If you are curious about living in rhythm with the seasons, this video is for you!

We are approaching the Summer Solstice and the shift into warmer weather is upon us (or might have already arrived, depending on where you live). Knowing what you can do to support your health and happiness, as the d...

I just returned from a lovely week teaching yoga at Penland School of Craft in the mountains of NC. Although the weather was rainy and cold for much of the session, it has always felt like a homecoming to return to the place of my birth and support amazing people in their creative processes with bod...

As we move from the heaviness of Spring into the warmth of Summer, Ayurveda reminds us to shift with the season, not just in what we eat, but in how we care for ourselves. For those navigating the menopausal decades (40s-60s), this transition can often times feel more intense.

Summer is governed by...

Healing is not always a grand transformation or a dramatic breakthrough. More often, it's found in the smallest, most tender moments… the ones that go unseen by others, but are deeply felt by you.

Healing isn’t always loud. Sometimes it’s the quiet choice to rest, to say no, or to breathe a little ...

It's May and the grass, as well as the greens in the garden, seem to be growing at least an inch overnight.

In southwestern Virginia, we are watching the waves of green creep up the mountains from the now lush valleys. There is a hopefulness that is inherent in this time of year - that abundance is...

Sometimes what we think is good for us isn't. Sometimes we can't recognize what is truly helpful for us until we stop pushing the body to "behave" and start listening to the body's messages with our hearts.

Here is a little story from my own journey:

Before I found Ayurveda, I was eating lots of s...

When I first started practicing Ayurveda in my mid-30s, it seemed like menopause was a long way off, but in retrospect I was most likely about to begin the evolutionary process known as perimenopause (the 10 or so years that lead up to a fully year of not having a menstrual cycle).

Now, on the bri...

I often hear my bonus kids talk about how fast things are going. When I think about my childhood, and talk to others in my generation and my elders, they agree that their childhood seemed to drag by like molasses dripping down a cold wall. It’s no surprise that the influx of information we take in o...

Spring has officially sprung with the Spring Equinox happening this past Thursday! Thanks to everyone who attended the Spring Equinox Yoga Practice Celebration (where we celebrated 5 years of my teaching online and 710 classes!) on Thursday and the Spring Equinox Online Retreat yesterday too. What a...

How are you feeling? I hope you are doing well after the daylight savings shift and the recent full moon & eclipse, not to mention all the other shifts happening daily in our world.

If you are feeling a little "off" these days, you are not alone. Navigating the shifts in the seasons alongside natu...

It’s becoming more and more difficult to write a weekly newsletter without acknowledging the stress and fear that most of us are experiencing due to the decisions and actions of the current administration. 

Without directly adding fuel to the dread that may be occupying our thoughts (because there ...

Happy March!

As we prepare for the time shift coming March 9th, I have been getting curious about this question: Why does Daylight Savings Time exist?

This question got me curious about why and when DST is practiced in some states in the US. So I did some research and found out some really interes...

You know that saying, “We can’t love others if we don’t love ourselves?” Well, it might have deeper implications than you originally thought…

There was a moment when I realized that the negative dialogue I subconsciously had going on inside my own head was being projected onto the people I loved th...