Today’s meditation examines the witnessing self and invites the participant to engage deeply in authentic, honest self-inquiry. When we are capable of recognizing our self worth we may begin to understand what we have to offer the world. If you enjoyed today’s meditation try the other FREE meditations. Week #1: Self-Love Week #2: Self-Forgiveness Copyright: …
Self-Inquiry: Free May Meditation Series Post #3 Read More »
I was late again this morning. I am starting to believe that of all of my flaws tardiness is the greatest. Not only is being late rude and distinctly unprofessional, it wrecks havoc on my body and mind. It is a life long trait and one that I have struggled to pull apart and understand in …
The four diaphragms of the body: arches of the feet, pelvic floor, breathing diaphragm and soft palate are key components to the Embodyoga system. They are seen as soft supports for the bones, muscles and organs that are piled up on top of them. But Her Majesty The Breathing Diaphragm is far and away my favorite. It …
As a child growing up I never felt as much peer pressure as a lot of my friends. I didn’t feel the need to dress like everyone else, party with the popular crowd or drink or do drugs. I never felt compelled to do anything just because other people were doing something. As an adult …
There is one excuse that I find inexcusable and downright irritating. It is a sign of giving up, admitting defeat. “I guess I can’t do that anymore. I’m just too old.” It is my experience after working with a significant range of ages, that only the 40 and 50 year-olds would dare say something so …
I recently learned that lawyers bill their work in 6-minute increments. 1/10 of an hour. That means that they have to log everything that is accomplished in every 6- minute session. What have you accomplished in the last six minutes? The last 12 minutes? The last 18 minutes? Friends of ours recently renovated part of …
A friend of mine recently commented that I live a blessed life. My first response was jaw-dropping disbelief and then immediate defensiveness. Luckily my rapid second response was understanding. For the last five years my husband and I have married, studied our passions in grad school, lived in the town of our dreams, built an …
One of the fundamental differences between yoga and other group exercise endeavors is the emotion. Your basic practitioner, ie someone who hasn’t read the books, attended numerous retreats at Kripalu, doesn’t know how to put a yoga mat in the overhead containers on an airplane, also may not know about emotions. The body holds stories …
Scene: Santa Barbara City College. I’m nineteen, a part-time student, a full-time retail employee at Anthropologie, sitting in my night class: Cultural Anthropology. It’s the end of spring semester, and it stays light outside almost until the class ends at 9:00. Tonight: a guest speaker, an anthropology PhD student writing her dissertation on the use …
On The Mat And In the World: The Practice of Appreciation (Guest Post) Read More »
I’m a yoga teacher first and foremost. My yoga background is much newer than my acupuncture training or my doula work or my new fascination with charting the cycle. So I’ve got to give you all the things I’ve learned about temperature and the cycle so you can parse through them as I have to …