Cinching my climbing harness, I exhaled. The last time I stepped into a climbing gym was pre-pandemic. Undoubtedly, I was nervous on many levels. My trust muscles needed a workout; it was time to feel the power of my Pfizer vaccine antibodies.
The images are distant now, faded, slightly dappled with sunlight. March 17, 2020, on a Tuesday morning at 10:30 I finished teaching Kripalu Yoga. My dedicated students were there, devices in hand for the technology access lesson that followed yoga practice.
Luna Langer guides the Mantra for Purification
Today I am reflecting on the things that have supported me through this year with some semblance of sanity, although I admit to moments when I was hanging by the very last thread.
Discomfort in a seated position is a common obstacle to centering and seated meditation. The use of a few simple props can transform your seated pose, allowing access to ease in meditation and asana practice.
February is the month when I hit the Winter Wall as the cold, grey days pull me into stagnation. Add a pandemic and isolation — last week I hit the Winter Wall x 1000.
Here we sit, the threshold of the new year. It is only tomorrow, an arbitrary Friday, another day, yet it represents something greater -- hope, newness, perseverance, renewal.
Yoga is defined in yoga sutra 1.2, "Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind." Vividly I recall listening to that verse chanted in the background as I practiced yoga by CD with my first teacher. I remember wondering what exactly "cessation...
This quote spoke to me and I posted it on a bulletin board next to my desk last fall. As a human who likes to walk the line of safety and adventure, tethered equally to both, this quote felt true and wise. Lingering over...
I may not have the exact right words to say, but I am compelled to address the sadness and outrage reverberating through our communities and the tremendous injustices in our society that oppress and devalue people of color. I don’t know about you, but...
Kathryn Sienna passed away on April 3, 2020, in her 57th year. She was born July 27, 1963, in St. Louis, Missouri; the daughter of Aloysius V. and Virginia Lee “Ginny” (Heher) Grieshaber, the fifth of five children born of this union; the sister...
Yesterday was a struggle. I resented the sunshine and just wanted to spend my one day off doing a bunch of nothing. I watched the news incessantly, binge-watched a new show, and finally took my mat outside to lie in the sun. Eventually, B...
