19 Sep Here’s Hoping
Let's begin with a quote"To me, the grounds for hope are simply that we don't know what will happen next, and that the unlikely and the unimaginable transpire quite regularly...
12 Sep Stress & Anxiety
Surprised I'm not a chill person?A couple weeks ago we had some new friends over, friends we met through one of the yoga studios I work at, one of whom is familiar with the De(Stress) class series curriculum I'm bringing to the studio later this...
22 Aug Solitude is Fine…
“Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.” -Honoré de BalzacLoneliness and SolitudeI'm thinking about the differences between loneliness and solitude right now. The first thing that strikes me is how both feelings are driven by other people. Whether or...
25 Jul Work, Life, Growth
Lately I’ve been thinking back on the process of healing I’ve been undergoing over the past few years. Although I maintain strong professional boundaries, the borders between what I do for work, what I’m interested in, and what I do for my own personal growth...
13 Jun Integration, Einstein, and Fascia
First, a storyA couple Fridays ago I was talking to a friend and fellow yoga teacher about integration. You know, bringing the pieces together, making them talk. Finding the connection points. As our conversation unfolded, I recognized something in myself. I had been keeping my...
06 Jun Belief, or not
The word energy can mean a lot of things. Energy is the fuel we use to drive our cars, light our homes, and power our lives. Energy is lacking when we haven't gotten enough sleep and it's overwhelming when we're in the midst of a...
09 May End of an Era
111 WeeksWith the fanfare of the last of the bathwater swirling down the drain, we say goodbye to the first ever Open Awareness Yoga free online yoga class, Tuesday Active Class.It lasted from March 17, 2020 through May 3, 2022. 111 weeks, from the very...
02 May Kitty Lickins & Spiritual Awakenings
Morning ObservationsI was watching our tiny kitty Fiona do some lickins this morning (lick herself, for those of you not versed in the irritatingly saccharin language of catspeak) and it made me wonder how she knows where to lick.There doesn't appear to be a logic to her choice...
04 Apr I used to be a caterpillar
To begin, an overused metaphorHello from a used-to-be caterpillar, recently emerged butterfly. It's me! I'm the butterfly. Roll your eyes and read on. I co-hosted my first yoga retreat this past weekend and recognized myself as a completely different person than I was before the pandemic,...
28 Mar Weeds: of the garden, of the mind
New to gardeningAdam and I bought our first house last fall and inherited a beautiful garden from the previous owner. Seeing as how this is my very first garden to tend, I'm working on the advice of neighbors who point out weeds, a whispered request...