You know what I love about yoga? It's not just for the days that are Instagram, share-worthy. It isn't reserved for humble bragging golden times. It's a practice that helps you when you royally fucked up For the days when you fumbled the pass, made a mistake, and put not one, but TWO feet in your big, beautiful mouth. Yoga will be there for you. And I don't just mean a sun salutation. Although moving through a few of those and maybe a HIIT cardio class mixed with some ...
Is Branding Leaving Us Burnt?
My favorite song right now? Homicide by Eminem ft. Chris D'Elia. Yes, I teach yoga. Yes I love to meditate. I also love swearing. A lot. Shit is sometimes the only word I can use to accurately express my feelings. I woke up with a hangover on Sunday. And yes, I decompress by listening to songs with all the swears. Slightly off brand for me. Or is it? As a yoga teacher and entrepreneur you're told to have a brand. To maintain an image that helps ...
Three Powerful Parts of Yoga We Tend To Avoid
The overall health benefits of yoga are very real and have been experienced by many. Even so, there are three things which lead to these satisfying results that are often pushed aside for the more flashy, showy world of yoga postures and inspirational quotes. And yet, the power of these three things should not be overlooked. 1) Breathwork Years ago, one of my yoga teachers began the class by saying, "It's not how deeply you do the posture. How deeply can you breathe ...
Why Is Self Love So Hard?
Love yourself. This is the prevailing message nowadays. But what if you don’t? What if you struggle, daily, with the idea of it? What if loving yourself feels like you’re being to asked to write with your non dominant hand, walk backwards, or feels as extreme as jumping out of a plane? I feel it necessary to say: You are not alone. Also - if you struggle with self love - this does not mean you are a ...
“Good Grief” Continued – Part 2
I've had some pretty powerful conversations with people since posting the "good grief" blog last week. All poignant and very impactful. One conversation and its timing was breathtaking. About a year ago, I walked into a local business. Unprompted, the man working the desk told me his stepdaughter was expected to pass away any day from stage four cancer. The ache and agony in his voice was not so much for himself, but for his wife. He longed to take away her pain. He ...
There’s A Reason It’s Called “Good Grief”
We are always saying goodbye. This isn't singularly sad. This is the truth. It is fitting "goodbye" has the word good in it. Just like the phrase "good grief". Saying "farewell" or "grieving" are experiences which hold powerful elements of goodness. Something wonderful and beautiful is worth saying a proper goodbye to. A person who was so incredible deserves to be properly grieved. Their loss is significant, and so is ...
Are You Using Yoga To Escape or Enter Life?
Here's a question worth asking yourself; Are you using yoga to escape or enter into life? Yoga is something that usually makes us feel good. It's supposed to. It's aim is to put the body and mind at ease. What we do with that ease is up to us. When I first discovered yoga, I would RUN to the studio at the end of a stressful day. I 'escaped' on the mat in graceful asana flows and breath work. The evening ended with me drifting home feeling ...
