February, 2023 “The heart opens. The heart closes. This is the systole and diastole of human life. We may...
November 2023 When big things happen both in our life and in the world around us, we might struggle to...
The longer I teach and practice yoga, the gentler my teaching and practice become. I tell my yoga friends, “pretty soon we will just be doing Savasana for 90 minutes!” That might be an exaggeration, but for me (and for many teachers I know), there is a broader movement towards...
AUGUST 2024 WINGS OF MINDFULNESS: A DAY OF INSIGHT AND COMPASSION Next Sunday, August 11st with Erin Joosse with live...
So…full disclosure – I got an email from Source Yoga the other day saying, “we haven’t seen you for a...
January, 2023 In January, I usually write some version of my (gentle) rant against the “New Year, New You” marketing that we see everywhere, but this year I can’t seem to muster the energy. Let me give you the TL;DR version – you are enough as you are, and there is no resolution...
“Mindfulness, cultivated even for a few minutes, draws the heart toward itself. It invites the intimacy we yearn for and...
November 2022 “The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” ~ Coretta...
My whole young life, I remember my father getting up before dawn and going for his daily run, long before any of the rest of us in the house were up. When I would stagger to the kitchen a couple of hours later, he would be whistling and humming, happy...
Through the ups and downs of this time, many of us have learned that things are always uncertain and ever...
“It takes boldness, even audacity, to step out of our habitual patterns and experiment with a quality like kindness...
I stood at the front of the room, my breath a bit shallow, a little nervous to look at the sea of young faces in front of me. I am not used to teaching children – a room full of adults is far less intimidating to me. I took a...