Seeking teachers

Since September 2015 I have been volunteering at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility (CRCF), teaching yoga, with my friend Jim Dunn.  Jim and I have a vision of creating a yoga program in all seven of Vermont’s correctional facility, but we need help.  The most immediate need is to enlist other teachers to help at CRCF.  We have moved our weekly class to Saturday afternoons, and it is…

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Current class schedule When I'm not driving Miss Daisy (pictured), working or making time for all the people and activities I love (including yoga), I can be found teaching at Balance Yoga in Richmond, VT Sundays 9:00 am.

Balance It has been a long time!  Rather than abandoning a too long ignored blog, I have chosen to resurrect it! 

Tapas Week three of the six-week series exploring the Niyamas focuses on Tapas, or deliberately acting in a way that causes positive change in ourselves  The Sanskrit root…

Santosa

Week two of six-week series exploring the Niyamas focuses on Santosa. (Pronounced “Santoesha”).  This is my favorite because it challenges, rewards, and guides me every day. Santosa is the practice of being grateful for what we have and content with who we are and where we are right now at this point in our lives.  It’s about practicing a sense of equanimity and calm even in the midst of a…

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Living your yoga off the mat with the Niyamas

The Niyamas (third limb of yoga) represent personal practices that promote self-reflection, inner wisdom, and freedom from suffering.  The first is Sauca, which literally means cleanliness.  Our asana (physical) practice of yoga helps burn away impurities of the mind and body, as do other actions, such as emotional release (crying, laughing).  Sauca is relevant to what we put into our bodies, our…

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Mindlessness

It seems these days we hear, read, and teach about mindfulness often.  Sometimes to understand what something is, it can be helpful to consider what it is not.  In this case, the opposite of mindfulness is, obviously, mindlessness.  I doubt this requires much explaining. How many times have I been baking bread and in the midst of measuring and pouring flour I stop and ask myself, “Is this cup…

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Difficult times

A few weeks ago I wrote the following with the intention of posting it here:

Yehuda Berg reminds me to be grateful for hardships.  Indeed, they teach me so much and allow me to savor the calm that inevitably follows all storms.  Like clay on a potter’s wheel, I can only find center when I am pushed just beyond that point. 

I wrote this (and a bit more) right after an incredibly challenging week…

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Words to live by

Words to live by

     With the vastness of the internet, and ample social media options, words of wisdom careen onto my laptop with lightening speed.  There are so many fabulous quotes and poems that are shared; after a while they may roll by without sufficient depth of processing.   The exception for me is the following poem by Dr. Seuss.  These are words I can truly live by:

Be who you are and

Say what you feel

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The True Children of a Lesser God

The True Children of a Lesser God

The True Children of a Lesser God.

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Classes

Classes http://wp.me/s4d0Kr-classes

Yoga Class Monday nights 6:30 – 7:45 p.m. for all levels.  Mats, blocks, and straps available.  I assist, support, and accommodate all levels of yoga experience.  Remember, it’s not how far you go, rather how you go.  Class fee is $10.00 per class or $45.00 for six week series that runs Monday, March 17 – Monday, April 21.   Monthly Donation Sunday Yoga begins March 30 (NOT 3/23).  9:00 a.m. –…

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Re-surfacing! There's a new surface on my studio floor thanks to my amazing, strong, and talented husband.  It all came about because our 55 gallon acquarium exploded during the night, ruining a hard wood floor, ceiling, insulation, carpeting, and electrical items.  

Updates!

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A few updates: 1) Yoga in the woods in Underhill: Mondays 6:30 – 7:45. For the time being, there will be no Wednesday class. 2) Sunday, February 23 at 8:30 – 10 Free yoga! 3) As one who pursues wellness, and who is simultaneously skeptical of all the…

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Just like my mother

Many of us fear the day when we become our parents, or embody their annoying idiosyncrasies,…

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Januaryogis Challenge by SunandStrength Day 15 Half Moon Day 16 Grasshopper Pose

For grasshopper pose I tried to do baby grasshopper, but could not grab my foot. This is a cool pose but won’t get into it anytime soon. Got to keep practicing my crow pose balancing to build up more arm strength.

Hatha yoga

People often ask me, “What type of yoga is Hatha yoga?” Hatha, or classical, yoga is “a practice of moving into energetic balance amid the constancy of change in our lives,” (Mark Stephens). The “ha” of Hatha is more energizing; the”tha” is more relaxing.…

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Pain versus suffering

What I have learned is that pain (and joy) are inevitable.  Suffering, or at least long-term suffering, is totally optional.  To me, suffering is the result of not having put down the pain you received or caused.  Cultivating Santosha (equanimity or…

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