It may be trite, but I’m not a big New Year fan. Even when I could stay up until Midnight and had places to be, New Year didn’t appeal to me. I understand the fundamental, psychological enticement of a reset…
Baby Steps: Change Takes Time. FUCK.
If you’ve ever been to my yoga class, you have heard me say, “Baby steps. Remember, change takes time.” Nothing reminds you of the universal truth of this statement, like injury or illness. I had the Novel coronavirus. Covid-19. The…
The No Pain No Gain Bullsh*t: Listen to Your Body
One of the things I imagine my regular clients get tired of hearing me say is some version of “No Pain No Gain is bullshit.” This Cowboy Up mentality, a mainstay in Western fitness paradigms, aren’t excluded from yoga. In…
OMG! I Can Do Yoga!
I teach a beginning yoga class. An actual for beginners never stepped onto a yoga mat class. I’ve done the comps. I’m the only beginning yoga class for miles. A lot of yoga class descriptions say, “We welcome all levels…
Slow Your Roll, Bitches: My Yoga IS Healthy Yoga
It happens all of the time. New people attend my class, and they are experienced yoga practitioners. You know the type, usually younger, lithe, and so full of yogi zen you just want to slap the yoga off of their…