I have written so many things that I just haven’t posted and now if I posted those essays they would all be crossed out. So rather than posting a bunch of crossed out words I’ll talk about right here right now. Long story short… moving back to CA after living in NYC for 8 years is hard. (note the present tense even after 4 months). And these 4 months have been such a roller coaster of highs and lows, laughs and tears, adventures and solitude.
Read MoreI was having a slightly stressful day the other day. I’m currently in this really exciting life transition, but with transitions comes the unknown. Where will I work? Where will I live? What am I doing with my life?! These are pretty big questions that if not broken down can spiral you into an anxious ball. The other day I had “a day”.
Read MoreHave you cried in savasana? I feel like there is something so freeing and safe about savasansa… but it also feels a bit weird sobbing laying down in a silent room. I’ll never forget my last yoga class with Ally Hamilton at Bryan Kest Power Yoga before I moved east in July 2009. I sobbed.
Read MoreOne of my favorite teachers talks a lot about stories. Not fictional bed time stories, but the kind of stories from childhood that we’ve kept with us and use as excuses. Those thoughts that pop into our heads as adults and stop us from moving forward, pursuing dreams, diving head first into a relationship, finding your truth.
Read MoreEight years ago I moved from lovely Santa Monica to the big apple. I didn’t move becuase I was unhappy or disliked my life or Santa Monica. I left because I actually loved it and maybe loved it too much. I know this sounds weird right? By loved it too much I mean life got static.
Read MoreI’ve been practicing yoga for about 10 years now. Sounds like a long time but it really is just a blink of an eye in this thing called life (and so on). Pantanjali talks a lot about Sthira and Sukha in the sutras (authoritative text on yoga and a series of threads of wisdom offering guidelines to live a meaningful and purposeful life). Sthira and Sukha translates to steadiness and ease. This push and pull… energy and calm. Sthira can also mean steadfast, courageous, and strong. Sukha can mean gentle, easy, and delightful. Sutra 2.46 translates to “posture (asana) [should be] stable (sthira) and comfortable (sukha).”
Read MoreThere are so many ways we can practice yoga and so many variations of asana. Asana is just one of the eight limbs of yoga and even though it’s the most popular in the western world, it’s the third on the list after yama and niyama. We’ll get to those another day! Did a quick google search and found a list with 14 styles of yoga and Sri Dharma Mittra photographed himself doing 1350 asana postures. My point is there are a lot of ways you can practice yoga.
Read MoreWe were approaching the end of our yoga teacher training and ayurveda was one of the last (and most epic) weekends. As we slowly wandered into the room, our teacher for the weekend walked in, turned off the fan, set up, sat down, and sat in silence creating our sacred space for the weekend. We all immediately stopped talking, sat in a half circle, leaned in, waited, eager to listen. "Do you have a soul?" our teacher asked. I remember nodding and being like yeahh i have a soul. As I looked around everyone for the most part was also nodding and saying ya. "No. You are a soul in a humans body". WORLD ROCKED.
Read MoreI'm setting an intention/goal this month to meditate and journal every morning for about 20 minutes. I've wanted to commit to both of these for a while now, so I'm excited to see how it goes!
Read MoreThe practice of pranayama helps reduce waste matter in the body by directing the agni, the fire of life. Pranayama consists of two parts: prana and ayama. Ayama means stretch or extend and prana is “that which is indefinitely everywhere” or energy and is something the flows continuously inside of us—vitality. If there is every a time where there isn’t enough room for prana it means it’s being forced out by the rubbish, so pranayama removes that junk to create space for prana to flow.
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