It was so fun to have a yogi friend visit this week. We got to play on the new wall ropes, use the yoga toys and props from the old Bear Foot Yoga Studio and buy a new gong! My dear friend Liz first showed up in my life at an “Introduction to Yoga” workshop …
Do you want to know what meditation is? If you practice yoga, did you know that yoga postures and meditation are inextricably linked? Meditation is the highest form of yoga. There are common misconceptions around the terms meditation and mindfulness, and dare I say liberation. This is the definition of meditation from the point of …
I did a twelve minute interview on mindbodyradio.com today and you can listen HERE. Since I am more comfortable writing than public speaking, after the interview, I wrote down what I wish I would have said about being a Yoga Therapist and studio owner. What do you do?I offer a variety of accessible weekly classes …
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The classic teaching of all wisdom traditions is that humans suffer because we forget who we are – Divine BE-ings. We forget who we are because as humans we are hard-wired pleasure seeking survivalist. We seek enjoyment and relief from agitation and pain from things outside of ourselves – drugs (both the prescription kind and the ones that will get you in jail), alcohol, food, working too much, and in our relationships with others. The yogic path reveals that who we seek and what we need is buried inside of us under all of our human roles and repetitions of self-defeating stories.
Mindful observation is a skill we can use in our daily lives at any time, not just in a quiet meditation. And fearlessness is not the absence of fear; Fearlessness is mindful observation that results in the awareness and perception of fear. When we practice meditation or any mindfulness practice, there is an awakening of …
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Have you considered going on a spiritual quest? The short, cold days and holidays season provide a particularly inviting opportunity and energy to explore spirituality. But the problem is we cannot take a spiritual journey because we are spiritual beings having a human experience. What we can do in the dark of winter is garden …
If you would like to experience the Spiral Meditation as a guided practice, it is available on Insight Timer Spiral Meditation The Spiral Meditation is a technique developed by Dr. W. Brugh Joy that uses sacred geometry as means to heal and nourish the body, mind and spirit. It can be used on a daily …
Why Do An Audio Meditation on the Chakras When someone begins to experience their subtle body or energy body, whether it is through an assisted healing modality like acupuncture or reiki, or in a yoga class, skepticism turns to curiosity. I am often asked for recommendations on books about the chakras. Despite my collection of …
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