Categories for Musings

Mindfulness

July 4, 2014 / Announcements

Mindfulness has come up more times than I can count in the last few weeks. Articles, images, workshops… all gentle reminders to slow down, to be fully present for an experience, to appreciate what you are doing with all of your senses. A simple, though not necessarily easy, task. As yogis and yoginis, we are… Read More

Spring Reflection

March 22, 2014 / Announcements

Spring is finally here after a long winter, and our IPY Challenge is going strong! We are all so proud of our students’ hard work, thank you for your dedication and commitment. I also would like to welcome Jean Marie Hackett to our teaching community, she is teaching our 6 pm classes on Tuesdays and… Read More

Make 2014 the Best Year Ever!

January 7, 2014 / Announcements

As we said good-bye to 2013 recently, I believe most of us spent some time reflecting on the past year. We remembered the highlights and the lowlights, the great events and the not so great ones, the moments we would never forget, and those moments we wish we could forget. But now it’s time to look forward… Read More

5 Tips for a Healthy Holiday Season

December 10, 2013 / Announcements

This time between Thanksgiving and New Years is supposed to be “the most wonderful time of the year”, yet so often we get stressed out of our never ending to-do and gift buying lists, the extra time it takes to find a parking spot in our local shopping centers, and all the obligations we feel we need… Read More

Celebrate Who You Are

November 18, 2013 / Announcements

I would love for you to think about one of the quotes you see on our studio wall and figure out how you can incorporate this thought into your daily life. “Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to… Read More

Fall… A Clean Slate

September 9, 2013 / Announcements

August. What thoughts and feelings pop up when you hear this word? This past month was full of highlights for me: thrilling rides at Universal, early morning walks with my dog on Cape Cod, plenty of free time spent with my family, sitting around a fire pit overlooking Buzzards Bay, and one big low [my… Read More

Thoughts about Social Media

August 13, 2013 / Announcements

Social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and the like) is a double edged sword. On one hand, we can have a chance to easily connect with others virtually, but on the other hand, many of our relationships can become superficial. Are we becoming too impersonal by communicating via our electronic devices too much? I have read… Read More

What is YOUR Challenge?

June 19, 2013 / Announcements

Recently, we challenged our students to complete 21 practices in 25 days at our studio. I loved seeing them often, watching them earn their stickers and add them to the board next to their names, and hearing about the positive differences they have noticed in their lives. A record number of our participants met their… Read More

Limitless Possibilities

April 7, 2013 / Announcements

One morning my then 11 year old son and I were talking about the high cost of college education in the US, when between 2 spoonfuls of Mini Wheats, he told me me that we did not have to worry about him since he would be playing for Duke as their starting point guard when… Read More

Cultivating Our Inner Guide

January 31, 2013 / Announcements

In the Yoga Sutras (an ancient and foundational text of Yoga) Patanjali describes the purpose of Yoga, that which is to cultivate stillness in the mind.  In this space of clarity we begin to find our inner guide, that special voice that reminds us of our purpose.  The internal compass that allows us to traverse through the landscape of… Read More