Join me in choosing deep rest on Saturday, January 7th… Click here to reserve your space. I’m really looking forward to this one. Let me know if you’ve got questions, Rachel@PureResilienceYoga.com Take good care, Rachel
Tomorrow is my birthday. I’ll be 32, I think. 2022-1980 = 32. Yes, that’s right. Oops. Nope, that’s wrong. 42. I’ll be 42. When I wrote 32, it felt a little lighter. A time hop of sorts. Much had not happened at 32 that has now happened at 42. When I write 42, there is […]
psst. Hey, you there… How’s the whirl twirl of the season feeling?? Are you skimming across the ice backward, sideways and with seamless pivots? Are you pushing the blue plastic skate “aid” thing along plowing the 2 inch thick layer of NC fake snow with your rented skate blades? Are you sitting over in the corner of […]
My grandmother was magical. She was magical because around her I felt loved exactly as I am. When I think of her now, my heart gapes. She and my Granddaddy were the sun to our earth, moon and stars. And at Christmas, our time together was brilliant. There were endless cookies and candies that she […]
Nora’s wall of love An invitation awaits. To pause. To listen. To feel. What waits in the silence? A vastness. Beyond your toes. Beyond your touch. Beyond your reach. Big sky space. And in it, a container big enough for the hard. Please join me for this annual gathering that comes from deep within my […]
Nora, Ru and I are in the carpool line waiting for AM drop-off to begin. BRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG Morning bell rings. Cars start up. Almost time to inch forward. “Oh no!!!!!” 7 year old Nora shrieks, “My water bottle wasn’t closed all the way!!!!!!!!!!!” She’s digging through her backpack, pulling stuff out. Dripping gloves, sopping purple crushed velvet […]
Not gonna’ lie, things are rocky in the valley of people-whom-I-love right now. And I’m tripping over the rocks left and right. Clues abound reflecting the obvious. Clue #1: No appetite for Rachel last night. At all. (Softening #1: Made ojas milk – similar to this one from Kripalu – to ground, nourish, and just-because it tasted […]
When we look out at nature, we’re looking at a mirror of ourselves. We’re looking at ourselves. Yoga also gives us this gift. The gift of a mirror to see ourselves. A mirror through the body in movement, the mind in philosophy, and the heart in meditation. Yoga’s sister science of Ayurveda gives us this […]
A lot of clients come to me with neck pain. And I’ve felt a decent amount of it myself – starting when I was a toddler, in fact. My personal neck pain du jour tends toward a pinching inside my right shoulder blade that travels up and around to the back right side of my neck, locks the whole […]
“All I need is a little S-P-A-C-E!!!!!” my insides rage. (And sometimes my outsides too. oopsie.) This happens to me for sure. And it seems to visit more frequently in the heat of summer than other seasons. Metta, or loving kindness, meditation can help to create some space. And soften the heart, mind and body. I recorded […]