“Your voice is so low and melodious, I just kind of tuned out.” “I love what you’re saying, but I can’t hear it.” “SPEAK UP!” The last note is from my dad, but it’s a refrain that I’ve heard from many people, in many instances, many times. Evidently. Yet I…

Grazing on gratitude — When I think back on the last year, it doesn’t seem like there was much that happened. That isn’t a complaint from me; the preceding few years were full of movement and re-settling, so a slow 2022 was maybe by design. …

You are what your deep, driving desire is. — If you’ve ever participated in Yoga Nidra, you’ve probably been prompted to create a Sankalpa. It’s a bit of a tall order, especially since in most Yoga Nidra scripts, you’re given about 10 seconds to tune in to your heartfelt desire. …

I used to be deathly afraid of the ocean. I had never seen the ocean in person, mind you, but I was raised on a bedtime story diet of HP Lovecraft, endowing an excess of Cthulu in my constitution. …

A River Valley Yoga Festival Workshop — Getting back into teaching yoga after having a baby, surviving COVID shutdowns, and redefining my own mental health has been an interesting journey. I had just about given up on returning to teaching when I was contacted by the YMCA, asking if I could take on a class. And then…

Tips to move through writer’s block — Writer’s block happens. Unless you’re transcribing a download from the Spirit in the sky, or Stephen King hopped up on cocaine hurling his way through writing Cujo, writer’s block is bound to affect you at some point. …

A Mindful Waking — We left the windows open last night to catch the breeze and now there’s a little sheen on the pane, a little coolness in the room. It’s not time to get up; or rather, I don’t have to get up yet. …

Enhancing my meditation practice in unexpected ways is the theme of the week, it seems! I recently joined Elephant Journal’s Elephant Academy, and one of the week 1 prompts is to engage in mindfulness in one of four ways: Take off your shoes inside Take breaks from your smartphone, especially…

There’s a lot to take in when you try a new yoga class. Even if you’ve been a longtime practitioner, getting used to new spaces and new instructors takes time. Add in the varying methodologies of instruction that exist, along with how much Sanskrit in yoga and meditation classes is…