I stood at the front of the room, my breath a bit shallow, a little nervous to look at the...
I completed my first yoga teacher training in September, 2000, at Ghost Rach, New Mexico. This was an intensive training,...
November 2022 It’s a roller coaster, isn’t it – being alive during this time? It’s true that things are always changing, uncertain, unpredictable. But it does feel like we are in a time where SO MANY things are precarious all at once. It is a time that is...
So…full disclosure – I got an email from Source Yoga the other day saying, “we haven’t seen you for a...
I don’t really make New Year’s Resolutions. In fact, I shared with my classes last week, that in the spirit...
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?
Photo courtesy of Liz Gill Where can you pause? For me, it started in the fall. I had just dropped...
The longer I teach and practice yoga, the gentler my teaching and practice become. I tell my yoga friends, “pretty...
FINDING BALANCE AND STEADINESS Join our Fall Retreat with Erin Joosse October 19th-22nd (2 rooms remaining!)Whether you are a beginning yoga and meditation student or a long-time practitioner, there are things that can get in the way of a sense of steadiness and ease in our practice. In the Buddhist...
I recently returned from a 5-day silent meditation retreat. Before I go any farther, let me assure you that it is not like going on vacation.
My whole young life, I remember my father getting up before dawn and going for his daily run, long before...
“Our spirit has an instinct for silence. Every soul innately yearns for stillness, for a space, a garden where we can till, sow, reap, and rest, and by doing so come to a deeper sense of self and our place in the universe. Silence is not an absence but a...