YOGA FOR ALL

When I was growing up in Upper Village, I walked or rode my bike to William’s Store nearly every day. A tiny white A-frame on the side of...

If you haven't made it to the studio in a while, are avoiding the winter weather, or you have not taken a class for the first time yet,...

I pulled up to the familiar building feeling confident, because I had frequented the hair salon downstairs many times, but after my third...

I distinctly remember being in elementary school, nearing the end of the school year, and planning my birthday party. It was always the...

An autumn new moon tonight! It’s a gray day already, and the sunset is creeping earlier and earlier into my afternoon each day. With a...

These days, with the spiritual wellness industry in America booming, everyone and their second cousin is marketing their path to...

It doesn’t happen every time, but sometimes during meditation an image or an idea (a revelation?) will arise out of nowhere. This morning...

When first introduced to the idea of the energy body, many people are skeptical. Swirling balls of colored energy called chakras that...

I am writing this by hand, in my hurried, messy cursive-all caps hybrid, on a yellow legal pad. I didn’t bring my computer and my phone...

1. Just show up. If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say they wanted to do yoga but they “had to lose weight first” or...

It has been TEN days since I have done yoga. I’m embarrassed to even say it! I’ve spent the past ten days lounging around, eating potato...

A Day in the Life I was at an event recently, where I was in the unusual position of making polite conversation with people who don’t...

(Disclaimer: This post discusses death and dying. Read or pass with your own mental health in mind.) As we near the winter solstice, the...

There's an awful lot to worry about these days, isn’t there? There’s the big scary things, global things; war and pandemics and...

I read an article recently about the increasing scarcity of quiet spaces in this world (“Quiet, Please” by Leslee Goodman), and I was...

Phew! Another trip around the sun. It seems like every year around my birthday I start to examine the mirror a bit more, taking stock,...

The leaves are finally popping, we are finally able to wake up to the sounds of birdsong outside, and winter is firmly in the past once...

Those of you who have been in the studio anytime in the past few weeks have seen the tripod in the corner, so you know that I am...

There was a Buddhist nun named Machig Labdron who lived in Tibet in the 11th century. She was a very good nun, very smart, dedicated to...

In fond remembrance of the summers that are behind us and in anticipation of the one that we are all currently waiting and watching...