Handstands can feel like an endless puzzle—one day, everything clicks, and the next, you're toppling over like a domino.

But here’s the thing: Most handstand struggles boil down to a handful of common mistakes. Fix these, and you’ll see massive progress.

Let’s break them down and, more important...

There’s something powerful about reaching midlife. It’s like the noise of expectations starts to fade, and you feel this pull to step into who you truly are. I've found it’s not about clinging to youth—it’s about discovering more clarity, confidence, and connection with yourself.

Lately, when I cat...

If you’ve ever thought, “I wish I had started yoga sooner,” let me stop you right there.

The best time to practice yoga isn’t in your 20s. It’s right now—in your midlife years, when you’ve become a woman of a "certain age."

I get it. You see those 20-somethings in yoga class—their bodies are new, ...

Props in yoga get a bad rap. Somewhere along the line, people started thinking that using a block, strap, or bolster means you’re “not good enough” at yoga. And, starting my practice with a Bikram Yoga background where props of any kind are not allowed, I know it took me some time to come around to ...

When I arrived at my first yoga class ever in 2005 it was a whim of a 28-year old wishing to feel lighter for a dance audition I had the next day. 

But, I caught the yoga 'bug,' or addiction, pretty quickly and developed insane flexibility. 

My back bend was crazy deep and my pride and joy. 

Fast...

I don't know about you, but the holiday season can knock me right off my center of peace and calm without even realizing that I'm out of sync with myself. 

So, if you're feeling yoga deprived because you truly do not have the time, I've created a super simple sequence just for you that will relax y...

"How do you continue to advance your yoga practice when you're worried you're going to hurt yourself in certain postures and will then have to stop practicing yoga to heal?" 

This question was a good one and coming from a source of wisdom and life-experience I have yet to obtain. It was asked by tw...

The Christmas tree is up, the front door is completely decked out, Christmas music is pumping from my phone at all times, the cookie jar is full, and the holiday season has officially arrived! 

And, one thing I know for sure, is that your yoga practice? Between holiday parties and get-togethers, sc...

I am a little nostalgic and teary as I sit down to write to you this week. This past Friday I celebrated thirteen years as a yoga teacher.

Thirteen years ago, I walked to the front of a yoga class filled with rows of people and led them through their practice.

I remember feeling so excited for it....

When we think about flexibility in yoga, we often focus on forward folds and backbends—but what about the sides of our body? That’s where the magic of lateral stretches comes in! These poses don’t just help you move more freely; they also make your practice feel more balanced and vibrant.

Let’s div...

And, there it was. The new student that had come into the yoga studio, half listening to my instructions of what to expect for her first class, flippantly signing her waiver and pushing it into my face when completed, was crying.

Coming out of her first Camel Pose, the rigidity, and “it’s me agains...

I had to quit so many things to get my yoga practice to where it is today. 

And, I’m not talking about nutrition, or giving up late nights out. 

No, the things we’re talking about today were much more difficult to quit because they had to do with my yoga practice as it was. 

There came a point wh...