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Half-Moon
Half-Moon Alone in the bedroom or at the back of the large yoga class, against the wall or balanced alone in the shaking steadiness...
No More Homeless Pets: The Fix is In
The Fix is In I come from a family of ailurophiles—cat lovers. My family lived on a dead-end street abutted by an unruly woods....
On Retreat
On Retreat: Heading to the Woods Once every year, I go to the woods, to a small Catholic retreat center in northeast Kansas, which...
Slow Yoga: Feeling Your Practice
Slow Yoga Practice I’ve been getting into a slower yoga practice lately. I’m talking tortoise of the tortoise-and-the-hare fame. Since I’m not actually in...
Creating a Safe Container: Being on Time
Surya Namaskar Clock A few years ago I was invited to guest teach Yoga Nidra to a group of teacher trainees at a local...
A Quality Life Community: A Mountain Retreat
A Quality Life Community: Yoga for Cancer and So Much More The Uinta Mountains are a little-known jewel in northeastern Utah. Eclipsed in popularity...
Yoga as Sabbath
Sabbath Yoga — Taking Time for Yourself Years ago, I read that if you don’t make time for your sabbath—or shabbat in Judaism—it will...
Impermanence: Of Tulips and the Transitory (Part 2)
The Reality of Impermanence The reality of impermanence was one of the first insights I had when I began meditation practice. As my mind...
Impermanence: Of Tulips and the Transitory (Part 1)
Impermanent Elegance Impermanence and Appreciation I wish tulips bloomed all summer. Two weeks of glory is far too little. During their spring performance I...
Don’t Give Up
Don’t Give Up: When Things Don’t Go Our Way, It Might be a Gift A lot of people tend to think, when they are...
Don’t Stand Down
Don’t Stand Down: You Just May be Right! In what ways do you make yourself wrong? I don’t know about you, but there are...
Opening the Heart + Breathing—Or, Why I Had a Meltdown in Class
The Heart Opening Breath I recently went to class with a new (to me) teacher. About halfway through class, she announced that we’d be...