No, seriously. He is. I’m still working on finding the beginner’s perspective in my teaching as I prepare for my upcoming course. And it’s a learning process. And I’m grateful to have an incredibly supportive husband who is helping me learn these lessons. My husband has amazingly agreed to be in several videos that I’m …
My distaste for activities that keep me (and the children) out late is not a secret. I am a sleep nazi and I go to bed early. And my children go to bed early. Period. However, as they are starting to get a little older and have found interest in certain activities, I have had …
My daughter has always been very empathetic. From the time she was 2 years old and in pre-school, teachers would comment on how understanding and kind she was to other children. As she’s gotten older, her skills in this area have only grown. She has a huge heart and sometimes it gets the best of …
I was googling images of “beginner yoga poses” and was dumbfounded by what came up in the search results. Posture after posture, even posters full of “beginners poses” that contained very complex and difficult movements. My personal favorite was “easy seat” or sukhasana. It appears simple, so I understand why it’s included. It is a …
If you could go back in time and give your younger self advice, what would it be? And would you want that advice to be taken, potentially altering the course of your life? After my trip down memory lane the other day while cleaning out the yoga studio, I began to go even farther back. …
I was walking the dog recently and had an interesting experience. We were at the school playground, a place we have been walking regularly since we got him over a year and a half ago. He loves to sniff and investigate all the new smells each time we go. As per usual, his nose was …
I’m going on a girl’s trip! I haven’t gone anywhere for almost exactly two years. No really, I checked the calendar. We went on a family vacation in Florida in September of 2019. That was the last time I traveled. My last girls trip was August 2018. It’s TIME! I will be away from my …
The word vinyasa in Sanskrit means, “to place in a special way.” In a typical yoga class most people think of the vinyasa as the movements from plank to chaturanga to cobra to downward facing dog. And in fact, that is one example of a vinyasa. It’s a transition and a way to move from …
This first week of school sort of went down as I expected. Chaotically! My husband always goes to a handball tournament over Labor Day weekend. He usually leaves the Wednesday before and returns home late on the following Monday. Which also leaves me home alone as a “single parent” during the first week of school. …
I began writing this before the school year started. Before the mindfulness series ended. I wanted to have a post ready to share about transitions because I’ve been thinking about them a lot lately. And they are hard. And I wanted to share ways to help ease the transition into this particular school year. I …