Holding the Tension of Our Contradictions
What. A. Time. Against a backdrop of fiery Los Angeles and images that portray a hellfire on Mother Earth, I celebrated the start of my personal new year on January READ MORE
2024 Post-election Reflections and Intentions
Thank you to everyone who sent comforting words and for checking in after November 5. Though I’m deeply disappointed (yet not surprised) by the U.S. election results, one important thing READ MORE
The Things and People That Got Me Through 2020 and 2021 – part 1
My Health Educator Team Got Me Through What does it really mean to be a team? To wear matching sun hats, jerseys, jeans, and Birkenstocks coincidentally like the two on READ MORE
2021: Holding the Tension of “Both/And” as We Celebrate the New Year
Happy New Year, and welcome to my new blog and website! As much as I hope to kiss 2020 goodbye for good, I will hold fast to the important lessons READ MORE
America Delivered: Now Let’s Ensure That The Infant Will Thrive
For months now, I have had memories surface from a time gone by. A time during which my life in a privileged/lucky bubble of naïveté was made plain, and a READ MORE
Thoughts on Yoga’s Relationship to Racism & Democracy
Don’t Be Fooled: Here’s the Truth About Yoga You might look at the above photo and think you’re seeing “yoga.” You’re not. Yoga is actually a concept meaning “union.” It READ MORE
The Best Yoga Teachers I’ve Ever Had
I practiced yoga for 12 years before I truly understood the powerful impact it could have on my relationship to circumstances that were challenging or out of my control. Up READ MORE
The Suffering We Carry: Why Centering People of Color is a Critical Part of My Purpose and Work
Dear Community, I heard news this week about an institution that I attended many years ago that cracked my heart wide open. It is being sued by a black faculty READ MORE
Yoga, Thunder Thighs and the Transformative Power of Self-Love
When I first started practicing yoga 20 years ago in Oakland, my boyfriend at the time never tired of watching me on my purple Gaiam mat on the living room READ MORE
2019: Looking Up, Looking Out, Looking Back, and Looking In
Hello, hello 2019, I am so glad you’re here! 2018 wasn’t the biggest blogging year for me, as I devoted the majority of my time to developing a relationship to READ MORE