Uprooting the Seed of Hate
An Important But Hard LessonWhen I was 7 years old, I had a 2nd grade Language Arts teacher at my neighborhood school in Milwaukee, WI named Mrs. Brown. She was mean. She READ MORE
On Community & Bringing Magic Back to the Yoga Mat
One unfortunate by-product of becoming a yoga teacher for me is that sometimes my practice feels like it is no longer my own. I am often preoccupied by thoughts of my students and what I READ MORE
Six Classroom Management Strategies to Live and Breathe By
A few years ago when I decided to take on a position as a full-time Yoga Specialist at a charter school, I was ecstatic about the groundbreaking experience that lay READ MORE
Soul-stice Inspired Yoga
The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, the significance of which humanity has celebrated culturally for thousands of years. This year I took an active part in this celebration as READ MORE
The End of A Yoga Studio Era?
It’s funny the way things always come full circle. I can remember taking one of my first yoga classes at Rodney Yee’s Piedmont Yoga Studio in Oakland, CA in 1998. READ MORE
If You Build It, They Will Come
There is so much truth in the feminist position that asserts: when women are well, the whole of society benefits. It was such a treat to teach the women who READ MORE
A Return to My Yoga Roots
I love coming home. This is ironic since I basically ran away to a Connecticut boarding school at age fourteen with hopes of finding Mrs. Drummond and the girls of READ MORE
BACK TAXES? TRY YOGA!
People who fall in love with yoga tend to get obsessed with it. They observe dynamic changes in their bodies and it excites them. They experience more freedom in the READ MORE
Fall
Fall is my favorite season. As a periodic schoolteacher and perpetual student, September typically marks the beginning of the school year, when sentiments of excitement and anxiety about taking on READ MORE
Thankful for Hilerine
Just so we’re clear, it is not uncommon for me to transform instantly from a composed and graceful woman into a wet sobbing mess. Today was one of those days. READ MORE