This is such a happy announcement! And, so sorry, but I’m so excited about it that just blurting it out seems to be the best option. Donation-based Power Yoga classes are coming very soon! Classes will be held at Conviction Crossfit in the Erie Airpark at 10:00 a.m. and I’ll be posting our first class [...]
Last week I had a massage. If anything equated with the pains of labor with my second child, it was this massage. I employed every breathing technique, every visualization, every relaxation method I could think of just to get through it. And yes, it was worth it and it was necessary, but I could only [...]
This is going to be a nuts and bolts post. In other words, just the stuff that makes it all fit together for me. Some of you have asked if I “do” anything other than yoga. The answer? Yes. As of about two months ago, that is. And I have to be honest, this “other [...]
This morning was such a gift. I woke up gradually, noticing that I had left the bedroom window open and could hear the birds singing. Usually I wake up to a preschooler who has sneaked in sometime before dawn and tucked himself up under my right arm (this is pretty great, too). And usually there’s [...]
Day 4, Prenatal Intensive. I’ve taken a couple of days to digest the experience of the intensive. And I suppose there should be a preface to this post with a little background information. I’m a wrestler. I’ve wrestled a lot throughout my life with spirituality, duality, non-duality, alternative lifestyle, Christianity, yoga, and philosophy. I wasn’t [...]
Day 3, Prenatal Intensive. It’s been immensely interesting to me that each day of the intensive has had a different vibe to it. On the first, we were all a little nervous, getting to know each other’s stories, and feeling expectant (yep, a word not just for the moms-to-be…) about the workshop. The second, well, [...]
Day 2, Prenatal Intensive. The stomach bug hit our house this morning at 5:15 a.m. My poor preschooler, who always gets hit the worst, is the first man down. And, as always, I start praying. “Dear Lord, please spare me from this.” “Dear Lord, please help my children stay healthy.” “Dear Lord, please, please, please [...]
Day 1, Prenatal Intensive. Today, I tasted community. It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to be and practice here: The Yoga Workshop. This is one of my favorite places on Earth. And on Earth Day, no less. And in this, my favorite yoga studio, one of my favorite women, De West, brought [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled upon a blog that will soon force me to buy stock in every facial tissue company in the universe. It’s not just the story that’s a tear jerker; it’s that every post is so intimate and bare and challenging to my capacity for love. The author writes from [...]
On our way home from lunch today, we passed a church being built. My four-year-old-sage-of-life son asked, “Mom, God’s in there, right?” As I opened my mouth to tackle this question, he followed up with a quick, ” ‘Cause He’s there and in the other one, too, so He’s in two places at once, and [...]
