It happened to me the other day. I was about move into my yoga room to work through my daily inversion practice and the thought popped into my head, "You could do your handstand work, or you could make a cup of coffee and chill with your book." 

I laughed to myself. It's been almost 20-years...

I am not the kind of woman that enjoys lifting weights at the gym. It's simply not my thing. 

But, lifting my body into the air using just my core and upper body strength in an arm balance pose or and inversion? That is where it's at. 

And, every day as I wake up diving deeper into my...

My husband, Jeffrey, has now dropped a total of 65 lbs. since August 2023. And, every time he walks through the door from a long day teaching middle schoolers how to tune a ukelele and sing on pitch, my heart leaps at the sight of him. He looks like he's thirty-five again. 

I realize now...

I used to think I would be (finally!) proud of my yoga practice when I accomplished Standing Head to Knee Pose. But, until that moment, it was about putting in the "hard work" to realize this goal. 

This seemed to be a theme in the earlier years of my practice. 

Once I found one...

I was confronted with the thought this week that who I was ten years ago would be so, so proud of where I am now. 

"Is that true?" I thought. 

From the outside you might believe there was little growth. Ten years ago, at thirty-seven years old, I was teaching yoga. And, I still teach...

This week we hung up a picture of the Flatirons in Boulder, Colorado in our bedroom. It's a huge sweeping photo we captured from the top of the opposite mountain. And, I remember standing in that spot, the hair on my neck standing on it's end because it was so out of this world...

I get it. A lot of people swear by Pilates or lifting weights endlessly at the gym once you hit your 40s.

So, why is yoga, in my opinion, the lifestyle and exercise regimen that exceeds all others?

Because it gives you everything you need.

Unlike other exercise activities where the focus is...

I don't care who you are, it takes some time to build into therapeutic splits. 

Therapeutic splits have:

1. Your two hips in one line. 

2. Your back leg knee points down to the ground and not out to the side. 

3. Both legs are in a straight line, with your ankles in line with your...

It's not just you. Seeing someone fly in an arm balance when you have yet to achieve flight in one of these postures can be intimidating.

You are not the only one to see someone fly in a fancy arm balancing posture and think, "That will never be me."

But, know that is not the truth.

And, for me,...

Let me stop you right here. 

If I had to start all over again with Standing Bow Pulling Pose, also known as Dancer Prep Pose, I’d focus less on depth and more on alignment…

And also, working WITH my body instead of insisting it do wacky things, just to feel like I finally...

It’s not just you. The way your body shifts in your midlife years is real.

And, one thing that has really helped me drop my perimenopause weight gain over the past couple of months was paying attention to the activities that raise my cortisol levels (the stress hormone in your body) and...

Struggling with your Peacock Pose? You’re going to want to kiss me for this!

Personally, I could not find lift off in Peacock Pose for YEARS. 

And, there was a time when I went after this posture every single day, again and again and again. 

I had the set up right, I was...