Finding Safety in the Present: Eliminating Time
Getting to experience yoga nidra with Scott Moore is a no-brainer but you are also probably wondering what this workshop is all about and what it means to eliminate time? No surprise, I’ll start the answer with a question:
How much time do you spend thinking about past and future events?
We all do it. We perseverate about what went wrong, what we said, what we didn’t say and on and on. We take an experience that was painful or uncomfortable in some way and then we increase our suffering by thinking about it over and over and over.
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Weaving Balance and Self-Care
bal·ance
/ˈbaləns/
a condition in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions.
The norm in our culture is to operate at 150% (and that’s being generous), but the truth is, we need to hold at 100% to experience balance.
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New Year, New Website!!!
After months of pondering, intention setting, foot dragging and thumb twiddling, I have finally created a new website. And when I say that I created a new website, what I actually mean is that, my cousin, soul sister and creator of all things, Susan, sat by my side, did most of the work and gave me both gentle and firm nudges until it was finally done. And today - many months, a logo and a new website later, we pushed the blue Squarespace button and VOILA.
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Wintering
Greetings from the land of quiet.
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Let's go to Southern Spain!
I’m guiding a retreat in Spain and you’re invited! Here’s a stream-of-consciousness rambling on why I am so excited about this.
1. I LOVE SPAIN!!!
~ I love the pace of life and the feeling that there’s no need to rush.
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Southern Spain Anyone?
In just over six months, I’ll be back in Spain practicing yoga and meditating, taking siestas, enjoying tapas, meandering through old cities, watching flamenco and reabsorbing as much of the Spanish culture as I possibly can. Want to join me?
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The How and Why of Self-Compassion
I recommend that today you take 5 (or 10 or 20 or even a whole day) for self-compassion. If you'd like to get right to it, feel free to scroll down and click on the 6 minute audio meditation or keep reading to learn the why and the how.
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The Magical Meeting of Flexibility and Strength
Some thoughts on mobility....
For those of you who practice yoga with me, you know that we are always exploring how to move into and out of our full range of motion with control, strength, breath and moment-to-moment awareness.
When I’m teaching movement, I often share that most injuries happen during the transitions, not in the middle of the hold. We tend to bring ourselves into our full expression of the pose and then just when we need it most, we make our way into another pose without finding the muscular energy to do so safely.
This generally happens for two reasons:
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