Suffering is Optional

Free the mind, and free the suffering… Many of us found our way into yoga to create more ease in our lives. While it may not be a panacea, yoga does ease muscle tension, quiet the mind for a while, and address the suffering caused from...

Softening into Spring

Welcome spring!  With this season of awakening and new beginnings, let’s find ways of softening. One of my favorite offerings in class is to say, “where can you soften?”. There are many things that can harden us, harden...

Deep Listening

These winter days of high winds, frigid temperatures, and ice everywhere are conducive for getting cozy and quiet. Combine the weather with the spread of COVID (or the potential spread) and hunkering down has new meaning and creates the space for deep listening. Cathy...

Holiday Tangles

Holiday magic or a tangle of emotions? In contemplating why the holidays stir angst, it didn’t take long for me to identify a few big snarls in my holiday experience. Certainly, I am not alone in finding the tangles of  the holiday season. Without bringing the...

Reset Anyone?

Quiet mornings in nature As the busy end of the school year approached, I could feel how desperately I needed a reset. A change of scenery, a change of routines, some kind of shift was definitely in order. Time and time again, I become swallowed up by the urgency of...