Author: Carlos Gonzalez

Carlos Gonzalez teaches English at Miami Dade College and yoga and wellness in the community through Miami Firm Body, the company he co-founded with his wife, Maribel. He works with words, movement, and the body. His calling is to invite others to join him in the joy of searching within and finding the strength and courage to walk toward wholeness. Carlos is a spell caster, an educational trickster whose core mission is to transform grief into a source of possible beauty, vulnerability into strength, and fear into wonder.

The Buddha in the Hell Realm: How Finding Her May Help You Come Back to Health

The room closed in on me. My fingertips went numb. My heart raced. I was teaching a late night class at the college. We were discussing the series _Weeds_. I wasn’t high. But I knew something was wrong. I ended class early, and with effort made it outside and sat down trying to figure out what… Continue reading The Buddha in the Hell Realm: How Finding Her May Help You Come Back to Health

What happens when we let go of hope altogether?

“I killed my boyfriend.” “I’m never getting out.” RB walked into class and said this matter of fact. The cavernous room with the untiled floor and walls painted bugger green was 65 degrees. The tropical South Florida heat outside was at least 95. The contrast in temperature somehow paralleled the experience of hearing RB. I’m… Continue reading What happens when we let go of hope altogether?

Maintaining Our Mental Health Has Been Increasingly Challenging

Two years as I started teaching all of my classes on Zoom, I realized that mental health was going to be the greatest challenge I would experience with my students. I knew that my own mental health needed extra care and that my students needed models and pathways to do the same thing for themselves. … Continue reading Maintaining Our Mental Health Has Been Increasingly Challenging

Three Movements That Could Change Your Life

The following movements take place in our hearts/mind. All of us have used them in some way throughout our lives. However, over time, we may have forgotten them. What’s wonderful is that with some attention, we can recover and increase our capacity to do them. Take a look. LETTING BE It takes a lot of… Continue reading Three Movements That Could Change Your Life

Falling Apart & Coming Together

Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again.… Continue reading Falling Apart & Coming Together

Do you suffer from lower back pain?

Most of us experience lower back pain at some point in our lives. For many, the pain arises from sitting for prolonged periods of time. If that’s your case, we can add a little movement in the body to alleviate and maybe address the issue. The following yoga flow is meant to address common lower… Continue reading Do you suffer from lower back pain?