This is a hot time of year to talk about New Year’s Resolutions. {Duh, I know.} I, for one, will not be making any New Year’s Resolutions. You might even hear people telling you how to “manifest” what you want in 2014. {Puke. Gross. More on that in an upcoming blog post.} Don’t get me… Read more
Absolute Yes and No Lists (Self Care for the New Year)
My teacher Sara Avant Stover is a shining example of how to be a productive, active member of the community, while maintaining the kind of spiritual and self care practices that allow for a meaningful life, guided from within. She has been an amazing role model for me in “self-acceptance, spiritual depth, worldly accomplishment, balanced… Read more
The World Needs What You Have to Offer
Today, teachers, I have a story for you. I spent the first two years of my yoga teaching career so injured that I had to walk with a cane. Every single time I stepped my left foot on the floor I had searing pain shoot directly up the femoral nerve in my thigh. Every. Single…. Read more
What You Say Matters
As you probably know, I work with my fellow yoga teachers in an offering called The Science of the Private Lesson. In that work {in both the live group training and one on one mentoring} I teach them all the things that can and should differentiate a private lesson from a group class. One of… Read more
My Double Life, and How You Can Help
Y’ALL. I need your help! As you may know, (or have gathered from social media) I am living a double life. I spend half my life in New York City, running all over town, teaching my most amazing private clients. I make time to practice with my favorite NYC based teachers, and have lunches and… Read more
Complicated Situations Your Yoga Teacher Training Left You Totally Unprepared For
I am incredibly lucky to have a thriving private yoga practice. I get to work with brilliant and interesting people everyday, and I don’t have to hustle for clients or worry about how my bills will get paid. But it wasn’t always this way… In yoga teacher trainings you will be told that one way… Read more
