Everyday Yogini

Tapping into the Body Barometer

Everyday Yogini — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:58:31 +0000

Our bodies are faithful guides that are always giving us clues about the direction we are taking in life. Unfortunately, since our bodies don’t communicate in words, it’s easy to miss the message in our very thought-centric society. In Yoga class, I am often telling students to listen to their bodies. This is more than [...]

Why bother with mindfulness?

Everyday Yogini — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:44:44 +0000

If I could give you any gift in the world, it would be the gift of mindfulness. Trying to avoid thoughts and feelings is a useless endeavor that most of us spend a LOT of our life energy on. It is impossible to live a gratifying, happy life that is in line with our deepest desires when we are focused [...]

Gatha 06.12.2009

Everyday Yogini — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:46:28 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve written a gatha, and in fact, this isn’t a new one. I’ve been going back through my idea books (notebooks that I keep with my ideas for just about everything) and culling the ideas that are still exciting and fresh. I came across this gatha, and oddly [...]

Everyday Parenting: Sometimes I have moments of clarity: Post Three of Three

Everyday Yogini — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:07:01 +0000

Thank you so much for your feedback on naming my coaching practice! I am still rolling over the name aspect in my mind and I will let you all know when I have decided. But for now, back to our regularly scheduled programming… Me? Impatient? Come on…. hurry up! Impatience is completely different from Art Boxes [...]

What I want to do when I grow up and other random, important things.

Everyday Yogini — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:08:43 +0000

Beginning long before the the illness that I deal with, after I (finally) passed the CPA exam, I started thinking seriously about the big question. You know. THAT question. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY LIFE??? You know. THAT one. Meaning. Purpose. Passion. Excellence. [...]

Everyday Parenting: Sometimes I have moments of clarity: Post Two of Three

Everyday Yogini — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:02:31 +0000

Tangles, Brushes, and Combs, OH MY! Speaking of V8 moments, let me pick up where I left off. My daughter now has an art box that she adores and uses often. I am a better parent for developing a deeper level of curiosity about who she is (instead of who I think she is). This, of [...]

Everyday Parenting: Sometimes I have moments of clarity: Post One of Three

Everyday Yogini — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:13:10 +0000

“Our children, from infancy to adulthood and beyond, can be seen as perpetually challenging live-in teachers, who provide us with ceaseless opportunities to do the inner work of understanding who we are and who they are.” Jon Kabat Zinn I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to call children teachers. I can say, without a doubt, that [...]

Peace by Peace: A Nationwide Yogathon

Everyday Yogini — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:53:05 +0000

I love this. I mean, I really, really love this. Karma Krew is a yoga inspired nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing the collective energy of the yoga community to translate the insights revealed on the mat into purposeful action in the the world. In May, they are promoting a nationwide Yogathon! Please, get involved and/or [...]

Everyday Yoga: Home Practice

Everyday Yogini — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:54:43 +0000

I like to encourage everyone to pursue a home practice, be it Meditation, Yoga, Tai Chi - really, whatever calls to you. It can be really difficult to make time for a home practice, but, I think an even bigger barrier is the “What-do-I-do-now-that-my-mat-is-rolled-out” barrier. Even after practicing Yoga for as long as I have, [...]

Back in the Saddle

Everyday Yogini — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 08:02:12 +0000

Obviously, I have NOT been blogging. At all. I hate to even admit it, but in the last few months, Facebook has simply taken over my virtual life!! I cannot BELIEVE it took me so long to get on board with social networking! In fact, I have fallen so deeply in love with all [...]