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Aug 2, 20244 min read
Bit by Bit
I believe healing happens, of course I do. But I don’t believe healing happens like a bolt of lightning after a rock bottom, at least not...

May 13, 20232 min read
In Spirit’s Hands Now
There’s no turning back now. The book has been sent to the printers. Publicity campaign is in full effect. Reviewers are reading, I’m...


Feb 17, 20232 min read
like an arranged marriage...
I cannot say it was love at first sight. “It’s really beautiful,” I say. Inside I am thinking: but it doesn't feel like me. Me, a scrappy...


Jan 2, 20232 min read
tell your story, don't dwell in it alone...
Two years ago I signed up for an online memoir writing class with Nancy Aronie. Nancy gave us a prompt, then fifteen minutes to write....

Nov 30, 20225 min read
We All Crave Love...
We often speak of love as a currency; an energy exchange between ourselves and another. Something given and received. With the love,...


Nov 26, 20224 min read
At My Thanksgiving Table
I can practically taste Grandma Elise’s famous potato chip crusted apple pie, even if it’s been years since I’ve eaten it, decades since...


Jun 3, 20226 min read
I earned these whites
At eighteen I found my first gray hair. I was looking in the mirror, before leaving for school, and there it was. One long wiry white...


May 19, 20222 min read
So, I did not do my IG Live.
So, I did not do my IG Live, as I told myself I would do every Wednesday. This living stuff is large. All the things. Not only the things...


May 17, 20222 min read
Student-Teacher, same person...
Sometimes, while teaching yoga, I say something ridiculous by mistake and people actually do it. It takes me off guard at times to...

May 5, 20222 min read
(audio) books and bike rides~
Among many others, two huge blessings came with 2022...audiobooks and bike rides! Audible has been a game changer for me! I've finished...


May 5, 20222 min read
Ease up, child. Ease up.
If you think about it, our great assets of character today are often byproducts of the ways we learned to survive as small children. We...


Apr 26, 20221 min read
I have the right to be here...
I have the right to be here. It is impossible to demo a posture on social media and celebrate its fullness. The idea that a single asana...

Apr 26, 20221 min read
a quiet "plunk"...
5:00 a.m.,while writing in the dark, I heard a little noise. A quiet "plunk" came from the windowsill where the house plants live. Was it...


Apr 26, 20222 min read
Harness the overwhelm
Let’s face it, everyday living can be a bit much: the to-do lists, the expectations, upholding importance, overstimulation, social media,...


Apr 26, 20221 min read
"Knock on wood"
Did you know that the term "knock on wood" comes from the ancient belief that every tree is inhabited by a spirit? The act of knocking on...

Apr 20, 20221 min read
We do not do yoga, yoga does us
It’s never about the pose, nor how I shape it. always about my willingness to meet myself while practicing it. lifetimes- mine and the...
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