SUNSHINE & poses
Oona and I have been practicing a lot of yoga together lately. We got to take our practice outside into the sunshine the other day! Makes me so happy!
Category: living my yoga
Bloom & Grow
Oona is going through some growing pains right now. She is learning new skills, and this precipice of new-ness has her feeling ill-at-ease: wanting physical contact with me during her waking hours, being less careful and more day-dreamy, waking at night full of tears, the…
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Always Learning
Hello friends, We just returned from another trip nearly half as long as our recent adventure to Central and South America. We journeyed back to the Midwest for some fun family events. The trip was fun, and we enjoyed reconnecting with many friends and family.…
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Parenting the grateful & joyful way.
I am unbelievably grateful for my daughter. Simply being a mother has stretched me in ways I never knew existed, has tired me in places I scarcely knew I had, but above all has illuminated a way of being, a way of loving that has…
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Ebbing and Flowing
Spending time in the water, particularly the ocean, is so soothing for me. I am instantly calmer, clearer, and more grounded. My Dosha (Ayurvedic constitution) tends to be Vata (air) and water is one of those elements that has assisted me in dropping down a notch when…
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One of the Many Reasons I Teach Yoga
The smile on students’ faces as they leave their mat and take that love-peace-contentment out into their worldly interactions. The air is dense with intention. The eyes are light with love. The illusory separations between “you” and “me” have faded away. It is my intention…
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Just be YOU!
This post could bear the alternate title “Practicing what I preach, yo!” In class, I often encourage yogis to listen to their inner guides, to follow their own breath, to bring themselves into each posture. Well, last week I finally had a chance to practice…
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Cooling your Jets with Sithali Pranayama
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7iHsY9Ref8] An antidote to the pitta fire of summer!
Saucha, Vairagya and Baby-talk
I was re-reading a copy of last month’s Yoga Journal this weekend, and was truly struck by a column on using yoga to manage infertility placed above a commentary on Saucha. The more I mused on this positioning, the more I thought it fit completely…
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Pose Mechanics: Asta Vakrasana
In class this week, we practiced Asta Vakrasana (8-Angle Pose). Many students approached this posture for the first time. I find arm-balances to be an exhilarating addition to the physical practice. Aside from the liberation one feels when the feet and the seat lift off the…
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