Last night, over 100 million people watched the 100th Super Bowl. I wasn’t there to catch every last detail of the game, but, I did happen to catch the opening in which 100 of the most outstanding players and 10 most influential coaches were honored. I felt overwhelmed with admiration by their clear desire and [...]
For Presence by John O’Donohue Awaken to the mystery of being here and enter the quiet immensity of your own presence. Have joy and peace in the temple of your senses. Receive encouragement when new frontiers beckon. Respond to the call of your gift and the courage to follow its path. Let the flame of [...]
November 24th was the last day of Lila’s 200hour Yoga Teacher Training. We met for 1 weekend per month over the course of 8 months. I am so honored, humbled, and in love with this process of supporting beings to remember their truth, stand more clearly embodied, and use their voice. The understanding [...]
What to do when it feels like you have nothing to say. Listen. What do you offer when things feel empty, vacant, and lacking inspiration? Listen, receive, remember. What is the truth of the moment? The truth of the now is that this newsletter entry feels like a bit of a burden, something I must do [...]
How would you describe yoga? To me, Yoga is the endless practice of self inquiry. This practice brings an understanding of our current experiences, while at the same time, pointing the way to our next experience. It provides an opportunity to change, to become more flexible, patient, and sensitive, which opens us up to a [...]
How would you describe yoga? Ah! That's such a beautiful question. For me, I describe yoga as an expression and acknowledgement of being embodied—of having the gift of life. How did you find your way to yoga? The short version of the long story is that I came to yoga during the tail end of [...]
How would you describe yoga? Yoga started for me as a physical practice, a way to listen and drop into the quieter corners of the body. A tool for finding connection to breath and noticing the patterns of the mind. These days, yoga feels so much bigger. A way of navigating the moments, bringing more [...]
This morning, my youngest son and I packed up a coin purse full of reminders of home to help anchor him as he prepared to venture to his first day of kindergarten. Two mini animals he picked out to remind him of me and his papa (me a mini cheetah and my husband a mini [...]
There is a natural draw in all living things to pulse, to breathe, to feel, to rise up with the light, and contract with the dark. For years I misunderstood the depth of the word expansion. Upward, rising, showy, optimistic, bright, bigger expression, A+ postures, advanced. The last decade of my life has really [...]
