What we resist, persists. We set the intention in yoga today to notice where we meet resistance. Noticing when we resist in the muscles or in certain poses, and also where we resist in the mind. For example if you resist, or avoid being angry, you are ALWAYS angry. If you resist sadness, you are always sad. You think you resist certain emotions because they are there but actually they seem to exist because you avoid them. When you are me...

“If the mind can heal the body but the body can’t heal the mind then the mind must be stronger than the body.” – A Course In Miracles You can eat all the kale, do all the workouts but if you aren’t nourishing and growing your mind, you will suffer. I started yoga for the physical reasons and kept returning for what it did for my mental health. A yoga class is often a moving meditation so when working out an issue in my head I take it to the mat. As I move and match my breath the synchronicity of my body and mind through the vehicle of breath is calmed and cleared. So what have you done for your mental health today? Have you meditated or even just spent a few m...

Do you ever have a day where you’re just cranky? You wake up on the wrong side of the bed and now EVERYTHING seems awful and hard. Or the world must be out to get you? In my family growing up we would call this mood “wearing your grumpy pants.” If you were in a bad mood and either didn’t want to talk (to the many people most likely in my house at any given time) or to alert others of your mood, you would say you’re wearing grumpy pants today. This was a silent message that you’re in a bad mood and you’ll get over it but to leave you alone or give you a break if you say something out of character. The thing about pants is you can’t wear them forever, s...

“The things that we bury can tell you a lot about who we are. The difference between a garden and a graveyard is only what we chose to put in the soil.” ~Rudy Francisco 🌖🌖🌕🌕🌕🌖🌖 I feel this quote in my bones. On full and new moons I like to take time and journal. I love this quote for journaling on this eve of the full, blood moon and lunar eclipse. So what are you burying? Are you hiding unhealthy patterns, negative or competitive mindsets? Are you letting the highlight reel of others define your not enough-ness? Take time today to journal out what you hide. Look at all the “darkness.” Now imagine someone you love dearly and unconditionally (yes, you can use your dog, just imagine harder 😉 ), and imagine the...