For Yoga Tattuesday: U.S. Election Day Edition, I present to you neither a politician nor an American. Instead, a Canadian yogi-slash-politica-researcher and inked-up mother of two named Stephanie Renaud. Here’s Stephanie’s tattoo:
Photo Courtesy of Stephanie Renaud
As you can see, Stephanie’s tattoo is the “Om” symbol and it is located on her back over her heart chakra. While I have seen “Om” tattoos on many a yogi, I have never seen one quite like Stephanie’s. Hers is drawn in green vines and accented with different flowers…how neat! She chose the symbol done in vines “because yoga is part of [her] roots.” She explains, “It is what keeps me stable and strong in an unstable and crazy world. The flowers are symbolic of things that have grown out of those roots, like my husband and children. I am planning to have a string of pearls woven through the vine to symbolize my grandmother who passed and the grand footprint that she left on my life.”
Stephanie is from Windsor, Ontario Canada, and came to yoga as many of us did – for its physical benefits – and found much more. Not only is she raising her two small children, but she works from home as a political researcher and teaches yoga to young children. Stephanie says, “I find so much strength and balance on my mat that I can carry into the world with me. As a working mom I often tell people I practice yoga because it makes me strong in my body, my mind and my heart. Who couldn’t use a practice that does that?!”
In discussing this post for Yoga Tattuesday, I found Stephanie to be just as lovely as her tattoo. In addition to working, yoga-ing, teaching, and being a mom, Stephanie has a blog that she updates when she can called D”om”estic Bliss that you can read at: ompage-yogajunkie.blogspot.com. Thanks to Stephanie for sharing her story and her tattoo with us!
If you, or someone you love, has a yoga-inspired tattoo that they would like to share on this here little yoga blog, let me know.
How to participate:
1) Please email me photo of your tattoo: My email address is: yogabird03@gmail.com.
2) Along with the photo, please also include your name, where you’re from, what you do, etc. Be sure to include your blog, your website, etc., so that I can link to it in the post.
3) Please also include any information about how you started practicing yoga.
4) And most importantly, tell me why you chose your yoga-inspired tattoo!
I look forward to hearing from you and to seeing your ink!”
yogi, interrupted. 