7 Tips for Managing Anxiety in the Fall
Recently my daily morning meditation has brought me face to face with tightness in my chest, a feeling of unrest, a racing mind, and difficulty settling into my seat. For years, I’ve known that I don’t do well in Fall and my meditation practice reflects this. I get more irritable and restless. I don’t sleep […]
8 Conscious Parenting Tips + Free Meditation
I had a great conversation with Valerie Friedlander, founder of the business “The Unlimited Mom”. She has put together an amazing FREE online event – Motherhood Unlimited. If you want to re-energize Mom-life, re-ignite your relationship, and renew your engagement and mindfulness as a parent then you don’t want to miss out on this event! […]
The Happiness Formula
I recently learned about the happiness formula based on scientific research from the field of Positive Psychology. This formula teaches that our daily happiness is somewhat predictable. The majority of our daily experiences of happiness (50%) are determined in the first 3 years of life by our parents, siblings, and caretakers. This is called our set […]
Entrainment: Why Our Energy Impacts Others
Fireflies flash in unison. Two pendulum clocks on the same wall swing to the same rhythm even if they didn’t start out together. Women who spend a lot of time together begin to synchronize their menstrual cycles. This phenomenon is called entrainment and it’s a natural law that can be observed in nature, chemistry, pharmacology, […]
Your Greatest Teacher is Within
I’ve never had one primary yoga or spiritual teacher with whom I’ve worked. There are many I’ve studied with, but at times I wonder if I need to find one “guru” and stick with that person for a long period. This weekend I leave for a week to start a meditation training program with Deepak […]
The Mantra “Yes”
I taught a workshop in last week and afterward found a small pebble on my mat with the word “YES” on it. A woman came up to me and shared she makes these pebbles and felt moved to give me this particular one. Chills moved through my body, I teared up and gave her a […]
The Wisdom of Meditating Children
My friend Zac Wedemeyer, founder and leader of Taproot Nature Experience in Iowa City, asks me every year to come teach yoga to his group of junior high and high school students in his week-long outdoor leadership camp. This year we met at Palisades Park on Memorial Day for some yoga along a sandy stretch of beach right next […]
Power of New Moons
I’ve always been one to love the “start” of things whether it is early morning, the first day of school, or ringing in a new year. Perhaps this is why I’m consistently drawn to tuning into the energy of the new moon, which happens TODAY. A new moon brings the opportunity to slow down, take stock, […]
Happy Earth Day
Gaia is the name of the ancient Greek goddess of the Earth, and she symbolizes a dynamic, nurturing and sustaining force of abundance. Gaia is the ultimate symbol of motherhood….limitless giving. So why have we become so apathetic, disconnected, and ignorant toward this benevolence? How did we get to a place of such disconnect that we […]
Moth Metamorphosis
“We are always in transition. If you can just relax with that, you’ll have no problem”. -Trungpa Rinpoche My house has been infested with small white moths. They are harmless, yet frustrating because we cannot figure out where they are coming from. I spent the weekend cleaning cupboards and making sure all my dry […]
