Restorative Yoga, The Power to Heal In a culture that is over loaded with chronic stress,  rushing,  multitasking,  bombardment of external senses and often self neglect,  Restorative Yoga is needed now more than ever.  It is the perfect antidote to this hectic lifestyle and a wonderful compliment to the more ‘Yang’ type practices like Ashtanga, […]

 No thank you!  Didn’t you see my cape? I like to call myself a domestic ninja,  a Super Mom with fierce determination to do all, be all (it started out domestic goddess,  but with three boys I have learned to adapt to a more suiting method).  I am strong,  focused,  efficient,  productive,  responsible, raising little ones […]

Stranger  No Name  For nearly a year now,  in and about my neighborhood,  my attention is often to drawn to one of the most amazingly beautiful woman I have ever seen. She is the kind of exotic,  dark skinned beauty that makes me want to trade in my pale Ukrainian heritage for dark,  cascading hair, […]

The Good,  The ‘Bad’,  and The Yogi (Warning:  the following post may contain crude,  real life material that might not be suitable for perfect people) Every night before bed,  my boys and I curl up together and reflect on our day. We take turns ‘holding space’ for one another and make sure that we are […]

Feed the Buddha,  Love the Bees My sons’ first encounter with a bee sting created much more than a swollen patch of skin. A situation that could have been a regular and simple occurrence of childhood resulted in his deep concern for understanding the ways of the world and my first attempt to truly teach […]