Fear and pain are life’s greatest teachers

As part of the LifePower Yoga Mount Laurel challenge, I’m exploring one of the seven axioms of yoga each day and sharing what it means to me. If you’re interested…

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Touch and intimacy are basic human needs

As part of the LifePower Yoga Mount Laurel challenge, I’m exploring one of the seven axioms of yoga each day and sharing what it means to me. If you’re interested…

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Laughter and play are the fountains of youth

As part of the LifePower Yoga Mount Laurel challenge, I’m exploring one of the seven axioms of yoga each day and sharing what it means to me. If you’re interested…

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Are you up for a challenge?

  During Yoga Teacher Training, one of the most powerful things we learned about wasn’t a pose or how to sequence a vinyasa – it was the 7 axioms or…

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If I had 24 hours to live…

  Everything has an end: books, movies, TV shows – even this Yoga Teacher Training. And, as my Yoga Teacher Training came to an end this past weekend, we were…

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The Quietest Revolution

  As I was gathering up my yoga mat and water bottle for class the other week, one of my classmates tapped me on the shoulder and said, “Hey! Did…

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It’s about time I get honest with you

  I was six years old when I first conceived the idea that I wasn’t good enough. Being on the pageant stage with other girls my age – being evaluated…

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Sometimes yoga makes you feel like shit

  Long before I had ever stepped foot in a yoga studio, my friends who were yogi’s would constantly profess: “You just have to try yoga”, “You’ll feel sooooo good”,…

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Don’t kill your magic

    I can’t recall the moment when I felt the need to be perfect, which doesn’t even really mean anything. It’s an idea, a nonsensical goal. And while I…

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Truth or Dare

  I pretty much remember all the ‘Truth and Dare’ games I played during my adolescent years. They were all the same. My two younger brothers, the neighborhood kids and I…

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