The last full moon of 2019 is upon us and has been very busy in stirring up some intense emotions and patterns.  This is a wonderful, and most appropriate, time of the year to purge these old ways. Set some time aside in the evening to contemplate some of the least healthy thoughts and behaviors you have. […]

MENTAL HEALTH AND SELF CARE Self-care is a big buzz concept in the world of healing and wellness.  It is certainly a legitimate and necessary practice and one that warrants dedication and daily attention. However, we must recognize that self-care is not only initiated with external behaviors such as salt baths, working out, yoga, body work, music or […]

Laughter is good medicine, it has been scientifically proven to: – Increase release of serotonin acting as a natural anti-depressant (there is more serotonin in our belly than in our brain) – Boost immune system – Improve cardio-vascular health – It improves diaphragmatic breathing promoting stress management and anxiety reduction (calms to stress hormone response) […]

With deep gratitude to be featured in, Yoga Wisdom. Traveling yogi, Stephanie Spence has written a heart-felt, captivating and wise book about yoga tales on and off the mat.  She has gracefully shared her inspiring journey and crafted a must read book highlighting the wisdom of living yoga.  She set her course globally and interviewed […]

This week I watched the towering dead China Berry release her brittle-bone branches one by one. The sheer magnitude of her ginormous limbs crashing to the ground at the pull of a chainsaw was both terrifying and astounding, saddening and liberating.  In her destruction the thunderous roar announced her decent in a most chilling way. A […]