Greetings Yoga Heroes, Spring. In Portland. Spring in Portland!!! I never knew the power of daffodil yellow until I spent a few winters under the low grey skies of the Pacific Northwest. I hope this email finds you in a sea of it – a sea of daffodil technicolor beneath a tulip rainbow. I’m writing […]
Trainings
Yoga and Scoliosis: Finding Balance in Asymmetry
My journey with yoga and scoliosis began when I was a teenager living in a small town in Wisconsin. I starting having some discomfort and pain in my back and was soon diagnosed with a significant curvature in my spine. The options for treatment sounded bleak – bracing and the possibility of having surgery for a […]
Body Vulnerability in Yoga
When I first stepped into a yoga class I was incredibly scared of my body and the idea of embodiment. My body felt incredibly vulnerable and foreign to me. During that time of my life, I thought that if I was in control of my body than I would be loved, I would fit in […]
Pathways and Currents – Yoga Philosophy for Everyone
My first dip in Yoga philosophy as an adult was inadvertent – I went to Yoga class expecting it to be something like jazzercise and instead was introduced to a holistic form of moving meditation that integrated aspects of philosophy I had first become acquainted with as a college freshman. In addition to moving in […]
Yoga + Woods = Happiness
One of the highlights of my summer has been taking my yoga teaching outside. The recent People’s Yoga Campout was no exception! Longtime friend and yoga buddy Alison Alstrom and I co-taught at the really, truly beautiful sanctuary of Big Bear Camp outside of Walton, OR. Paige of Eatin’ Alive made us delicious meals in […]
Off the Mat, and On the Wall
Yoga and rock climbing are a natural match, both combining mindful movement and bringing focus to the present moment. I began my own journey into rock climbing eight years ago, when my sister took me to the Portland Rock Gym while visiting from New York. I had always been afraid of heights, and I thought […]
I am interested in the 100-Hour Immersion, but…
I enrolled in my first Yoga Immersion after seeing a paper flyer taped to the check-in counter of my local studio. Those two words, “Yoga Immersion,” spoke to a longing that had taken form in me that I hadn’t quite named yet: I wanted to steep in the practice. I sensed there was something more […]