We do our best as we go through life. We're taught along the way either directly or indirectly how to manage our daily stress, major life events, and various degrees of trauma. At some point we may come to realize that the habits we've developed over time are no longer as useful as they once … Continue reading Your Emotions Are Not The Enemy
Self-Discovery
The Healing Journey
There are many different ways to approach one's journey towards healing and yet not all methods are a great fit for everyone. Many students who begin working with me towards their own path originally come to my classes to learn something interesting, hopefully fun and physical with little interest--at least in the beginning--of going any … Continue reading The Healing Journey
Welcome to Breath+Sutras
One of the greatest gifts of 2020 for me was joining the faculty of Hamsa Yoga School (RYS) to teach philosophy in their 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training program. I loved the opportunity to facilitate an open discussion for new teachers to study the Yoga Sutras and help them discover how they might apply the … Continue reading Welcome to Breath+Sutras
Begin Again
25 years ago today changed the trajectory of my life in ways I could never have imagined. I have a collection of memories from those teenage years that have shaped who I am and continue to send me in a direction that surprises me from day to day. Many decisions I have made and many … Continue reading Begin Again
Discovering Joy through Zoom
Every day, as we all are, I am doing my very best and sometimes that in and of itself can feel quite overwhelming. From moment to moment the choices my husband and I have made range from having heated debates with strangers and friends, to spending quiet, quality time at home completely unplugged, to just … Continue reading Discovering Joy through Zoom
Talk Less, Listen More
My somewhat recent semi-withdrawal from social media began with anger, frustration, sadness, and fear as an increase in meaningless talking points, pseudoscience by non-experts, and political rhetoric overwhelmed my feed by surprising sources. I felt disappointed and began to wonder, as we all do from time to time, why am I even here? In general … Continue reading Talk Less, Listen More
Our Collective Awakening
We are experiencing a collective awakening. We have been forced to slow down and find stillness and it has amplified systems of inequity, the self-righteous, and the oppressed. I am a teacher impassioned by love and kindness above all else which compels me to stand up and speak out against all forms of hate. Our … Continue reading Our Collective Awakening
Rise Up
Too many of us have been asleep for too long, able to ignore the pain and struggles of a reality we will never know or understand firsthand. We can no longer pretend that bigotry, racism, misogyny, discrimination, hate crimes, and prejudice don’t exist—so maybe now we can finally do something about it, together and in … Continue reading Rise Up
I Am My Father’s Daughter
I am struggling in this current environment. The intensity, divisiveness, and polarizing effects of political opinions is mentally and emotionally draining. The fear that fuels such angry disagreements inevitably enhances that preexisting terror and we end up proclaiming our own opinions louder and louder hoping to overshadow the other side with no end in sight. … Continue reading I Am My Father’s Daughter
A Sickness Known As Hate
In recent weeks, the world watched in horror as the life and breath of George Floyd was coldly taken away from him. Many of us have grown angry, and tired, and saddened as this event adds to the many, many, many citizens who have lost their lives due to inequality, injustice, poverty, and hate. This … Continue reading A Sickness Known As Hate
