“Shouldn’t I be done by now?” This is a question I get asked A TON! Sometimes this question is related to age. Many students I’ve worked with hold a long held belief that they should have “arrived” in their life by a certain age – most often that age is somewhere between the mid-twenties and mid-thirties and almost always they are at …
Tropical Storms & Not Drowning
Once upon a time I surfed overhead waves. I had just moved to Folly Beach after a Summer in Nantucket. In Nantucket I had the benefit of fairly consistent gentle waves. Surfing there was full of ease and enjoyment and when I moved back to South Carolina I had very little fear around being in the water. My first paddle out …
The Part Of Freedom That We Don’t Want To Talk About
So you say your want a revolution, well you know… To get free, you have to let go. Each night during my initial yoga teacher training we practiced the same chant: “Make me and instrument for Thy Will, Not mine but Thine be done Free me from anger, jealousy and fear, fill my heart with joy and compassion” Each night I cringed as …
Full Disclosure: I don’t always like my body.
My first boyfriend was obsessed with my flat stomach. It was the mid 90’s, I dreamed of going to Warped Tour (which was brand new back then) and Gwen Stefani was my fashion idol. As such my wardrobe was largely made up of carpenter pants and baggy ripped jeans paired with tiny baby doll tees or tanks. Always midriff bearing. I hadn’t really thought …
Have You Heard?
This may be the most important thing you hear today. When was the last time you were silent without filling the void by scrolling through Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, or an online news site? When was the last time you were silent without watching TV, reading a book, or listening to music or a podcast? When was the last time you were …
The Struggle Is Real
Staying present is hard. It’s easy to drift out of our bodies and into our heads, and our minds tend to wander back and forth between the past and the future. Meditation helps. But, what about those times when it feels like meditation is impossible because our minds are whirling and we can’t stop thinking? Meditation isn’t about stopping our thoughts. …
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 …
Holy Sh*t…Again!?!?
Overwhelmed and laying on the floor. Not one of my favorite feelings. Although, for a long time I ignored or tried to numb my feelings (to little actual success) so I am happy to have the hard ones just as much as I am happy to have the fun ones. If we numb the frazzled, anxious, unsure, sad, scared, or …