Yesterday I wrote about the idea of simply showing up to life as a way of escaping the survive/thrive duality. Today I want to get very concrete about how to ground or integrate this energy in your life. Obviously, if you are truly in a survival situation—and I mean one Read more…
Looking back on so many of the strange and surprising lessons of last year—learning I had not consciously called in but which came to me loud and clear anyway—I see how few of my external 2019 “goals” turned out because my energy took a sharp turn inward at the start Read more…
Last week I had been trying to dismiss the sadness I felt around some of my seedlings wilting. I was especially bummed when I saw that none of my anise hyssop survived, since I was really hoping to have a more pollinator-friendly, flower-filled garden this season. “Perspective,” I kept telling Read more…
At the start of the year I set an intention for heart expansion, and yet what kept coming in as my deepest paths of learning were breath and balance. It wasn’t totally out of left field because breath and balance are foundational to my work and personal practice, but these Read more…
It’s funny to witness so many people at a loss as to “what to do with themselves” these days because it’s like, welcome to my life. Yes, there is a pandemic, but this is pretty much life as usual for me. Brian and I both work from home, unless he Read more…
[I wrote this IG post last Sunday, while still in NYC, though I didn’t have the energy to post it on this blog, with minor edits, till now.] That experience I had last Monday on my yoga mat was contextualized this weekend. It had been practice for me to recognize Read more…
[I wrote this IG post on the train ride down this past Friday, but didn’t have a convenient means to post on this blog till now.] After months of being kind of hermit-y and not going into NYC to work and visit friends and family, I am right now on Read more…
Yesterday I had a really interesting learning experience with my breath. I got to my restorative mat yoga class still sore from a TRX workout that I hadn’t been to in awhile, plus I had a pinch in my neck from sleeping on my pillow funny. I was really looking Read more…