Yoga for Vets

YogaEveryDay is now a proud new member of YogaForVets.org: supporting our troops, one breath at a time.
Four free classes for any Military Veteran. Period. That’s it. The website is simple, the concept is simple.
For me, it’s a way to say thank you and to give back. Yoga is good for you, period, that simple. And [...]

Practice for the life you want

Practice for the life you want.
 
I think a lot about what makes yoga different from other forms of physical fitness. My gym routines, daily dog walks and hiking also incorporate mind, body & breath and have tremendous benefits to my overall life & health. A well-timed walk can change my whole perspective.
 
So how is yoga different?  Yoga is [...]

Abundance

Having made some pretty drastic changes to my career life this year, I’m reflecting daily on what abundance and success mean to me. For real. I’ve been part-time as a Paramedic now for a few months, focused on building a practice as a teacher and a business as a yoga camping retreat facillitator.  My two careers [...]

Re-Imagining

Yoga allowed me to re-imagine myself.
I realized this today practicing with one of my old faves, Shiva Rae’s Solar Practice CD from 1999. It was one of my first home practice guides, and even today when I need another voice in my head, someone else’s metaphors and images to bring freshness to my Warrior, I [...]

Take my Survey! Please!

As a yogini, I’m motivated, at least in part, by the Delphic dictum to “Know Thyself.”
As a teacher I’m equally interested in you and your practice. So I’ve put together this survey.
I’ve been priviledged to get to know some of you through email and your comments. Here’s your opportunity to let me get to know [...]

Foundations for Practice

Yama & Niyama are variously described as rules of Ethics, yoga’s “Ten Commandments”, attitudes towards community & self, observances for dealing with others & self. The bottom line is that they are the foundation for practice.
One of the things that makes these principles fertile is the breadth of their application. Here’s an application to Personal [...]

Personal Practice Guidelines

Getting ready for workshop tomorrow, buffing my handouts, and thought that these reminders might be just right for the blog. Just writing them is helpful to me, it’s amazing what we need to remind ourselves on a regular basis Hope this is welcome reminder for someone out there!
Personalized Practice Guidelines
·         Feet on Mat [...]

Intention

Intent. It changes everything.
But what is it? It’s not a thing, not something added on at the beginning or end. It’s an underpinning, a condition of the act being at all. Intent, or lack thereof, is constitutive.
Intention and Attention are related, but not identical.  Attention is the conscious presence that maintains the space for things [...]

energy, doing, service & mudras

Yes, it’s true. Sometimes the yoga teacher feels too tired to teach.
Feels. But here’s what I’ve learned: If I’m blessed to have people to teach, I will also feel better when I’m done. When I’ve dug in, scooped up and given what I thought I didn’t have and needed.
How does that work? Well, for one, [...]

In order to form a more perfect union…

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common
defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to
ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
United States of America.” ~preamble to the Constitution of the United [...]