I’ve been doing yoga for over twenty years (oh my! time flies) andI’ve taken a few breaks, some planned like around the birth of each of my children, but some just happened. Life would get a little crazy and interrupt my routine. Before you...
Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. Jack Kornfield The past week’s events have been heavy, and my heart goes out to the people of Ukraine and everyone in the region that is in harm’s way. Answers are hard to find during...
This weekend, on my way home from a hike, I had the opportunity to drop into deep inspiration while listening to a powerful combination of talks. Driving alone for hours is rich with the opportunity to dive deep into conversations that inspire me while...
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.
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.
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...
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...