Release Fear + Embrace Love

Release Fear + Embrace Love

by | Asana, Ruminations, Yoga Classes

Are you ready to release fear and embrace love? Perfect, because that’s what we’re jamming on! Two Basic Emotions I once read that we have two basic human emotions – fear and love. That all of our negative emotions are deeply rooted in fear, and all of our...
The Things We Value

The Things We Value

by | Ruminations

I went to a wonderful yoga class over the weekend, led by a beautiful friend, in which he invited us to think about the things we value. He used an analogy of a spiritual bank and invited us to envision a stock market ticker – where the stock on the things we...
Contentment & Non-Attachment On & Off the Mat

Contentment & Non-Attachment On & Off the Mat

by | Ruminations

Santosha & Aparigraha I recently worked with the themes of Santosha (contentment in the now) and Aparigraha (non-attachment) in my classes. Mostly because these were things I was struggling with. Within the 8-limbed system of yoga, we have the Yamas (moral...
Why Child’s Pose is Warrior 4

Why Child’s Pose is Warrior 4

by | Asana, Ruminations

When I was completing my 200hr training, during a particularly grueling vinyasa class full of warrior postures, we came down into Child’s Pose and someone jokingly called it Warrior 4. We all laughed, loving the idea of Child’s Pose being the 4th warrior,...