what pies, yoga studios, and guilt have in common

I walked into the packed studio excitedly looking for a place to set my mat. Yoga Santosha was a big studio on the second floor with a full wall of windows that had the most glorious natural light. I LOVED teaching there. It could easily fit 50 or more students...

Touchstones and Valentine’s Day

I sat in my grey living room chair, set my timer down on the armrest, and closed my eyes. I sat up tall while gently opened my palms to the sounding of my meditation timer and took a few deep breaths to ground myself. Slowly I entered into the rhythm of breathing and...

The moms that save us

I walked into her kitchen and she looked at her coffee pot with coffee from earlier this morning and said, “Do you want a coffee? I can warm this up for you?” She offered me LEFT OVER coffee. This is a woman I could fall in love with. She wasn’t trying to put on a...

Surrender for a peaceful heart

I closed my eyes and silently said, “Surrender.” This has become my word of the year, not because I typically do a word of the year, or because I wanted to choose it, but because life keeps screaming in my face reminding me that control is an illusion. It’s...

What to do if you have “Cranky Knees”

I just had a really good question on one of the videos in the Quick Bliss Yoga studio and realized that you might have them too. So here the question and my response: "I did this (20 Minute Gentle Rise and Shine) this morning and enjoyed it. I have my right knee...