Sharing A Story of Compassion…Tenzin’s Story

I recently read an article today by Linda Ross Swanson, free-lance writer from Portland, Oregon - that left me flooded with so much awareness, attention, inspiration today. Love here - healing energy medicine in this story is in action.  Sitting Downwind from Flowers By Linda Ross Swanson A few years ago, Seattle, Washington, a 52-year-old …

Never Waste An Opportunity to Tell Someone You Love Them

Last night I had a bad dream. A bad dream is a nightmare. Why do we have nightmares? Stress? Things that we see? Things that we read before heading to sweet slumber? So I traced my activities for the day. It was a typical busy Thursday. Four classes with a little league game in between …

Yin Yoga Sequence for Feet

Well...not only feet. This involves the ankles, Achilles' tendon, the calves. Here's a sweet, short sequence for feet. Be careful of your knees, remember -- this should target tissues of the lower segment of the legs. Always consult a physician before starting. Remember, everyBODY is different. Ease in, listen and stay present. Let's hope you …

The best part of your life is over

So inspiring, I have to share this story.

Yoga & Joyful Living

This humbling article made me rethink my approach to yoga. You see, I’m really good at finding excuses (of course I don’t call them excuses, I call them reasons – after all, I’m just being reasonable here, right?). I can’t practise because of hay fever. My wrist is painful. My right knee is acting up.

But are these really reasons? Or strategies our ingenious mind comes up with to tell us we really can’t roll out the mat now and we should instead take the easter chocolate rabbit out of the cupboard and rip the nice, shiny wrapper off its ears? The overwhelming sensation of melting chocolate now becomes almost palatable, no? But hang on – how about a box of tissues next to the mat, or doing side plank on your forearm, or focusing on upper body work to give the knee a break?

These are…

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Quote of the week

It is always hard living and missing someone Quote from my dear friend Edwin who heard this from his friend. This quote struck a chord with me this week, throat gets choked up and tears start to well up in my eyes. I hold back. I know I'm okay. My mother-in-law's birthday is tomorrow, March …

Co-existence of Yin & Yang

Thank you to Jo Phee, who is in Thailand and training with Paul Grilley as we speak. She shared this quote from Paul: We walk in this world with pain in one side and healing on the other. We cannot experience one without the other. Yin and Yang always co-exist. Sometimes we fall more to …

Skeletal Variation, Tension, Compression…response from Paul Grilley

If you haven't read it yet, a recent article came out speaking about "flexibility" and the correlation of injuries and yoga. This brought attention to Yin Yoga Master, Paul Grilley and he was asked to comment on the recent article NY Times published, "Women's flexibility is a Liability (in yoga)." Mr. Grilley responded back with …

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. – Hippocrates

My yoga sister shares her recipe for Chinese soup! I can't wait to try it!

The Sun will come out!

If you focus on what you have left behind you whenever see what lies ahead ~Gusteau (ratatouille) This morning I woke up looking at the past. I was dissecting my past, asking myself what would have happened in my parallel universe if I had chosen another path. The path where I would have stayed in …

Removing the weeds…Yin Sequence

My mind is a garden. My thoughts are the seeds. My harvest will be either flower or weeds. -Weldon Yin Sequence Remove the Weeds Sequence (Hips and Spine) Intention. As we head to open hips emotions will come. It's time to face them and remove any toxic emotions in the mind. If you continue to …