"Fran, thanks for nothing." That's what Ali said to me just after my yoga class ended at Seattle Athletic Club. I looked at his beaming smile and I knew I had heard him correctly. Even though he said this with humor, he was also dead serious. I burst out laughing [...]
When I first arrived at the ashram in Nepal in 1996, where I was about to do an intensive month long teacher training program, I met one of the new yoga instructors who had just finished her month-long intensive with the previous batch of teacher trainees. She was all packed [...]
Last weekend I finished reading the book Love, Medicine, & Miracles: Lessons Learned About Self-Healing From a Surgeon's Experience with Exceptional Patients by Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.. What an inspiring read! I love that Dr. Siegel does his research studies on those who heal, survive, or overcome illness and hardships. [...]
In many ways, the poem below speaks to Rick and me of our home here at the coast! This home is our sanctuary. Many may wonder why on most weekends we drive for two and a half hours each way to spend three precious days here. It is our sanctuary, [...]
The day before yesterday, we visited the serene and gorgeous Self-Realization Fellowship Meditation Gardens in Encinitas. So far, for me, this was perhaps the greatest highlight of our various outings during this week long yoga retreat. The official organization, Self-Realization Fellowship, was founded in 1920 by Paramahansa Yogananda. He is [...]