In the last year, I took a seven-month sabbatical from teaching weekly classes. I had just sold my yoga studio and needed a break from a weekly commitment to recover inspiration for teaching again.
As I returned to teaching, I ended up facing an issue that I thought I was done with. I’ve been teaching yoga since 2001, and I’ve had plenty of times when I’ve had small classes, no-shows, or I’ve taught a private session to the one student who showed up to a group class. But now, I tell myself, this shouldn’t happen to me anymore. I lead successful, weeklong international retreats. My workshops fill up. I lead yoga teacher trainings. I have a strong and loyal local following where I live.
Read MoreHere is a simple sequence you can do every day to keep your body feeling good and your mind calm.
Six directions of the spine
Can be done seated, standing, on all fours or on your back.
Forward bend or round your spine (Cat Pose)
Back bend or arch your spine (Cow Pose)
Side bend to the right
Somatic movement, also sometimes called somatic education, is the lineage of gentle movement practices that began with Moshe Feldenkrais’s Awareness Through Movement (ATM) lessons. I think of somatic movement as neuromuscular repatterning.
Read MoreA student on retreat with me recently asked me a great question. She wanted to know what to do when anger arose during her meditation practice. Specifically, she was feeling anger toward another person. Initially, I wasn’t quite sure what to advise her so I’ve been thinking about it since she asked, flushing out my thoughts.
Read MoreThanks for your interest in hearing more from me! I will be posting articles relevant to yoga, meditation and movement written by me or others, write book reviews, post summaries from recent retreats and also include sequences for home practice here. Stay tuned!
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