Do you save relaxation time for when you go on vacation? If so...read on. This past week I was introduced to a new group of women who had a great assortment of backgrounds, professions and interests. A couple of them ... Read More...
Choice
With Independence Day approaching here in the United States, I was reflecting on what it means to me. What came up was having the ability to choose. I remember an experience I had when I returned to western culture ... Read More...
Stepping Up To The Edge
Every summer as I was growing up, my family would pile into our Ford station wagon, loaded with camping gear and head for some state or national park. As we walked the park trails and stop at the vista points, I would ... Read More...
Play Date
When I was a kid one of the main objectives in each day was to play. The sound of the bell ringing for recess was sweetly received and I'd rush out to the monkey bars and repeatedly flip myself over in circles, find an ... Read More...
Shifting Gears
Here in the northern hemisphere we are about to experience the summer solstice-the longest day of the year. What this signals in my world is a downward shift from high season to the lower gears of summer. Being desert ... Read More...
The Symbolism of The Lotus
This past weekend our niece graduated from high school. We took the long drive from the desert to the central coast of California to hear her Salutatorian speech and see her receive her diploma. Not only are we proud ... Read More...
Our Own Evolution
In class this past week, a student told me how much she was going to miss seeing Oprah on daytime TV. She said how Oprah has inspired her over the past many years to "become a better person". That conversation connects ... Read More...
Building A Foundation
This past week, the theme I was teaching in classes was regarding a surprising, yet beneficial, effect of doing yoga-that of building a strong foundation. I'm not only referring to a strong physical foundation that ... Read More...
Heart to Heart
Have you ever had the experience where you are greeted by someone who gives you a hug and you're not sure if they meant it? You know, the one where they avoid eye contact, turn their head away, throw just one arm around ... Read More...
Hip Hip Hooray!
Often at the beginning of a yoga class I will ask students "What do you need from your practice today?" Sometimes this question is met with a small shrug of the shoulders or a comment of "whatever comes..." but often I ... Read More...
I Got Nothin’
As I sat down to write this weeks message I had nothing. I was blank. Then I thought to myself...wow...isn't that the point? I'm trying to find nothingness everyday when I meditate and here I am, in the middle of the ... Read More...
Change the Channel
(Revised from April 2009) One day I was in the gym beginning a workout with a client. As I stood next to her treadmill, one of the many TV's were on and the one in front of her was tuned to some news station. What I saw ... Read More...
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