A Way to Embody Ease
Stuck between high-gear and fast asleep doesn’t leave much room for self-expression. Try a simple practice of downshifting to invite more ease into your life.
Journey to Authenticity
If you’re always playing it safe - trying to hide your weaknesses and prove you belong - you’re not being authentic. Read on to learn how to shift towards more authenticity, peace, and confidence.
That Awkward Event
Instead of expecting the world to help you feel comfortable in your skin - do it for yourself. If you can be at ease in yourself, you can carry that anywhere.
Becoming Real
If you want to be the Real you, you need to know what comes with it, and it’s not always romantic. Hair is rubbed off. Your eyes will be missing and seams get pulled loose. But it’s the only way to go, I think …
Lessons from 20 years on the mat: #5 There is MORE
What I recognized in the yoga teachings is the something MORE that I experienced as a child. The language was different, but the experience was the same. I’m talking about an intelligence in the Universe that has nothing to do with book smarts…..
Lessons from 20 years on the mat: #4 You are the Guru
Guru - the inner teacher - is within you, always available to guide you towards Awakening.
Lessons from 20 years on the mat: #3 Progress is Possible
What happens when you dedicate yourself to something? And what happens if you don’t? Progress is possible…. if you participate.
Lessons from 20 years on the mat: #2 You are Worthy
20 years of yoga has taught me that all of us have worthiness that doesn’t have to be earned.
Lessons from 20 years on the mat: #1 My Body is a Wonderland
Yoga helped me shift from seeing my body as something to judge, measure and discipline into seeing it as a gift to celebrate, enjoy, and savor.
It Matters that You Practice
If you want your practice to be there for you in the hard times - stick with it in the easy times.
What You DON'T Need for Yoga
If you’ve ever been intimidated to come to yoga because of fancy poses and bendy people, this post is for you. Let nothing keep you from your practice.
You're Not the only One Asking "WTF?"
If you’ve been asking yourself WTF, here are some other questions that will help you get unstuck….
Unstick your Bliss
The yoga works in mysterious ways. Ways I can’t begin to comprehend or try to control. Sometimes just the right combination of words and postures and community; rest and activity and Grace come along and the crimped, contracted, collapsed stone barrier gets its top blown right off. That’s the Mystery
Your Heart Keeps Calling but You're Stuck
I bet you’ve heard the call of your heart a million times. It’s that thing that keeps coming around to help you free up your magic.
The Trust you need if you want be the True You
A lot of us hiders think that we shouldn’t come out of hiding until we’re completely sure that the ones around us are trustworthy. It’s as if we could guarantee a positive response to our true selves. You may be surprised at who you really need to trust….
Don’t Let Everybody Tell you What to do
Why is it that when someone we know tells us face-to-face to do something we get angry but we’re totally willing to allow the rest of the world to tell us what to do all the time? Every time you hold yourself back because you’re worried about how others will react, you’re letting someone tell you what to do…. here’s how to stop doing that.