You can bury your head, or get out thereOur recent Snowmaggedon has got me thinking about people's tempers and patience. What I saw and what I heard were two different things. Scenario: Pre-storm. Lots of grumblings about what Mother Nature was going to dump on us or how it was inconvenient to plans and fear [...]
Happy DanceLast week, I shared with you the beginning of my journey to becoming a Yoga Therapist. I never really did explain what Yoga Therapy is. I want to share with you an article that came out this week explaining the difference between a yoga class and yoga therapy under the auspices of a Gentle [...]
Why “Gentle” Doesn’t Always Mean Therapeutic in Yoga: Slow-flowing, inwardly focused yoga is not necessarily always healing. Here's why.
What to expect when you are trying hard not to expect anything!A Group of Ruffians In one day, it will be one full month since my return from the yoga therapy training with Inner Peace. I feel that it is now time to reflect on my experiences. Grab a comfortable seat and maybe a cup of [...]
Homeward BoundI am here to tell you it feels so good to be back in the saddle again. To me, our class on Tuesday, felt like returning home. I hope that you experienced the same thing whether this is your first restorative class or your 100th. What we were coming back to was the reconnection [...]
Here I am on the eve of my departure to Austin, the first leg of my journey to becoming a Yoga Therapist. I am nervous, excited, sad to leave my family, a myriad of emotions. But for now, I must sleep. Here is your short blog of our poses from this week. Enjoy and have [...]
Here - PresentSo with the monks gone and the last bit of colorful sand swept up by the brooms and the creek's current, the studio seems a bit empty. The whole idea of the mandala was about impermenance and non-attachment to things, people, ideas. The dissolution ceremony was beautiful, moving and ended in a swirling [...]
The sound of healing, the sound of the universe entering the inner world of my ears. This is what surrounds me as I set out to work on my blog. I am gaga over this new app discovery of www.mynoise.net. I am not 100% sure of how to work the tones, drones, sounds, overlapping, etc. quite [...]
I have been thinking of my next step on my journey to becoming a yoga therapist and how very right this feels. It took me a very long time to make this leap towards becoming a yoga therapist. I always knew that I had therapeutic leanings in my yoga teachings and really didn't know what [...]
The Inspiration - The Art of Facing Things (The Book of Awakenings by Mark Nepo)"What people have forgotten, the salmon knows" - Robert ClarkI shared this teaching in class on the incredible strength, knowledge, drive, intuition and journey of the salmon in their migration up the waterfall. These amazing fish seem to defy gravity as [...]
