When I first started practicing Hatha Yoga 26 years ago, my teachers always included at least two or more opportunities to pair up with a fellow yoga student in class in order to explore a given posture more deeply. I've always been comfortable working in pairs. If there was someone [...]
I solemnly took her coat, a beautiful leather coat. A memento of sorts, the coat was something tangible to remember her by. I claimed it as my own, a coat I’d probably never buy for myself. I still can’t imagine my mother wearing it and found no photos to prove [...]
I didn't get a mid winter break this year! Maybe this is why I am officially tired of winter. If only winter could be as short as this blog post. It's been one cold winter. On January 17, Green Lake was completely frozen over. That was the first time I [...]
On Saturday, prior to the Seattle Women's March, a group of yogis and I experienced first-hand how yoga postures, such as Warrior I, II, III , and Archer's Pose, can help build physical and emotional strength. As we moved from one posture to another, I could feel my body unlocking [...]
When I was growing up in Indiana in the 1960s, Christmas meant time off school, time to play in the snow and make a snowman. I always received Perfect Attendance Awards in school, mostly because I was healthy, but also because, even if I had a tummy ache, my mom [...]
