“I realized I couldn’t put all of my strength on the pull. I have to put some on the pull and some on the ground in my feet so I don’t fall down.” I have the distinct honor of hearing lots of “ah-ha’s” in my private sessions with clients. They realize what is working and […]
No doubt, I have an awesome job. Here are a few of the recent “ah-ha’s” I’ve heard from clients. “I realized that if I give attention to my feet and let them support me when I stand, I have zero back pain!” “It’s counterintuitive to everything I’ve ever been told… I think I need to […]
When I first began exploring yoga therapeutically around 2011, there are a couple of assumptions I made: A) This will be interesting because all of these other people have pain and I have none. Well, maybe I have my funky neck stuff that has been around since I was a kid but that is just […]
I had plans, you guys. So many plans! This weekend, I am home for one whole night… alone! My husband has my kiddos out of town and here I sit in a quiet house. I was going to sleep for a long and luxurious night, write a couple of blog posts, draft an upcoming class, […]
A couple of weeks ago on our trip to Virginia, I saw two old friends. It has been 17 years since we met in college and about 3 years since our last visit or chat. I marveled at this experience. Why? Because I’m a professional explorer of patterns. Because I could feel how the ways […]
A few short weeks ago, a book called Journal of Solitude by May Sarton found me. I was at an outdoor play space with my kiddos and there was a small hutch where people could leave old books to pass on to new hands. This book jumped at me as soon as I opened the […]
We’re visiting family right now in Northern Virginia just outside of Washington, DC. My 6 year old is currently in the backyard and the first meandering snowflakes of a belated winter storm began to fall minutes ago. He caught sight of them and shot outside, paused in awe, and darted back and forth like an excited […]
“Be careful!” says the father to the child as she attempts to climb a ladder. “Be careful!” says the grandmother as the child stumbles excitedly down a path by a lake. “Be careful!” says the mother to the daughter as the child climbs into the car for the first time to drive solo. Years ago, […]
“Home is where the heart is.” Yes. Home is the space we hold with those whom we love. It is not a place of material possessions or walls built with force. It is deeply knowing that we are supported with ease and faith by those who believe in us. Exactly as we are. Home is […]
There is always a conversation snaking through from your inner body outward. At this moment, I sit in the Minneapolis airport on the way home from Calgary. I am full up with new learning. I am grateful. I am tired. I am overwhelmed. Those are the words I put to this moment. But there is […]