I’ve often been asked how I got into yoga. By sharing, I hope yoga might be what helps you heal. I was introduced to Core Power and became instantly hooked. Physically at first, and then mentally, once I started to feel what was going on deeper inside of me. This internal awareness developed during a…
You can spend a lot of your life waiting. Waiting for a partner, waiting for a promotion, waiting to travel, waiting for love, waiting until you feel ready to try something new, waiting to make ‘that change,’ waiting for more time to do x, y, and z…waiting waiting waiting. It’s empty spaces of time that…
Your body. Beautiful, strong, supple, life force working every moment behind the scenes to keep you simply being. Pumping, beating growing, feeling loving every ounce of your sweet beauty. Providing nourishment and protection. Giving you thoughts and Intuition. Whispering to you when you need to listen. When you treat your body badly, with disrespect, remind…
Stress is a choice, and so is peace. I’ve felt a lot of stress this past week with the demands of work and some personal business. When I’m spread too thin, my anxiety increases, I’m impatient, have a short temper, don’t feel as happy overall, and I lose connection with myself. It’s easy to fall…
Yoga teaches you to breathe when holding a pose, even when it’s challenging and uncomfortable. Without breath, there is no yoga. Struggling to breathe while you practice is your body simply saying ‘Back off to the next layer, put your ego aside.’ The lesson you learn is how to breathe when life gets tough when…
One by one the layers peel back, exposing less of your exterior and more of your inner self. Like a blanket to your body, you warm yourself in love being brave, vulnerable, and raw, your heart visible to others in awe. Not afraid to have a voice, you make a choice to ask questions that…
My dog, Lyle, took off sprinting yesterday on a busy road. He was going so fast, and no matter how hard I ran, I couldn’t begin to catch up. As I ran barefoot down the street, everything around me seemed to be in slow motion. My legs were moving too slowly, yet I felt my…
One of the many Bali traditions that made an imprint on my heart was the art of giving. Giving love, joy, beauty, gratitude…there are offerings/blessings (palm leaves, bamboo, flowers, rice, incense) to the Hindu Gods everywhere you go, every turn, every landmark, at all hours of the day. You’ll see people putting their offerings in…
When you immerse yourself in a new culture, you expose yourself to a new way of living. You appreciate everything unfamiliar, and you understand that the familiar lies within the people you cross paths with. While we are all unique and different, no one is like the other; the beauty lies in knowing we are…
I’m so grateful for having a tough past as it brought me to, and fostered, my passion for yoga. I was shaped by my past, as we all are, and as a result, I had insecurities about my body, an unhealthy view of food, feeling like I never fit in, anxiety, depression, and a constant…