Raise Your Vibration! The Science of Connection.
Embodying Love in times of chaos and negativity has been the theme in my yoga classes this month. Moving beyond love as a personal emotion and awakening to love as […]
Cultivating Kindness. The Inner Mean Girl Spiritual Cleanse.
Have you ever noticed that when you are the least comfortable with yourself that everyone around you shows up like a complete asshat? Fools! The whole lot of them! This […]
Simplicity. Hope. Gratitude.
My heart and soul are yearning in this present time for simplicity and deep, authentic community. Consumption, greed and the voices of hatred and oppression that seek to divide and […]
When Fear Shows up On the Path.
I have been really struggling with anxiety and depression the last several months. So much self doubt showing up. Doubt in myself and the path that has chosen me. The […]
My Rebel Yell! Radical Acts of Rebellion.
“Our deepest calling is to grow into our own authentic self-hood, whether or not it conforms to some image of who we ought to be. As we do so, we […]
Taking it to the the next level! Bring it on!
It is approaching one year ago that my position in Integrative Medicine and Director of Planetree Services was eliminated at Windber Medical Center. It was a job that I loved. […]
Life is a fast moving train and a slow tedious crawl and everything inbetween
The outside world and my life seem sometimes to be this iron horse of a steam engine train with tons of raggedy, rattling boxcars adorned with urban art that flashes […]
Every Day is New. The Yoga of Life.
As a species, we love certainty. We want things to make sense, for life to be orderly, to follow our well laid out plans. Many of us take […]
Compassion and Skillful Action
My practice of yoga extends far beyond my mat. That is where the journey begins but certainly, at least for me does not end. There is a sense espiecally as […]
Healing Trauma Through Yoga
Heading out this morning to Yoga Service International with 2 of my favorite people. Erika and Barbara, a therapist and a counselor who work daily with victims of rape, and […]