From the time I was a young girl, trying to cultivate a relationship with God, I found it difficult to stop life in order to get my head into prayer or scripture. It took some time and learning about myself but I found that singing was the perfect transition into a clear mind focused on God. “Blow Wind Blow” brought me into the presence of God day after day for years. I would go off alone, close my eyes tight and sing at the top of my lungs. By the end of the song the words had become my own. I was exhausted with emotion, broken, and ready. The worship had begun. And I was ready to talk to God like He was sitting beside me in the room. Continue Reading…
Yoga philosophy teaches that you can find all that you lack within yourself. We humans are a chasing race. Most people feel they spend all of their lives chasing a dream. For some it’s a spouse or children. Others chase the dream of a job they enjoy, which gives them purpose. But overall, it is a searching for completion. We all have questions about life and who we are, what this life means. Yoga teaches that we have the potential to find contentment within ourselves. Continue Reading…
One of the most addictive things to me in my yoga practice is that exuberant feeling of joy and accomplishment when my body bends, balances, or aligns in a way I didn’t think was possible. You work and work into a pose and then one day it happens. One day you just relax into it; you forget your fear of falling or breaking. You just glide into something beautiful. When I am doing well and I am standing shoulder to shoulder with other yoga practitioners, all moving in synch with each other, I feel like a part of a grand dance. Continue Reading…
“The attitude you bring to your mat is the attitude you carry throughout your life.”
This is wisdom I have gleaned from my elder yogis. The physical and mental obstacles you face during your practice reveal your true colors and brings you face to face with it. Continue Reading…
When Seth and I were a little younger, we used our words to tear down and criticize the things that offended us about Christian culture. It’s hard to wear the name “Christian” with such a diversity of representation. The connotations connected to the terms are based on the personal encounters a person has had to someone who wore the label. That’s just how we are. Continue Reading…
Do you ever feel like life is just a process of survival? Aging is just a means of gaining the skills to breathe a little deeper each day. If there is anything I have learned in my process of becoming a yoga teacher, it is that I never again want to be so busy that I can’t enjoy life. Continue Reading…
At this moment I am devouring an entire bag of popcorn because it’s the end of the day. Never mind it is 5 o’clock in the evening and I’ll be eating a meal in another hour and a half. It’s the end of the day. I’ve worked hard through the week and I deserve it. Don’t I? Continue Reading…
I’ve told you before, that discipline does not come easy to me. Looking deeper into myself, I have discovered why. I am easily bored with routine, and I am addicted to change. In order to keep me interested in doing the same thing again and again, I have to change it up. I can’t stay stagnant in my practice. I have to move deeper. I have to keep the fire burning. Continue Reading…
I have a desk job during the day that requires me to sit in front of a computer. While my job is a blessing in many ways, sitting is not a blessing to my body. The first couple of weeks began to build a tightness and soreness in my shoulders. I began to slouch and shift my body into positions that were not meant for my spine. I now sit on an exercise ball, which has caused lots of buzz among the people who file through our office doors. Continue Reading…
What do you think about when you hear the word, “meditation”? Hippies seated in lotus chanting “AUM”? That’s what came to mind for me as well. Yet a voice inside of me wondered if it could be something more. Continue Reading…
