January 2022 “Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.” –...
As we begin to see a light at the end of the tunnel of this pandemic with the rates of vaccinations going...
November 21, 2021 After a year and a half of disruption in life as we knew it, many people have made big...
May, 2023 As a yoga instructor who has been teaching since I was 25, and who prefers a slow and gentle...
So, we have been hard at work over the last weeks in preparations for welcoming you back into the studios...
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.
April 2023 “This is one way of speaking about mindfulness, or being present: coming home to ourselves. When we bring...
February, 2023 “The heart opens. The heart closes. This is the systole and diastole of human life. We may...
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?
December, 2022 “Doing those deeply unfashionable things – slowing down, letting your spare time expand, getting enough sleep, resting –...
FINDING BALANCE AND STEADINESS Join our Fall Retreat with Erin Joosse October 19th-22nd (2 rooms remaining!)Whether you are a beginning...
My favorite yoga pose is uttanasana. This pose was for a long time my least favorite, in all of its manifestations, and I resisted it. Why? It revealed where in my body I held darkness.