December, 2024 WATER, EARTH AND SKY: GROUNDING OURSELVES IN WINTER I could write the same December newsletter every year,...
FREEDOM OF EQUANIMITY: Finding Calm and Center Amidst Life’s Challenges Fall Retreat with Erin Joosse November 1st-3rd at The Whidbey...
June 2024 PEACE OF WILD THINGS by Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in...
TIME FOR A STUDIO REFRESH! Take Note – we will be canceling or moving classes online Memorial Day Weekend for...
This time of year is always funny – It’s balmy and spring like one day, cold and blustery the next...
November 2023 When big things happen both in our life and in the world around us, we might struggle to make sense of them and wrestle with how to respond. If you spend any time online (ahem, who doesn’t these days?), you are seeing the events of the world filtered...
It was damp and cool when I woke up, one of the first mornings that really felt like fall. I...
August, 2023 I’ll keep this short and sweet, and I promise not to talk about fall too much yet –...
June, 2023 Creativity and Renewal: Summer Retreat with Erin Joosse Harmony Hill Retreat Center July 22nd-24th For more than 15 years, I have been leading retreats to Harmony Hill, a beautiful retreat center on the Hood Canal. In more recent years, I have led them 3 times a year – in October,...
So…full disclosure – I got an email from Source Yoga the other day saying, “we haven’t seen you for a...
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.
Someone walked into the studio last week and said she saw an article in the Parade section of the Sunday paper highlighting meditation. “I’ve been thinking about what I am doing for my stress levels for a long time, and this seemed like a sign that it was time to try something new.” She began her Intro to Yoga Series last Sunday, and is signed up for the Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation which begins next Monday.
