05 Dec Guidance for Reflecting at Year End
December already?!It's December and we can all collectively exclaim How in the world is it December already? because time confuses us all.Forget New Years resolutions...
14 Nov Four Keys for Maintaining Calm
Some Yoga advice for high emotion environmentsWith the holiday season upon us, and with it the high emotions of reconnecting with family and friends while navigating obligations, expectations, and the weird way we seem to revert into family roles we thought we'd long since outgrown,...
07 Nov Voting: Do No Harm
Woo! Rah Rah Rah!Are you so excited because you get to vote and tomorrow is election day? I feel a steady rising power as I fill in my mail-in ballot bubbles here in Oregon. I remember a similar feeling when I served on a 3-day...
03 Oct Social Connection
EducatedI've got a quote for you this week, this time one by Tara Westover from her exceptional memoir Educated. Tara was raised one of seven children, four of whom never set foot in a school classroom nor received any substantial homeschooling. Her father was a doomsday...
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...
05 Sep What is Restorative Yoga?
If you've wondered what is Restorative Yoga, here are some details.In a NutshellRestorative Yoga as a style is like a guided full relaxation through body, breath, and mind.For the BodyBody, because you set yourself up on the ground, comfy with pillows and blankets, in a...
15 Aug Observation without Evaluation
Nonjudgmental AwarenessNonjudgmental awareness, noticing what you notice without calling it good or bad, right or wrong, helpful or hurtful.For example: three of my neighbors are using powered lawn equipment at eight in the morning. There's a prop airplane overhead. I'm experiencing irritation. I'm breathing.As opposed to:...
01 Aug Familiar and New
Raise your hand if you prefer novelty to familiarity. ::raises hand:: I do! Not in all things. I really like my home and studios to be familiar. But generally speaking, I have a tendency toward new things. New experiences, new projects, new books, new practices, new...
20 Jun Your Non-judgmental Body
A clear and wonderful truthIf you read last week's blog post you know I've been reviewing my various notes from the past couple years and diving deeper into my study of the interconnected body. Through it all I've come to realize a very clear and...