Mind Body Therapy Practitioner | Meditation & Yoga Teacher
I went through a period recently where I tried not listening to my intuition. To be clear, I did this on purpose. I know this sounds counterproductive, but I am certain that this was a necessary experience — or perhaps better put, experiment — for me. Intuition is a hot topic, particularly with the spiritually …
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This is my life, now... This is my life, now… I don’t say this in a sarcastic tone, or as cynical commentary. I don’t say it with shrugged shoulders or with a self-deprecating chuckle. I say it as a mantra. When I utter it quietly to myself, it grounds me instantly. It puts me in …
I had a birthday a few weeks ago. It was the first one in a while where I felt older. The day seemed to be marked by a distinct recognition that the years I have lived are gone forever, and those ahead are fewer in number and will surely fly by faster than the ones …
Having a regular Newsletter and Blog is something I have wanted for a very long time, but I've never quite been able to make it happen. It's a familiar story for me, and I imagine I am not alone. So often when a creative project feels important and meaningful, I freeze. It’s as if …
Trust your vision and go with it. The suffering is not in the right or wrong, good, or bad. It is in the in between. The indecision. The middle ground where you're not all in or all out, But stuck stubbornly on the fence. Thinking, thinking, thinking... "should I this?" or "should I that?" The longer …
Who are we when we're under pressure? This is one of the many questions our practice answers. I notice in my own life that when my practice becomes difficult, it is because I am making my life harder than it needs to be. So, I work through some stuff on the mat. Go through a …
The pose, the day, the body's condition may be different, but the teaching is always the same. Be still. Listen. Watch. No judgements. No stories. Of course, they will come. But the teaching remains. No matter what arises within -- they are but frames on a reel of film. In practice we learn to see beyond the frames, instead …
*This piece was originally shared on Sequenched.com - a best kept online secret for yoga teachers in creating smart, integrated, and expansive classes that their students will love.* A yoga teacher and mentor once told me, “it’s easy to see what is going on in our students' bodies, but much more difficult to tell what is …
Thinking about meditation… during mediation? <--- Yeah. Guilty…. Where do your thoughts seem to gravitate to when you consciously quite your mind? Your answer will show you the thought patterns that create unnecessary stress in your life. For me, sometimes it seems every other thought during mediation goes back to thinking about building my career …
A popular misconception about meditation is that we need to clear our minds of all thought. While on some level, meditation practice will eventually take us to a place where our minds feel free and clear, we cannot find this place by constantly trying to remove thought after thought. We must access this thoughtless realm using …
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