After a glorious solitary retreat in Cyprus, where I found nourishment for my body and soul, I’ve returned home. (To read how I ended up here by myself, read The Retreat – Part One). Full of observations, insights, inspiration and calm, I would like to share with you here some tastes from my retreat. Nature…
For all of the planning, excitement and belief in this year’s Women’s Nurture Annual Retreat, I just couldn’t make it happen. What??? Some of you may be asking…didn’t you write that there were only a few spaces left? Well, that was true at one point. But then slowly, slowly, the numbers just kept dropping off.…
A Week Long Mini-Journal into the Ether Element As part of an assignment in a therapeutic/rehabilitative yoga course I’m taking, I had to look a one of the basic five elements (earth, water, fire, air and ether/space) and observe its presence in my yoga practice, teaching and in life, and to journal about it. We…
We all want to be free. To feel liberation in our circumstances, in our bodies, our minds. How can our yoga practice deepen our understanding of the paths to freedom, and how does that relate to our lives off the mat? Qualities of Nature – The Gunas Our mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health depend…
Us humans really need sleep. No matter how varied our schedules, how much we can push ourselves, or how much coffee we drink, at some point, the body shuts down and absolutely MUST recharge. In fact, our design dictates that as adults, we need approximately 1/3 of our daily hours allotted to this activity! We know this, we know…
The weight of the world on our shoulders. It’s true, women in particular struggle with neck and shoulder problems. Part of our problem is that the thoughts that swirl around in our minds constantly can weigh heavily upon us. Is it not in our nature to take on others pain and struggle? With worry and…
