I write about yoga and everyday life.

With Yourself

With Yourself

Being truthful, satya Mitigating harm, ahimsa I spoke with L this week, a client who runs a research lab in Minneapolis. Her team is afraid to travel to work. L is Brazilian, young, and super cool, so students are coming her for guidance and stability. She doesn’t...
Inconvenient, So What…

Inconvenient, So What…

There’s a story about St. Teresa of Avila losing her traveling supplies in a raging river.  When she went to calm down and pray, God revealed it was to show his love and friendship. She retorted, “No wonder then you don’t have many friends.” I love this story for a...
Being Like a Turtle

Being Like a Turtle

Traveling for a month visiting friends and cities, I’ve been feeling the disciplines and ethics of Yoga bumping each other around. Like these turtles in the Munich Botanical Gardens~ stay on the log and rest, or paddle my curious self around to explore. Get out of the...
Wanting Things to Be Different

Wanting Things to Be Different

How has the world been giving you this lately? “I wish I could…I wish I had more…I wish they would…” This mindset can easily throw us out of balance. I have a month of travel reservations coming up. It’s taken a year of planning to acquire lodging, tickets, plans with...
What is your expression of citizenship?

What is your expression of citizenship?

I just learned about the concept of Literary Citizenship. It was featured in a webinar for aspiring authors-to-be-published-hopefully, like me. This is about supporting anything related to writing or literature. Attending library events, responding to social media...
Turning Time to Sixty

Turning Time to Sixty

Recently I got to help host a beautiful wedding at Mavens’ Haven in Lucile. I was in a little over my head, and you might guess how this turned out. You pull whatever is needed from your magical Hermione bag and wait to unpack how you could have done it differently....