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Managing Feeling Uncertainty in Uncertain Times
The tension in my house went up last week with news of the plan for reopening schools will look like in this uncertain time. I know it’s on many people’s minds as it was a topic I kept hearing about in the community last week. How can we manage feeling uncertainty in...
Another Lesson From Nature
This weekend, I was enjoying backpacking and hiking in the mountains near where I live and as usual, I received another lesson from nature. We camped at a lower lake and then had planned a couple day hikes up the valley towards a series of other lakes. After setting...
Create a More Content Mind
Are you fully content with yourself and with your life? Chances are, you answered, ‘No.’ For some of us, the word content describes fleeting moments in our life, for others the experience of feeling content seems like something fairy tales are made of, and still for...
The reality of the change timeline
After two months of wearing masks, social distancing and hand washing, my partner shared with me, "even after two months, someone stuck their hand out to shake and it was like second nature to shake back." (Luckily there is soap and water to wash away to mistake)....
Take it From a Recovering Worrier
I think I was born into this world with a mind ready to worry. It's an emotion I've felt ever since I can remember and an action I've practiced forever. Despite this, pretty early on, I grew tired of this way of being. Around the third grade, I...
Are You Doing These Three Basics for Mental Well Being Right Now?
Change is always happening, right? Fear is such a normal part of change because change shakes the foundation of our comfort zones. If we go with the fear reaction, we might find ourselves feeling overwhelmed and scared, trying to find things outside of ourselves to...
3 practices of Brahmacharya
The sudden fear that spread globally like a giant wave, ending up with buying excessive amounts of toilet paper due to rumors of a shortage that started in Australia (from what I've read), is the perfect example why the principle of Brahmacharya is so...
What the heck really is meditation anyways?
Meditation, Mindfulness, Mindful Awareness are terms we see a lot in mainstream media. There's lots of research out there showing these things are good for our minds as well as for our overall health and well being. There are many apps out there now for guided...
Lessons from a Pandemic
Almost a month into COVID-19 escalating in my community, I am thankful to my daily yoga practice and the yogic path for self-transformation. This path has allowed my mind to be in a mindset to view this virus and its global reach as a time for self-reflection,...
Yoga and COVID-19
What does yoga have to do with COVID-19? Everything!That's the amazing thing about this 2000 year old path of self-transformation...it continues to be valid and helpful today. Yoga is much more than just a physical practice, though the asanas (yoga...