In ayurveda, yoga’s sister science of health, fall is the time of vata. Vata is characterized by cold, dryness, light and changeablity. I am particularly susceptible to autumn. Wind-swept, dry, scattered, bare-boned. My prakrti (nature, in ayurveda-speak) tends toward Vata, the way of the wind, anyway;…
Continue reading Contraction// Yoga for All Seasons
Let me be clear: I might not be the teacher for you. I won’t tell you what to do. I won’t micro-manage your experience. I won’t push you to “nail” a pose. Because your practice is so much more than a shape. Your practice is your life.…
Continue reading I Am This Way On Purpose// You Are Your Own Medicine, My Teaching Manifesto
One of my dreams as a yoga teacher has always been to devote an entire class to teaching practices other than asana. (Asanas are the shapes we make with our bodies in yoga classes.) Asana is amazing and transformative, but it’s not the whole enchilada.…
Continue reading Whole Yoga// The Other 7 Limbs
Oh dearest stars, I have missed you. My family and I have landed safely in our nest in Portland after a month of travel through Southeast Asia. We are trying to be patient as our bodies reconnect with the appropriate time-zone (2am wake-ups are brutal!). We…
Continue reading There’s Beauty in the Breakdown// The Yoga of Travel
Beloveds, I’m unpacking from a magical trip to the Northwoods of Minnesota for Truly North Retreat and reflecting on this experience. For the last few (or five) years, I have included “lead a yoga retreat” on my list of intentions for the year, but somehow…
Continue reading Being There// What I Learned Leading My First Yoga Retreat
Hello Dear-Sweet Yogis, Today’s show is part 2 of my interview of Sarah Trelease. If you missed part 1 of this interview, listen in to Episode 112. In this part of the interview, Sarah and I go deep into the path of authenticity in teaching…
Continue reading Sunrose Yoga Podcast Episode 113// Part 2 of Sarah Trelease Interview
Dearest hearts, Thank you so much for being here today. In this show, I share a conversation that I had with the amazing Sarah Trelease. I had such a powerful conversation with Sarah. We actually talked for over two hours. And it was ALL gooey…
Continue reading Sunrose Yoga Podcast Episode 112// Interview with Sarah Trelease
Beloveds, I write to you on the precipice of so much movement: a trip to Minnesota this week to lead a delicious retreat in the North Woods followed by a month-long adventure in Southeast Asia. Amid the movement is a center of stillness and receptivity…
Continue reading Heartbeats// Holding Space for Each Other
I made something for you: The At-Home Retreat This course is designed to help you sink in-to a practice of creativity, yoga, meditation and connection over the weekend. This course includes 3 full-length yoga classes, 1 guided audio meditation session, 1 guided audio pranayama session…
Continue reading Sunrose Yoga Presents// The FREE At-Home Retreat
Beloveds, I am so jazzed to share this deep conversation with Sarasvati Hewitt. We go there. This is REAL talk about life and yoga. She shares openly, candidly. And for that I am super grateful. Sarasvati Hewitt sarasvati is a force of nature. she flows…
Continue reading Episode 110// Interview with Sarasvati Hewitt