In this month’s newsletter, The Mat Yoga Studio teased at this year’s spring challenge (beginning in April). And while it was just a hint with more details to come, my interest definitely perked up. I have looked forward to studio challenges in years past, and of course, continue to look…
After living somewhere with winter months, I have long joked that I tend to hibernate in the winter. I went out, for the most part, when I needed to be out (like walking to work or to the thankfully nearby grocery store). That’s not to say that I didn’t voluntarily…
Yoga is touted as having many benefits – physical, mental, emotional – and I have heard of studies done on these and while I am certainly not an expert here, I have written from time to time about my personal experiences with the benefits that I have found from my…
I used to not be much of a New Year resolution person. I liked to think of birthdays as a great start to setting new goals for the year ahead (based around one’s next cycle around the sun vs. the turn of a calendar page). And I’m still not a…
I don’t know why, but accountability seems like such a heavy word. Doesn’t it? Probably why it can be so effective: the fact that one will have to tell someone else if they’ve completed the thing s/he said they would complete. Or didn’t. Who wants to admit to not completing…
When I get to around this time of year and think of reflecting on the last twelve months, I often think of more specific moments first, like a certain trip that offered an incredible experience (like the previous year’s trip to the Pacific Northwest). But this year, the first thoughts…