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Stolen moments

March 20, 2013

I have read a total of 1800 pages over the past 10 and 1/2 days. Five books, two of them Terry Goodkind (om nom nom seeker of truth), two of them by John Green ( if I was a dude and awesome I would write like this awesome dude) and a book on starting my own […]

Boobs. All Kinds.

April 3, 2012

So. I found a lump the other night in my left breast. My tiny perky lil’ left breast. Before anyone freaks out – it’s benign tissue so I’m not “going to die out of cancer” – besides I did enough freaking out for all of us. Did you know that the internet is a den […]

Cancer Alchemy and Yoga.

March 28, 2012

I taught a yoga class to ladies in treatment for cancer yesterday. All of them were in different stages: just diagnosed, in treatment, in remission or wandering somewhere in between. I was awe inspired, humbled and terrified. Awe inspired because of the beautiful, graceful presence these woman held as they practiced. Humbled because as I […]

Asana and Teachable Moments

March 10, 2012

So I have this guilt complex about being a yoga teacher and also being a medicated manic depressive. Asana is a practice steeped in energy – you don’t have to be a gypsy yogi like myself to experience the way a room moves based on the ebb and flow of the practitioners emotional content and […]

Stop Stealing Dreams

February 28, 2012

The awesome thing about a thought crush is that there it doesn’t have to be definable or even rational. I can have a thought crush on as many people, ideas or things as I want for any reason. To date, my top TC’s are Tim Ferris ( I would have his mind babies) The dude […]

Mats idolatry and soul making…but mostly mats.

February 24, 2012

I bow to thank my mat before and after every practice. It is a part of my balancing – my mother – in her born again wisdom would call this some form of idol worship…I simply call it a part of my movement to wholeness. This act allows for me to harmonize with my body […]

Discovering the Lesson in a Plumb Line.

February 23, 2012

There are moments in life that mark a person. Tattoo the soul with an indelible ink that is so deep that it takes time living with the experience to fully appreciate the blossoming it causes in one’s life. I have been blessed with many moments like this – moments threaded together with beauty and learning. […]

Dog of Devotion

October 17, 2011

I am in Downward Facing Dog again and I want to sob. Adho Mukha Savasana. I have been in dog more during this certification class that all of my practice over the past 13 years put together and it has been … a wonderfully hideous thing to do. Turns out in my past 13 years of practice […]