At its core, “We Are All Creators” reflects the fundamental human reality that we constantly shape our lives, relationships, and environments through our daily thoughts, words, and deeds. Whether intentionally building art or simply navigating interactions, creativity is inherently woven…
When we arrive on this planet, it seems to me that we are born fearless. It is our journey through life that cultivates strengths and fears, thereby setting us on a path of discovering who we are and why we…
Spiritually, a rainbow (ROYGBIV) symbolizes hope, renewal, and divine connection. Emerging after a storm, it represents the light and peace that follow life’s difficulties. It is a reminder to us that storms/challenges are temporary, and better days lie ahead. It…
Worry wastes time.Mind spins endlessly through past or futurenever resting in the present. The Tao and Yoga, as foundational concepts in East Asian philosophy and religion, share several core tenets. Tao (or Dao) literally means “the way” or “the path.”…
Recently, during a yoga class, I attempted a two-legged “Malasana (Squat) to Handstand (Adho Mukha Vrksasana)” and succeeded on the first attempt. When I returned to my feet to try again, my following attempts were unsuccessful. Needless to say, my…
The Yamas are the fundamental renunciation of a life based on fear. They are the change. The Niyamas are the fundamental practices that sustain a life based on love. They sustain the change.Rolf Gates & Katrina Kenison The five yamas…
The seven myofascial tension bands universally situate in all human bodies, which arguably could be proof that we are all one. These connective tissue bands are unnatural straps holding tension just under the skin’s surface in the outer layer of…
A while back, I blogged about this very question: Who Am I? From a yoga perspective and my own personal experience, I recognize the importance of re-evaluating my understanding of who I am on an ongoing basis. Given that change…
7 Tension Bands or Straps: Myofascia is the flexible network of tissue that surrounds, cushions, and supports muscles, bones, and organs. It acts as a riverbed containing the flow of interstitial fluid. Interstitial fluid fills the spaces between cells and…
I recently read the following quote in a 2005 book written by Mary Doria Russell — When the preponderance of human beings choose to act with justice and generosity and kindness, then learning and love and decency prevail. When the…
Over the past several weeks, I shared Yoga Actions focused on creating space in the major spinal joints — sacrum-tailbone, lumbar-sacrum, thoracic-lumbar, and C7-thoracic. Using your awareness and breath to expand the space between these spinal vertebrae brings greater ease…
Over the past several weeks, we practiced asanas utilizing yoga actions that engage the subtle body — Pranamaya Kosha (energy body), Manomaya Kosha (mental-emotional body), and Vijnanamaya Kosha (wisdom/intuitive body). As you may have discovered personally, the holistic impacts dampen…
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