Roll call…MOMs Sometimes as Mother’s Day approaches I find myself reflecting on how I’m doing as a Mom, and today, these are my thoughts… We are never going to be perfect. Sometimes we are going to be messy, and human, and moody. Sometimes we are going to feel real crummy at this. That’s normal I […]
Big Scary Paper Dreams
The other day I had a flash of a memory. I could vaguely remember that at some point I had an idea and I could remember writing in a journal. So I trekked out to the garage and began to rummage through the box of old journals. I pulled out 2013 & 2014, because the […]
Yoga and Boundaries
Do you set the boundaries you need? For years I didn’t, and I wondered why my life didn’t work. I didn’t really understand what boundaries were or why I needed them. My severe lack of boundaries allowed me to give away my time, energy, power, pride and love to others, leaving virtually nothing for myself. […]
Yoga & the Uncomfortable Yoga is about finding a balance between the comfortable and the uncomfortable. Do you struggle with a specific posture in your practice or during class? When I first started practicing yoga 7 years ago, I was terribly afraid of crow pose. I wanted to do the pose so badly, but I […]
Yoga & Death
A lot of yoga teachers and publications don’t really talk about death. This kind of blows my mind, given that we “play dead” in savasana or corpse pose, at the end of every class. But, nope. Pastels all around. Happy, shiny people. Nothing dirty or messy or complicated. Nothing gritty or sorrowful, or dark or shadowy. […]