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
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
This morning, like most, I sat with the rising sun. We see her rise later now. 5am is so much darker, though so much warmer, now than it was a month ago. Even in silent stillness, the world is alive. The world moves. The universe…
Continue reading A Study in Sight// Letting Each Other Find What We Need
Hello beloveds, Today, a sweetly spacious conversation with Renee Sills. We gathered in my living room last week and shared a discussion about the evolution of her practice, becoming an authentic teacher and the point of yoga over a cup of tea. My hope is to…
Continue reading Episode 109// Renee Sills– Illuminations on Practice
My loves, In September, I’m leading a retreat in northern Minnesota. I am so excited! For those of you who are joining us (you can still sign up here) or anyone preparing for a retreat, I thought it might be helpful to share a few…
Continue reading What to Pack for a Yoga Retreat
I just returned from a sweet weekend in community with some yogini sisters in Sisters, Oregon. My teacher, Kira Ryder, and her friend Kari Sims Anton, hosted a deeply meaningful retreat called Our Wild & Quiet Dharma. We hiked, we sat, we laughed, we cried,…
Continue reading The Magic of Retreat//
A real shift has occurred. (The passive voice at once seems right and wrong. I know that the shifting didn’t occur completely on its own, but it feels just this-side of ego to say “I shifted something.” Maybe the most accurate happy-medium/ middle path would…
Continue reading Process is the Practice// Notes from the Ambrosial Hours
I’m reading David Foster Wallace’s brilliant Infinite Jest right now (although right now means for the past two years on Thursday, but if you’ve immersed yourself in this book, you’ll know that it takes awhile). On every page there are so many words and concepts…
Continue reading Jnana// Embodied Knowing
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…
Continue reading New Classes// Yoga & Meditation in Portland, Oregon
I teach what I’m in at the moment. This has always been the case. I know no other way. When I’m through it, I’m through it; the material is stale. What once was like absolutely profound could be a total “bit” if I…
Continue reading I Can’t Go Back// Notes on Process