What’s your daily habit?

What do you do EVERY day as a daily habit? Brush your teeth? Check email or Social Media? Read the news? Walk your dog? What if I asked you to share a daily habit of self-care. Is that even a thing for you? Commit to Self-Care Self-care refers to deliberate actions and practices undertaken by… Read More

Functional Anatomy: Where Science meets Spirit

Asana, pranayam, meditation are the strategies designed to help us step into the mindfulness moment from the Yoga tradition. Each lineage has their own interpretation and even variations of the practices, based on the experience of the original teachers. My origins rest in both the Kripalu and Himalayan traditions and focus on the empowerment of… Read More

Yoga for Clarity

What if the secret to Happiness begins with clear thinking? Most people do not think clearly. Most are 
confused about their relationships, how to effectively communicate, what is important in life, 
how they feel, what they need, and especially what they “should” do. In fact, confusion is so normal for most people, many have given… Read More

Karma of Kindness

Kindness is more than behavior. The art of kindness involves harboring a spirit of helpfulness, being generous and considerate, and doing so without expecting anything in return. Rather than viewing it exclusively as an action, we can cultivate kindness as a quality of being, a value we ascribe to live by, an INTENTION. We cultivate… Read More

Curiosity killed the Cat (Inspired Shift, step 2)

Curiosity killed the cat.” That’s like saying hunger made me fat. Curiosity is the magic that drives inquiry, passion and engagement. Walt Disney identified curiosity as one of the 4 conditions that make dreams come true along with courage, consistency and confidence. I don’t know of a test or assessment tool for measuring Curiosity, but… Read More

The practice of happy

How’s your practice… I mean your practice of being happy, of finding joy, of cultivating vibrancy and vitality? I saw this shared from a friend on Facebook and thought it was really worth sharing. I hope it offers you support and encouragement (and a reminder that happiness is greater than our circumstances!) Let’s #BeginAgain in… Read More

What time is it?

If you were guaranteed not to fail, what would you do? Today. Whether it’s fear of failure or fear of success (and what comes next), I hear it all the time: the timing is wrong. “It’s not the right time.” “I don’t have the time.” “It’s too late.” The TIME IS NOW! But time is… Read More

Resources for Inspired Living

We need all the support we can get just to live our lives. Thats why we live in community. But when life gets “challenging”, we need connection and inspiration EVEN MORE! Here is a list of resources and practices I’ve compiled Just. For. You:   Life’sWork Yoga Virtual studio: get a 30-day free trial! LIVE… Read More

Are you breathing?

Our new normal is not normal. It’s uncomfortable on every level imaginable. For the last couple of weeks, I have been doing everything I can to provide you support and encouragement to stay the course of practice, of self-care, of compassion and love. Were it not for my personal practice, I can’t imagine what this… Read More

Hope is in the mud?

I hope you are well… I hope you are safe. How are you managing this time of detachment and shift? Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Zen Buddhist spiritual leader, has been quoted as saying, “No mud, no lotus.” Given all this “mud”, I am expecting a lot of lotuses! This video shares three tips that… Read More

Hope is IN the practice!

HOPE is trusting that tomorrow can be better. Hope is believing that this too shall pass! But first we got to get clear on a couple of things. What do we want to change and why? (INTENTION) What  circumstances allow IT to persist as it is now? (ATTENTION) What can we do to create that… Read More