Twenty-one years ago today, I went under anesthesia and wondered if I would ever wake up. I remember sitting in a wheelchair, in a...

For years, every time my therapist asked me how I felt, I would start by saying, “I think…” I still do it sometimes - especially when my...

Ironically, most of us desperately want to be seen and to be paid attention – but once we are, we panic. Our eyes dart, we laugh nervously.

Last year, I was drinking a mug of chocolate when I had an epiphany. This is, of course, how I’d like to have all my epiphanies (with...

There is a question that I’ve been asked a dozen times - by fellow business-owners, teachers, mentors, coaches - a question that I have...

A few weeks ago, I led a student in a meditation I had never led before. Like most of my good ideas, it came to me in the moment, when I...

A few years ago, I learned that June is Scoliosis Awareness Month. I learned this only because one of my friends told me that they had...

On the first day of my yoga teacher trainings, we always start with a question: What is yoga? I’m sure most yoga schools start with the...

So what should you do when you’re a yoga teacher and you have a crush on one of your students? Like with most things, it depends...

Nine years ago, I attended a talk as part of a “Portland Young Professionals” series. I don’t remember the name of the woman who gave it...

I remember our teacher saying 1 thing very clearly: “Don’t date your yoga students.” I remember being annoyed at how overly simplified...

When I was in college, we were assigned an “impact study” in my Intro to Human Geography class. Our task was to collect information on...

It's been nearly three months since I declared myself mostly self-employed. Since then, I have spent quite a bit of time asking myself...

A few years ago, I made a spreadsheet that changed my life. The spreadsheet was my “financial overview,” outlining the various ways I...

Last week, I led my first workshop on the finances of being a yoga teacher. I was so fired up to lead this workshop, and as soon as the...

I’ve been thinking a lot about love and relationships. I guess I’m always thinking about these things, but they’ve been especially...

When I took my first yoga teacher training, we did not talk about money. When I took my second, and then my third, and my fourth, and...

The interesting irony is that, as I have become more introverted, I have started to put more effort into friendships and connection

My favorite was when he said that he felt “a wave” of love, of affection, of connection surging toward the surface; I knew what he meant.

Speaking up is easy when I’m confident. But when I sense that speaking up is going to inspire disappointment in others, it is painful.