Yoga Now: Reflections on a Yoga History Course, Part 1

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....

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

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

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...
Take it From a Recovering Worrier

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...