How many of you have a label for yourself that someone gave you? Are you outgoing? Maybe serious? Controlling? Spontaneous? Irresponsible? Intense? Relentless? Ruthless? Kind? Passive? Or maybe you got a diagnosis…you have celiac disease, high blood pressure, or diabetes. Or maybe a doctor told you that you are depressed or anxious or codependent. We receive these messages all …
Mile 18 – Mindfulness During a Pandemic
Guys, I feel like we are at mile 18 in a marathon COVID race. I have run a few marathons, and there was something about miles 18 that makes it so challenging. You have come so far – 18 miles, and still, you have 8.2 more to go to finish the race. I remember my first marathon in Los Angeles; it was pouring rain. I didn’t know what I was doing. I didn’t pack extra food. I had trained with some …
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Be a Secret Santa & Help Homeless kids in need!
I wanted to do a service project with my daughter this year to be of service to those in our community. I asked her what who she wanted to server with her time and energy and without a moments notice she said "homeless people". So then I set out to find a way for us to server our community. We selected the Toy Drive by Midnight Mission in downtown Los Angeles. From their website …
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How are you Coping?
I asked how you are coping, and I think it’s important because I have been taught in yoga “where your attention goes your energy flows.” Are you doom-scrolling? Are you aware you are doing that? Are you eating your feelings or starving your feelings? Are you working out 6-7 days a week to avoid your thoughts? Are you using “retail therapy” instead of calling your therapist? Berne Brown had a …
Earth is talking. Are you listening?
Guys, it's been a really intense week here in Los Angeles. Two weekends ago we had record-breaking heat. It was 120 at my house over Labor Day weekend. Generally, the warmest it gets here is in the 90's with a few days in the low 100's. 120! That is Phoenix temperatures, and even for Phoenix, that is HOT! That precipitated an outbreak of fires, one less than 30 miles from my home. As I write …
I Believe in You. Do you?
Yoga has been, for many centuries, a lineage practice. You have a teacher, and your teacher had a teacher, and that teacher had a teacher, ad infinitum. Your experience in yoga gets passed down from generation to generation. I have been seeking out a teacher for a while that I could learn under. I am so thankful that I am now studying under Robert Brinberg. Have you ever met someone and …