This is my 599th blog post. And this is my post-birthday blog. I was born on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1961. My mother was very big on telling each of my sisters and me our birth story every time our birthdays rolled around. I think each time she told [...]
Last week, we had another houseful of yogis at Little Renaissance for our Sicilian Heritage and Yoga Weekend Retreat. Imagine a weekend of homemade Sicilian vegetarian meals, Hatha Yoga sessions, beach walks on the west edge of the continental USA, and immersing yourself into a natural setting where you are [...]
Among the most powerful of asanas are the Warrior Poses: Virabhadrasana I, Virabhadrasana II, and Virabhadrasana III. When we practice the Warrior Sequence, we contemplate the question, "What does it mean to be a Spiritual Warrior?" Machu Picchu Warriors, Peru March 2012 I asked a few retreat participants [...]
This past weekend, we hosted a Mother Daughter Yoga Retreat at Little Renaissance. We had three generations present and, yet, we never felt any sort of generational gap. The inter-generational aspect of the retreat was so fun and all interactions were meaningful. I observed that the one grandmother present was [...]
Yoga in the Dark. No, it's not a typo. It's yoga done in the "dark"and not in the "park" and it's an entirely different experience from the light-filled atmosphere of doing yoga outdoors in the summertime. Yesterday afternoon I taught a yoga workshop in the dark. Long before I started [...]
