This past weekend I did something that I haven't done in awhile.  I cooked a huge meal for my hosts in Spain.  It was my way of thanking them for all that they've done for me while I've been here in Spain.  They've taken me to see other cities, old castles and...

As I write this, I'm in Spain visiting a family that I first met when I was an exchange student in high school.  It's been an emotional trip already and I've only been here for four days.  I've had to resurrect long forgotten Spanish.  I've been taught lessons in...

My son graduated high school last Friday & moved back home for the summer.  I guess that means my Empty Nester status is on hold for a couple of months.  That's ok with me because I get to spend a little time with him before he moves even farther away in August....

For many of us, midlife happens about the time we become empty nesters.  Midlife is also about the time that we begin to question our life.  What have we accomplished?  What is our life's purpose?  What are we going to do with the years that we have left?  Does it...

I've spent the past week serving other people in one capacity or another.  It's very fulfilling to do this.  I love to help people understand themselves, make changes in their lives, and just be comfortable with what is.  However, I've been working overtime for awhile...

I’ve just spent the last few days being confronted with edges that I haven’t seen in awhile.  I had a nice break from them.  I thought that I had worked through a few of them, but hello, there they are. They weren’t completely gone.  It’s not that I haven’t worked...

As I write this, I’m on my way to Florida.  My daughter graduates from college tomorrow.  It’s really hard to believe that we’re at that part in her life.  As you often hear, time really does fly.  It was just yesterday that she was starting kindergarten & here...

This has been a year of transitions for me.  Life keeps changing and this is a normal but I already know that there are several big changes yet to happen this year.  For the past few months, I've know that both of my kids will be moving this summer, but I haven't...

My life was a little messy this week.  I know that life has a tendency to be messy at times, this messiness just points out to me that it's not a place where I thrive.   When it does happen I find myself looking for ways to get back to the ease and flow that I've come...

While cleaning up my home office the other day, I ran across something that I wrote 3 years ago.  It struck me as interesting because I was going through the first part of my yoga therapy training.  This was a time of a lot of introspection for me.  I was exploring...

When thinking about making a change in my life, I can get stuck.  The fear of making that change can keep me from moving forward in my life.  If this is happening, then it's like I'm paralyzed and unable to take action.  In times like this, I try to remind myself....

Have you ever noticed that there are parts of yourself that are harder to accept than others?  If you can't accept those parts, then what do you do?  Do you pretend that they don't exist?  Do you push that part down so that it can't exert itself very often?  If you've...

In a conversation last night, I witnessed the pain that is caused when someone believes that they are right and they cannot even begin to see that maybe there might be another path.  I witnessed the pain that is caused from not accepting a situation.  I also witnessed...

I spend most of my time teaching people in yoga classes or working individually or in small yoga therapy groups.  I love what I do!  However, I've also spent some time over the last year as a mentor to new yoga therapists in training.    This is what I get to do for...

“We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us.” ― Ken Levine I've been thinking about choice this week.  Sometimes we may feel like we don't have a choice, but usually we do.  It may be that you have 2 options and neither of them are really great, but you...

'All conditioned things are impermanent' - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.  -  The Buddha I've talked with a lot of people over the last few weeks about change.  Most of them are not happy with me leaving and I keep having similar...

I've spent the last few weeks letting people know that I won't be teaching 2 yoga classes anymore.  It's one of those bittersweet moments for me.  I'm very ready to move on to the next phase of my life, but I've spent almost 12 years teaching these classes.  So,...

I'm a planner. I want to know my schedule and what is happening in the days ahead.  The problem is that when I do this, I don't allow space for the unexpected to happen and sometimes it's the unexpected things that are the most beautiful in my life. So, when I plan...