Stepping Up
I began teaching yoga part-time soon after college. It was definitely a life-line for me: it was something I loved to do and it helped give me inspiration after long …
Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I feel like more and more we are seeing things about mental health in the news, and it is so important, both individually and …
Happy Spring Equinox!
Hoping this finds you weathering this transitional season peacefully. The temperatures have been leaping and falling and leaping and falling, which is a big part of why Ayurveda considers spring …
Rishikesh
I’m writing this to you from the banks of the Ganges in Rishikesh. The balcony from my hotel overlooks this amazing river. My brother once said to me, “You know, …
Fall Equinox 2022
Thursday Sept 22 at 9:03pm ET is the Fall Equinox. After the intense heat of summer, we begin to cool down as the light wanes and day and night are …
Yoga and Freedom
Happy Day-After-Independence-Day. In yoga we often speak about freedom — creating a sense of freedom in the body by releasing tension and stiffness, or accessing freedom of the spirit by …
Happy International Day of Yoga 2022 from Wildflower Yoga
At my first yoga retreat in Costa Rica several years ago, I had the opportunity to visit Poás volcano. It is an active volcano that you can walk right up …
On Dharma
We just completed the second weekend of Yoga Teacher Training at Yoga Center of Columbia. These eleven women and two men will graduate in November having gained 200 hours worth …
Ayurveda Winter Survival Tips
Ah, winter is upon us. It is often challenging to keep spirits up during these colder months of shorter days, so I like to look toward time-tested wisdom for support …
New Year 2022 – Year of the Tiger
Year of the laughing tiger, that is. 🙂 Each winter at the start of the new year, I consider what occurred in the past year and what may be in …