GETTING YOUR LIFE TOGETHER

On this blog In the yoga scene On Instagram I want to be a voice, however small or soft it may be, that's not about the stunning pics...

On the mat, my goal is to mentally reach a place where I'm steady and focused. To me, steady means that I'm not jumping around in my mind...

One of the biggest things I learned coming to yoga was how to breathe. I didn't realize that I would spend my entire day (except if I...

"When we are able to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it." - Pema Chodron I’ve used this...

I've posted before that one of my sacred practices is that whenever something infuriating, stressful or mildly annoying happens in my...

It doesn’t need to be perfect. The pose, the timing, the event, none of it. Ishvara pranidhana in yoga means surrender. Surrender is not...

The past week or so in my classes, I've been using longer holds, mostly in the spirit of a transition to a pitta-balancing practice for...

In big balance poses, the more I resist falling out, the more I wobble. The more I think about balancing, the harder it gets to do. The...

I have a thing I say in class. I’m pretty sure my regulars think I’m a broken record. But still, I think it’s important. I call it the...

"Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape." (Michael McGriffy) What lessons can be learned about the flexibility...

My motto when something stressful happens is “I won’t let it take my peace.” In yoga we work to create and maintain peace and focus. Let...

I use imagery a lot on the mat. It helps me stay focused when I can visualize what I'm trying to accomplish. One that I use a lot when...

In yoga, we all came for different reasons. Maybe it was an injury or stress. Maybe we were out of shape and wanted to get back into some...