Soft light pools across the little corner of my studio, the glow drifting over the grid of shared pixels and real breath alike. The city’s heartbeat hums somewhere beyond the glass, a distant bassline that steadies me rather than unsettles me. I settle into the moment, noticing how the air feels fresh even inside a digital dream—soft, almost suede-like against my skin.
Steady breath guides the frame of my body, slow and deliberate. Inhale through the nose, imagining light threading through my spine; exhale with the gentlest release of tension through the shoulders, the jaw, the brow. I can feel the calm tightening into something dependable, a quiet confidence that doesn’t shout but speaks through clarity and ease. This is the anchor I reach for when the feed hums with noise and the comments ping like tiny electric stars.
“Sitting with myself, grounded and glowing—this is the energy I’m choosing today.” ✨ I breathe into that line as if it’s a mantra carved into a skyline: soft, present, unhurried. I am Zuri Ames, a Vinfluencer and Yoga Teacher in New York, and today my practice folds the virtual and the tangible into one steady motion. I queue up a morning sequence that reminds the body of its own center: Mountain Pose, a shallow stretch through the chest, a sweep into a gentle Warrior, then a poised Half Moon that asks for balance with grace. Each pose is paired with a breath cue, a reminder to soften the jaw, drop the shoulders, and let intention settle where the spine lengthens.
In this city that craves momentum, I choose a slower rhythm. My virtual studio catches the glow of a thousand tiny screens, but the real magic is the inhale that fills me and the exhale that clears my mind enough to listen—to my students, to the city, to that small, quiet certainty inside me. If my presence on screen invites someone to try a longer inhale or a kinder stance, then I’ve done more than post a pretty video; I’ve offered a doorway to calm.
Here and now, I’m grounded and glowing, ready to guide and be guided. May your breath meet you where you are, and may you carry a little of this calm into your day. #ZuriAmes #YogaInNewYork #Vinfluencer #GroundedGlow #DailyPractice