Snail Mail
I love to find a letter in my mailbox! It lets me know someone was thinking of me and took the time to tell me. Not many people write real … Continue readingSnail Mail
Year: 2018
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Anxiety Relief
If you are feeling anxious, you are not alone; anxiety is the number one issue my students tell me they would like yoga to help them with. I always tell … Continue readingAnxiety Relief
Cooling Breath
Sitali Breath – the Yogic way to cool your body. It is breathing through slightly parted or puckered lips – like breathing through a straw – because not everyone can … Continue readingCooling Breath
Healing Hands
I have healing hands. I know this because years ago, while I was on a field trip with my son’s third grade class, a little girl told me so. I … Continue readingHealing Hands
Encourage
Brene Brown explains in her book The Gifts of Imperfection that the root of the word courage is cor – the Latin word for heart. Courage originally meant “To speak … Continue readingEncourage
Mindfulness for Families
Raising children is a labor of love and to paraphrase Kristin Hannah’s artist statement at the back of her book The Nightingale, moms & dads often feel like a woman … Continue readingMindfulness for Families
Bone Health
When I turned 50, I had my first bone scan, and I got the results in a form letter from my doctor. The letter told me my tests results showed … Continue readingBone Health
The Spirituality of Imperfection
“There is no ‘one best’ yogi. Each and every yogi offers something uniquely attractive, but no one yogi has it all.” Paraphrased from The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the … Continue readingThe Spirituality of Imperfection
Energy Medicine
Yoga speaks of energy in the body in reference to Chakras, Prana and Marma Points, Chinese medicine speaks of Chi in Acupuncture and Acupressure and Yoda speaks of ‘the force’ … Continue readingEnergy Medicine
The Healing Power of Yoga
I love introducing new students to the healing power of yoga and my favorite part is hearing their stories of how it has changed their lives for the better. Here … Continue readingThe Healing Power of Yoga
How will you spend your treasure?
Every morning we are given a treasure – 86,400 seconds to ‘spend’ – it’s like a fairy tale come true. Are we spending time on what matters most to us? … Continue readingHow will you spend your treasure?
Saved by a Poem
I was never a big fan of poetry in school. I remember choosing the shortest poem I could find when I needed to memorize a poem in the 6th grade. … Continue readingSaved by a Poem