Hot Yoga.  Those two words invoke anxiety in many new yoga practitioners.  The idea of practicing in a room that is 105 degrees Fahrenheit with humidity of 40 percent sounds like torture to those embarking on their yogic path.  I see them wander into the studio all the time looking petrified and full of […]

Your thoughts are neither your identity, nor your reality. Oftentimes, we cannot control what thoughts spring to mind. The human brain is far too complex and far too intricate for that. We have certain mental knee-jerk reactions that we cannot pre-meditatively halt or prevent. Yet, we can exert enough control over the mind to stop […]

There is a saying I believe: Opinions are like a$$holes…everybody has one.  Over the past year that saying has never rung truer.  There is some cosmic force that once you become a parent you become an open target to any and all advice, whether you want it or not.  It comes from those you know […]

I have been exploring and walking throughout the trails this morning, trying to find the perfect place to begin my day hike.  I thought I’d be on my way by sunrise, but I couldn’t find a place where I would feel safe.  I stopped along the river, walked further into the woods, then turned back […]

  As I stand and survey the absolute destruction zone that has occurred in front of me I cannot help to think, “this is not what I expected to be dealing with today.”  The entire situation like a scene from a war movie…the bomb was dropped, everything exploded into tiny shreds of shrapnel, and somewhere […]

Hoo Boy.  It happened again.  The Southeast Yoga Conference came and went and when the high tide recedes I find myself wading through some intense emotions. I could easily turn this into a syrupy Hallmark-style summary of my experience, and I would mean every word, but I’ll try to express myself more specifically. This one […]