Corpse Pose Paradigm Shift

I’m ridin’ forty like it’s a purple-winged unicorn on the way to a glitter convention.

Coffee and Yoga?

BUT. I then discovered the quantity was going to make a difference after all, with regards to meditation; and not just quantity, but type. I learned that coffee made in a French press at home was not as intense on my system. I could drink a small cup and proceed with my yoga and meditation. However, going to Starbucks for an espresso or Americano - any size - had to be sipped in small quantities before meditation, and then snorted, pulled through a straw, mainlined through a vein (not really, but you get the idea), whatever it took, to get the stimulant into the body. Ahhhhhh.

Broken Wings Soaring High

One of my dearest and best friends, a stranger three months ago, said the most profound thing I’d heard in awhile. We graduated from yoga teacher training together and had never met until June. We bonded tight pretty quickly, as most of us did. But all nine of us in the summer program made a …

My Bellybutton Does Subpar Yoga

Still new to teaching yoga, I spend a lot of time afterwards thinking about how classes went, what I could have done differently, and being mindful of the students that present themselves in each class, what I could provide with a unique pose or some words that land with each of them, so that they …

Why Teacher Training? Why Now?

...in answer to their questions: I am a badass, she-warrior with a wicked sense of humor and a heart of gold. I'm every woman that had the courage to rewrite their story part-way through. I am a new discovery every day. I am a lover. I am love. I am determined to lead with my heart, above all else.

Enlightenment Through Handstand

The yoga teacher training instructors have only known us students for four weeks now. They are both truly wonderful and amazing, as are the nine of us teachers in training. Dove, our instructor for yogic philosophy, history and anatomy lessons, always has beautiful gems of wisdom. Every time she opens her mouth I focus and …

It’s happening.

…Slowly, I started to understand what this concept was, on its most basic level. And when I’d ask myself if what I was doing with my life seemed authentic, I always answered, “No…”

Just Stretching

Small and subtle on the outside, possibly, but in reality they are larger than life and I'm grateful for the work that has been put in to heal myself and fall in love with yoga and this much improved quality of life...Don't worry though: I'll always be more badass than bendy.