“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,...
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...
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 –...
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...