July 2, 2021 - After all we've been though with COVID, and with people doing their part and getting vaccinated, it's a good day for gratitude. :-)

July 1, 2021 - In yesterday's class I talked about focusing the mind and letting the body do it's own thing...today, let's do that opposite and enjoy really connecting to the body, and not worrying about the mind, shall we. :-)

And, I teach these classes classes LIVE Monday-Friday morning from ...

July 5, 2021 - A good day to breathe.

July 22, 2021 - Yesterday I was feeling super positive and good. I just really felt upbeat and alive and “Yay”! I went to my favorite coffee shop in town and started journaling about the reasons that might be impacting my good feelings. I wrote that I have been getting enough sleep, I’ve been e...

July 26, 2021 - This weekend felt something like what a world beyond COVID would be like. I hung out with friends for a brunch, went with another friend to listen to some music, went for a motorcycle ride, and even did some kayaking — it was a great weekend!

It really felt like SUMMER, and findi...

July 8, 2021 - I am someone who prefers to be happy, and then when I’m not I’m disappointed or judge myself for it. I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in this…I think everyone has a desire to be happy. Something I love about the yoga philosophy is that it teaches that it’s ok if you aren’t happy eve...

July 27, 2021 - Last night I watched the Olympics “Street Skateboard” competition for women. If you haven’t seen it, you should check it out. One of the great things about it was the age of the winners…the gold and silver medalists are both 13-year olds. So cool.

Something that really inspi...

July 6, 2021 - Last year around this time I was spending three weeks staying with my mom in Colorado Springs. I was her caregiver, I didn’t have a car or computer, didn’t watch TV, and was focused on being together with my mom. It was great. The main great part about it was spending the most one...

July 30, 2021 - I got in some more Olympic watching. Yippe! Yesterday I watched the women's gymnastics all-round, which is where individuals compete on all the different events...floor, vault, uneven bars, and balance beam. It's exciting because no one is the best at all of the events, but most...

July 23, 2021 - I’ve been thinking about how we have these various foundations in life that support us, and one of them is the breath. Connecting to the breath can help keep us about the fray. So, today we focus on the breath a bit…I hope you enjoy it. :-)

July 29, 2021 - I was learning more about Simone Biles' reasons for leaving Olympic competition. A main reason was that she was experiencing "the twisties."

The thing about twisties, is that twisties for me is a really good thing...a great thing. Twisties are curvy roads you look forward to on...

7.16.21 - In the yoga practice, dharana is translated as “concentration”, but another translation is “to hold, like in a hug”. It’s nice to think of being in a yoga class and being held, like in a hug. That’s what I try to do as a teacher…hold people in dharana through various means, like they a...

July 21, 2021 - Yesterday I went for a walk with Dewey in the woods. It was so great. We went on a trail I hadn’t been on before, and there was a constant sound of water as we walked. I loved the sound, and it really took me away…it was like being held in an embrace of sound - super cool.

Wha...

July 14 2021 - I was thinking today about how it’s been great to be doing these regular morning practices, and also how different I feel day to day. Sometimes I high energy, some times not. Sometimes super happy, sometimes not. But, the practice keeps happening anyway. Yay!

This reminds me o...

July 13, 2021 - This morning I woke to the wonderful sound of rain. I love the sound of rain, along the the smell, the rhythm, how everything is cleaner after a rain storm. Rain is awesome. :-)

In terms of yoga, it’s nice to bring aspects of rain inside while it’s raining — connecting to your...

July 15, 2021 - Yesterday I was at my favorite coffee shop on Church Street, The Cosmic Grind, and I was sitting outside. Next to me was a man woman sitting together, and the woman had a phone setup on a tripod that pointed at her. I was thinking that maybe they had a friend they were talking t...

July 28, 2021 - Yesterday Simone Biles, widely regarded as the greatest gymnast ever, withdrew from the team competition in the Tokyo Olympics. Today she decided to also withdraw from the individual all-around event, which is one of the premier events of the Olympics.

Initially many people tho...

July 12, 2021 - One thing I like about yoga philosophy is that it is quite diverse. There isn’t one “yoga philosophy”, there are lots of options. One option I talked about on Friday was the idea of “Not This”, which is basically the concept of not paying attention to the world, because the worl...

July 20, 2021 - It ends up that during the summer I have a lot more free time, because most of the teaching I do is at the University of the Vermont, and I don’t teach there in the summer. Every year heading toward summer I can’t wait to have nothing to do. Just sitting around, no pressure, lot...

July 19, 2021 - Today we work on the flow of the body in relation to the flow of life. Check it out...join in. :-)

July 7, 2021 - Today Jane and I have been married for 22 years. Right on! Something that we did for eight years was go to Kripalu twice a year and assist a friend who was teaching a Couples Retreat. It was really fun, and very much a retreat for us. One of the things that would happen at the ...

July 9, 2021 - Here is a meditation/yoga practice to empty the find as a way to connect to Pure Consciousness. The idea is to let go of everything this you can perceive by repeating “Not This” to anything you are aware of, so that you are left with nothing, being in a state of Pure Consciousness...