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Despite its bad rap, tension isn't all bad. When we speak or hear about tension in the context of a yoga class or a massage treatment, we...

So, you’ve decided you want to make a change. Maybe you’re working on recognizing and changing a bias you carry. Or you’re trying to use...

I’m really excited to give this recipe a page of its very own! This is my absolute favorite, best-ever, chocolate chip cookie recipe. I...

Our bodies and brains love to work in patterns-- it's a simple way to minimize brainpower and eliminate excess calorie expenditure. Many...

You may not have heard the term, but you are already an expert in healthism. As invisible and pervasive as the air we breathe, healthism...

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

One of the most important lessons I learned from yoga? That there are some things about myself that can't be changed-- and that's...

and how can we use it to "read" what our body is saying? Like many of you, I have a morning ritual. I wake up, feed the dogs, make my...

One of the things that brings me joy, that makes me feel alive, powerful, and free, is physical training. I love to sweat, to move, to...

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...

It seems like trauma is trending lately– we hear more about it in mainstream news, and it feels as though there’s much less stigma around...

Yoga, meditation and other somatic practices have long been part of indigenous communities' ways of healing and spirituality. If we're...

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

Here in South Florida, it’s not uncommon to spend summers avoiding as much of the outdoors as possible (with the exception of boating,...

a long, nerdy post about alignment in this classic shape Warrior 1: it sounds so fundamental, so simple, like, the most basic thing you...

For some of us, learning that it’s okay to fail is a life skill that pays off big. In a recent Fighting Monkey workshop with the...

This is my go-to recipe when I have extra zucchini, am craving a little chocolate something, or want an easy food gift for a friend....

My understanding of core work has changed over the years, but for a long time, I understood it as primarily a need to “strengthen the...

Do you find yourself doomscrolling-- scanning through your Facebook feed or news sites these days, looking for the next bad news? Do you...

Your body is the way that you experience the world. Although you might imagine that you can feel as others do, “putting yourself in their...