Anyone else feeling a bit worn out? I love the Christmas season but after the “big day,” I am done.  I have eaten enough, shopped enough, entertained enough.  I’ve decorated and cleaned and cooked and wrapped.  I have licked so many envelopes I seriously worried I was coming dangerously close to death by glue poisoning. Every […]

The lights start to dim and the tempo of the music slows.  My heart is racing, sweat is pouring … “Right shin across the mat….parallel to the front mirrors as best you can….flex your foot…and fold” And so we meet again….Pigeon. Oh how I love to hate you. We have been in a volatile relationship […]

Somewhere along the way in the past 6 years, yoga has become a defining trait of mine.  It has not been purposeful, although I suspect the yoga-themed, inspirational quotes from Pinterest that have overtaken my FB, Twitter and blog may have something to do with it. C’mon, that’s a good one, right?  We could spend […]

Life is often marked, even measured, by the big moments. Big moments like a milestone birthday or the day the baby started to walk. Days dedicated to a collective celebration and even the ones that are personal remembrances. The next vacation or the day we close on a new home.  The feeling of anticipation and […]

Krishna Pattabhi Jois was an Indian yoga teacher who developed the popular and gymnastic style of yoga referred to as Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga or Ashtanga Yoga. Yoga Guru No, this is not a question of who would when in a battle royale! (Clearly Guruji’s ujayii breath is too powerful a weapon against any mortal, plus if […]