quiet your thinking brain…
If you’ve been in a yoga class, you might have heard some version of “quiet your thinking brain.” Eliminate the monkey chatter. Clear your head of thoughts. Let go of anything not serving you. Yeah,...
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A previously little known fact I’m now sharing with the internet: I’m a yoga teacher who is scared of doing a headstand. Oh, I don’t mind cuing students into sirsasana. I can look at a body moving...
View Articlemy five-day fling with FitBit
Disclaimer: I know millions of Americans, a few whom I dearly love, enthusiastically rely on FitBit to count steps and monitor activity in the spirit of accountability. While [spoiler alert] this...
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on “doing” yoga
“I guess you aren’t doing yoga for awhile,” I frequently hear. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Now is when I need yoga the most. While a physical yoga practice eludes me for the time being,...
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The Great Ankle Break of 2016
Three days before Christmas, I underwent shoulder surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff muscle and degenerating tendons. “I thought this was a story about an ankle break?” I hear you ask… Hold on, I’m...
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the best of intentions
I’ve called them resolutions. I’ve called them goals. I’ve constructed “goal boards” where I pasted images pulled from magazines of how I want my life to look and feel. Sometimes I succeed and...
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bendy, stretchy, zen
I’m not the most flexible person I know. Not even close. I can touch my toes but can I do a split? Gimme a break. Too many years of running and not stretching before or after have left a legacy of...
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yoga pants: the gateway drug to mom jeans
I love my yoga pants, though I have to admit I don’t do much downward facing dog in them. For yoga, I prefer tight crops especially when practicing in rooms with temperatures 95 degree plus. But for...
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I am a writer
This week, to bolster my chances of keeping the goals/resolutions I set for myself, I attended two yoga intention setting workshops. The first workshop was held at Capitol Hill Yoga on New Year’s Day....
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the best of intentions
I’ve called them resolutions. I’ve called them goals. I’ve constructed “goal boards” where I pasted images pulled from magazines of how I want my life to look and feel. Sometimes I succeed and...
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mirror, mirror on the yogic wall
Since having a life-balance-happiness epiphany in a yoga class in New York my friend Margaret brought me to in August, I’ve been trying to incorporate more of the practice into my life. My first...
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