The Intensity of Modern Life
“For those wounded by civilization, yoga is the most healing salve.” ~Terri Guillemets Very few of us are not wounded by civilization. It’s a wild, unpredictable world out there. The truth of this hit hard as I re-acclimated to daily life after a week teaching a yoga retreat with Fannie in Costa Rica. It wasn’t […]
Welcome 2019
Happy New Year! Here we come 2019. How are those resolutions? I quit setting New Years resolutions a few years ago after reading the dismal research that only 6% of resolutions are kept. Despite not writing down formal things I want to fix or change, a new year always feels optimistic to me – a […]
What Energy Are You Contributing To the World?
What kind of presence are you in the world? How are you impacting those around you just by the energy you bring? I once learned that we are the average of the 5 people we spend the most time with. Think about this for a moment and ask yourself…Are the people I’m around uplifting? Are […]
Cultivating Kindness
The front entry to our small neighborhood has been closed due to some plumbing work, requiring all of us to enter and exit through the back entrance. One of the neighbors that lives by the back entry has been sending angry emails to the neighborhood ranting about people’s speed and overall driving skills. After the […]
You Can’t Erase, You Must Replace: Rewiring Our Brains Toward More WellBeing:
I’m a firm believer in owning and telling your story. When we do this we often find meaning in what has happened to us, it can feel cathartic, it allows us to bond with others who have experienced similar things, and it can be empowering. Our stories have value and deserve to be told. But […]
Fall Winds Of Change: Yoga As A Way to Ground
These are tumultuous times when so many of us are feeling unsettled by the world, not to mention our own personal upheavals and transformations. This is all happening in the first weeks of Autumn, which traditionally is a time when people experience more anxiety and feel ungrounded. It’s a perfect storm. My mind and heart […]
Yoga Transformation Stories
Transformation. That has been the theme I’ve been hearing lately. 3 yogis have shared with me this week how yoga has literally helped them get through the challenges of their daily life. One woman shared the massive stressors in her daily job – the workload, the expectations, the lack of funding, the pace, and the […]
Who Are You?
I’m just finishing an exhilarating 2 days at the Fields of Yogis festival in Cedar Rapids Newbo district. People’s openness and desire to grow, transform and be a brighter light is infectious. It is so helpful to spend time around like-minded people in sangha, or community, as a powerful reminder of how good we can […]
Celebrating Summer Solstice
I’ve been in the land of the midnight sun in Iceland where there is over 21 hours of daylight this time of year. I went to bed each night with an eye mask and never once experienced darkness during my 5 days in this beautiful country. As we reach the longest day of the year […]
Sensitivity Is A Superpower
Visits to my grandparents in California were rare as a child, but when we did travel to their home, I often felt slightly baffled by their space. They lived in a ranch home that seemed to go on forever and I always sensed a distinct difference between two sides of the house. My grandmother spent […]
