A couple of weeks ago, I returned from a 7-day silent meditation retreat. “7 days of silence?!” people ask, stunned... Read Story
The longer I teach and practice yoga, the gentler my teaching and practice become. I tell my yoga friends, “pretty... Read Story
Photo courtesy of Liz Gill Where can you pause? For me, it started in the fall. I had just dropped... Read Story
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 Read Story
This Monday, I dropped my daughter off at her first day of kindergarten. Weeks before she stepped into her new... Read Story
When we first begin to meditate, we might notice that there is very little space inside our minds. It might... Read Story
Only a week later, my inner yoga teacher shows up again; she too, has gone on retreat. She reminds me of the definition of the word mindful, as used by Jon Kabat-Zinn, the originator of MBSR in the West. Mindfulness is about paying attention in a non-judgmental way. I can pay attention mindfully, I like to think. I have a much harder time paying attention without judgment. So my inner yoga teacher says: What if your discomfort isn’t something for you to analyze away? What if you don’t need to do anything about your discomfort? What if you just noticed it? Read Story
I was recently reading through some of my past blog posts, and I came across one that I wrote right... Read Story
Transitions may be the most important part of a yoga practice. At least if we are present to them. Consider... Read Story
Today I got lost – almost literally in my backyard. Well, almost the backyard of the yoga studio, that is.... Read Story
So…full disclosure – I got an email from Source Yoga the other day saying, “we haven’t seen you for a... Read Story
When I taught on New Year’s Day morning, I was happy to see my regular Monday morning crowd. I am... Read Story
