Yoga Headlines: Wrecking, Aching, or Bliss?
Saturday, January 7th, 2012The past three days, I’ve been sent the New York Times magazine article entitled How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body by a number of friends and family members. The article focuses mainly on the thoughts and teachings of a credible yoga teacher, Glenn Black, and I agree with some of what is said. At one [...]
Honor Where You Are
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011I’ve been mulling over all sorts of ideas for a “return to this space” blog post after my long absence, but tonight, I’m just going to jump back into it. I read a blog post by a fellow yogini that really rang true to me, with a message that I felt should be spread as [...]
Eight Limbs for Your Daily Life
Saturday, March 12th, 2011A dear friend and fellow yogini, Brittany (she’s also the mastermind of Lucy James Photography, so the name may sound familiar!), recently wrote a beautifully written blog post on The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Eight Limbs of Yoga. It is so very timely, too, since this past week the Eight Limbs of Yoga frequently [...]
Riding the Breath
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011I am so inspired by tonight’s ashtanga practice at Central Street Yoga! We had a great group of yogis and yoginis, all of whom had practiced ashtanga before, and most of whom have been practicing it since I moved to the Bangor, Maine area and began teaching it here in July 2010 (and a couple [...]
Yoga and… Sewing?
Friday, March 4th, 2011Anyone who has been following my blog knows that I’ve recently gotten into sewing and have been marveling at the many amazing tricks of the sewing machine. You also probably know a bit about my love of yoga and my daily discoveries of the amazing things yoga can do for a person’s body, mind, and [...]
The Great White
Monday, February 28th, 2011I don’t know why people are so frightened of Maine winters. Yes, it’s cold… but it’s winter! Bundle up and you’ll be fine! I have been loving this, my first Maine winter, mostly because of the abundance of beautiful, sparkling white snow!! After a fairly long stretch of no snow, during which the snow mounds [...]
A Holiday Gift and A New Year’s Reflection
Friday, January 7th, 2011We spent the holidays in New Jersey with my family this year. My brother Steven was home from San Francisco, and my brother Bob and his fiance Justine spent a lot of time at my parents’ house, too. With all six of us together, and lots of other visiting family and friends, paired with the [...]
The Light in Me Sees the Light in You
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010Namaste. If you’ve ever been to a yoga class, chances are you’ve heard it. It is one of my favorite sentiments learned from yoga, and when embodied fully, I feel like it can do amazing things. As explained in depth on the Yoga Journal page, “the gesture Namaste represents the belief that there is a [...]
Ahh, La-La Land!
Monday, December 20th, 2010Deep, reflective, honest. Yoga friend John wrote this fantastic article for Elephant Journal, and he so eloquently put words to feelings that many new yogis experience. That yoga high is a wonderful feeling, and so much more so if it can be shared with those you love. But what if those you love don’t practice [...]
Attitude of Gratitude… with a little help from my friends.
Friday, December 10th, 2010Thank you, Beatles. And thank you, friends. Lately, I’ve been working hard to keep my attitude of gratitude in the forefront of my mind. The reasoning is well stated in this quote: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough. It turns denial into ACCEPTANCE, chaos into ORDER, confusion [...]
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