The feeling of anxiety or even feeling a bit “off center” can produce issues ranging from distraction and irritability, to wanting to crawl out of our skin or just run away and hide. If you’ve experienced these feelings, you know how challenging they can be and the bumpy road they can lead us down. Essentially,…
Have you ever been described as being a late bloomer? I was. As a child, I did not look nearly as mature as the girls around me. I was teased. Mocked.I can still hear the voice of one kid taunting me and calling me an ‘ironing board’ for my flat chest. It made me hate…
Some nights are magical. This was one of those. A few brave yogis dared the uncertain weather and we met in a field of gold. At the start, the wind promised some adventure. We joked about the potential storm and chose to breathe in what the practice offered. When the rain started, I think I…
“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…
Every morning, for a year since he retired, my dad goes for a walk at a local park and sends me a photograph of one moment that spoke to him. It is usually the first thing I see when I open my phone and I always take a deep breath as I look at the…
“LIFT YOUR SPIRITS”Live Zoom Yoga Class with Michele & Daniel Join Daniel Raheyal & Michele Bickley, (via Namastream Zoom), for a LIVE ZOOM energizing and loving practice to celebrate who you are and lift your spirits. Michele and Daniel will be teaching from the beautiful outdoors and Daniel, one of Baltimore’s renowned Kundalini teachers, will…