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What are you feeding yourself and what are you truly hungry for? On all levels of your being? Every day, cells in our bodies die and new cells regenerate in their place. On one day, the dying cells may be bone cells or skin cells, and another day they may be brain cells and stomach … Continue reading Everybody’s Got A Hungry Heart

What is holding you back? What are you allowing to limit you? Sometimes we make up stories in our heads that keep us quiet and doubting ourselves. At the moment of deciding to put ourselves out there or not, we are most susceptible to believing stories that limit us. When we choose not to share … Continue reading I Won’t Back Down

In my roles as a Mental Health Professional, a Yoga Therapist, and a Yoga Teacher Trainer, I am frequently cuing others to increase their awareness. I coach things like noticing sensations in the body, the feeling of breathing, and thoughts that are floating or flooding into the mind. Throughout this process, I am also encouraging … Continue reading This Is My Fight Song

Yesterday, as I was leading group therapy, we had a new member join the group. I asked the others to introduce themselves and to share what it was like for them on their first day in order to encourage connection in the group. Several members described feeling nervous, unsure, scared, vulnerable. Ah, vulnerability. The word … Continue reading Here I Am, Baby

Are you writing your story or just doing your best to navigate the plot line every day? As we look out into the future, we have the ability to take over as the author of how our story goes and make ourselves the hero rather than the victim. As we determine who we want to … Continue reading The Rest is Still Unwritten

Ah, the body. Our most constant companion. Our oldest friend. There are a few things we should recognize about the body. The first is that our body is extremely wise, it knows what it needs, and it cannot lie in asking for what it needs. The second is that when we ignore what is going … Continue reading Let Me Hear Your Body Talk

Routine. The word alone makes some people yawn with boredom. The idea of being locked in to the same ole thing time after time. But, I would like to introduce you to the idea of the freedom that comes with routine. Throughout the day, we use our energy in many different ways for many different … Continue reading Time After Time

Last week, I wrote about taking the time to look at our personal values. Digging in to the core beliefs that drive our emotions, thoughts, and behaviors on a daily basis. (You can refer back to that blog here.) This week, let's continue to inspect what we value by looking at how we invest our … Continue reading Who Do You Love When You Come Undone

Values. What we hold to be most important; what we deeply believe in; our guiding principles. A value is a way of being or believing that gives direction to our speech, behaviors, and thoughts. Our values drive how we live our lives. They are our WHY. When we are in touch with our values, we … Continue reading Strength, Courage and Wisdom

Have you ever felt as if you were trying to balance more than one you? Like there is a part of you that cares greatly what others think and values what you are "supposed" to do with your life and then there is also a deeper part of you that longs to do what just … Continue reading I Saw The Sign

You want to help people feel better. I get it. Perhaps you are in a helping profession, but perhaps you are a helper to your family, coworkers, or friends. In the helping professions, wanting others to feel their best is what drives us- seeing others learn how to help themselves and feel better in their … Continue reading We’ll Rise Up

Spring is a time of renewal, rebirth, and growth. A time to assess who we have been and begin to plan for who we are becoming. We must be brave enough to look at our trajectory and reroute in order to move in the direction we truly desire. We must uncover the patterns that we … Continue reading Maybe It’s Time

In the ancient health science of Ayurveda, one of the principle teachings about our bodies is to trust the body's wisdom and honor the urges that we have. Our bodies know what they need to do to make their way back into balance and all day, every day, they are working to find a state … Continue reading Can’t Stop The Feeling

When we meet someone new, we are asked what we do for a living. We then proceed to attach our identity to the job that we hold. Many times while this is happening, in the back of our minds, we are thinking about how much we dislike our job or wish that we could do … Continue reading I’m Alive I’m Alive I’m Alive

If you are like me, when you think of calm and stillness, you may not immediately associate yourself with those terms. However, as a yoga instructor and teacher trainer, others often associate me with those terms. Calm and stillness are concepts that I feel I am constantly being directed back to and are most likely … Continue reading Be Still and Know