See the Beauty in the Commonplace
Beauty is all around us if we just stop and take the time to really look at what is right in front of us. This image is of an American Coot. Coots are one of the more common birds found throughout much of the US. They are so common that most of us don’t even pause to...
See the Beauty Right Out Your Door
See the Beauty Right Out Your Door Seeing beauty means taking the time to look for it. Many mornings I am at my desk long before sunrise. Often, if I take a moment to look out the window as the dawn arrives, I am witness to spectacular sunrise. This is especially true...
Yoga Gives Me Permission to Not Run Around!
I love how Steve and my hobbies intersect and the people we meet in one community show up in another community. Steve was teaching a photography class this spring and one of his students started talking about a yoga class that they took and they really...
Queen of the Night and Finding Beauty in Harshness
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” Vincent Van Gogh I confess, I am a whiner. When it comes to living in Tucson, I’m the first to boast about our weather in March when the rest of the country is experiencing cold and snow and they are...
Yoga Keeps Me Injury Free So I Can Keeping Hiking!
Colorado Trail Hiker Meet Diane Sebastian, this month’s student. I met Diane a few years back in Colorado Springs through Steve and I’s connection to triathlon and her SO, Joe. We had an immediate connection through our mutually sarcastic and witty...
“Yoga is my Glass of Wine”
everyBODY has a story Each of us has a story. I have always been fascinated with people’s stories – I find them inspiring and moving. And heartbreaking and frustrating. They give me courage and motivation. I think people’s stories are what connects us to others. And...
“Yoga Made Me Mentally Limber”
Yoga Student Story: EVERYbody has a Story My last student story was about Janelle, one of my students in my chair yoga classes, who at 95 does yoga weekly. This month, I am sharing Christy’s story. When I offered Christy a private yoga session at my house last...
“You’re Not Too Old to do Yoga!”
Last month I let you know that I would be sharing a student story <almost> every month and I shared Kathy Harris’ story. I believe each of us has a story and as I’ve been teaching yoga, I’m learning anyone who does yoga has a yoga story. I have always been...
// F O C U S //
I’ve had the luxury of having a great deal of flexibility in my schedule this past year, but with a busy fall coming up, I will need to get more focused to ensure I am spending my time on my highest priorities. I am a dabbler, which means I dabble in a lot of...
A Crooked Path
““Pursue some path however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.” ~ Henry David Thoreau It’s been one year since I left HP. My path since then has indeed been crooked, but rather than narrow, mine has been wide. And wandering....