“In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age...
Only a week later, my inner yoga teacher shows up again; she too, has gone on retreat. She reminds me of the definition of the word mindful, as used by Jon Kabat-Zinn, the originator of MBSR in the West. Mindfulness is about paying attention in a non-judgmental way. I can pay attention mindfully, I like to think. I have a much harder time paying attention without judgment. So my inner yoga teacher says: What if your discomfort isn’t something for you to analyze away? What if you don’t need to do anything about your discomfort? What if you just noticed it?
November 2023 When big things happen both in our life and in the world around us, we might struggle to make sense of them and wrestle with how to respond. If you spend any time online (ahem, who doesn’t these days?), you are seeing the events of the world filtered...
Transitions may be the most important part of a yoga practice. At least if we are present to them. Consider...
The longer I teach and practice yoga, the gentler my teaching and practice become. I tell my yoga friends, “pretty...
Hello Source friends, Have you picked up the newly printed Source Yoga Journal? This is a collaboration between me, Tamiko Nimura, who brought her skilled editing, Burcu Koleli, who brought her amazing design expertise, and a few other community members who generously shared their essays, art, poetry, and thoughtfulness in...
Normally, I’d be all about the homework. I am one of those people who’s ridiculously happy to be a lifelong student. I have 2 grad school degrees, for goodness’ sake. I miss taking classes besides yoga. But I have to admit that the MBSR homework is a struggle.
When we first begin to meditate, we might notice that there is very little space inside our minds. It might...
“Mindfulness, cultivated even for a few minutes, draws the heart toward itself. It invites the intimacy we yearn for and that is calling to us because, ultimately, mindfulness is intimacy – with ourselves and the world – underneath any apparent separation between the two.” Jon Kabat-Zinn I think about why...
Photo courtesy of Liz Gill Where can you pause? For me, it started in the fall. I had just dropped...
One of the conversations we have been having in our current Yoga Teacher Training is about the value or detriment...
So…full disclosure – I got an email from Source Yoga the other day saying, “we haven’t seen you for a while.” HA! I guess it’s been a while since I have made it in for class. Things have been busy for me for sure – with kids and business...
