You may have noticed that I have not written any blog posts or been on social media much lately. That’s because I had some more important issues to deal with, as you may have guessed from the picture above. My husband is currently in the second week of a flukey illness, two days of which …
Self-Care
Why Self-Care Is An Absolute Must During Perimenopause
The final topic in my 5-part series of lifestyle changes I recommend making to help you sail through perimenopause a little bit easier is arguably the most important: Self-Care. The more time I’ve spent reflecting over the past few years, the more I firmly believe that the root cause of so many of our issues …
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The Wheel of Emotions
During our discussion of Brene Brown’s book, Atlas of the Heart, at our Yoga Book Club last week, we were remarking on what she wrote about how limited people’s emotional vocabularies tend to be. On average, most people can name only three emotions: glad, sad and mad. It got me thinking about my online self-paced …
Yin Yoga for Anxiety
[VIDEO INCLUDED] As so many of us continue to feel some stress and anxiety with everything going on in the world lately, there is one style of yoga that really stands out for its soothing, calming qualities: Yin Yoga. (It is also a great style for my fellow HSPs and our sensitive nervous systems.) In …
10 Signs Your Stress Is Out of Control–And What You Can Do About It
I get slightly amused/slightly annoyed when people say to me, “Oh, you’re a yoga teacher? That must be sooo relaxing!” I laugh good-naturedly and remind that I’m actually the CEO (Chief Everything Officer) of my own small business. So yeah, I get stressed out, just like everyone on this planet. A little bit of stress …
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5 (Yogic) Ways to Shake off the Winter Blues
Updated 2/24 Are the extreme fluctuations in the weather this winter making you feel out-of-sorts? One day it’s 35, the next day it’s 65. The effects of climate change are real, and you’re probably noticing them not just in the weather, but in your body: mood swings, shifting energy levels, anxiety, depression and lowered immunity. …
5 Morning Self-Care Suggestions For V-Day and Every Day
“If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?” – Maya Angelou You may recall that a while back I shared a blog post with some fun and insightful Sensitivity and Self-Compassion Quizzes. I have done a lot of my own inner work on these topics …
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One of My Favorite Student Stories About the Importance of Relaxation
You know how you have those incidents that stick in your mind long after they’ve occurred? One of my favorite student stories about the importance of relaxation is one that has stuck in my mind for almost a decade now. Allow me to share… A number of years ago I had a student who was …
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What If This Is What It’s All About?
Some of you heard this story this past summer right after it occurred. I thought I would take a moment here to share it with everyone else. While on vacation in the Lelanau Peninsula at the end of this summer, I took advantage of a day of nice weather to roll out my yoga mat …
Sensitivity + Self-Compassion Quizzes
In a true yoga practice, we do as much inner work (svadhyaya, or self-study) as we do outer work (physical asana practice). With this in mind, I thought I would share two fun quizzes that I have found helpful in doing my own inner work: Sensitivity Quiz This one, by Sensitivity Expert and Psychotherapist Julie …