How did I get here?

  If you practice yoga, you know that when you come into the first pose of your practice, whether it’s downward dog or another one, sometimes you find yourself saying, “How did I get here?” Yoga can reveal so much in our bodies and it’s more times than...

What’s that, you say?

The other day I was teaching a yoga class and I said something to the effect of,           “Glide into low push-up.” Immediately one of my students said, “ Ha! I love the way you say that; as if it’s easy!” Now, a little context here: the class was in...

Does a workout have to hurt to be good?

Someone recently told me that their “bootcamp” instructor encouraged them to keep pushing through a workout when instead they tried to rest in the middle of class. Another group of women told me that if they had a choice between taking a yoga class and going to...

Qualities I love in Yoga Teachers

Boy, do I love yoga. The stretching, the breathing and the way it makes me feel. I love feeling relaxed and strong at the same time. I also love the different ways the same poses can be presented, depending on who is teaching the class. Emphasizing different actions...

A possible recipe for success?

I heard someone talking the other day about a book about positive visualization. In it, there was a case study of a man that was imprisoned and while there, he visualized himself playing golf. The whole time he was imprisoned, he thought about golf. He visualized...

Fight for your wellness!

I got an email today from a woman coming to my Women’s Wellness Group. It’s a few days before the actual class, so she said in her email to me ,“I’m going to do whatever it takes to get myself to class!” I thought it had a sense of “fight” in it; almost...