Hello Dear Ones- This year has been deeply challenging for so many in multiple ways. I know that I am not alone in yearning for this year to be over in hopes that the new year will bring a freshness and possibility that seems to be lost right now. Whether we acknowledge the arrival of the new year…

Hello Dear Ones- Kayf haal-ik? This beautiful greeting in Arabic asks… How is your heart, right now, in this moment? What is the current state of your soul and how are you managing? Truly, I wish to know. My heart is heavy. It seems perpetually heavy these days as if it has somehow grown in capacity and at the same time taken on…

Hello Dear Ones- October is my birthday month. I turn 49 in a few days and enter into my 50th year. This feels significant, potent and powerful. The past decade, not to mention the past year, has been challenging on many fronts and I feel a big birthing taking place. I have a sense how…

I am tired. Tired of constantly defining what I offer as a yoga teacher in negative terms. Yes, I am a yoga teacher, no, I don’t teach hot yoga, fast yoga, or yoga for your butt. Yoga is now a common term in our language and as such has certain associations that come with it.…

In my last post I said that I would rather show up in my body, with all it’s challenges, to heal and be present than dissociate. This is an ongoing learning and as I become more comfortable being in my body I am discovering my sensible self. This is not the pragmatic and rational part…

So I am embarking on a journal of sorts, as that is really what a blog is; a place to share thoughts and insights, a place to ponder and transmit. I find myself a little reticent to put myself out there, into the ether of the internet, and yet it seems like a good way…