This past December I went on a teaching vacation to Mexico where I had the opportunity to teach yoga classes to people who were staying at our hotel. It was during the tourist off-season so I only had a handful of students come to class each day. The typical group consisted of a few couples, where the woman has been practicing yoga and had been trying to convince her partner to give it a try for years. Lucky for the guys they were stuck in paradise with no good reason not to say yes to their partners request to join them. I love teaching people who are brand new to yoga, for a few reasons. I get to witness transformation either slowly or immediately happen as they reconnect their bodies and
I love a clean house. I cherish those few moments after cleaning when everything is put away in its rightful place, where the floors don’t have any muddy paw prints and there aren’t any remnants of sticky, syrupy finger prints on the table, counters, fridge, and walls. Those moments after cleaning are fleeting as I have a husband, dog, and two beautiful but messy kids. Unfortunately they don’t share my desire to have a clutter free house that smells of incense and has soothing music playing softly in the background. Instead my house usually looks like a lego bomb recently went off in our living room and beanie boos have not only outnumbered us, they will soon need to inhabit our spare bedroo
Signing on to become a human is the toughest and most rewarding assignment you’ve ever been offered. When you took this job, you knew the difficulties involved. From your vantage point you asked for the big, deluxe package called: Live, Learn and Love – this is the one that included all possibilities. This meant that you’d get a chance to experience the full gamut of human potential. As such, you’ve done some amazing things and you’ve made mistakes, and done some really stupid things (this is the ‘Learn” part in the Live, Learn and Love package). Others around you signed up for this same gig and have done and are doing the same all around you. These hurts and mistakes both given an
My twin sister and I turned 39 this year. I can’t speak for her but for me this was a big deal. I remember when my parents turned 40 and at the time thinking they were oooooold. So knowing we are approaching 40 has had me thinking a lot about who I am, what I want to choose for my life going forward, and all those other deep questions you expect to ask yourself when you are going through a midlife crisis. What do you decide to do when going through a so-called midlife crisis? You buy a corvette or get a tattoo. We choose the latter. The tattoo I knew I wanted to get - had to get - is the Chinese symbol for listening and I wanted to get it by my ear as a reminder to always listen with my eyes
