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. […]

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 […]

Merging Yoga, Music and Community

                 Merging Yoga, Music and Community.     This is my tag line for my business in the healing arts. What does this […]

Love Wins

  Love Wins. I am not talking romantic love here between two individuals.  I am talking Cosmic Love. Love that emanates from the heart center and manifests as this deep […]

Compassion and Suffering

So, 2015 has only been here for a 37 days and I already feel like I have aged a few years. Seeing my beloved daughter deal yet again with fear, […]

Morning Train: Thoughts on Death

    We have teachers all around us if we are paying attention. Some of my greatest teachers have been the hospice patients and their families in the last decade […]