This week’s CSA (community supported agriculture) box had fresh beets. They are small and tasty. We usually bake these, but lately we have been grating them in our yogurt. Here’s the recipe: Greek yogurt + 1 small grated beet + freshly grated tumeric & ginger + a pinch of black pepper + a scoop of… Continue reading Beet Power
Category: Healing
Sunday Inspiration
I came across this Twitter thread from Martin Heavy Head this morning and wanted to share it. Sometimes we need a reminder and a story to make the embers of our faith and hope glow with the fire of life. An Old Man from our Tribe had gotten sick and was in a coma. He… Continue reading Sunday Inspiration
On the Road to Recovery
Stiches are off, and I have a new Gators cast, and a new set of exercises until the next visit. Celebrating love and healing–not two different things. On the road to recovery! Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miami Firm Body (@miamifirmbody)
Together
Going through life’s challenges together makes even the most difficult of times less of a strain. We travel back today for a follow up visit with my surgeon in Gainesville. Grateful for everything I’ve learned these past three weeks. Most grateful for the enormous amount of love I’ve experienced. View this post on Instagram A… Continue reading Together
Leap of Faith
Hanuman is said to have leaped from India to Sri Lanka in his quest to serve Ram. His feat was a demonstration of how love and devotion when embraced wholeheartedly lifts up the heart and enables us to do what seems impossible. My Hanumanasana is definitely a pose in process, one I may not fully… Continue reading Leap of Faith
Intention and Effort
Opening our hearts, engaging our core, standing firm on what is became the basis of our warrior practice yesterday afternoon with a group of amazing FIU students. We keep coming back to the importance of training and strengthening, not just our muscles but our whole self. I’m so grateful that as I wait for bones… Continue reading Intention and Effort
Forgiveness Bell
“Forgiveness is the virtue of the brave,” my Instagram friend, @warith_me, quoted on his post this morning. Forgiveness is also the undoing of all stories of separation and judgment. In the Indian epic poem, The Ramanaya, Ram (God) asks Hanuman, ‘Who are you?” His answer helps us better understand the path of forgiveness in yoga. He… Continue reading Forgiveness Bell
Courage and Love
I was scheduled to teach a stress reduction yoga meditation class for six weeks at FIU, but given my accident, it was unclear I would be able to do it. It was a class that I thoroughly enjoyed last year. Not teaching would have been another loss for me. Thankfully, I was discharged from the… Continue reading Courage and Love
Regaining Trust
When there was a break in our rainy weather today, I got a chance to walk our yard. We live in a tropical hardwood hammock. As I turned the corner of our lot, I smelled the familiar damp earth, the gumbo limbo, oak, and mahogany leaves decomposing mixing with the oxygen exuding from the trees.… Continue reading Regaining Trust