The darkness that envelops the sky after the completion of my evening classes lets me know that the winter Solstice is fast-approaching. Our daylight hours are seemingly short and the natural rhythm of nature is ... Read More...
Be. Receive. Give Thanks.
At times I hear something and know immediately that it's worth holding onto. This past week, I was listening to a guided meditation by Sarah Blondin on the Insight Timer App (free and fabulous) and she said the above ... Read More...
Non-Negotiable
Last week we took some time to look at our "why", the driving force behind what motivates us to do certain things. It began with the story about someone writing their eulogy and realizing that what they had written ... Read More...
All Blocked Up
The other day a yoga student was suffering from seasonal allergies. They were all stuffed up, breathing through their mouth, and kept stepping off their mat to blow their nose. They were all blocked up...which led me to ... Read More...
Show Up
You've arrived. You're sitting on your yoga mat a few minutes before the class is scheduled to begin. As you sit, you look around at the other people arriving and settling onto their mats. Perhaps you're feeling a bit ... Read More...
Difficult Simplicity
One of the gifts I have received over the many years of teaching is that of an ever-expanding community. Each week I get emails from people, locally and globally, particularly from people in Australia and Canada. So, ... Read More...
Quiet Mind
Sunday afternoon I sat in the afterglow of the weekend's events. We celebrated the graduation of my yoga teacher trainees following the completion of their 200-hour course. We'd been working together for eight months and ... Read More...
One-Heart
Before I had even heard about the tragic events in Las Vegas this past week, I had planned to talk about the mantra - Lokah Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu as a theme for the upcoming weeks' classes. This Sanskrit mantra is ... Read More...
All At Once
The past two weeks have been intense: we were delayed in Australia six hours for our return flight to the States; the morning after we arrived home, my Mom went to the emergency room; a tree fell across my sister's ... Read More...
Footprints
This week I asked people what came to mind when I said the word "footprints". The majority of people said, "sand" and others came up with something along the lines of "leaving an impression". My mind immediately goes to ... Read More...
The New Normal
If you happened to read last week's blog, you might remember that it was around big changes which I called "seismic shifts". At the end of the week, we moved our Mom into an assisted living facility with a Memory Care ... Read More...
Seismic Shift
At 6:15 am this past Monday morning, I was awakened by the sound of a downpour, and then a few minutes later, a huge clap of thunder. It's the middle of a long, hot summer and the sound of rain pounding on the roof was a ... Read More...
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