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Show of hands: how many of us think of the ego as a "bad thing"-- something we should be trying to get rid of? 🙋🏼‍♀️ It's not uncommon...

In my last post, we took a look at what we’re actually trying to accomplish when we sit down to meditate. TLDR (too long, didn’t read?):...

Have you ever met a new person and felt an immediate sense of unease or distrust– something about them just doesn’t feel “right”? They...

One thing that we don’t speak about in the movement/wellness/healing arts world is resentment. It feels a little weird to even type that...

A few weeks ago, I was on my way to get a massage and reflecting on the fifteen years I have had with my massage therapist (if you’re in...

Last week, one of my clients was telling me about her past experience with a yoga teacher. “She was young, thin, her body could do...

It’s Not Exercise, It’s Not a Workout, It’s Training (here’s why) When I talk about the kind of work that I do, or how I move my body,...

body neutrality picks up where positivity falls short. When I was a freshly-minted new yoga teacher, I had one goal with my students: to...

let's talk about yoga alignment Have you been told that there is a right way and a wrong way to do a pose? Maybe you were taught one...

As I’m writing this, my dogs are barking fiercely: the lawn maintenance company is trimming some hedges around the house, and as the...

In my last post, I mentioned that trauma was a particularly tricky word to define. According to the US Veteran’s Administration, 7-8% of...

as practitioners, we can empower folks to experience their own strength (rather than fear their fragility) If you've taken a yoga class...

This week’s blog is inspired by an Instagram post by one of my favorite gyms-that-I’ve-never-been-to, 13th Flow in Chicago. I’m not sure...

Imagine you are a prospective yoga student. Looking at class schedules online, you see a lot of “vinyasa” yoga, and you wonder what it is....

One of the most challenging things about being a yoga teacher is teaching the dreaded “mixed-level class.” It might look like this– In...