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The Entire Universe is Within You
When I first started practicing yoga, wheel pose seemed impossible for me. I just dismissed it as something that I would never be able to do. Thankfully, my mindset has grown over the years along...
Exploring Downward Dog
I had the pleasure of taking part in an inversion workshop. I learned so much, but at the base of it all, was how to engage the back in downward facing dog. Working on engaging these muscles...
Abandon Attachment to Success and Failure
People will question your choices in life. They will question your career choices, your desire to participate (or not participate) in certain social activities, your parenting. Sadly, it happens all...
How Camel Pose Helped Me Overcome Postpartum Depression
Camel pose, or ustrasana in Sanskrit, is a back-bending pose that has great benefits for your mind and body, but it tends to stir up a lot of emotion with it. I started practicing yoga about a year...
Who Gets a Seat at Your Table?
I have found, as I gain experience day by day in life, that what happens to and for you is often the direct result of not only your mindset, but the mindset of those around you. It's much more...
Craving Change
I used to be afraid. As a child, I was told to be quiet, not to create any attention towards me, to be unseen. I was told that my job was to do well in school, and nothing else. Friends were...
On Being Unproductive
Do you ever have moments (or days, or weeks) where you wind up thinking, “What a waste of time! I mean, what did I actually do that was productive???” For a lot of goal-oriented people, this is our...
Real Motherhood: The Dose of Reality I Totally Wasn’t Expecting
Photo by Pinkletoes Photography Ever since I was a girl, I knew I wanted to be a mom. I was sold on the fantasy of motherhood based on playing with my mother’s friends’ babies, on seeing magazine...
A Life Lesson from Swim Class
Fear is an interesting thing. If you let it, it plants it’s seed in your mind and then takes over like an unruly weed in a garden. But if you work through it, you can accomplish goals that you never...