pm PDT

 

Good morning!! I just uploaded a new yoga flow on YouTube: Yoga To Wake Your Body Up In The Morning! If you only have five minutes to stretch and wake up before you get out of your house, this video is for you. The link is in my bio⬆🙏💖 Wishing everyone a wonderful Wednesday! #yogaeverydamnday #yoga #goodmorning

A photo posted by Rachel Brathen (@yoga_girl) on Jun 17, 2015 at 6:44am PDT

 

How to know you had a truly great day at the beach? Waking up the next morning with seaweed still stuck in your hair!🌊🌾😝😳😍 #beach #life #island #bikini #ocean #lagoon

A photo posted by Rachel Brathen (@yoga_girl) on Jun 15, 2015 at 7:33am PDT

 

Believe in your ability to manifest beautiful things. Don't focus on all the little things that could go wrong. Choose to see the potential in what you're creating because its infinite and all around! #love #inspiration #happiness #smile

A photo posted by Rachel Brathen (@yoga_girl) on May 20, 2015 at 11:27am PDT

 

This was going to be a rant about how I sometimes regret sharing my deepest thoughts and emotions through social media. How some days I wish I'd never shared the pain of losing your best friend or the sadness of watching your grandmother slip away or the agony of having your dog die in your arms or the panic of saving your mothers life after she's swallowed all the pills she could find and wrote you goodbye and that she's sorry. There are days when I wished I took a different path. This account could have been just this: picture-perfect handstands on a beach nobody gives a damn about. And yes, I know I'm crazy, sharing something human on such a superficial platform. Absolutely nuts, sharing my beating heart with a world that only cares about Kardashians and thigh gaps and discounted weight loss teas. Everyone tries so hard to show just how perfect their lives are on Instagram, and here I am telling 1.3 million people how I am not. I must be mad. But then I remember... There are hearts out there that beat together with mine. There are people that long for the relief of knowing that other people feel pain too. That someone went through hell and back - it's not just me. That not everyone is perfect and not everything is what it seems. Instagram doesn't have to be a highlight reel of all the things we fear we are not. It can be more than perfect angles and perfect bodies and perfect food and perfect lives. It can be real. Human. Raw. It can be true to every single thing today happened to bring. Maybe, in some way... Social media can show us that we are not alone.

A photo posted by Rachel Brathen (@yoga_girl) on May 7, 2015 at 10:08am PDT

 

All of your wildest dreams will come true the moment you realize just how much you truly deserve them. #life #dream #truth #love #paradise

A photo posted by Rachel Brathen (@yoga_girl) on Apr 12, 2015 at 8:31pm PDT