{Nature Reflection} The Ants Go Marching
Sometimes the work is in the consistent tiny efforts -- that even those tiny little efforts build up into something more.
Ashaya Yoga®: It's not about the Poses - It's about the Heart
In Ashaya Yoga® we are consistently turning towards the Heart as a guide. Your Heart is a safe haven.
A lasting impression
What is the lasting impression you want to leave on your students?
Yesterday, after 9.5 years, I taught my last class at a studio in town. I wanted to leave the students with a teaching that would serve them for years to come. And so I left with this:
On Self-Compassion
Have you ever focused on that one tiny negative thing in the sea of positives? Or have you ever been struggling and then gone the extra mile to add in self judgement? If so, then you exactly how I felt.
For the Tender Hearted in Troubling Times
With all that has been happening in our country in the last two weeks my tender heart has taken a beating. I've unconsciously upped my game in self-care and thought I'd share with you the things that have worked for me.
2016 Take Aways
I am literally a different - more alive, powerful, empowered person on this side of 2016 because of the work I did and the people who worked with me.
A feeling of Completeness
What I'm noticing as one of the most remarkable feelings I'm having leaving this program is a feeling of completeness.
Into the Shaman's Tent
I know how to care for my back because of my years of yoga experience, but this took things to a whole new level. I've never experienced pain like that from an injury before. ......
"Donald Trump has won the Presidency"
A blow by blow journal of election day and after....
What if you let Yourself get Messy at Yoga? (Even if you were the teacher!!!)
Yoga is a place to experiment, to test, and to let yourself get messy, knowing that it is giving you feedback about what works and what doesn't. Feedback that you can build your LIFE on if you really listen.
{Video} Naturally Aligned: Honor the Slump
A video clip from me talking about honoring the natural down shift in energy that happens for all of us in the late afternoon.
Women's Wisdom
And the question came: Where are the women? Where are the women's ways? What did and do the women know that has not come along with that lineage?
Shakti Loves Chocolate
But the reality is that this is one of the ways Shakti has of helping us to Open. And goodness knows, this is way more enjoyable than grief and anger. I mean, if opening can come with pleasure, joy and delight, I will take that any day.
{Poem} Questions and Answers
How can we have the question if there is too much noise to hear it?
How can we hear anything if we never become Quiet?
A Day at the Beach (or Magic really Happens)
During dinner my uncle yelled out: "Rainbow!" We all hopped up and ran to the window.
A Very Tiny Boat
It is like being a very small boat out on a wide deep ocean. Like I am this tiny thing trying to navigate the vastness of the ocean of love and healing that I do know is available and is real and is just beneath me, waiting, waiting. It keeps trying to pierce the shell around my heart.
{VIDEO} What are you filling yourself up with?
We share from the overflow... so what are you overflowing with?
Are you Blocking your Blessings?
The workings of the Universe seems mysterious... I advocate removing as many blocks as you can within yourself and seeing what happens. I encourage you to shift your perspective on your so-called problems.