Have you ever felt like you are working really hard, but not getting where you want to go? I have. Have you ever felt like you are saying prayers, setting intentions, giving offerings and dedicating rituals, but what you are trying to manifest in your life is still not coming? I have, many times. So many times, that I decided to …
So, About Pleasure…
This shift blew my mind… and as a result I was given a beautiful gift representing support and encouragement, a night out dancing with my man, tickets to an amazing event, a beautiful card expressing love and recognition from Marie Forleo’s team, an invite to another amazing upcoming event, a date lunch with my man, the opportunity for some really cool collaborations, and …
The Little Shift That Has Made Me So Much Happier
Practice Happiness As I mentioned in last weeks email and my most recent blog for The Huffington Post I am a big fan of Gretchen Ruebin’s book The Happiness Project. The small shifts that she takes on to increase her happiness over the course of her year long experiment are so simple, yet they create a profound impact in her …
I’m Too Busy To Meditate Or Practice Yoga Today
When we are stressed out and overwhelmed.. We tend to let go of our practices instead of leaning into them. We tend to delay starting a meditation practice until we “have more time” and wait to practice yoga until we “lose weight” or “get more flexible” or find a studio that has the perfect teacher teaching the perfect class at …
Do This Before The 2016 Party Starts
At the end of the year it is easy to get swept away focusing on all of the ways we want to be better people and live better lives in January – detox from sugar, cut out alcohol for at least 30 days, start saving $5 a day, really use the fancy new planner, seriously go to the gym five …
It Is Time To Choose
It is time to choose… Are you going to let things stay the same or are you ready to take the leap into the rest of your life? Every big moment of choice in my life was proceeded by many moments of feeling terrified, unsettled, alone in a powerless way, alone in a take the lead kind of way, and …
Are You Feeling It?
How do you feel right now? Most of us are pretty good at glossing over our feelings, or avoiding checking in with how we really feel in any meaningful way. We have a few go-to feelings such as “good,” “stressed,” “busy,” “fine” or “hanging in there” but we don’t usually go much deeper until something big happens. When life throws us a …
Ask For What You Need.
Ask for what you need. And…ask others what they need. Today has been one of those days in which I had many conversations about completely unrelated topics – but they were all essentially about the same thing. Communication. Specifically, communication in which we ask for what we need and ask others for what they need. I do know a few psychic intuitives, …
Wow, he was so right.
“Practice and all is coming.” ~ Shri K. Pattabhi Jois I hear this all the time. Most yoga teachers I know have said this at least once. I have. And yet practicing everyday is always a challenge. For a long time I will do really well. I will establish a home yoga practice. I will stick to a schedule of yoga, Pilates or barre …