The labels of yoga are often misunderstood. I’m not a fan of labeling yoga classes as advanced, intermediate, or beginner. Even though, once upon a time, I labeled my classes Chair yoga, Level 1 and Level 2. But we don’t know, what we don’t know, until we know it and make a change, right? When…
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This past weekend I visited my first silent retreat experience. I am told it wasn’t as silent as it could be; like at vipassana. For example we weren’t forced to give up our phones or told not to write or take notes. We had a lot of group discussion post meditations and that, to me,…
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Chronic Pain, the Brain, and the Yoga Train; Using Yoga to Retrain the Brain’s Perception of Chronic Pain “Suffering is transformed not by avoiding it, but by changing the way we relate to it.” – Mark Epstein on Buddha’s vision of transformation Anyone who has lived with chronic pain has, at one time or another,…
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I’m so excited to announce that Wendy Payne from @travelwithwendy and I are doing a Tuscany Retreat June 2025 to Italy! A few of you have already signed up and we are only taking 12 so get your spots now! We will be enjoying peace and tranquility in the valley of Cortona from June 22…
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Psychology today states cognitive dissonance is a term for discomfort felt when two or more modes of thought contradict each other. The clashing cognitions may include ideas, beliefs, or the knowledge that one has behaved in a certain way. When we are working with two things that seem opposed we have to again look at…
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