Is This Why You Want to Be Fit in 2020? Appreciating the Past and Setting Intentions The end and start of a year is an opportunity to look both back and appreciate and look forward and set intentions. We can do this will all aspects of our lives, but today I want to focus our… Continue reading Is This Why You Want to be Fit in 2020?
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How Do I Lower My Risk of Dementia?
Up until the 1990’s it was believed that once a person reached adulthood, they would not produce new neurons. Maturity meant a steady and inevitable decline in brain capacity. Brain research after the 90’s upended this false belief, proving that neurons are indeed birthed in the hippocampus, the region in the brain connected with memory.… Continue reading How Do I Lower My Risk of Dementia?
A Season to Listen
As we come to the end of the year, we are often invited into a deeper awareness of the passing of time. Even in the speed, brightness, and chatter of the holidays, we may often find the still small voice within us reminding us mind and mend our life, our hearts, and souls. Listening to… Continue reading A Season to Listen
Strength and Balance
This past week we visited a friend who had a sudden fall and broken her hip. She was cleaning and her leg gave out. She had her hip replaced and looking to a long process of rehab. She is in her early 60’s. The statistics on falls are not very promising. It’s estimated that 1/3… Continue reading Strength and Balance
Prison Journal—Blockages to Freedom
I listened to an Eckhart Tolle video on my way to my last yoga class at the prison for the year. In the video Tolle responds to a question regarding mental illness. He mentions something that I’ve sensed and believe. It is the notion that there is one consciousness, and that that one consciousness is… Continue reading Prison Journal—Blockages to Freedom
Prison Graduation
A couple of months ago I asked for donations for yoga mats to start a yoga class at Everglades Correctional Institution. We received over 30 mats in about a week. We stopped collecting and the class started in early September. Since then I’ve been teaching every Friday from 9-11 AM. It has been a remarkable… Continue reading Prison Graduation
Thanksgiving Yoga
Dear Friends: As a way to start the holiday season, we invite you to join us this Monday, November 25 for a free yoga session at Continental Park’s Historic Dice House. It will be a gentle practice meant for anyone who wants to stretch, relax, and feel the goodness of the present moment. We are… Continue reading Thanksgiving Yoga
No Pasa Nada
Notice where you feel things, where you sense things, and then see if you could, as you’re sensing things remove judgment. So judgment would be, “Oh, this is good or this is bad.” Instead, we can try just noticing where sensation arises. “Oh, it’s coming from my fingertips. I’m noticing the soles of my feet.… Continue reading No Pasa Nada
Change
Logical argumentation, facts, reason–all useful elements, but rarely do these on their own lead to significant change. Proximity and stories, on the other hand, stir the heart and imagination into new ways of seeing and being. This week invite yourself into an unfamiliar situation or place. You don’t have to go far. Find that corner… Continue reading Change