Archive for June 2023

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far. In my last newsletter I shared the struggle I was having with my “monkey mind” that wouldn’t settle down. This is often a symptom of what is called “living in a trance”.  Living in trance means that we are not fully present in our lives and we each…

I hope you are all doing well. This past week I was struggling with my personal meditation practice. My “monkey mind” was taking over and I couldn’t settle down enough to find any space. The “monkey mind” is a description of our thoughts swinging “from branch to branch to branch” like a monkey in a tree. Often times,…

As a yoga teacher there are terms that I say very often when I am teaching;  two of them “soften into your resistance” and  “meet your edge and soften” essentially mean the same thing; to focus on learning how to be kind to our bodies and soften when we feel our body holding onto tightness. This softening into resistance offers us more resiliency,…

Happy Monday! I shared the Buddhist principle; Generosity leads to Abundancewith my students this past week. I have found in my own experience that there is an additional element we need when cultivating true abundance in our lives, and that is authenticity. When we make choices based on both of these qualities we have the chance to…