OAK

🌳 OAK: 21 Days of Yoga with Ciara 🌳

October 1-21, 2025

🌳 Core Principles of OAK Yoga

Root to Rise

Just like the oak, we ground before we grow. We orient to the support beneath us — earth, breath, inner stability — before expanding upward. Practices focus on foot connection, leg strength, and grounding awareness.

“Without roots, there is no reach.”

Strength with Sensitivity

OAK Yoga cultivates sustainable strength, not force. Power emerges through alignment, tone modulation, and somatic awareness, not brute effort. Muscles co-activate, the nervous system listens, and resilience grows slowly and wisely.

“Strong doesn’t mean hard.”

Stability in Motion

We explore how to stay steady while life moves — practicing dynamic balance, transitions, and wobble as part of the flow. Like a tree swaying but not breaking, we adapt while rooted.

“Resilience is the ability to move — and return.”

The Core as a Center, Not a Shape

The core isn’t six-pack abs — it’s the deep midline where presence, strength, and breath meet. In OAK Yoga, we build connection from the inside out: psoas, pelvic floor, diaphragm, transverse abdominis, and subtle awareness.

“Power lives at your center.”

Slow is Strong

Pacing matters. Slowness reveals detail and builds strength where it matters most — in awareness, transitions, and tone regulation. We use tempo to create choice and deepen embodiment.

“Going slow is not going soft.”

Integrity over Intensity

Pacing matters. Slowness reveals detail and builds strength where it matters most — in awareness, transitions, and tone regulation. We use tempo to create choice and deepen embodiment.

“Meet the edge — don’t override it.”

Seasons of Strength

Just as the oak tree sheds and blooms, OAK Yoga honours cycles. There are times to activate and times to soften. We practice resilience through rhythm, not constancy. Strength isn’t rigid — it’s seasonal, spiralic, intelligent.

“The tree that bends survives the storm.”

How to Participate:

Mark your calendar for October 1st, 2025. OAK: 21 Days of Yoga with Ciara
Daily rendezvous on the website, YouTube, or Facebook for your 20-minute practice.
Join us this September to transform ordinary into extraordinary through the power of sensory engagement.
Then get ready to deepen your awareness with OAK in October 2025

To find other yoga journeys. Visit https://yogawithciara.yoga/practice-with-ciara/ for more information.

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Remember to move mindfully and honor your body’s needs. Consult your doctor if you have any concerns or injuries.

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