In last week’s post (I am the Grinch) I shared a conversation with my husband about different types of anxiety, which led me down a path thinking about ways to KEEP the calm rather than have to restore it. Sort of like the old adage, “prevention is the best medicine,” I think self care works …
I am grateful for a husband who makes me talk. That is a hard sentence to write and impossible to say out loud. Even as I’m typing it, I’m not 100% positive I believe it. Perhaps if I say it enough times it will make it true. He has good intentions. I am an introvert …
The 30 Days of gratitude challenge hasn’t been particularly difficult or taxing for me. I do spend a few more minutes each day actually writing down my thoughts. And I spend a few more minutes checking in on social media to read about what you all are grateful for. I am thoroughly enjoying finding small …
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 …
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. …
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 …
Today’s post is the final article in this 4 week series. We’ve covered why the practice is beneficial, how it works in the body, and what it does (or doesn’t) have to look like. Today I want to offer my last bit of advice before the live/daily practice sessions begin. You could even print out …