Category - Personal

What is a Teacher

Buddhist, Featured, inspiration, Personal, Teacher Training, YTT

This practice of Yoga has transformed life in many ways, and the most of which is to move with the breath, to allow life to flow. This year I listened to my own advice and took some time off of teaching, and gave myself permission to take time and rest. To not teach, or blog, or spend any time telling people where and what to move their bodies
Ive now spent more than half my life teaching yoga.
That is a lot of time to commit to something.

Cultivating Balance

Buddhist, Healthy Living, inspiration, Personal, Seasonal Living, Uncategorized

Yoga for Balance & Self-Care is a restorative practice to help regain and reaffirm a connection to yourself. Leave class feeling calm, centered, clear and able to stand in a grounded, balanced way. Thursdays at The Mindful Body,…

Seasonal Detox and Cleanser

Chinese, Chinese Medicine, Featured, Healthy Living, Personal, Seasonal Living, Seasonal Medicine, Seasons

Since childhood, my family has used herbal elixirs and tonics to help heal the body and mind, and I remember my beloved Grandmother making strong ginger root tea for menstrual cramps or snow fungus and goji berries for…

Blue Moon Love

inspiration, Personal, Prayer

I lost someone this week, who was very dear to me. From a very long time ago. But it feels like just yesterday we were 13 and running around in those woods in Vermont. Do you have a…

Lost in Tibetan Translation

Adventure Tours, Bhutan, Buddhist, Personal, Yoga, Yoga travel

Have you ever felt some things just don’t translate completely? I was recently having a conversation with my Tibetan friend Thinlay, who lives deep in the Himalayan range of Northern India. Thinlay and I met years ago at…

Yoga and Breast Cancer

Healthy Living, Personal, Teacher Training, Yoga, YTT

According to BreastCancer.org, “About 1 in 8 women in the United States (12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.” Breast Cancer Today Breast cancer is particularly close to my own heart, so to…