What is in your Toolbox?Restorative Yoga can certainly be a yummy practice leaving you feeling warm, loved and safe. But there may be times as life unfolds in our bodies, our thoughts, and in our deeper recesses of our being, that emotions and past scars rise to the top which makes the practice downright difficult. [...]
Satchiananda at Woodstock - Opening Ceremonies4 days post-training and I am still feeling the love. I spent 6 days at Yogaville in Virginia with the beloved Nischala Joy Devi, immersing myself in Healing Relationships. This program is an essential part of my training as a yoga therapist. This being my first foray into the practice [...]
Books, pencils, folders, oh my! Yes, we hit Staples this year and contrary to the ad on TV, I did not dance through the aisles. The summer flew by, the days and nights melded into each other, - as one long sigh. The earth letting the weight of its layers lie even heavier. Awakening to [...]
Our final class of the school year, kids. I was a bit sad to say goodbye to each of you. For some, our paths will cross this summer; for others, we may touch base periodically. I am so grateful to have shared this practice with you each Tuesday. Have a grand and glorious summer.Setting the [...]
This has been a pretty rough week thus far. I don't need to rehash why. But where does one turn when the world seems a pretty rotten place. How do we heal ourselves and others? First step is inward and then outward.Our approach to the inner realm must be slow, gentle and filled with compassion [...]
The last remnants of my oldest daughter's high school career are seen on our couch. Every school day since middle school, she has placed her backpack on that couch, so that she could grab it on her way out. Early on, I could be seen walking her to the bus stop. A year later that [...]
My brain is fried. This blog post will be pictures taken in the past few months, that have inspired me. Tapping into my inner photographer.Wildflowers of TexasThe BreathLions Breath (Simhasana)Sit comfortably either in Sukhasana (Easy Seat) or on your heels. Take a deep inhalation through the nose. Then simultaneously open your mouth wide and stretch your tongue [...]
Feeling the Waves of my Breath (literally)I just had the most delicious, relaxing experience. I floated for 90 minutes in a warm bath held up by over 800 pounds of Epsom salts and my breath. This experience was brought to me by Halcyon Floats in Roxborough, http://www.halcyonfloats.com, a sensory-deprivation float tank spa. I seized upon this [...]
Mountain Pose - Tadasana Alignment in RestorativesYou may have heard Carmen and I cue, from time to time, to bring your body into a Tadasana alignment for restoratives. What does this mean and how is this beneficial? Here is the low down on this alignment cue.The benefits of Tadasana alignment are calming and clearing for [...]
I had a entirely different topic to cover in this blog but I think it was weather-induced, so I ditched it. Instead, I will share my musings of my attachment to my hip popping. Following both pregnancies and subsequent days/weeks/months/years holding my babies on one hip, for some time, I have experienced a popping sound [...]
