This past week kicked my butt. It was the second week of school and I returned from my 40th birthday weekend vacation at midnight on Monday (in case you are wondering, that’s never a good idea). Entering into my week was already destined to be rough, but then add on to it all the start of the school year - and life - demands and I was completely overwhelmed. My yoga practice has helped me over the years to manage the ups and downs of life in a reasonably sane way. Most of the time. Every once in awhile, however, life gets the best of me and my family and friends might argue that I’m far from sane. Now that I’m starting to come out of the chaos and enter into the other side, I’m reflecting ba
I was asked a few years ago to write a letter to a very special young lady in my life with any advice I had for her as a gift. I came across what I wrote to her and realized that the words I shared were not only things I wish someone would have shared with me at her age but are things that I still need to be reminded of today. I realized that much of what I wrote shared tenets of yoga philosophy and tips on how to live your yoga. I’m sharing this with the hope that regardless of your age, some of these tips resonate with you and where you are on your journey in life. ++++++++ Things I wish someone would have told me at your age: 1. You are loved. More than you know or can truly fathom. You a
