Rikers Island Yoga
Service is not an experience of strength or expertise; service is an experience of mystery, surrender and awe. Helpers and fixers feel causal. Servers may experience from time to time a sense of...
View ArticleRikers Island Yoga (Teaching in Prison)
We are all prisoners, undergoing a life sentence, imprisoned by our own minds. We are all seeking parole, being hostages of our own anger, fear, desire… it is a thin line that separates us from these...
View ArticleWednesday Yoga- Things Change
As the year comes to an end I’m astonished at how much has changed. I’ve transitioned to teaching yoga therapy, discovered a deep and passionate calling to teach meditation and realized that being a...
View ArticleMoney Yoga
Money and Life is a documentary that talks about where money comes from (thin air) and how it’s been turned into the way we live our lives and what we can do about it. Money & Life...
View ArticleMeatless Monday – Confessions Dressed with a Lemon Caper Vinaigrette
Meatless Monday was on hiatus primarily because I was over thinking it. Stymied and frustrated I wallowed in self-pity because I wasn’t creating recipes that I deemed ‘blog-worthy’. Then I called...
View ArticleWednesday Yoga- Priorities
Sometimes blame feels better than starting the healing process. Yesterday, I banged my shin while I was straightening up my bedroom. I have a large bin that is full pf shoes that I no longer wear but...
View ArticleWednesday Yoga- Community
I love my neighborhood and the people in it. After a long day of school I get to go to local yoga studios and teach. More often than not class is filled with a sense of togetherness. Sometimes class...
View ArticleRikers Yoga – Timing is Everything
Adrianna Keener, a fantastic trauma-informed yoga teacher and I jogged across the street to catch the Q-100 bus. I was excited, not just because is an anatomy nerd like me but because it’s nice to go...
View ArticleSaturday Yoga – Dream Big Like The G.O.A.T.
(photo via The Guardian) “If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough” – G.O.A.T. Dreaming big doesn’t have to be extravagant- it may scare you to dream of a day when you don’t wake up...
View ArticleGetting Older – Dog Yoga
One of the most important things I’ve ever done is become a pet owner. I rescued Dakota when she was six. That was eight years ago. You know intellectually that dogs get older and will eventually...
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