This past Monday, I woke up and the coffee maker would not turn on. It stood there on the counter like a dead object refusing the one thing I wanted most in that moment - coffee. 

I hit it a couple of times, trying to wack some sense into it. And, then hair askew, glasses on, I pulled a...

There is so much chatter about diet culture. It’s been getting louder and louder over the past couple of years and I can see why.

Diet culture is kind of the worst.

It makes you feel less than, not good enough EVER, and disconnected from how fabulous you are from the moment you arrived here...

If I could tell the younger version of myself that they didn’t have to grin and bear every weird yoga situation they find themselves in, I would take the time and do it. Get me my DeLorean, I will go back in time and do it today.

 But, because I don’t hear Doc Brown banging on my...

Oh, scarcity mindset you are worst guest, but you always love to come and visit, don’t you?

You love to tell me that there’s not enough for everyone. That there’s not enough money, or time.

That there’s already hundreds… no, thousands, of yoga teachers doing just...

Last week I went way out of my comfort zone and took a class to learn how to make French Macarons. 

I am an average baker. I like to bake. But, I’m not someone who does anything fancy.

I make chocolate chip cookies. I bake brownies for my husband (from a box mix). And, I can make one...

Last week I saw a post from a colleague on Instagram that stated you weren’t a true yogi if you eat meat. The post also asked if this thought triggered me.

Well, yes. I thought. I am thoroughly triggered on several levels.

But, I’m not someone to vent on social media, so I clicked off...

So, what are your before or after class rituals? Because even if you don’t know it, you have some.

Do you do some light warm-ups? Or, breathing exercises?

Do you always pee right before you step on the mat?

Or, do you scramble to make it to class, logging in at the last second, a little...

What is good yoga? How do you know if you are in a good yoga class? What do you look for beyond the instructors Instagram profile, or following?

Is it good yoga if the yoga teacher can do impressive things within their own practice?

Is it good yoga if it has a lineage behind it? Meaning that...

A few years back when I was still teaching in the studios I was standing in the lobby after class, chatting with the students that stretched and sweat through the last hour with me. It was noisy and chaotic, the colors of printed leggings and shorts swirling around me as they packed up their...

When you finish yoga, do you ever wonder why you feel so darn good?

It’s a different feeling than any other physical exercise.

I never felt at peace and at one with myself when I was training for a Half Marathon. Instead, it was more a war – pleading with the body to keep going and to...

What in the heck is “advanced yoga” anyway? Does it mean you can put your leg behind your head? Or, touch your feet to your head in a backbend? Can you do a Handstand?

Does it mean that you meditate for 8-hours a day? Are a vegan? Never look at a glass of wine for fear it will ruin...

Dear First Timer:

You don’t even realize how amazing you were throughout your first class. You stayed on your mat the entire time. You followed instruction. You made the shapes.

You took first steps towards building postures that right now feel tricky and impossible and only for the super...