Lawyer Approved Religious Exemption Letter For Vaccine

If you would like to help others have access to my Religious Exemption Letter templates to help support their religious freedom, please follow me on Instagram/Tiktok: @brittanyschreiber and share my resources. I have tried to make the letter as accessible as possible. Unfortunately, TikTok/Insta keeps taking it down. I am going to continue to share resources, tips, and important information on religious exemption for free with everyone who is following me. I received thousands of messages and unfortunately cannot respond to every message but if you follow me I will try my best to answer all of you first.


I, [Insert Your Name Here], am exercising my rights under the US constitution to receive Religious Exemption from vaccination due to my genuine and sincere beliefs which are contrary to the practices which are herein required.

The following are ways in which these violations manifest themselves in the vaccinations recommended by the Center for Disease Control.

The use of cells, cellular debris, protein, and DNA from willfully aborted human children found in Adenovirus, Polio, Dtap/Polio/HiB Combo, Hep A, Hep A/Hep B Combo, MMR, MMRV Pro Quad, Rabies, Varicella, the Shingles vaccines, and the new Covid19 Vaccine violate the very basic commands found in Exodus 20:13 and Deuteronomy 5:15 which instructs us to not murder. The following ingredients were derived from no fewer than 107 human souls who were sacrificed for social reasons and then used in past and ongoing vaccine research: PER C6, HEK293, WI-38 (RA 27/3), WI-1, WI-2, WI-3, WI-4, WI-5, WI-6, WI-7, WI-8, WI-9, WI-10, WI-11, WI-12, WI-13, WI-14, WI-15, WI-16, WI-17, WI-18, WI-19, WI-20, WI-21, WI-22, WI-23, WI-24, WI-25, WI-26, WI-27, WI-38, WI-44, and MCR-5 plus many other ingredients obtained from human children not required to be listed by FDA guidelines. Supporting vaccinations and vaccination developments is an endorsement of the sacrifice of those and the continuing sacrifice of other human souls.

Genesis 4:1, 17 and Jeremiah 1:5 demonstrate that the deceased children used in the aforementioned vaccinations were recognized by God as human souls from the point of conception in the same way that we, as parents, recognized our child as a human from the moment we were aware of his/her presence in his/her mother’s wombs.

Genesis 1:27 – 28, 4:1, 2 Kings 17:17-18, Psalm 22:10-11, 106: 35, 37-38, 113:7-9, 127:3, 139:13-16, Amos 1:13, Matthew 18:1-4, and Matthew 19:13-15 are just a few verses that illustrate the aforementioned children as blessings from God that are valued and loved by him, their Creator, in whose image they were created and that their killing is condemned and causes God’s destructive anger to burn against their murderers and those complicit in those murders.

Exodus 20:13, Leviticus 18:21 & 20:2-5, Deuteronomy 5:13, 12:30-32, 18:10, 2 Kings 16:3, and Psalm 106:38 illustrate that all child sacrifice is condemned with no exception clauses allowing for the greater good or public exception clauses found anywhere in the sacred scriptures.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 and 10:31 remind us that we are to regard our bodies as temples of God’s Holy Spirit and that we are to honor God, our Creator and possessor of our very bodies by not defiling them. Notwithstanding the presence of socially sacrificed human cells and debris in vaccinations, we firmly believe that the presence of neurotoxins, hazardous substances, attenuated viruses, animal cells, foreign DNA, albumin from human blood, carcinogens, and chemical wastes is in strict violation of our imperative to treat our bodies as holy temples of the very Spirit of God.

Genesis 9:4, Leviticus 17:10-11, 17:14, Deuteronomy 12:23, Acts 15:20 and 29 informs us that blood represents the life force of human and animal species and that human blood was to be kept pure under all circumstances and free from contaminants such as animal cells, parts, and blood.

The US Supreme Court held in Frazee V. Illinois Dept. of Security, 489 US 829, that a religious belief is subject to protection even though no religious group espouses such beliefs or the fact that the religious group to which the individual professes to belong may not advocate or require such belief. This ruling is also reflected in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended Nov. 1, 1980; Part 1605.1- Guidelines on Discrimination Because of Religion.

I thank you for respectfully adhering to my first amendment rights guaranteed as citizens of the United States of America by her great Constitution and reinforced on a state level by the fourteenth amendment without prejudice.


Thank you everyone for your support. I will continue to share my journey on TikTok and Instagram: @brittanyschreiber. I will also share all the resources with you that I can. Please feel free to share this religious exemption letter template with whoever you deem needs it. God bless you all!

Religious Exemption Letter For Canadians

If you would like to help others have access to my Religious Exemption Letter template to help support their religious freedom, please follow me on Instagram: @brittanyschreiber I have tried to make the letter as accessible as possible. Unfortunately, TikTok/Insta keeps taking it down. I am going to continue to share resources for free with everyone who is following me. I should be posting one written by a lawyer in a few days. I received thousands of messages and unfortunately cannot respond to every message but if you follow me I will try my best to answer all of you first. This letter was approved by my Employer in New York and has been working for people in various fields including government and the medical field. I have literally been getting death threats but will continue to fight for you and your religious freedoms!


Dear XX University,

Section 15 of the Charter states that every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on religion.

 As part of religious beliefs, many individuals object to vaccines. Employers and universities are required to accommodate religious observances and practices, unless doing so imposes an undue hardship on the business.

As a practicing Christian taking the vaccine goes against my religious beliefs for multiple reasons. The first reason is that the vaccine was developed from aborted fetal cell lines. It is well known that many born again Christians and Catholics are against abortion.

The Bible states:

Exodus 20:13 “You shall not murder.

Psalm 139:13-16 “13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”

Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Proverbs 6:16-17 “16 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood”

Job 31:15 “15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?”

I believe in the Bible and that God forms babies in the womb. God has a plan and a purpose for their lives. Aborting a baby in the womb is murder. It is taking away another human’s life and is a sin. Taking the vaccine which was created from tests on aborted fetal cell lines goes against my religion as it is the product of abortion which is a sin.

In addition, my second reason has to do with free will. The Bible says that man has free will. We have the right to decide what medication and vaccinations that we can take.

The Bible says:

Genesis 1:26 “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

Genesis 3:22 “And the Lord God said, “Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and bad, what if he should stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever!”

These verses explain that humans are made in the image of God and are given the same mental capacities as our creator. Therefore I am granted free will to think for myself and make my own decisions in this world. In Genesis 3:22 it is explaining how I have the consciousness to choose what is good and bad. With my conscious mind, I have the right to exercise my free will that was granted to me by God.

That being said, I am using my free will to reject the vaccine. I have numerous concerns about the vaccine. One important concern is that there is no research on the long term effects of the vaccine. I have met many people who have gotten sick with Covid after taking the vaccine which makes me doubt its effectiveness. In addition there is very little research done on how the vaccine affects fertility.

The Bible says:

Genesis 1:28 “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,”

I do not want to partake in any vaccine that could jeopardize my ability to reproduce and have babies which is something God has called me to do.

In Matthew 9:22 “Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, “Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And instantly the woman was made well.”

I have faith in the body that God gave me to fight Covid. I have never taken flu shots and never gotten sick. In addition Covid has a 99% survival rate. I believe that taking the vaccine would be an expression of my lack of faith in my God given immune system.

I would like to help keep Long Island University safe which is why I am requesting to take remote learning. By taking remote learning, vaccinated members of the community do not have to worry about my vaccination status. I think this would be a win-win solution.

The past year I have done my studies remotely online and was very successful. I believe that this would be the best solution to protect my religious freedom and keep Long Island University safe.

Thank you for taking the time to read my letter and considering my religious exemption request.

Sincerely,

Brittany Schreiber


Thank you everyone for your support. I will continue to share my journey on TikTok and Instagram: @brittanyschreiber. I will also share all the resources with you that I can. Please feel free to share this religious exemption letter template with whoever you deem needs it. God bless you all!

Religious Exemption Letter Template for Work

If you would like to help others have access to my Religious Exemption Letter template to help support their religious freedom, please follow me on Instagram: @brittanyschreiber I have tried to make the letter as accessible as possible. Unfortunately, TikTok/Insta keeps taking it down. I am going to continue to share resources for free with everyone who is following me. I should be posting one written by a lawyer in a few days. I received thousands of messages and unfortunately cannot respond to every message but if you follow me I will try my best to answer all of you first. This letter was approved by my Employer in New York and has been working for people in various fields including government and the medical field. I have literally been getting death threats but will continue to fight for you and your religious freedoms!

Religious Exemption Letter Template for Work


                                                                                                                                                            August 6th, 2021

Dear Employer,

 Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, individuals have the right to be free from discrimination on the basis of religion. As part of their religious beliefs, many individuals object to vaccines. Employers are required to accommodate religious observances and practices unless doing so imposes an undue hardship on the business.

As a practicing Christian taking the vaccine goes against my religious beliefs for multiple reasons. The first reason is that the vaccine was developed from aborted fetal cell lines. It is well known that many born-again Christians and Catholics are against abortion.

The Bible states:

Exodus 20:13 “You shall not murder.

Psalm 139:13-16 “13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”

Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Proverbs 6:16-17 “16 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood”

Job 31:15 “15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?”

I believe in the Bible and that God forms babies in the womb. God has a plan and a purpose for their lives. Aborting a baby in the womb is murder. It is taking away another human’s life and is a sin. Taking the vaccine which was created from tests on aborted fetal cell lines goes against my religion as it is the product of abortion which is a sin.

In addition, my second reason has to do with free will. The Bible says that man has free will. We have the right to decide what medication and vaccinations that we can take. 

The Bible says: 

Genesis 1:26 “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

Genesis 3:22 “And the Lord God said, “Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and bad, what if he should stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever!”

These verses explain that humans are made in the image of God and are given the same mental capacities as our creator. Therefore I am granted free will to think for myself and make my own decisions in this world. In Genesis 3:22 it is explaining how I have the consciousness to choose what is good and bad. With my conscious mind, I have the right to exercise my free will that was granted to me by God. 

That being said, I am using my free will to reject the vaccine. I have numerous concerns about the vaccine. One important concern is that there is no research on the long-term effects of the vaccine. I have met many people who have gotten sick with Covid after taking the vaccine which makes me doubt its effectiveness. In addition, there is very little research done on how the vaccine affects fertility. 

The Bible says:

Genesis 1:28 “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,”

I do not want to partake in any vaccine that could jeopardize my ability to reproduce and have babies which is something God has called me to do. 

In Matthew 9:22 “Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, “Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And instantly the woman was made well.”

I have faith in the body that God gave me to fight Covid. I have never taken flu shots and never gotten sick. In addition, Covid has a 99% survival rate. I believe that taking the vaccine would be an expression of my lack of faith in my God-given immune system. 

I would like to help keep the work environment safe which is why I am willing to wear my mask and take Covid tests upon request. By wearing a mask and getting tested regularly, vaccinated members of the community do not have to worry about my health status. If there this the option to work remotely I would also be willing to work from home. I think this would be a win-win solution.

The past year I have been able to work remotely/with a mask and was very successful. I believe that this would be the best solution to protect my religious freedom and keep my fellow employees safe.

Thank you for taking the time to read my letter and considering my religious exemption request.

Sincerely,

Brittany Schreiber


Thank you everyone for your support. I will continue to share my journey on TikTok and Instagram: @brittanyschreiber. I will also share all the resources with you that I can. Please feel free to share this religious exemption letter template with whoever you deem needs it. God bless you all!

Free Religious Exemption Letter Template For Covid Vaccine

If you would like to help others have access to my Religious Exemption Letter template to help support their religious freedom, please follow me on Instagram: @brittanyschreiber I have tried to make the letter as accessible as possible. Unfortunately, TikTok/Insta keeps taking it down. I am going to continue to share resources for free with everyone who is following me. I have now posted a work exemption letter template, one for Canada and will be posting one written by a lawyer in a few days. I received thousands of messages and unfortunately cannot respond to every message but if you follow me I will try my best to answer all of you first. This letter was approved by my University in New York and has been working for people in various fields and universities. I have literally been getting death threats but will continue to fight for you and your religious freedoms!

Religious Exemption Letter Template


                                                                                                                                                            August 6th, 2021

Dear Long Island University,

 Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, individuals have the right to be free from discrimination on the basis of religion. As part of their religious beliefs, many individuals object to vaccines. Employers and universities are required to accommodate religious observances and practices, unless doing so imposes an undue hardship on the business.

As a practicing Christian taking the vaccine goes against my religious beliefs for multiple reasons. The first reason is that the vaccine was developed from aborted fetal cell lines. It is well known that many born again Christians and Catholics are against abortion.

The Bible states:

Exodus 20:13 “You shall not murder.

Psalm 139:13-16 “13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”

Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Proverbs 6:16-17 “16 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood”

Job 31:15 “15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?”

I believe in the Bible and that God forms babies in the womb. God has a plan and a purpose for their lives. Aborting a baby in the womb is murder. It is taking away another human’s life and is a sin. Taking the vaccine which was created from tests on aborted fetal cell lines goes against my religion as it is the product of abortion which is a sin.

In addition, my second reason has to do with free will. The Bible says that man has free will. We have the right to decide what medication and vaccinations that we can take. 

The Bible says: 

Genesis 1:26 “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

Genesis 3:22 “And the Lord God said, “Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and bad, what if he should stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever!”

These verses explain that humans are made in the image of God and are given the same mental capacities as our creator. Therefore I am granted free will to think for myself and make my own decisions in this world. In Genesis 3:22 it is explaining how I have the consciousness to choose what is good and bad. With my conscious mind, I have the right to exercise my free will that was granted to me by God. 

That being said, I am using my free will to reject the vaccine. I have numerous concerns about the vaccine. One important concern is that there is no research on the long term effects of the vaccine. I have met many people who have gotten sick with Covid after taking the vaccine which makes me doubt its effectiveness. In addition there is very little research done on how the vaccine affects fertility. 

The Bible says:

Genesis 1:28 “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,”

I do not want to partake in any vaccine that could jeopardize my ability to reproduce and have babies which is something God has called me to do. 

In Matthew 9:22 “Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, “Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And instantly the woman was made well.”

I have faith in the body that God gave me to fight Covid. I have never taken flu shots and never gotten sick. In addition Covid has a 99% survival rate. I believe that taking the vaccine would be an expression of my lack of faith in my God given immune system. 

I would like to help keep Long Island University safe which is why I am requesting to take remote learning. By taking remote learning, vaccinated members of the community do not have to worry about my vaccination status. I think this would be a win-win solution.

The past year I have done my studies remotely online and was very successful. I believe that this would be the best solution to protect my religious freedom and keep Long Island University safe.

Thank you for taking the time to read my letter and considering my religious exemption request.

Sincerely,

Brittany Schreiber 


Thank you everyone for your support. I will continue to share my journey on TikTok and Instagram: @brittanyschreiber. I will also share all the resources with you that I can. Please feel free to share this religious exemption letter template with whoever you deem needs it. God bless you all!

Alternate Nostril Breath

Just A little Overview

Alternate nostril breathing is a yoga breathing technique that helps you to control your breath. In Sanskrit, it is called as nadi shodhana pranayama. This translates as “subtle energy clearing breathing.”

This breathing technique can be used in both your yoga practice and your meditation practice. There is a wide variety of benefits to this technique. Please read on to discover the benefits and how to do the alternate nostril breath.

Video Demonstration

This video is a tutorial on how to do the alternate nostril breath. Check it to try out the breath in the comfort of your home. This video was made by yoga instructor @brittanyschreiber

Feel free to visit our YouTube page for more informative videos. And please like and subscribe to support our page.

Benefits of Alternate Nostril Breath

Alternate nostril breathing helps to:

  • relax your body
  • relax your mind
  • reduce anxiety
  • promote overall well-being

These benefits may help you to be more focused and aware.

Many students use this breathing technique to help manage stress in their daily life. They find that practicing alternate nostril breathing helps them to be more mindful of the present moment. It can reduce anxiety, fear and depression.

Read on to discover the other amazing benefits of alternate nostril breathing.

1. Lowers Stress

Most people do alternate nostril breathing to lower stress. In a 2013 study, researchers found that people who practiced alternate nostril breathing lowered their stress levels.

2. Improves Cardiovascular Function

In the same study, alternate nostril breathing was the only type of breath work that was found to have a positive effect on cardiovascular function. It was shown to significantly lower factors such as heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure.

2. Improves lung function and respiratory endurance

Alternate nostril breathing may improve lung function and respiratory endurance. In a small 2017 study, researchers examined the effects of a pranayama practice on the lung functions of competitive swimmers. They found that it had a positive effect on respiratory endurance. This may help improve athletic performance.

3. Lowers heart rate

Lowering your heart rate can help to promote cardiovascular health. In a 2006 study, practicing a slow yoga breathing technique such as alternative nostril breathing may significantly decrease heart rate and average breathing rhythm.

4. Promotes well-being

Alternate nostril breathing may enhance overall health and well-being. It has also been shown to have a positive effect on mental health by reducing stress and anxiety.

5. Improve Athletic Performance

Research from 2011 found that a six-week alternative nostril breathing program had a positive impact on physical and physiological fitness-based performance.

6. Improvements to Neurocognitive, respiratory and metabolic functions.

In addition, researchers found in a  2018 review that different types of yogic breathing have many positive benefits for your health, including improvements to neurocognitive, respiratory, and metabolic functions in healthy people.

7. Balances the nervous System

Alternate nostril breathing was also found to increase breath awareness and have a beneficial effect on the nervous system.

How to do Alternate Nostril Breathing

Feel free to practice alternate nostril breathing on your own. It may be wise to ask but you a yoga teacher to show you the practice in person so you can make sure you’re doing it correctly.

When you are breathing, focus on keeping your breath slow, smooth, and continuous. Try to match the duration of the inhalation with the exhalation. Keep your focus on your breath to help you remember where you are in the cycle. This can improve your focus and help clear your mind.

I highly recommend watching the video listed early for a visual demonstration.

To practice alternate nostril breathing:

  1. Sit in a comfortable position with your legs crossed. You can also sit on a block or a pillow if needed to feel more comfortable.
  2. Make sure you are seated on your sit bones.
  3. Lengthen spine tall and pull your shoulders down and back
  4. Tuck your chin in slightly to engage the throat lock.
  5. Place your left hand on your left knee.
  6. Lift your right hand up toward your nose.

7. Exhale completely and then use your right thumb to close your right nostril.

8. Inhale through your left nostril and then close the left nostril with your fingers.

9. Open the right nostril and exhale through this side.

10. Inhale through the right nostril and then close this nostril.

11. Open the left nostril and exhale through the left side.

12. This is one cycle.

13. Continue for up to 5 minutes.

14. Always complete the practice by finishing with an exhale on the left side just to make sure you balance out the breath

Headstand Poses | 17 different Headstand Variations to Keep your Practice Fresh

Headstand which is also known as Sirsasana, is one the most practiced inversions out there along with handstand and shoulderstand. Headstands strengthen the vertebral column, core, the arms and the legs.

💪Some other benefits include calming the brain, relieving stress, increasing blood flow to the head, flushing out the adrenal glands and improving digestion.👌🏻👍🏻

I love to practice this pose daily because of the amazing benefits. 🙏🏻Yet sometimes doing the traditional headstand can get a little repetitive.

So to mix things up, feel free to try out these other variations and challenge yourself 😊 Also check out my Youtube channel below for a visual demonstration of the headstand variations: 

1. Forearm Headstand

2. Stork Headstand

3. Pigeon Headstand

4. Butterfly Headstand

5. Straddle Headstand

6. Lotus Headstand

7. Tripod Headstand

8. Zig Zag Headstand

9. Bound Headstand

10. Dandasana Headstand

11. Palms Up Headstand

12. Open Tripod Headstand

13. Eagle Headstand

14. Side Arrow Headstand

15. Zombie Press

16. Headstand Crunches

17. Headstand Split

Plank Variations

plank variations

Plank which is also known as Kumbhakasana is a widely recognized exercise both in personal training and yoga. Plank Pose strengthens all of the core muscles of the body, including the abdomen, chest, and low back. It also helps build strength in the arms, wrists, and shoulders.

💪Some other benefits include improving balance, increasing muscle definition, heightening metabolism, reducing back pain, and reducing stress👌🏻👍🏻

I teach this pose in every single yoga class because of the amazing benefits. 🙏🏻Yet sometimes doing the plank pose can get a little repetitive. 👯‍♀️👯‍♀️

So to mix things up, feel free to try out these other plank variations and challenge yourself 😊

1. Plank Pose

Plank Pose

  • Begin on your hands and knees
  • Place your hands directly underneath the shoulders
  • Extend your your feet back, lifting the hips off the mat.
  • Place your feet hip distance apart
  • Engage your core and make a straight line from the shoulders all the way to the ankles
  • Breath 😊

2. One Legged Plank

One Legged Plank

  • Begin on your hands and knees
  • Place your hands directly underneath the shoulders
  • Extend your your feet back, lifting the hips off the mat.
  • Place your feet hip distance apart
  • Engage your core and make a straight line from the shoulders all the way to the ankles
  • Lift one leg up keeping the both hips squared
  • Breath 😊

3. One Armed Plank

One Armed Plank

  • Begin on your hands and knees
  • Place your hands directly underneath the shoulders
  • Extend your your feet back, lifting the hips off the mat.
  • Place your feet hip distance apart
  • Engage your core and make a straight line from the shoulders all the way to the ankles
  • Lift one arm up keeping the shoulders squared
  • Breath 😊

4. Balancing Plank

Balancing Plank

  • Begin on your hands and knees
  • Place your hands directly underneath the shoulders
  • Extend your your feet back, lifting the hips off the mat.
  • Place your feet hip distance apart
  • Engage your core and make a straight line from the shoulders all the way to the ankles
  • Lift one leg up keeping the both hips squared
  • Lift the opposite arm up keeping the shoulders squared
  • Breath 😊

5. Hand to Heart Plank

Hand to Heart Plank

  • Begin on your hands and knees
  • Place your hands directly underneath the shoulders
  • Extend your your feet back, lifting the hips off the mat.
  • Place your feet hip distance apart
  • Engage your core and make a straight line from the shoulders all the way to the ankles
  • Draw one hand to your heart
  • Breath 😊

6. Knee to Elbow Plank

Knee to Elbow Plank

  • Begin on your hands and knees
  • Place your hands directly underneath the shoulders
  • Extend your your feet back, lifting the hips off the mat.
  • Place your feet hip distance apart
  • Engage your core and make a straight line from the shoulders all the way to the ankles
  • Draw one knee to your outer elbow
  • Breath 😊

7. Knee to Head Plank

Knee to Head Plank

  • Begin on your hands and knees
  • Place your hands directly underneath the shoulders
  • Extend your your feet back, lifting the hips off the mat.
  • Place your feet hip distance apart
  • Engage your core and make a straight line from the shoulders all the way to the ankles
  • Draw one knee to the crown of your head
  • Breath 😊

8. Forearm Plank

Forearm Plank

  • Begin on your hands and knees
  • Place your hands directly underneath the shoulders
  • Extend your your feet back, lifting the hips off the mat
  • Place your feet hip distance apart
  • Engage your core and make a straight line from the shoulders all the way to the ankles
  • Lower your elbows to the mat
  • Breath 😊

9. Half Chaturanga Plank

Half Chaturanga Plank

  • Begin on your hands and knees
  • Place your hands directly underneath the shoulders
  • Extend your your feet back, lifting the hips off the mat
  • Place your feet hip distance apart
  • Engage your core and make a straight line from the shoulders all the way to the ankles
  • Lower your elbows to the mat
  • Draw one elbow close to the chest
  • Breath 😊

10. One Forearmed Plank

One Forearmed Plank

  • Begin on your hands and knees
  • Place your hands directly underneath the shoulders
  • Extend your your feet back, lifting the hips off the mat
  • Place your feet hip distance apart
  • Engage your core and make a straight line from the shoulders all the way to the ankles
  • Lower your elbows to the mat
  • Lift one arm up keeping the shoulders squared
  • Breath 😊

11. Balancing Forearm Plank

Balancing Forearm Plank

  • Begin on your hands and knees
  • Place your hands directly underneath the shoulders
  • Extend your your feet back, lifting the hips off the mat
  • Place your feet hip distance apart
  • Engage your core and make a straight line from the shoulders all the way to the ankles
  • Lower your elbows to the mat
  • Lift one leg up keeping the hips squared
  • Lift the opposite arm up keeping the shoulders squared
  • Breath 😊

12. Side Forearm Plank

Side Forearm Plank

  • Begin on your hands and knees
  • Place your hands directly underneath the shoulders
  • Extend your your feet back, lifting the hips off the mat
  • Place your feet hip distance apart
  • Engage your core and make a straight line from the shoulders all the way to the ankles
  • Lower your elbows to the mat
  • Lift one arm up towards the ceiling, opening the chest and heart.
  • Breath 😊

I hope you found this article fun and informative. Feel free to connect with me on social media @brittanyschreiber and share this post!

Downward Facing Dog Poses – 10 New Ways To Do Downward Dog

Downward Facing Dog Variations

Downward Facing Dog which is also known as Downward Dog and Adho Mukha Svanasana, is one of the most recognized yoga poses of all time. Downward Dog pose stretches the hands, hamstrings, calves, shoulders and arches of the foot.

💪Some other benefits include calming the brain, relieving stress, improving digestion, energizing the body,relieving headache, back pain, insomnia and fatigue.👌🏻👍🏻

I teach this pose in every single yoga class because of the amazing benefits. 🙏🏻Yet sometimes doing the traditional downward facing dog can get a little repetitive. 👯‍♀️👯‍♀️

So to mix things up, feel free to try out these other variations and challenge yourself 😊 Also check out my Youtube channel below: 

19 Different variations of Downward Dog

1. Traditional Downward Facing Dog

Downward Facing Dog Pose

  • Feet are hip distance apart
  • Legs fully extended straight
  • Press the palms firmly into the matt shoulder distance apart
  • Engage the core
  • Make a straight line from your wrists to your hips
  • Breathe 😊

2. Knee Bent Downward Facing Dog

Bent Knee Downward Facing Dog

  • Feet are hip distance apart
  • Knees are bent slightly
  • Press the palms firmly into the matt shoulder distance apart
  • Engage the core
  • Make a straight line from your wrists to your hips
  • Breathe 😊

3. Head to Knee Downward Facing Dog

Head to Knee Downward Facing Dog

  • Feet are hip distance apart
  • Knees are bent
  • Press the palms firmly into the matt shoulder distance apart
  • Engage the core
  • Draw the crown of the head to the knees
  • Breathe 😊

4. Wide Legged Downward Facing Dog

Wide Legged Downward Facing Dog

  • Feet are wider than hip distance apart
  • Legs fully extended straight
  • Press the palms firmly into the matt shoulder distance apart
  • Engage the core
  • Make a straight line from your wrists to your hips
  • Breathe 😊

5. Twisted Downward Facing Dog

Twisted Downward Facing Dog

  • Feet are hip distance apart
  • Legs are fully extended straight
  • Press the palms firmly into the matt shoulder distance apart. Then with one arm, catch a hold of the opposite foot.
  • Engage the core
  • Lengthen the spine
  • Breathe 😊

6. Cow Face Legs in Downward Facing Dog

Cow Legs in Downward Facing Dog

  • Feet are hip distance apart
  • One leg fully extended straight
  • One leg with knee bent over the other (Cow Face legs)
  • Press the palms firmly into the matt shoulder distance apart
  • Engage the core
  • Make a straight line from your wrists to your hips
  • Breathe 😊

7. One Knee Bent Down Dog

One Knee Bent Down Dog

  • Feet are hip distance apart
  • One leg fully extended straight
  • One leg with knee bent and toes pointed up
  • Press the palms firmly into the matt shoulder distance apart
  • Engage the core
  • Make a straight line from your wrists to your hips
  • Breathe 😊

8. Three Legged Dog

Three Legged Downward Facing Dog

  • Feet are hip distance apart
  • One leg fully extended straight heel on matt
  • One leg fully extended straight with toes pointed up to ceiling
  • Press the palms firmly into the matt shoulder distance apart
  • Engage the core
  • Make a straight line from your wrists to your hips
  • Breathe 😊

9. Hip Opening Downward Facing Dog

Hip Opening Downward Facing Dog

  • Feet are hip distance apart
  • One leg fully extended straight heel on matt
  • Lifting the other leg up. Bend your knee and point your toe out to open the hip.
  • Press the palms firmly into the matt shoulder distance apart
  • Engage the core
  • Make a straight line from your wrists to your hips
  • Breathe 😊

10. Two Legged DogTwo Legged Downward Facing Dog

  • Feet are hip distance apart
  • One leg fully extended straight
  • One leg with knee bent and toes pointed up
  • Press the palms firmly into the matt shoulder distance apart
  • Take the arm opposite of the bent Knee to the straight leg.
  • Engage the core
  • Make a straight line from your wrists to your hips
  • Breathe 😊

I hope you found this article fun and informative. Feel free to connect with me on social media @brittanyschreiber and share this post!

Walk, Don’t Run

sunsets and yoga

So I have been reflecting upon the beauty of being present and enjoying all that is around you. I stumbled upon this poem that I just had to share. The poem is called Walk, Don’t Run by Rob Bell.

Walk Don’t Run

Walk, don’t run.
That’s it.
Walk, don’t run.

Slow down, breathe deeply,
and open your eyes because there’s
a whole world right here within this one. The bush doesn’t suddenly catch on fire, it’s been burning the whole time.

Moses is simply moving
slowly enough to see it. And when he does,
he takes off his sandals.

Not because
the ground has suddenly become holy,
but because he’s just now becoming aware that
the ground has been holy the whole time.

Efficiency is not God’s highest goal for your life,
neither is busyness,
or how many things you can get done in one day,
or speed, or even success.

But walking,
which leads to seeing,
now that’s something.
That’s the invitation for every one of us today,
and everyday, in every conversation, interaction,
event, and moment: to walk, not run. And in doing so,
to see a whole world right here within this one. —Rob Bell

God Calls Us to Trust in Our Uniqueness

Butterfly Headstand

I’m not sure what I’ll do, but —well, I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale.

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This is a quote from F Scott Fitzgerald, my favorite author. There is something about how he sees the world that I just love. A lot of his writing focuses on the desire of love ❤

Yet something that I think that is amazing about this particular quote is the contentment with not knowing what he’s going to do. His peace is inspiring.

I know personally sometimes I stress out and I think to myself, what am I doing with my life?
I feel lost and confused. I don’t know what my purpose is. I don’t know my calling and I feel anxious.

But this anxiety is not from God.

God tells us to be peaceful and to trust the plans he has for us. For his plans are for good and not harm.
Also God made us all unique and all with our own unique purpose.

Maybe we don’t know our calling because we are called to do something that has never been done before.

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