5 Minutes of PeaceOur household has grown to two cats. Oreo and Maxine have not been the best of friends since Oreo's arrival 3 weeks ago but we feel that even these 5 minutes of peaceful coexistence is enough. Enough to actually feel that it will work out okay for all parties. Something else that [...]
Inspiration, what a beautiful word. Inspiration as defined by a medical dictionary, the drawing of air into the lungs. As defined by Merriams, something that makes someone want to do something or that gives someone an idea about what to do or create : a force or influence that inspires someone: a person, place, experience, etc., [...]
Driving in my car....I am loving the opportunity to learn more about myself right now. I don't always feel this way as I have become habitual in my ways or as we describe those of us in the older crowd, "Set in our ways". When we become set, we don't always know how set we [...]
My yoga teachings this week have followed last week's posting of grounding through the Vata season of Fall. The rooting through the feet, the longer exhalations, and engaging our mula bandha from the navel area. I hope that each of you have been able to practice this in some unique places and times. One of [...]
Fire PittaMore thoughts on Fall and the season of change, the season where we begin to draw inward as the winds sweep us from under our feet. Yes the windy season. Ayurvedically, this season is called Vata. Ayurveda is an ancient science of life aligned with the forces of nature. Ayurveda might treat an illness, [...]
FACING FALLSha Na Na and Sa Ta Na Ma - what do they have in common. Nothing but lots of "ah" sounding vibrations. This is one of my favorite "go to" meditations when I feel scatterbrained, unfocused. It can take awhile as each repetition is 2 to 5 minutes long for a total of 12 [...]
I am playing catch-up on the blog today as I combine our June 10th & June 17th classes in this blog. Now you will have a full slate of poses, breath and inspiration. Enjoy! And as we wind down our Restore series until our return in September, I invite you to visit the blog for [...]
Just when I think Spring has arrived, a wave of non-springlike weather arrives, followed on its heels by a wave of summer/spring weather. Do I mow, do I not mow, do I mulch, do I not mulch, do I plant those newborn vegetables, etc.? Such decisions.... Really, it is not so bad and I go [...]
Life is full of ups and downs like the weather, like the sun and the moon. We have darkness and we have lightness. The constant line in life is that there are ups and downs and we ride the curves finding a little peace, a little stillness, and a little balance. These are our moments [...]
A Sacral Humbling Tale - About 4 weeks ago, I injured and overextended my sacral-illiac joint (SI Joint). This is the area where the sacrum (5 fused vertebrae sit above the tailbone and below the lumbar spine) and the illium (the back crests of the pelvis) join. It has been painful to sit, stand, [...]
