So many of us have the best intentions for a New Year. It is a cultural norm for a large number of people to create some sort of a resolution. Sadly, many of our intentions or resolutions are never actualized. This past weekend, at a holiday gathering, I chatted with friends as they ate indulgent…
I just taught my last class of 2022. I feel more reflective than normal (some of you might laugh at that). But perhaps, it is because there is a moment within my personal world to truly have, and really feel, a deep breath. And, Exhale. I am actually in a bath (my 2nd bath of…
There is a special kind of love that happens in a yoga class. I don’t think that most people come to yoga consciously seeking that love, but if they stick around, they will experience it. At the start, love takes form from the different relationships created within our yoga class. There are the interpersonal relationships,…
“There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not…
“Enlightenment is ego’s ultimate disappointment.” ~ Chogyam Trungpa Years ago, in a Max Strom Workshop, he instructed the group: Level one, please take Child’s Pose. Level two, Downward Dog. Level three, take Plank. I felt my body move into plank, but immediately questioned if it was where I should be?My focus switched from my breath…
19th century poet Gerard Manley Hopkins called our inner terrain an ‘Inscape.’ We are taught in school how to grow a seed, to tend to things, quite literally, in our outer landscape.It usually isn’t until much later in life that we are fortunate enough to learn how to tend to what is inside of us……
“The secret of love is in opening up your heart,” – James Taylor This is a theory that most will agree with, yet opening our heart can sometimes be a challenging task. The yogis call the heart center: Anahata Chakra. The name Anahata translates to un-struck, un-hurt, un-beaten. The wheel of the un-struck note. I…
Start now. 💜Imperfectly. Authentically. Honestly. If not now, then when? I invite you to suspend all prior and current beliefs and stories you have created for you and your life. Just for a moment, pause and notice how you feel. How does your breath feel slowly moving in and slowly moving out of you? Be with YOU….