The Bridge I Knew Before I Found It

Three years ago, I woke up in a hotel near the Albany airport thinking about a red covered bridge. I had flown in the night before and was on my way to Omega Institute for a retreat. My rental car was waiting outside, and sometime that morning I was supposed to point it north and make my way towa... Read More

Wonder Is a Practice: Learning to See What Is Already Here

Yesterday morning, I sat outside in my egg chair with a warm mug of mushroom coffee cupped between my hands. I was still in my pajamas, enjoying the cool morning air against my skin—the kind of cool that feels especially delicious when you know the heat of the day is coming. The sun was up, but t... Read More

Maybe the Pose Was Never the Point

My first experience with yoga was hot yoga. Like many people who find their way into a yoga studio, I wasn't there because I was searching for an ancient philosophy or a deeper understanding of myself. I was there largely for the physical benefits. Yoga was something I did with my body to get hea... Read More

Threshold Moments: Standing in the Doorway

I didn't know it at the time, but this photograph was taken at a threshold. I was in Colombia several years ago, and I had recently begun my yoga teacher training. I remember being fascinated by this enormous wooden doorway and being encouraged to pose in front of it for a picture. Looking at the... Read More

Come Back to Yourself: The Art of Intentional Self-Care

What do you do when life starts to get busy? When the calendar fills, the to-do list grows, people need you, and the pace of life begins to move a little faster than you do? Perhaps you keep going. You do what needs to be done. You show up for work, for family, for responsibilities, and for the p... Read More

Why Presence Matters

There was a time when I thought presence was almost black and white. I would arrive on my yoga mat one of two ways. Some days, I was completely there. As soon as class began, the outside world seemed to soften around the edges. For an hour, deadlines, responsibilities, conversations, and unfinish... Read More

Beyond Technique: What I Believe Makes a Great Yoga Teacher

In just a few weeks, I'll welcome the very first cohort of Pathways to Peace, a 200-hour Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training. As I've been preparing for this new chapter, I've found myself reflecting less on what I want to teach and more on who I hope these future teachers become. It keeps brin... Read More

The House I Had Forgotten

"Some journeys take us across the country. Others take us back to ourselves." The first thing that greeted me wasn't my family. It wasn't the familiar highways winding away from the airport or the skyline I'd seen hundreds of times before. It wasn't even the landscape that had shaped the first tw... Read More

The Current Beneath My Feet: When I Stopped Fighting Life

The Current Beneath My FeetWhen I Stopped Fighting Life "Ultimately there is nothing I can tell you about surrender except… Having nothing and wanting nothing; not keeping score, not trying to be richer, not being afraid of losing; not being particularly interested in our own personalities; choos... Read More

The Freedom of Open Hands: Embracing Aparigraha

When I left the corporate world for the second time, I thought I understood what I was leaving behind. After twenty-plus years, I expected to miss the people. I expected to miss the rhythm of full calendars, difficult conversations, strategic planning, and the satisfaction that came from helping ... Read More