5 Uplifting Affirmations to Inspire Your Yoga PracticeYOU MIGHT LIKE THIS TOO10 Mantras To Inspire HappinessI’ve got great news, yogi friends! You know how you feel amazing after practicing yoga? Well, you can actually direct all that awesome energy you cultivate on the mat towards a specific area of your life you want to improve. [...]
The Art of Letting GoI fancy myself an artist, any type of medium will do from the canvas, a piece of clay, photography, cooking, voice or beating my drum. But there is one art that I have a difficult time envisioning me doing - and that is Letting Go.Artists may be born with natural talent [...]
With the last bits of snow dotting our landscape, we welcome Spring. We celebrate regrowth from the dormancy of the winter months. The winter is vital for our next season. In winter, we hunker down to dream, envision, and plan. We draw our selves inward for self reflection and introspection. We also give our bodies [...]
I was going to change the photo for March with some shots of flowers just blooming but keeping the current weather in mind, snow is still apropros. I am still digging the Becoming Wise CDs and now am on my second round of listening to them. Krista Tippett's interview with Rachel Naomi Remen shares a story [...]
I am so so glad to be back in the swing of things this week. Last week, I had a family emergency, that put my life as I knew it "on hold". But now that I look back on it, life really was not "on hold" at all. Life happens and that includes family emergencies. [...]
MudraJnana Mudra - Gesture of Higher Knowledge for Awakening Clear SeeingThis is a mildly stimulating mudra for awakening the clear seeing through the power of witnessing and enhancing one-pointed concentration as well as giving you the ability to discern between the limitless true Self and the limited personality.Touch the fingertips of your index fingers to [...]
I suggest reading this article in Yoga Journal on a Buddhist approach to dealing with difficult times that may be out of your control. It is from Tara Brach's book, True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart. Click the link for the full article.http://www.yogajournal.com/article/philosophy/let-it-rain/In a nutshell, RAIN stands for R - Recognize what [...]
I am honored to be part of the Center for Integrated Health in Harleysville. I will make my Yoga Therapy debut there and presenting on the Emerging Field of Yoga Therapy and How Does It Benefit Me or Someone I love?Here are the details for this upcoming informational and practice seminar.
How cozy are these trees, draped in their blanket of snowA light snow falls this morningTiny angel flakes sliding in from the westI'm leaping, crouching, dancing aboutTrying to catch these little buggersNeighbors see this madwoman out thereDancing with the crystalsAnd think, "Aww to be free, to catch aNugget on my tongue or warm mittens".It's lovely [...]
What a delicious practice it was this past Tuesday. Carmen invited me to join you in the first restorative pose and I felt so grounded from there on. I thought about energy as I relaxed in the Therapeutic Spinal pose and how we can manage our energy using such practices like restorative and breathing. What [...]
