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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Last week I mentioned the people who are helping care for my wellbeing, and that gift keeps on giving. The massage therapist I mentioned recommended I listen to a particular podcast episode of On Being with Krista Tippet – the one where she interviews John O'Donohue. It has...
Yoga is not quite enoughI used to think that my evolving yoga practice was all I needed to heal and grow as a person. Turns out, I was wrong. It actually worked for a while, many years, but at some point I crawled up on a...
Challenge: Rapid fire answer the following questions to yourself in your head as you're reading. If you don't have an answer you can pause to think about it or you can just say to yourself "pass." (You can do whatever you want, actually.) Ok...
I got a desk and it's changed my life. Honestly. What could possibly be so exciting about a desk? I have been without desk for many years now and finally found the right one on Craigslist and I feel like a different person. Sitting at my desk...