Touching your toesDo you want to know what I most often hear when I tell people I teach yoga? They say "I can't do yoga. I can't touch my toes."It's kind of like saying "I can't drive because I can't race in Formula 1."Yoga has...
What is the difference between Yin and Restorative yoga?In the last blog post I wrote I promised I'd address the common question: What is the difference between Yin and Restorative yoga? Aren't they the same? Answer: No, they are not the same.While they are both on...
The godmother of Restorative yogaSo much of my recent writing has been inspired by a Restorative yoga training I took this year with Judith Hanson-Lasater and Lizzie Lasater, Judith's daughter. Judith has been teaching for over 40 years. I think of her as the godmother...
Nadi Nadi In the last blog post, we talked about the Sanskrit mantra nadi nadi, which means "Not this. Not that." Peeling the layers of the onion until we get to the core, which is, according to the yoga philosophy, purusa, or consciousness itself. Bringing it down to earth Acknowledging that...
Not this. Not that. There's a mantra in Sanskrit that goes nadi nadi. It means "Not this. Not that." The idea is that suffering is caused by identifying with transient things, by an ego that is grasping being something, instead of just being. Nadi nadi, we repeat. I am not this. I am...
What does it mean to be at ease at a deep level?I've been contemplating this question since I finished up with a Restorative yoga teacher training I took this spring. If you practice with me you likely know how much I adore the more passive...
Surprise! I'm 6 months pregnant! It's been an easy pregnancy so far and I feel very lucky. So much of the experience is out of my control. Much of the ease has less to do with my behaviors and more to do with the mystery of...
Happy End of 2022!We've arrived at the very end of 2022! Just a handful of days to go before we wake up in the new year, which means we've come to the end of our December month of reflection.If you've been contemplating along with this...
What we've done so farIn this month's blog posts we've been talking about bringing the year 2022 to close through reflection and intention. The first week of December I asked you to swipe quickly through your phone photos to get a dream sequence blur of the moments...
Bringing the year to a closeTogether in these December week newsletters we are working towards consciously bringing 2022 to a close. We are taking time to be mindful and intentional about wrapping up the year so we can start with as clean a slate as...