The Case For Moving Slowly Into a New Year

The Case For Moving Slowly Into a New Year

Turns out, I *like* winter. The snow makes 19-degree temperatures in Northern Colorado somehow worth it. I spent a good deal of yesterday mesmerized by the snow falling on the empty branches of a tree just outside the window where I teach yoga. I probably quote too...
The Healing State

The Healing State

It’s been a month! How are you? I’m still teaching from Colorado for another two weeks as I continue to rest and heal my body. When I left LA in June, I barely had energy to walk my dog. My body kept having an allergic reaction to more and more foods and my skin was...
Deepening Our Humanity

Deepening Our Humanity

Hi all, apologies to those who had signed up for the upcoming sunset yoga class with Athleta on June 11. It was a difficult decision to cancel — I had been so looking forward to seeing so many of your faces! Here’s the thing: I’ve been flattened by autoimmune...
Wintering In L.A.

Wintering In L.A.

January has felt like a year in itself. I have struggled to write an email that was coherent this month. I finally realized I’m wintering. Or as the writer Katherine May writes in her meditative book Wintering: “Wintering is a time of withdrawing from the world,...
Tending to Ourselves

Tending to Ourselves

This past week, I’ve been easily frustrated at times, frenzied at other times. Sad when I consider personal and collective losses. Through it all, behind schedule and overwhelmed. All of which is to say I’ve been human and I’m guessing experiencing something similar...
Online Schedule as of 4/4

Online Schedule as of 4/4

Slight time adjustment (it’s the way of the world these days!) My gentle/healthy backs class through Black Dog Yoga is now on Sundays from 11:30am-12:30pm. My Unwind+ Nidra class is now from 4-5pm. You can take either half or both. All else remains the same. For today...