It struck me on an early morning walk that I needed to reverse course and say “no”. It’s often as we are undertaking mundane tasks such as walking, folding laundry, doing the dishes, or taking a shower that we’re hit ... Read More...
Many Forms of Practice
If you practice yoga poses, does that mean you have a yoga practice? If you’re not able to do a yoga pose, does that mean you’re not a yogi? Our culture has commoditized yoga as a form of exercise. Click on any drop-down ... Read More...
The Refractory Period
I've gone back in time to the year 1982, the first semester of my foray into my degree in Physical Education. I was the first, and only, international student (having recently arrived from California) stepping into the ... Read More...
Get Outside
I'm a tree-hugger. Yes, I said it and I will proudly own it. On our recent travels during my 8-week hiatus, we spent our last month in Northern California, in the small quaint town of Mendocino. We not only spent time ... Read More...
Do Less
What is the saying? You need to see or hear something three times before you actually see or hear it? Well, if that's the case, I have now heard the call to "Do Less" on three separate occasions. The first was in 2006, ... Read More...
Re-emergence
I am just returning from taking an 8-week hiatus from teaching and doing a few cartwheels along the way. This isn't the time away that we had planned. I canceled three retreats, two in Australia and one in Italy, as well ... Read More...
The Toolbox & The Tree
This moment in some ways feels like the end of the semester and we're headed into the summer break. I've taught my last class and cleaned the studio as we've just completed 17 weeks of live online Zoom classes and it's ... Read More...
Integration
Can you visualize a thousand-petal lotus at the top of your head? And, as it blossoms, a radiant white/violet light emanating from this portal shining out into infinite space? If so, you are seeing the energy of the ... Read More...
Intuition
Have you ever had the experience where you had a momentary nudge about something, didn't trust it fully and instead rationalized and reasoned your way to a different answer? I have and let me just say, that I've had to ... Read More...
Listen
People all over the world are out in the streets...shouting and protesting for better treatment of marginalized people. They're shouting through face-masks and megaphones. They're shouting despite the higher risk of ... Read More...
Metamorphosis
Pain. We are wired to move away from something that is painful toward something that is pleasurable. It is thought that when a snake sheds its skin, it's a difficult and painful process. Now, I don't know how they asked ... Read More...
Two Worlds
Just when I didn't think things could escalate in intensity, they have. What do I mean by "things"? Well...massive social unrest with protests on top of a 3-month pandemic that has seen much of the world quarantined. You ... Read More...
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