This is a 60-minute hatha class focusing on the shoulders, lower back and core. We move toward a therapeutic head-stand. Thank you for being here. Beloved you, One of the hardest lessons for me to learn/ know in my bones: just because I can do…
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Sweet beloveds, I am so happy we are here together today. This episode is all about dropping deeper into your own practice. As I mentioned in episode 146 of Samadhi Rush, this is my season for practice (abhyasa, in yoga-talk), and here I talk about…
Continue reading Samadhi Rush Episode 150// Taking Your Yoga Practice To The Next Level
Hello loves, Today’s episode is a sweet conversation with Kate Holly of Yoga Refuge. So happy to share it with you. Listen// You can listen here. You can also listen directly from any podcast app by searching for “sunrose yoga” or “samadhi rush” and subscribing.…
Continue reading Episode 130// In Conversation with Kate Holly of Yoga Refuge
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
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
I am honored to be offering two new classes beginning May 2. Fridays, 7-8am Meditation Foundations and Saturdays, 8:30-9:45am Gentle Yoga. Both at The People’s Yoga SE (4210 SE Belmont St), where drop-ins are always $8. All are welcome. Both classes are healing, safe spaces…
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OM. All of life’s smells met me as I pedaled home. Twilight smells of coolness and dish-washing, ordinarily. But tonight, I smelled all the last-suppers, my grandparents’ country club, rose perfume, and a pail of dirty diapers. And this conglomeration of life somehow spoke…
Continue reading A collection of thoughts on the barely-waxing moon// An Ode to Shiva
There is always space. There is always s p a c e . In every beat. In every breath. Out on the edge of the vastness. The embrace of our own heart is a beginning. A tender and magical beginning. Safety. Sorted-ness. These already are.…
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To me, right now, the point of practice is kindness compassion forgiveness (minor and profound) wide-open spacious togetherness love love love tenderness divine moments of truth-presence That’s my story. What’s yours? Why do you keep coming back to the practice?
What I need to tell you right now is… that this space is a collection of my ruminations on my own practice. A snap-shot of this space in time. My teaching is always ever evolving with my practice. I think that if a teacher is…
Continue reading feeling for the edges of the container// i am here for now