As appears in YYoga's Blog: Off the Mat It’s that time of year again, the time that we emerge bleary eyed from a winter of gray rain and step blinking…
This chant is inspired by my intrepid teacher trainees up here in Whistler, who asked me to figure out a chant to the first sutra of the second pada of…
Watch this and be INSPIRED!!!! My friend and YYoga co-worker Steph Tait runs 11,000 miles in one year with her running partner Matt Hill to generate environmental awareness. An astonishing…
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of taking a therapeutics training with Susi Hately Aldous. On the basis of that training, I want to propose a crazy idea.…
Last weekend I went skiing in Whistler. Now, I am not what you'd call a great skiier. Last time I was on the mountain was three years ago, before that,…
In the fall of 2010, I initiated a project where the community of YYoga joined together to create a cd called "listen to understand, vol.1". This remarkable endeavor features the…
From the guys at "HowStuffWorks.com". Love these guys - an interesting take and explanation. Listen to "How Reincarnation Works."
"Vi" = in a special way "nyasa" = to place "krama" = step by step Change is challenging. When confronted with change, it's easy to get swept up in anxiety,…
Why is it so hard to let go? Of habits, relationships (healthy or toxic), of expectations, of dreams? Even when we know we're hurting ourselves by hanging on, what drives…
When I went traveling to India this last month with my mom, I packed everything in a small backpack, determined to be a minimalist. It was an experiment to see…
I realized last week that I was trying too hard to lift my arms. I was reaching my arms overhead in urdhva hastasana and - I thought - doing a…
I got disconnected three times. Three times. In a row. "Just hold one moment while we transfer you to confirm," they'd say sweetly, just before I heard a strange sound. …
