TWO YEARS: AN ENDEMIC AND THE LONG PANDEMIC
Two years with COVID and weeks into a war with atrocities that can never be fully imagined, described, or even believed that the human race can do this to one another. Physical horrors of COVID have certainly lessened; scientists have worked quickly to ramp up vaccine production and treatments so that COVID can be endemic […]
The new breath? The new norm? Getting back to our breath, life, and freedom
My research, training, and practice has always been founded on linking mind, body, and spirit through movement-based exercises that directly connect the body with the breath so that we can experience movement and awareness through meditation. Even as a trauma-informed practitioner and someone who has experienced multiple traumas myself, I have been able to find […]
Trauma, powerlessness and vulnerability in large powerful institutions
I always thought that putting myself together, lining things in order, being OCD and fastidious about little things, feeling a sense of “control” if I touched the doorknob a certain amount of times or lined things up a certain way, being an overachiever in everything that I tried and was instructed to do, and always […]
Competing, comparing, self-care, and self-compassion
Hi All, Well it’s been a long time since I’ve posted even though I had promised myself that I would try to post at least once every other week, clearly that has not happened. So, with that “failed” goal in mind, this is where I will start. Just now, my statement “failed goal,” was one […]
Finding inner strength AND the importance of the daily check-in. Fly, hike, invert, or konk out!
So, in case you have not checked it out yet, workshop 3 is focused on flying, inverting, and flying again! I break it up into different step by step exercises in order to first open the hips, engage the core and fold while opening the hips, step by step into our tripod headstand, then step […]
Twisting, turning, straight, flexed, relaxed, recenter, reengage and adapt: YOGA AND MOTHERHOOD!
Hi All, I meant to post this blog pre-Mother’s Day, but I didn’t get around to it! I do feel like this last mini-workshop (tripod to side crows) and today’s 55 minutes class, which did a lot of focus on the core, twisting, and obliques, as well as stability, is very fitting for Mother’s Day. […]
Challenging yoga poses and challenging obstacles in life, require strengthening of the body and mind
This week as I continue to get stronger, but still feel the discomfort of surgery (and perhaps just my body settling into it’s new “structure” shall we say) along with the discomforts of normal aches and pains that I’m told (but have difficulty accepting) we all get after the age of 35, I’ve decided to […]
It’s a whole new world, with new challenges to embrace and accept
Hi All, It has been a very long time since I’ve sat down at my computer and blogged. I’ve written a lot in the past couple of years, I’ve done a lot, I’ve taught yoga a lot, but I’ve just not sat down to just write. I’m not going to make my blog posts long […]
Acceptance of the unknown in the New Year; my experience and my story
Happy New Year! It’s been a long time since I wrote. As many of you know, I’m currently expecting and due the first week of March. This was a very unexpected pregnancy and I must say that breaking my leg one week after opening the studio and then getting pregnant was probably not the best […]
Benefits of yoga for athletes and series of yoga asanas targeting specific muscle groups
(Download PDF on home page to see pictures of various different poses) Benefits of Yoga for Athletes – Regular practice of yoga postures helps to stabilize tendons and muscles, which helps to avoid acute and repettitive stress injuries. Yoga is about balance and both mentally and physically, the practice of yoga helps the practitioner to […]