November 2023 When big things happen both in our life and in the world around us, we might struggle to...
“It takes boldness, even audacity, to step out of our habitual patterns and experiment with a quality like kindness...
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...
A pretty perfect spot for meditation on my recent vacation… There was a box on my desk waiting for me...
I have been really enjoying teaching in recent weeks. It can be a balancing act wearing both hats of teacher and studio owner, but I wouldn’t change it for the world.
“Mindfulness, cultivated even for a few minutes, draws the heart toward itself. It invites the intimacy we yearn for and that is calling to us because, ultimately, mindfulness is intimacy – with ourselves and the world – underneath any apparent separation between the two.” Jon Kabat-Zinn I think about why...
June, 2023 Creativity and Renewal: Summer Retreat with Erin Joosse Harmony Hill Retreat Center July 22nd-24th For more than...
I completed my first yoga teacher training in September, 2000, at Ghost Rach, New Mexico. This was an intensive training,...
“I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” Mark Twain As I went to bed the other night, I found myself worried. What is worry, really? I looked up the definition and here are a couple I found: “give way to anxiety or...
February 1, 2022 Happy New Year! February 1st marks the start of the Lunar New Year, celebrated by more...
I realized today that my morning meditations have been a bit more grounded than they were in the summer months and...
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...