I like to write about intention-setting at the start of the year. It’s certainly a topic many examine right about now. Last year I talked about getting creative with goals – or resolutions – in the midst of so much uncertainty (such as how can I experience new places with…
There are some themes over the last year that I wanted to revisit in a 2021 wrap-up post. To start, I wrote last month about my gratitude for the community I’ve found at The Mat, and I suspect is found by many with their yoga studios. While I talked about…
Coming into November, I planned to write about gratitude. I had a good idea in mind to revisit the gratitude I feel for this yoga community and this space, and was working out what I wanted to say about that. And then the idea of a community was really highlighted…
As the year winds down and thoughts of the New Year are just beginning to form, one thing that may come up in your yoga community are the teacher training programs that’ll begin early in the next year. If you are thinking about teaching yoga in the future, then certainly…
For quite some time, I’ve wanted to build a more mindful practice into my life, finding myself often rushing through the day with my mind multi-tasking even in conversations. And then of course, there have been the added stresses that have arisen over the last year from a global pandemic.…
For some time, crow has been a favorite pose for me, and maybe it was because it was one of the first arm balances I felt comfortable doing. But over the years I’ve had time to practice it and it remains one I love hearing an invitation to practice. Over…