Blog
Jan 19, 2020
I Can Do Better
I’ve been sitting with this paradox for awhile. I believe that I am enough. Just as I am. And I also believe that there is so much I have to learn. So many ways that I can do better. Yoga has prepared us for this moment. The path invites us to get uncomfortable and to resource so that we may stay in the mud instead of turning away. Because without the mud, without the shadow work there is no lotus, we cannot see the light.
Jan 12, 2020
I Asked for Help...Finally
Now I have intentional communities where I can be vulnerable and share what I'm working through. Communities of women who are also committed to living life in an intentional way.
Jan 5, 2020
Change your Perspective, Change your Habits
On January 1 you can feel the excitement...THIS year I’m going to make it stick. And then February rolls around and we find ourselves in the same old patterns as last year. So, if you do want to change your habits, if you do want to change your outdated behavioral patterns what does work?
Dec 30, 2019
Reflecting Back to Visualize More
Since we are moving into a whole new decade I decided to spend a little time over the past couple days reflecting on the past 10 years and thought I'd share some of what I worked with in case you find it helpful.
Dec 21, 2019
Peace
When resistance shows up and I want to rebel against the practices and habits that I know have saved me again and again, it’s helpful to remind myself that these habits are not rules. Rather they are tools. Tools to keep me on my path. This is the life that I want to live. This is peace.
Dec 17, 2019
Joy
Cultivating more sustainable joy is the practice of yoga. I don’t mean happiness. I mean joy. Joy is not determined by external circumstances. Joy is a choice. It is an attitude. It is a belief that we are held by something greater than ourselves. Cheers to more joy in 2020.
Dec 11, 2019
Faith
For me it’s the belief that in the end love always wins. Without it I don’t know if I could continue to move forward in a world where there is so much suffering. It’s similar to hope. But, faith brings us into the present moment and asks us to surrender...right here, right now. I believe that a spiritual practice is mandatory for personal evolution. And it is necessary for any movement of social change to be sustainable.
Dec 2, 2019
Hope
Sometimes it can feel like there is nothing we can do to make our life better. Life can feel overwhelming. There is loss. There is pain. There is adversity. And there is hope. This year empower yourself to believe that you have a choice and then choose hope. As challenges arise see them as an opportunity to grow. Break it down into small, actionable steps. Take the next step. Just one step. Then do that again tomorrow.
Nov 25, 2019
Thank You Body
This is how I thank my body. By aligning my daily choices up with how I want to feel and who I want to be. Nourishing my body first has freed up so much space to find clarity and purpose. To contribute to the whole. To have a bigger impact on the world around me. Because I feel open and expansive. I feel energized rather than depleted. Grateful rather than resentful.
Nov 18, 2019
The shift was gratitude
Intellectually I knew what the benefits of a gratitude practice were. I studied Positive Psychology and I learned about it in several yoga trainings that I had attended over the years. But, it wasn’t until I experienced it that I really believed it.