Your One Wild & Precious Life
TENACIOUS TUESDAY ~ As we edge closer to 2020, there has been a lot of talk of reflecting on the past decade. For me, this is also the approach to one of the biggest milestones in my life – 10 years since I faced my first cancer diagnosis and my world changed in moments. Although it was incredibly frightening, it...
Shifting Our Perspective
TENACIOUS TUESDAY ~ I was having dinner with a friend the other day and she was talking about a challenge she is doing that encourages her to develop new habits for the remaining 90 days of the year. Rather than focusing on the impending New Year’s resolutions that we all valiantly make, the challenge is about embracing the end of...
Zen Master, Zen Disaster
TENACIOUS TUESDAY ~ A friend of mine was over last week and got to witness my less than cool response when my puppy wouldn’t stop counter surfing, right in front of me no less. She said, “This is a new side of you I’ve never seen!” I replied that in my inner dialogue I refer to myself as ‘Zen Master,...
Making Room for the Perfect Yes
TENACIOUS TUESDAY ~ Many of you who know me know that I’ve gone through some life shifting moments over the last decade. Facing another unexpected issue with my health three years ago made me realize that life will give you second chances, but you better do your best to act on them or it could quickly be taken away. I...
Soul Connections
TENACIOUS TUESDAY ~ A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to get to do some photos for my website with some of my favorite students and friends. This is one of my favorites from the shoot because these ladies are among a small but mighty group of women that have been by my side through the hardest times in...
The Butterfly Effect
TENACIOUS TUESDAY ~ This past week a friend of mine retired from the military after an incredible 25-year career. I was honored to be in attendance for her retirement ceremony, during which she gave an inspiring speech about the impact that so many people from past and present had on her life evolving as it did. She eloquently relayed the...
Drawing Awareness into the Body
If you’ve come to my classes, you know that one of the cues I repeat often during our meditation at the start of class and in preparation for Savasana at the end is “take a deep breath and begin to bring your awareness back into the body.” I then, typically, ask you to begin to envision different parts of the...
Building an At-Home Practice for Kids & Families
One of my favorite things about teaching is running my Family Yoga Workshop. I love to see parents and their children spending time together away from all the day-to-day craziness and simply playing and having fun through movement. It is also wonderful to hear feedback from everyone after class about how much the kids enjoyed learning yoga. Parents are often...
Finding Your Yoga
I am still buzzing from a transformative weekend workshop on hip anatomy with Lara Heimann, founder of YogaStream. Lara is a physical therapist as well as a phenomenal yoga teacher who has developed a style of yoga focused on functional anatomy and helping align our bodies to move most optimally. Optimal movement yields optimal health. When we move our bodies...
#LetsBeReal
It is ironic that the title of this first post is a hashtag given that I have a lot of mixed emotions around social media. However, there are many positives that come from our plunge into online communities and I will get to that. To begin though, let me dive into what I mean when I say LETS BE REAL. I...