The spring of 2021 was a rough one. In fact, that entire year was an obstacle course of depressive episodes interspersed with gut punches offered up in the boxing ring of life. Not to say there weren't many beautiful moments and supportive people standing ringside. Teaching yoga, spending time with family, good friends and hours upon necessary hours spent wandering in nature. These things kept my head above water. Even so, this inbetween time was, and still is, exceedingly hard. We don't ...
Social Media & Identity Entrenchment
Tami Klein Photography A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of sharing my "Business of Yoga" teacher training module with the students of Shawna Turner's Yoga School. I began the talk with the following question; Who here has a complicated relationship with social media? Not surprisingly, almost all of us in that meeting did. A realization that left me feeling much less alone. Over time, and especially over the pandemic, I’ve felt my relationship towards the ...
The “Push Me Pull You” of the Pandemic
Perhaps, like me, your childhood included the reading of the whimsical Dr. Dolittle. A man who could talk to animals, leading to silly adventures galore. One adventure of the beloved Dr. Dolittle included the discovery of a fascinating creature called the Pushmi-Pullu - A two headed "gazelle, unicorn cross" that had directional issues due to its unique anatomy. With the stages of reopening edging towards us, I feel like the living embodiment of this mythical ...
The Cycle of Life
Bike riding fast, lost in the freedom of it. Suddenly….. -- swerving, crashing, flying over the handlebars, shoulder, neck and head hit the ground. Everyone at the intersection stops. Every car rolls down their window and calls out. People run out of the nearby restaurant to ask; “Are you okay?!” Which only makes me want to cry more. Like that moment when a kid falls, the wind is knocked out of them. They look up at their parent who gasps ...
Travel is a Privilege, Not a Right
Our relationship with the earth is dysfunctional. We have a small window within which we can make it less dysfunctional. We can choose definitive ways to heal the breach. As we've been relegated inside, I've read about people longing for travel and adventure, momentarily forgetting that globalization and intense, sometimes unnecessary inter-connection is a part of what has us in this pandemic and emergency environmental state -- Travel is a privilege, not a right -- I'm guilty of ...
Let Yourself Feel
Here you are. Grateful. Scared. Angry. You danced around your apartment, violently swinging your arms and legs, hoping to bypass what you knew intellectually was coming, but was desperate to bypass emotionally -- the undulating stages of grief. They do not come in predictable patterns, these stages. They come and go on a seemingly nonsensical whim. When in actuality, they are usually right on time. Like high maintenance dinner guests you know you must entertain. Guests ...
The Benefits of Private Yoga: Why Even Just One Session is Worth the Investment
I love my job. Teaching yoga is my passion and purpose. Even so, when I step into a studio to teach a public class a small part of my heart aches with frustration. I love the collective energy and flow that comes from a public class. People are putting in the effort. They showed up to work on themselves. They're doing something potentially really good for their health! Even so, the unnerving things you see as the teacher..... Like someone trying so ...
