This weekend I was in class again with an amazing teacher Chase Bossart, M.A., C-IAYT, E-RYT 500. Whatever my expectations were about the class or what I could learn from it were tossed out the window very quickly (in the best way). I enjoy when I meet a teacher who challenges my thinking and who is impassioned in their belief system and then says, “or I might be totally wrong”. I can see …
Yoga and Science
The 7 Chakras and the Endocrine System The past two weeks have been rather intense for me and also very insightful. I want to share some of the things I have been learning in school and in my own personal studies. This past weekend we were studying the endocrine system. It is a complex, interesting aspect of the body which doctors and researchers are still trying to understand. Our professor …
Do yogis need to be plant-based? (aka vegan)
I just watched the documentary “Game Changers”. It’s a documentary about the advantages of a plant-based diet. The target audience seemed to be geared towards men, which I thought was an interesting approach to the subject of plant-based eating. The film contains lots of doctors testing elite athletes in running, football and weightlifting. I have been vegetarian for over 20 years and I love a …
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A new year. A new decade. A new choice.
The Five Koshas A new year. A new decade. It’s not that the day is different, or something is magical about 2020 more that we have an awareness. My life was no different on 1/1/2020 than it was on 12/31/2019. However, the new year and the new decade helps me reset and be aware. The reality is that I can start over every day. I have the beautiful opportunity to start each …
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The Gunas – A Better Holiday Season
Scrooge, the Grinch & Charlie Brown might be onto something. My family and I celebrate Christmas. I was watching “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965) and “The Grinch” (1966) with my daughter and I was struck by their commentary on the commercialism of the holiday. These were both made a decade before I was born and yet there was sentiment that this celebration had been infiltrated by a …
Eating Healthy Through the Holidays
It's clickbait, right?!? We want 5 easy steps to eat healthy through the holidays. 6 steps to less stress. So often we are looking for the list of to-dos to get the results we want. I can vividly remember a session in my therapist office when I asked him for the worksheet for a complex emotional situation, I wanted resolution on! In fact, I am pretty sure I demanded a worksheet or workbook or …