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  • Wise Words

    Wise Words

    Many years ago, I began to compile a list of inspirational thoughts and sayings. Originally, they were for my students – I would use them as themes for my yoga classes – and then became points of wisdom to share with my clients and my community. Today, that list is 33 pages long and should…

  • For My Mothers

    For My Mothers

    The flavor is not quite the same. I don’t lack access to any ingredient, spice or seasoning one can imagine, nor the ability to have it. I don’t lack culinary experience, as a once-professional chef. I don’t lack desire.   The texture is not quite the same. I don’t lack the availability of any technology…

  • Not Already Behind

    Not Already Behind

    It is still 2016 when I write these words, although the ball drop is quickly approaching.   It has been a long, difficult year. I did not imagine, one year ago, what this year would hold, although in retrospect, all the elements were presenting themselves to me, waiting to be deciphered.   It was a…

  • Making Friends With Patience

    Making Friends With Patience

    Today I offer a quick note about slowness. (Gosh, I love punny language.)   In my yoga classes, you can often find me using an example of being in molasses, suggesting that we move with that slow deliberateness that allows balance and awareness to keep up with action.   Slow is good.   Yet, what…

  • Enough

    Enough

    I went radio silent last week. No newsletter, no blog post, no social media.   I had been so bombarded with the entire internet screaming about black Friday, Cyber Monday and the nonstop election drama, I just couldn’t stomach being there. Or adding even one more thing into the mix. (Even the anti-consumerism folks wanted…

  • Quitting and Beginning

    Quitting and Beginning

    I was about to quit.   Perhaps you know, earlier this year I fell into a period of darkness. It was a crisis of faith that pushed me to question not only my chosen calling, but also the entire set of beliefs around which I formed the life I currently live.   The rushing stream…

  • The Tyranny of MINE

    The Tyranny of MINE

    What I teach has been around for a really long time. Like, thousands of years. Sure, I deliver it from my sassy, irreverent voice that loves big words, poetry and metaphors, but the reality is that very little (none?) of it is MINE.   For a girl who gets whole body tingles from creating new…

  • A Bouncy Life

    A Bouncy Life

    Dearest One, In a recent interview, I spoke about resilience being akin to walking through life on a trampoline world, as opposed to  each step sinking us deeper into quicksand.   I started thinking (while bouncing on my mini trampoline) about bounciness and joy.   Why is it that when we move through our lives feeling…

  • Everything’s Fine. Or Is It?

    Everything’s Fine. Or Is It?

    Want to listen, instead of read? Here you go… Dearest One, Have you ever found yourself saying, through gritted teeth, “Everything’s fine.” Me too. Even when everything is absolutely.not.fine. Mine comes from a feeling that the person who is asking is not really asking, or that anything other than fine isn’t acceptable. As women, we…

  • Making a Mess

    Making a Mess

    I’ve always tended towards messiness. There was a brief period, just after entering into motherhood, during which I tried to control the tides of chaos by becoming just a bit manic, but it didn’t last long. I easily reverted back into surrender to the disorder of my life. I have yet to become, in any…