What an unbelievable gift to be here at the Yoga Journal Conference in Estes Park. My adoration of arid mountainous regions and altitude has been discussed in a previous blog, so I couldn’t help but smile at the sheer perfection of it as I climbed from Denver to Estes Park last night—on my way into the mountains to think about Yoga, health, wellness, elevated consciousness and spirituality for 3 days without my husband, kids or even a friend. No one else’s’ energy, no one else’s’  [...]

This is a totally different kind of post, but I can’t resist. I love to laugh. So this week, I had one of our most awesome clients complain about the “extreme heat” in the studio (the studio is 85, sometimes it’s it more like 92, it’s definitely warm, but not Bikram hot).  I’ve had another very awesome client tell me that he avoids the crowded classes because of the carbon dioxide off-gassing.  So I love the heat, I love the studio, but in light of these  [...]

So I share this at the risk of sounding slightly crazy (for those who know me I think it goes without saying that I’m pretty open to the metaphysical world), but I recently consulted an “Intuitive Counselor” (i.e. psychic) who came highly recommended to me from two trusted and totally normal friends. She knew only two things about me: my first name and my cell phone number. She doesn’t want to know anything else, because she doesn’t want to be accused of researching her clients.  [...]

Now that I’m in my late 30′s and I’ve had two kids, it inevitably happens about twice a year: I’ll pull on a favorite pair of jeans and realize that they’re snug. Now I’m a huge believer in radical self acceptance and self love, but what can I say? I don’t like it when my stomach hangs over my pants . . . So when the pants are snug, I hop on the dusty scale (which I otherwise ignore) to confirm my suspicions and force  [...]

May you feel safe and protected May you feel contended and pleased May your body support you with strength May your life unfold smoothly and with ease. No one loves a little human drama more than I do. I have to admit, I’ve spent a life time being “quick to flip” (off other drivers that is); I’ve spent countless hours having “fights” in my head in which I finally, and spectacularly tell-off someone who’s wronged me with some brilliant and well timed insult. I’ve told  [...]

Everything in the universe is pure energy, pure light and pure vibration. This is not a radical or esoteric concept: we know via modern physics that everything in the physical world is, at its essence, comprised of electrons and neutrons, or pure energy. So we understand that everything is imperceptibly vibrating at all times at a certain frequency. Whether or not we know this, we feel it. We call it gut instinct. It happens all the time when we meet people, often times we know  [...]

We waste so much time worrying about what others think of us. And it really is a waste of time: first of all, they’re likely not thinking about us much at all and secondly, we’re unlikely going to be able to change their opinions of us if they are giving us much attention. Self-evaluation based on other people’s opinions of us propels us into a state of inhibition and fear. We mask who we really are to conform because of the fear of rejection. “To  [...]

Fear was a dominant emotion in my life until I began studying Yoga philosophy. As an environmental sciences major in college, I often felt completely gripped with fear. Constantly studying and evaluating humanity’s destruction of the natural world convinced me of the planet’s sure demise. This constant state of fear left me feeling off-balance and often very insecure about the stability of human life. These fears worsened substantially post-college when 9/11 struck New York City: I was certain that not only would there be an  [...]

“Life is always flowing to you and through you, but for you to have conscious deliberate awareness of it is the ultimate in truly living. Accomplishing end result is manifestation: consciously managing and maintaining your vibrational balance is Deliberate Living. And it is what we call living the Art of Allowing. * * * You are far more Vibration and Energy than you are the physical Being that you recognize with you.” -The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent: Living the Art of AllowingOften in class  [...]

To embrace the flow allowing for grace and connection.To live life with joy, strength, freedom and without inhibition.To share this liberation with the world as I dance with life and live with love. I spent June 1st on a personal Yoga Safari in L.A. Home to many celebrity Yoga Instructors and Master Teachers, West L.A. is arguably the Western World’s Yoga Mecca–it’s also home to Shiva Rea, one of my teachers/gurus. While I enjoyed and challenged my body in several classes, I left Shiva Rea’s  [...]