Writings

This week is special....do you know why?🌚🐯🌱Its a new moon week (amavasya in yoga); it’s the beginning of the Chinese New Year (& lunar new year in various cultures); and it’s a Celtic holiday called Imbolc which celebrates the turning towards the light & the quickening energies of life. Imbolc, literally meaning “in the belly of”, is an honoring & markation of the mid point between winter & spring. As humans, when we are in the belly, we are gestating and waiting to be bir

Happy Equinox week! The Spring Equinox is a time to allow new energies to emerge and new ideas, projects and passions to be planted. The Summer Solstice is about watering these very things and practicing patience for them to blossom. Until we arrive at NOW, the Fall Equinox time, which is about harvesting the many blessings that we DO have & that which we have successfully stepped into or created since the Spring. In addition to acknowledging & giving thanks for these things

I woke up this morning to an anti-aging/anti-wrinkle ad in my feed with a female actor mouthpiece who is the CEO of a company that supposedly empowers women and wellness. This is on top of overhearing 2 conversations this week of women saying how smiling a lot in pictures show wrinkles & how smiling a lot creates them. This is not a blame game people, but a testament to the insidious subtle & overt marketing malady that is present in our society for both men and women that te

On this day when day & night are balanced,I like to reflect on my fav way of thinking about balance which is that it is illusive as all get up.As a #libra with FIVE planets in the house of libra,I used to think of life as a game of seeking balance as much as possible in my outer circumstances.And while I think this is still a worthwhile quest and perspective,I have also come to simultaneously recognize that most of life is actually meant to be lived with our outer circumstanc

“The journey of a thousand miles begins beneath one’s feet with a single step.” ~ Tao Te Ching (chapter 64) This quote is always cited with the “beneath one’s feet” part taken out but if you read this text ablaze with pithy wisdom, to me THAT’s the most important part! Beneath your feet implies meeting yourself where you are, as you are literally & figuratively. When we do this practice of feeling into this without judgement & with compassion, it affords us to muster the ene

Walk on that e a r t h baby! Mindful walking has been a practice for thousands of years but due to the fact that most of us have our feet disconnected from the earth via cars, trains & planes or concealed in shoes & socks, we have lost our collective remembrance of how to do this practice which can help mitigate anxiety, depression & increase our serotonin levels (which can help us sleep better). This practice is one of the optimal things to do on the Virgo New Moon today (

Every August there is a powerful time called, Lion’s Gate, which isn’t just 8/8 but a full week surrounding this date. The ancient Egyptians built the pyramids of Giza & the sphinx to align with the sun which is rising with the star Sirius during this seam of time to draft off their combined energy. So it’s an auspicious practice to sit outside with the sun (even if you need to protect your skin & find some shade and/or sunscreen!) and meditate, journa l or simply feel warmth

Guess what? YOU are not your thoughts! As humans it is natural to feel like ourselves & our thoughts are one and the same. However, try carving out some time each day to practice “thought watching”, even for as little as 30 seconds. Just close your eyes, notice your breath and watch how you can begin to witness your thoughts flow by like cars on a highway, clouds in a sky or water in a river. If you can view something and report your findings back to yourself then, case in po

Guess what? Mercury is officially OUT of retrograde! What does this mean for you? From a yogic perspective, it means it is a time to move forward and a big “green light” from the Universe. You still wanna look both ways before you cross the street, but it’s an auspicious time to move towards new endeavors and new explorations. And what about the relationships and commitments you are already engaged in? Let bygones be bygones, and turn a new leaf. It’s spring after all! Lookin

This weekend marks the mid way point between spring & summer. (yes, 1/2 way to summer people!). In the my main squeeze yoga & Celtic lineages that I am trained, the mid way point in the seams of nature’s rhythms are considered extra auspicious. In Ireland, the center is referred to as the “hearth heart” and fires are burned all weekend long to celebrate this fold in time. In the yoga tradition, the center is called the “hrid” and is embedded in the word for heart “hridayam” w

Happy ‘Ides of March’ day! Though in modern culture, many know today as marking Julius Caesar’s death and a turning point in Roman history, in ancient times, today was the beginning of the new year and a day for much reverence and celebration! “Ides” means in the center of something, implying presence and a deep knowing. As we stand on the precipice of Spring, today asks us, how can we get more into the center of ourselves? When in the center of things, like in the eye of the