I invite you to bring Beginner’s Mind to your practice and to your life this month. What would it be like if you didn’t have to get it right? If you didn’t have to be perfect? What if you allowed yourself to be a beginner, to make mistakes, without self-judgement and self-criticism? What if you could approach anything from a place of being brand new?
What a year this has been. And yet, I find we are adapting. In my house, we have adapted to work and school...
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...
I know many of you have been following my journey with my dad. I wanted to let you know that...
February 1, 2022 Happy New Year! February 1st marks the start of the Lunar New Year, celebrated by more...
February, 2023 “The heart opens. The heart closes. This is the systole and diastole of human life. We may imagine that we want our hearts to stay open, but full-hearted generosity – with others and with ourselves – is all-inclusive. It is not a command. It is an invitation...
Today is a day off for me. I worked all weekend, leading Yoga Teacher Training. One of my self-care practices...
September 2020 This summer, I have tried to get into nature with my kids each week. We’ve sought out more...
Happy Hanukkah! Soon we will be welcoming the solstice, the returning of longer days, and for those that celebrate, the joy of Christmas. The holiday season is upon us. There is much that I love about this time of year. I love the songs I only hear once a year, I...
This holiday season, the words I kept repeating to myself were “good enough.” Good enough, as in, who needs perfect? I recently read Big Magic, by Elizabeth Gilbert, about living a creative life. In one section, she writes about her creative process
October 2022 Recently I read 2 novels that were written since the start of the pandemic. I recommend both –...
Image credit: Anna Thurston March 2021 I always delight when I hear about Source Yoga community members taking their yoga off their mat. It’s really why we are doing this, isn’t it? Not to have a “better” Warrior 2, not really to be more flexible, not to be a perfect...