Yoga Winter Warmup
When I was a kid, in Kingston, New York, where winters are serious business, I had a fairly long walk to school. In an attempt to keep myself warm, or …
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Meditation Serendipity
You know how sometimes things seem to happen for a reason? I’d like to share with you some things that have been going on in my life lately… I started …
Yoga and Breast Cancer
Cancer is not a topic we like to talk about or think about, but it affects so many of us, either directly or someone we know and love. October is …
Learning to Enlist the Mind as Medicine
If you still need proof that yoga can help to manage and even eliminate pain, I urge you to read this article by Jane Brody in the New York Times
A Yoga Practice to Call Your Own – Part 2
In my last post, I suggested that you might consider creating and maintaining your own personal practice. I mentioned a few factors that are key to doing this: setting an …
South Salem Classes Ending
With great sadness but with joyful anticipation for the future, I am leaving South Salem – heading back to New York City. So my South Salem classes are ending. BUT…I …
A Yoga Practice to Call Your Own – Part 1
What do you think is the hardest part of practicing yoga? Balancing on one leg? Having the strength to hold a downward facing dog for more than 60 seconds? Keeping …
Hiking and Yoga Retreat – Autumn 2017
We will NOT be holding a weekend walking and yoga retreat this fall, but stay tuned for future events! Written: August 2017
Setting Intentions for 2017
My teacher, Gary Kraftsow, likes to ask this question: what’s stronger, your intentions or your habits? For all of us making a New Year’s resolution to break a bad habit (the same …
Light Practice for Dark Days
Have you noticed those holiday lights coming on earlier and earlier each year? There was a piece on my local news channel 12 about the Ridge Hill Shopping Center in …