A cornerstone teaching in our practice is learning to balance effort and ease; finding that sweet spot where we have just the right...

This week marks the seventh week of life changing as we knew it. Like everyone else in the world, I have been riding the roller coaster...

The world feels so different than last Monday when I was writing and planning to still offer yoga classes at Calvin. The last week has...

Yoga arose from Ayurveda, the ancient system of healthy practices, nutrition and medicine that holistically addresse the mind, body and...

In class for the past month, we have been learning about our roots and how strong roots allow us to RISE. In Ayurveda, the fall and...

Jerry and I spent this afternoon putting the yard, pool, garden and outdoor furniture to bed for the winter. It's a ritual we do every...

This week, we will be considering how to surrender both on the mat in class and off the mat in our lives. "Surrendering is not...

This week in yoga class, we are learning about Tapas which translates as Self-discipline, Internal Heat or Zeal. I find Tapas as I...

Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are. You have been stony for too many...

“The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God...

These words are at the same time so comforting to me and also so triggering. I have tried so hard to keep some things the same,...

This week in class we will be exploring Brahmacharya which translates to moderation, balance, "just enough" and proper application of...

I remember when I first heard these words from a beloved yoga teacher of mine, during the final rest pose Savasana....and the tears...

This week in class we are learning about Satya or Truthfulness. We hear a lot about "finding your truth" in our culture these days, but...

“When you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them...

Forget about enlightenment. Sit down wherever you are And listen to the wind singing in your veins. Feel the love, the longing, and the...

One day you finally knewwhat you had to do, and began, though the voices around youkept shoutingtheir bad advice -- though the whole...

Keep walking, though there’s no place to get to.  Don’t try to see through the distances.  That’s not for human beings.  Move within, but...

Lost Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a...

She let go. She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go. She let go of the fear. She let go of the judgments. She let go of the...