April 2023 “This is one way of speaking about mindfulness, or being present: coming home to ourselves. When we bring...
February, 2023 “The heart opens. The heart closes. This is the systole and diastole of human life. We may...
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...
November 2022 It’s a roller coaster, isn’t it – being alive during this time? It’s true that things are always...
October 2022 Recently I read 2 novels that were written since the start of the pandemic. I recommend both –...
September, 2022 Dear friends, I was talking on the phone with a friend the other day, and after a couple of minutes, I heard the wail of her young child. The upset was that her kiddo didn’t want to stop playing outside and it was time to come in. I remember those...
July 2022 “WE WERE MADE FOR THESE TIMES… Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at...
June 2022 It’s been a particularly difficult time – being in this country, in this world, in this human experience. I...
April 20, 2022 Recently, I was talking with Chris Martin, a Source Yoga student who regularly attends our Gentle Yoga classes and sometimes modifies poses with a chair. Chris has been attending yoga classes at Source Yoga for more than a decade and a half and has seen her yoga practice...
February 1, 2022 Happy New Year! February 1st marks the start of the Lunar New Year, celebrated by more...
January 2022 “Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.” –...
My brother-in-law was diagnosed with cancer in the spring. He and my sister spent the better part of the last 9 months at doctors’ appointments, preparing for or recovering from surgeries, in and out of hospitals, and dealing with the side effects of cancer treatments. Despite all of this, the cancer appeared to be progressing. Before last week, the latest news from his oncologist was...
