Eye Opener Yoga at Midtown Community Yoga
…This class. I love this class because it is yoga AF. Eye- Opener Yoga | On & Off The Mat “This free/donation-based/karma-class is geared towards, but definitely not limited to, those dealing with life challenges and addictions.” Tuesdays | 7.00pm-8.30pm Midtown Community Yoga 8/1 Cindy Farnes 8/8 Ellie Holbrook 8/15 Layne Linebaugh 8/22 Cindy Farnes […]
Courage
To be courageous is not to have an absence of fear. Rather, to have courage is to have mastery over the fears that reside deep within us. It is the willingness to tear the bandage off, dissect our subconscious mind, heal old wounds, and understand our inner most processes as intimately as possible. It is […]
Move the way love moves you
Last month, while visiting family in Minnesota, I taught a yoga class to some of my favorite yoginis. After class, I received this text from one of my beloveds… “I want what you have. When you were in Warrior One today, you radiated. All of you screamed “Yes, world! This is who I am! And […]
lovelovelove
While shopping for the studio this morning, I was approached by a homeless man and his wife. And with the heaviest most light-filled eyes I have ever made contact with, he began to explain their hard luck and asked for anything that I could spare to help his family. Knowing that I did not have […]
The Magic of the Dakini
Tonight, I learned of being a Dakini: “It is said that women make superior healers because they are able to dive into meditation much more easily than males, as males are afraid of dropping the intellect. To be naked in the meditation experience is frightening for them, whereas women seem to be able to […]
Love. Light. Gratitude.
Lovers. You are such beautiful people! I feel absolutely humbled and moved to tears by the LOVE and LIGHT that everyone has showered upon me as I have shared my news with you. This is a bittersweet adventure for us indeed, as our roots are deep here. So know that we will return often, and […]
Dream Weaving
Ever since I was a baby girl, I dreamed of moving out west. I came close to realizing this dream when I was 18, but after finding out that I was pregnant with Ian, I put this dream on hold and instead dove heart-first into motherhood. Then, after more than fourteen years of falling in […]
Nowhere. Now Here. Here Now.
Presence, or the |Art of Being-Here-Now|{for me} is an ongoing practice. …For, as I experience it, [presence is a practice] indeed. And it is one that I simultaneously crave and resist. Because to live in the present moment is to both *feel and experience* ABSOUTELY EVERYTHING that is to be registered on a […]
Magic Words
I once attended a wedding where the pastor ‘s homily revolved around four short phrases of three simple words that loved ones should say to each other every day. The first phrase he told us to say to one another is, “I love you”. For many of us, it seems, this phrase comes with relative […]
OwieZowie
Has something ever happened to you that cut deeply into your soul? Have you ever allowed someone access to your heart and you ended up being hurt by them? Have you ever loved someone unconditionally, given them your trust and found that they misused it? Have you ever been blind-sided by an event in life […]