My authentic self. Accepting ourselves as we are. Learning to love ourselves with all of our uniqueness. Looking at our self-named flaws ...

Have you ever made a bad decision? Are you left with “hangover guilt” from that decision? I had never heard the term hangover guilt but w...

This is the first fall in our new home. We have a beautiful maple tree in the front yard, I am sure it will be stunning as its leaves cha...

Just pause. Stop and breathe. Close your eyes and focus. Take a mental break. Take care of you. This week I have had so many students com...

I am not flexible enough for yoga. I will try yoga after I lose weight. I am not a vegan so I can’t do yoga. All yogis are skinny. Yoga i...

I taught meditation today for the online studio. I taught an autogenic training technique. This was the second time I’ve taught this prac...

We left our state, Tennessee, for the first time since February. We left to pick up my mother-in-law in South Carolina for a week-long vi...

I wore a two-piece bathing suit yesterday in the pool with my daughter and granddaughter. I held my belly in tight. I held my back up str...

I taught a group of new yoga teacher trainees this weekend. I have been focusing a great deal on meditation with this group of students; ...

I am a mover. I moved with my military family as a child. I moved with my military ex-husband more times than I can count. I moved to Ten...

I had a yogi ask me this week, what are these bandha’s you keep talking about. We use the bandhas in yoga classes. But do you understand w...

Each year for the past six years, I have taught and attended workshops at the West of the Moon Creative Retreat in New Harmony, Indiana. ...

I was not raised to surrender. I was taught to work hard and don’t quit. I work hard at most everything I do. When I struggle with someth...

“The act of self-love is an act of rebellion” Shelby Lawson My friend Daniel messaged me this week about a training he had been in for wo...

I am not flexible enough for yoga. I will try yoga after I lose weight. I am not a vegan so I can’t do yoga. All yogis are skinny. Yoga i...

We are back in the yoga studio - almost back to normal. I have missed our community during the time of quarantine for COVID but have felt...

I woke this morning at 3:02am to the sound of water running. That is never good. Never a good sound to wake up to. A pipe had burst under...

I did not appreciate Mother’s Day much until I became a mother. As a child, we love our mothers. They are the primary ones who care for u...

It is important to see how recognizing your "because I am", can be used to make you stronger and help others see that in themselves. mys...