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About 6 years ago I found myself smack dab in the middle of a dark night of the soul. I had 3 young children, I was working myself to the bone, and my body began to revolt. Four rounds of strep throat in 6 months led to joint pain, diarrhea, migraine headaches, exhaustion, and brain fog. I could hardly get out of bed. How …
How are all of you sleeping these days? I am feeling much more tired than usual, even if I get a full night of sleep. I’m also routinely waking up between 3-4AM. Unless I immediately fall back to sleep, my busy mind starts worrying and chattering and it’s a crap shoot whether I will sleep again before the sun rises. …
How are all of you hanging in there? In general I feel well, but will have waves of sadness that come . I talked to a friend yesterday who just feels angry. Another one of my friend’s anxiety has totally been triggered in light of the world’s events. For most of us there is worry. Worries about getting ill, about our overall safety, the …
I’m appreciating my lungs and breath in a new way these days and envisioning them remaining healthy and strong. But if you are anything like me, I have noticed that my breath has changed since all the news of COVID-19. Disordered breathing is one of the first things to change in response to stress. How we breathe is a metaphor …
I’m a firm believer in owning and telling your story. When we do this we often find meaning in what has happened to us, it can feel cathartic, it allows us to bond with others who have experienced similar things, and it can be empowering. Our stories have value and deserve to be told. But there does seem to be …
Three days after Christmas I found myself crossed legged in my kid’s toyroom surrounded by piles of army men, legos, Barbies, stacks of coloring books, and board games trying to create organization in the chaos and find space for the new gifts that Santa just brought. I felt overwhelmed and irritable that this was how I was choosing to spend my …
We are all incredibly practiced at working harder, pushing though, going the extra mile, and in the words of the famous Nike slogan, just doing it. We also receive kudos, praise, promotions, and pats on the back for these things. Taking action and working hard is absolutely necessary and essential for engaging in the world, and stepping into our full …
I’ve been teaching on the law of vibration this week and how everything in the Universe is constantly pulsing. In Sanskrit, we call this Spanda, and it happens to be one of the attributes of the Supreme. Since we are reflections of the Supreme, we also embody this pulse. We see Spanda all over nature…in the rhythm of the tides, …
This blog post is one in a series on a blog tour for yoga teachers who want to get more impact from their private yoga teaching and find ways to generate a sustainable income. We are so very grateful to be a part of Kate Connell’s Yoga Teacher Blog Tour. Follow along on social media using hashtag #yogateachertour. Yesterday’s stop …
I have watched myself get “hooked” a lot in the past week. Hooked by certain people, certain words directed my way, certain slow moving children when we are already running late, certain tense environments where I literally feel the anger and unspoken words. I am sensitive, and tend to feel everything, including the emotions of others and the energy of …
