November 2023 When big things happen both in our life and in the world around us, we might struggle to...
A couple of weeks ago, I returned from a 7-day silent meditation retreat. “7 days of silence?!” people ask, stunned...
January 2022 “Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.” – Etty Hillesum Why do you practice yoga? For me, a few different answers arise in response to this question. My yoga asana practice offers me the gift of knowing and being...
The longer I teach and practice yoga, the gentler my teaching and practice become. I tell my yoga friends, “pretty...
Photo courtesy of Liz Gill Where can you pause? For me, it started in the fall. I had just dropped...
I completed my first yoga teacher training in September, 2000, at Ghost Rach, New Mexico. This was an intensive training, a few weeks in the desert, immersed in yoga and meditation. One of our last mornings, after a 5 am meditation, I stood outside, under a spectacular sky of stars,...
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
This Monday, I dropped my daughter off at her first day of kindergarten. Weeks before she stepped into her new...
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.
November 2024 CARING FOR OURSELVES AND FOR EACH OTHER Well, it’s been quite a week. How are you caring for...
April 2023 “This is one way of speaking about mindfulness, or being present: coming home to ourselves. When we bring...
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...
