Everyone has an opinion, right? Even if you feel super clear, and don’t ask for it, there are people that just can’t help but project their beliefs onto you. I know i’ve been guilty of it too. The problem is when the opinion is so strong that somehow you get thrown you into that place of uncertainty again…. View Post
This is something that happened to me recently that I needed to acknowledge. I wanted to share it with you, but just wasn’t sure how. I swear I’ve written this blog post a million times in my head, and it came out perfect, but when I sat down to write it, I went blank. So, I’m just going to start…… View Post
This post is sponsored by Sunwarrior. I only review and post about things I love, so the opinions are authentic and all my own. Namaste 🙂 In 2008, I became vegan. But, get this, I didn’t actually intend to go vegan. It started out as a way for me to break the habit of eating meat and fish in my… View Post
Is this you: It’s been a long week. Feeling kinda drained. You’re SO happy to be getting under the covers and closing your eyes. Wait, there’s your mind. It won’t shut off. Damn. Another sleepless night. This is how I feel a lot of the time, honestly. I’m a busy person, and I’m slowly but surely breaking the habit of overcommitting. I’m… View Post
Isn’t it the most frustrating when things don’t go as planned? You know what’s more frustrating though? When you put an insurmountable amount of work into something for it all to disappear. This used to happen when I worked at an office. I used excel spreadsheets, and I cannot tell you how many times I’d finish a huge report for it all… View Post
Look – I make a point to use deodorant (paraben free of course), wash my hair with sweet smellin’ lavender shampoo, and shave my legs and armpits. Even so, I’m a hippie at heart. I have fantasies of zoning out at the original Woodstock (no, not that weird phase that happened in the 90s), and wearing bell bottoms and go go boots… View Post
My book collection is saturated around the topics of yoga, health, and spiritual living. Most of these books have the same foundations leading the path towards inner peace. Regardless, I can’t stop buying them up and learning from each author’s unique perspective. I get so busy though that the books either sit there, or I start it and never finish. Please tell me I’m… View Post
If you’re burnt out on hot yoga classes, and have a fire in your belly to gain a deeper understanding of yoga that you’re not getting from your studio, you’re gonna love this! I have such a treat to tell you about today! Keep reading… Before I go any further, I want to disclose that this is a sponsored post… View Post
Guess what? Did you know it’s National Random Acts of Kindness week? Who knew that was even a thing? When I noticed it on my calendar, I thought it was brilliant! There’s nothing wrong with more kindness, and if we have to create a week specifically for that, I support it. And, what better time than the week during Valentines Day! I… View Post
Do you have a love-hate relationship with props? Do they help or hinder your practice? I’ve had teachers that will not allow them, and then I see highly respected teachers like David Garrigues encourage the use of them. Check out this video. He has his student working on dropbacks. He has him use the wall, then a block, and then… View Post
Have you ever been in a space with your practice where it’s hard to get to the mat, but you finally do. Then, you hop on the mat, and it’s still a struggle to get through your practice. It never used to be like that. Then, you take practice, but you don’t get through the whole thing. You try your… View Post
Yes and No, and by that I mean yes. I mean that in the least confusing way possible. It’s so easy to question your teacher – especially with SO many different styles of yoga, SO many different teachers, and SO many different perspectives. Not to mention all of the ego’s floating around out there! This doesn’t have to be confusing. People… View Post
When was the last time you really apologized? Truly, genuinely apologized and owned it – without explanation or excuse – but just a pure apology? For the longest time I thought I was good at apologizing until I listened to this podcast by Michael Hyatt. I always thought, I have no problem apologizing. The words, I’m sorry are no problem for… View Post
During my yoga apprenticeship, I learned about a form of meditation called Tratak where you stare into the flame of a candle until your eyes start to water. I know, it sounds like a scene out of A Clockwork Orange, but I promise that candle meditation isn’t a form of torture. It’s actually a form of meditation, and one I… View Post
It most certainly does! Over the weekend, I left my Manduka mat at one of the studios I teach at. It’s about 30 minutes away from where I live, and I’m only in that area once a week to teach yoga, so it would have been completely out of the way for me to go and grab it. I have… View Post