The first full day of spring, and we are almost knee deep in snow. How did you spend your snow day? I frolicked with my dog and three other neighborhood dogs. Pure joy! I also watched two movies and spent as little of my time on my computer. I'll share with you [...]
The universe is inspiring and conspiring. A nexus is happening within me - of things coming together. At the end of 2017, it seemed that my life was unraveling, changing at a violent speed. I trudged on, the fighter that I am. But I knew that being strong was good in the short term but [...]
I know that I won't be popular as I state this, but I love these last ditch efforts of Mother Nature to coat our world in white. My view may be myopic as I enjoy the snow from my home and do not have to drive out in it. My heart pours out to those [...]
It is a time for transition from our winter of hunkering down, preserving our energy, to one of coiled energy ready to spring from the earth. You might be dabbling in both preservation and preparation for the coming spring. The foods you eat may change slightly (less warming stews and soups) to ones with more [...]
Beautiful guided visualization from Carmen this week. I was instantly transformed to this majestic scene. I loved the smooth water and the image of the white swans swimming by with the slightest of ripples in the water. I could feel myself being rocked gently. In yoga, the use of guided imagery or visualization is [...]
I am honored to admit that the inspiration for our Restore class this week came from two of my favorite teachers. I'm going to make it easy on me and add a YouTube video from Jillian Pransky, which was the first inspiration and information on where you can find the delightful Yoga Nidra by Jennifer [...]
How many of us want to not live in our bodies and escape the pain, sensations and reminders that we are a living, changing, adapting being? How many of us push feelings, emotions down into physical parts of us? There is no way to hide from the body and mind connection. We may run [...]
As I embark deeper into my study of pain and how best to address it with my clients, I thought it was time to bring out one of my favorite videos to explain pain. Get this statistic, which may even be a higher number by now - 100 million in the U.S. have chronic pain, [...]
Do you remember that movie The Goonies, an adventure comedy flick. Well in yoga, we have our own version of the gunas. These are the states of being in our mind and tie us to our ego. We can be more affected by one type of guna at one time and another at a different [...]
I know that for some this is old news (by 3 years almost) but it still heartens me that corporate America is seeing the light. It may take, as in the case with Mark Bertolini, Aetna's CEO, an almost fatal ski accident, to make these valuable changes. Or, we could possibly use these examples to [...]
