Inspiration:

Strategy for Cultivating Courage Courage and bravery are often used interchangeably and yet are they the same? More importantly, what does it take to be courageous in living life, especially when things get hard? Here’s a strategy I’ve been practicing and teaching. It’s what I call Inspired Shift. It’s an intentional a practice for cultivating… Read More

With the arrival of shorter days and colder temperatures, I find myself longing for a hot beverage, a cozy blanket, and a good book. On rainy days the longing might even result in a second cup of coffee and fuzzy socks! Is this longing a sign for concern? Does this indulgent course of action warrant… Read More

Yoga is often projected as complicated contortion requiring equal parts strength, hyper-flexibility and balance. In fact, in many ways, Yoga is a catch-all label commonly used to refer to shapes and postures expressed by the body through effort. Contrarily, Yoga is really SO MUCH MORE! The shapes, what Patanjali called Asana comprises only one of… Read More

I ask a lot of questions.  As an academic trained in the scientific method and research protocols, confidence and comfort were embedded within the system of acquiring knowledge and deciphering “Truth”.  Early in my Yoga study, teachers introduced me to the idea that Yoga is a science rooted in inquiry and investigation. This idea of… Read More

Now that I’ve been walking this yoga path for some time, I have a few questions that have been percolating of late in regard to yoga, self-love and healthy living. For the sake of your health, what are you noticing? In my advanced Yoga studies at Kripalu institute, I was introduced to the BRFWA (an… Read More

How do you play? Or better yet: Do you play? When we play, we want to do it again! And again! For many of us, the challenge is getting started and cultivating the permission mindset to allow for play. Cooperative play, or playing with others, is as simple as scheduling a date with a friend… Read More

What does it mean to rest? What does it mean to be restored? For some it means taking a nap, or getting to bed on time for sleep, or rising with the sun! For others, it might mean taking a vigorous hike outdoors, or cleaning out the garden beds in prep for the next season’s… Read More

Do you have a favorite number? Mine is three. I’m not sure when I decided three was my favorite number, I think it kind of grew on me over the years. Maybe it started with my childhood faith in the Catholic Church. We talked a lot about the Holy Trinity. Maybe it was affirmed through… Read More

Let it be, let it go, let it flow… all great tropes for living well. And yet, what do they really mean in light of our Yoga practice ? With the onset of Spring, we welcome the energetic wind and showers of April with the hope and promise of May flowers. Spring is less of… Read More

There really is nothing like the birth of Spring. The sound of song birds and the sight of fresh sprouts with blooms of yellow and purple and white breaking through the dead leaf mulch of fall and winter. Spring is the invitation to begin again and the reminder of the Circle that is life! And… Read More

I recently had an ah-ha! moment! It isn’t new information, and yet in the moment the power of this TRUTH woke me from my slumber and warmed me to my core. Breath is the key to love! Breathing is essential to life and a key component of the Yoga practice, called pranayam. I hadn’t previously… Read More