Since Marathon Monday I have been thinking a lot about safety. When do I feel safe, and what is it that makes me feel safe? When you were a child, your parents hopefully taught you general safety lessons: keep the doors to your house locked, buckle your seatbelt when riding in a car, be careful [...]
Trust
Yoga Poetry
January 7th, 2013
Lookie what I got for Christmas from my beau! I immediately stuck all the tiny word magnets on my filing cabinet: And it didn’t take me long to put together my first intention, which is currently near and dear to my heart: Time to release struggle. Exhale. Center. Then give fully. Choose love, Grace Share [...]
Catching Up
May 16th, 2012
I’ve been going back and forth in my mind about how to start this post, and how much to share. It’s a delicate balance when you have an online journal like this- knowing how much of your personal life to keep personal. I’ve always been an honest person, sometimes divulging T.M.I. to perfect strangers during [...]
Yoga Outside The Box
August 14th, 2011
Some yogis share with bold conviction: I am a Baptiste yogi. I am a Paul Grilley yogi. I am a Seane Corn yogi. I am a Bikram yogi. Some yogis explain their practice like this: I practice Iyengar yoga. I practice Anusara yoga. I practice Ashtanga yoga. I practice Kundalini yoga. Some yogis never try [...]
Be Your Own Teacher
February 10th, 2011
Sometimes a student will tell me, “That was a really hard class.” The level of challenge or difficulty in a class has so many factors associated with it. A class that’s easy for me might be absolute torture for you. A class that’s hard for me today might be a piece of cake for me [...]