Hi loves, Hope to see you in class this week. Monday: Meditation 5pm Yoga 5:45pm At Shanti Om Tuesday: 7am Yoga At The People’s Yoga SE Wednesday: 6:30am Yoga 8:15am Nada Yoga (subbing for Kavita) Saturday: 10am Yoga At The People’s Yoga SE Happy Thanksgiving,…
Continue reading Class Schedule for the Week of November 25
I’m so excited about this workshop I’m hosting at Shanti Om Yoga in Portland on December 7th. We will begin with an intention-setting chant, followed by a simple, yet profound asana sequence. Following a short break, we will return to collage. The collaging technique is…
Continue reading Workshop Announcement// Revealing Sacred Space
Lingering in pratyahara.
Hi loves, I’ve completed my month-long study of headstand, handstand and legs-up-the-wall. For this study, I practiced each posture every day for thirty days.* The idea behind this inquiry was to increase my personal knowledge of each of these postures over a set period of…
Continue reading Notes from a Study of Inversions// Deliberate Inquiry
I’d like to introduce a new weekly post: class notes. Here, I will share my own class notes with all of you. Making a plan for class and then reflecting on it afterwards has been an invaluable tool to me as a teacher over the…
Continue reading Class notes// Moving Inward
Singing is something that just feels good to me. No matter what it is, I am moved by song. In my morning classes, we begin by singing some campy or folky song about the morning, without regard for whether it sounds “good” or any nonsense…
Continue reading Calling, Responding// A Song for Balance
hi loves, I’m here. Quietly turning myself upside down several times a day. And there have been revelations. A few for now, but much more later. Sirsasana I // headstand Practicing sirsa every day has made me much stronger. My core and shoulders inch their…
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In class this week, we practiced several inversions: sarvangasana-shoulder stand, sirsasana-headstand (with this lovely, supported version I learned from Patricia Sullivan), and pincha mayurasana- feathered peacock. After our practice, a student asked what the benefits of inversions are. This is interesting territory. A few years ago,…
Continue reading Inquiry-based Practice// Inversions
hi LOVES. I have a few new offerings beginning October 1st. Excited to be with you all. Mondays: 5pm community meditation at Shanti Om: FREE & open to all. I guide the group for a 15-20 minute sit– techniques change, but always reflect my personal…
Continue reading October Schedule// Public Classes
The sadness that descended on me last week when my elderly dog was very ill informed me of just how long it had been (if ever) since I last felt truly sad. She is quite old– nearly fourteen. And I know that the time for…
Continue reading Attending Sadness// Practice. Non-attachment. Love.