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“So you know all about me?” asked the boy. “Yes,” said the horse. “And you still love me?”  “We love you all the more.”  -Charlie Mackesy, “The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse” Stories... One of the fascinating things about fear is the stories it weaves, which...

Happiness is not a destination, it is a state of mind. It takes practice. I came across Laurie Santos’ work, a Yale Happiness professor, in a Newsweek article recently. She shared about 5 practices that will make you happier: “Get Social, Give Thanks, Be in the...

We have been in this world of upheaval and change of 2020 for ten months. I know that I hit a rough spot around American Thanksgiving and it’s taken two weeks of pausing to take care of myself in order to find my grounding again. It's all about self-care! And it’s...

The beauty of inversion poses, from a forward fold (uttanasana) and downward dog (adho mukha svanasana) to shoulder stand (salamba sarvangasana) and headstand (sirsasana), are that they put our body in a completely different position than we are typically in - head...

Yoga does not mean physical postures (asana). It doesn’t mean sun salutations (surya namaskar), vinyasa flow, or savasana (corpse pose.) Advanced Yoga does not mean harder poses that require strength and bendy flexibility.  Yet, this is how Yoga is portrayed in modern...

How many times in your life have you found yourself fighting against what is happening, clinging to how you want things to stay or wishing things were different as a way to find control?  For me, it’s way too many to count! This is what the last Niyama, ethical yogic...

Bhakti Yoga The module on Bhakti Yoga (the path of yoga focused on cultivation of devotion, faith and trust) focused on how women have traditionally accessed the path of Yoga. To me, it represents most succinctly why Traditional Yoga is a powerful path to...

I just completed a course with my teacher: “Yoga - Then to Now.” I wanted to share some of my reflections from this course. There were many thoughts I had from taking this course and I tried my best to keep thing succinct, splitting it up between three posts....

I have heard from a number of people about feeling more stressed about the political climate in the United States as the presidential race is heating up. So, I want to address this in terms of Svadhaya, the fourth Niyama (one of the ethical practices of Yoga from...

“It is in this barren place, where we have exhausted all that we have and all that we are, that new strength is shaped and character is born if we choose to fearlessly open ourselves to the experience. It is perhaps the greatest gift life could offer.”      - Deborah...