One thing I’ve learned in both coaching and yoga is that if you want to go up, you’ve got to go down first. If you want to RISE you have to ROOT.

When you’re a person who doesn’t want to be oriented towards hate and you live in that world, it can feel scary, exhausting, disheartening, and frustrating. It’s hard on sensitive souls who are trying to turn towards Love, peace, and non-violence to be confronted with a hate-filled environment. … But the only language the Heart speaks is Love

There is a knot that needs to go

My alarm goes off every morning at 6:10. By 6:16 I am in my home office with the door closed, wrapped in a shawl. I bow to the four directions, then bow to my ancestors and teachers, then to my descendants and students. Then I am on my meditation cushion with eyes closed for the next 20 minutes.

When I read my resolutions from 2010 I was shocked. That’s because 10 years later I could easily have made the EXACT SAME ONES. I have not mastered any of them. Shifting to a progress not perfection mindset really helps!

I invite Darkness to cover me like a warm blanket

to wrap my bones and allow me to rest

The challenge is to stay connected to what you value even while the rest of the world shouts about what you “should” be doing.  It’s hard not to let yourself be pulled toward shiny objects.  AND it’s really hard to forgive yourself and recover quickly when you inevitably lose your way…… So, What can you do to stay connected to what’s important?

We are invited to DO so much during the holiday season. How do you know what to choose?

It’s December. Every year for as long as I can remember I’ve spent December in a rush trying to get everything done for the holidays. And every year in the process I slowly drop more and more of my own self-care. This year I’m making a commitment NOT to do that……

We’ve all been taught to hold back. We’ve been told not to brag, not to bring attention to ourselves, not to show off or show other people up.

Open your body - Open your Mind - Open your Heart

Opening feels like FREEDOM

As soon as you let go of trying to make something happen, it happens on it’s own. That’s the paradox of Forcing or Allowing….

Yoga for the pose is yoga from your head

Yoga for the process is yoga from your Heart

Fire is warmth. Fire is heat. Fire is light in the darkness. And fire transforms. Take the broom and sweep through your mind and your life. Gather the debris and feed it to your fire. Deadwood burns best. So find the parts that aren’t working and burn them away.

A post for yoga teachers.

Consider the question: Does your yoga teaching love you back?

To me, this is Ashaya Yoga®. Welcoming, Loving, Playful, Empowering and Honest.

A resource is a source of supply, support, or aid. It connotes a sense of innate wealth. Some are finite, others are renewable. And all of us have them.

I believe each of us is born with three distinctly sacred resources. They are:

I am talking about letting people flourish as themselves. Giving the people in your life the same gift of acceptance and trust that you gave to yourself as you figured out your ways and letting them figure out what works for them

The point is, nobody knows your style, your nuance, your way of doing things better than you do. So, you don’t have to look to everyone else to tell you how to do things. Look inside, you can trust yourself.

Be choosy when you look for a teacher. Seek out teachers who serve you fully. Find the person with the depth to help take your practice deeper.