Coming Into Alignment

Coming Into Alignment Within our yoga practice there are two different ways to consider alignment. For many of us who move through a physical practice, the term alignment first evokes thoughts around the positioning of the body. Are my feet in the correct orientation?...

Yoga Inspiration: The Same, But Different

The Same, But Different This week’s inspiration comes by way of the past 200HR Yoga Teacher Training weekend. It’s very common that aspiring yoga teachers start to wonder what’s “right and wrong” about the postures. Let me first say that my philosophy around this is...

Yoga Inspiration: Upgrade Your Life!

Upgrade Your Life! We’ve all heard, and likely used, the phrases “upgrade” and “downgrade” in our conversations. Over this summer I’ve been thinking about what it means to “downgrade” in particular. We’ve become a “bigger is better” society. We’ve become a society...

Yoga Inspiration: Beginner’s Mind

Beginner’s Mind If you recall last week in The Fountain of Youth we talked about trying something for the first time. This brought me back to moving and practicing through the Beginner’s Mind. Some years back I used to teach beginner drum lessons. Just the basics of...

Yoga Inspiration: The Fountain of Youth

The Fountain of Youth As a child I was under the impressive that the phrase “The Fountain of Youth” was only about the physical appearance of looking young forever. As a young girl I envisioned a large water fountain – as that was my only reference to what a fountain...