November 2022 It’s a roller coaster, isn’t it – being alive during this time? It’s true that things...
“Mindfulness, cultivated even for a few minutes, draws the heart toward itself. It invites the intimacy we yearn for and...
“In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing could feel more luxurious than paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.” – Pico Ayer, The Art of Stillness,...
“I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” Mark Twain As I went...
I don’t really make New Year’s Resolutions. In fact, I shared with my classes last week, that in the spirit...
Transitions may be the most important part of a yoga practice. At least if we are present to them. Consider the transitions between the poses. Often we don’t think much about them, we are more focused on the posture itself. But pay attention, and there is more happening than we...
Every yoga teacher will tell you that they are still a yoga student. Or at least, they should. If anyone...
This afternoon I am sitting with my father, and it is peaceful. It’s raining. He is reading; I’m working on...
When we first begin to meditate, we might notice that there is very little space inside our minds. It might seem like just as we are trying to sit down and settle down, our brain goes into hyperdrive. We might be making to do lists, we might be replaying something...
I stood at the front of the room, my breath a bit shallow, a little nervous to look at the...
“Our spirit has an instinct for silence. Every soul innately yearns for stillness, for a space, a garden where we...
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...
