In March of 2020, none of us could predict how the pandemic would unfold and change all of our lives. That second week of March, all I knew was that people were no longer keen on coming to yoga classes in person and it was time to pivot to an online format. “Two weeks” was the word on the street as Governor Newsom made the stay-at-home order on March 19. My gut told me it was going to be longer than that…

…Commonly translated as “Yoga is the cessation of the whirlwinds of the mind,” and regarded as the definition of the practice of yoga, many practitioners understand this to mean the clearing of the mind. For most of us living normal modern lives, this seems like an untenable goal. I certainly cannot seem to get my mind to shut up no matter how hard I try!

It’s time for me to start writing about the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. As far as I’m concerned, yoga without philosophy is not really yoga, but just a set of exercises, and frankly, it’s the philosophy that has been life changing for me, not the postures. (Although, in all fairness, the postures have been…

We often refer to the “arrival” of a baby as if this little one doesn’t yet exist or they are going to magically appear from some other place at birth. However, just because a baby is still inside the womb doesn’t mean they are not “here.” Nobody understands this better than the person sharing their body for nine months, give or take. And there are so many things…