Today is one day after Earth Day, and one day before my 30th birthday. I’ve been thinking quite a bit over the last few days about how these two days are both for me about really stepping into and claiming the truth of who I am, the truth of my natural self. By this I [...]
About this time last year I was going through a really difficult time in my partnership, and was wrestling with the decision of whether to stay in the crucible we had created or to walk away. Throughout weeks of some of the most uncomfortable emotional territory I had ever been in, I would continually seek [...]
A few days ago, sitting on my mat, I let my hands meet in front of my heart in what’s known as anjali mudra, or prayer position. And it suddenly dawned on me to actually let them meet–not just physically bringing my two hands together, but allowing them to come together as if they were [...]
I highly recommend you check out Krista Tippett’s interview with Seane Corn on NPR’s Speaking of Faith. http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/2008/yoga/ Corn, internationally known yoga teacher and self-proclaimed “yoga-activist” has some beautiful and pertinent things to say about yoga as “body prayer,” as well as a doorway to embracing the shadow in ourselves through our practice and through [...]
Earlier this week, much in need of a brisk walk in the woods to move my body and mind away from holding patterns they’d been in for a few days, I left the house and headed out for my favorite trail. As I walked, I let myself feel in to some recent situations I had [...]