The Cure for Pain is the Pain

“The cure for pain is the pain.” – Rumi The body doesn’t forget. My body tenses and my breath becomes shallow when I feel like something is going to be…

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Understanding and acceptance are not the same thing

  It’s impossible to go throughout life without experiencing loss, rejection, failure, heartbreak and adversity on some level. Stressful situations happen to everyone.   Some things happen suddenly. We’re heading…

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This is Spiritual Design

    Long ago, the Buddha was speaking in a small town, sharing what he’d learned about freedom from suffering, when a woman suddenly rushed up to him holding the…

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Take a Leap

  A part of you is ready.   And a part of you is not.   This is the essential disposition of any person who’s wanting to trust the universe.…

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Who Knows If It’s Good or Bad?

  This past week I learned that I did not get the Master Trainer role at LifeTime Fitness.   Putting in for this role, taking a leap towards a big…

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Shake Off the “No”

    I was riding on the NYC Subway with a close friend this past weekend. In between doors opening and closing and stops being announced, I told her that…

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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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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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