Dear Lila Family, On Sunday, March 31st Jen Queally will be one of four lead teachers guiding Sea Change Yoga's inaugural Yogathon. Assuming yoga has had a profound impact on your life please join us in raising awareness and funds to support this relevant cause. Jen is a founding board member of SCY because she [...]
How often are we/you/I moving through life lost in the fog? Moving on autopilot, in the complex pulse of the world, feeling distracted, disconnected, and off beat? I will speak for myself, it is quite often I can feel lost in the mix, the to-dos, the shuffle. So often that I see that yoga, meditation, [...]
This month as we reflect on the Hallmark holiday of Valentines and the pierce of love, I offer reflections and contemplations on expanding the capacity of our very own hearts. One gift of practice on the mat is building a tangible and felt sense in our bodies of tolerance. This may show up in a [...]
Tomorrow marks the start of a New Year. Culturally we are ingrained to think of the New Year as a time to create a long laundry list of resolutions. What are we doing exactly when we do this… for our minds, bodies, hearts, and all relations? Resolution defined… 1. a firm decision to do or [...]
As some of you may know, I love backbends. Backbends are sometimes called “heart openers” in yoga-lect. They offer a massive expansive space to the front chest, deep extension through the spine, and a display of our hearts being wide open. When I practice backbends, I feel liberated, sometimes like a superhero. I get a burst of [...]
Many traditions over time have spoken to the veils being thinner this time of year. The space between our dense tangible bodies to the formless self becomes less, and therefore, lies an offering to deepen connection. We can lean into this time and steep deeper into our innate understanding, knowing, and wisdom, or we can [...]
Ripened apples, falling leaves, dwindling light, crackling fires, cooler breezes… these are all marks of the seasonal shift to Fall that is in the air in New England. We could lament the loss of Summer, or lean into welcoming more time to lean in to the dark, to cozy up, prepare soups, and allow for [...]
My two boys often share with me wisdom beyond their years. Yesterday, on our drive home from a family vacation, my 7 year old reflected to my husband and I... “I am going to be 17 in a blink of an eye.” We nodded in agreement, “yes, quite possibly true.” His statement sent me off [...]
It was a balmy summer day, I was sitting outside, comfortably tucked under the shade of a tree with a dear friend discussing dreams, ways of sharing, and visions of collaboration. At one point in conversation she stated, “When the student is ready, the teacher appears.” This simple statement is so profound. We are constantly, [...]
Photo credit: Rita Pierce I sit here writing this and witness a picture perfect day in Maine: bluebird sky, full sunshine, gentle warm breeze, the bay filled with sailboats, flowers in full bloom, children with ice cream stained t.shirts licking their cones, friends riding bikes, a seeker of knowledge lounging in the grass [...]
