Going through The Desire Map process was therapeutic, and really tied together a lot of pieces for me. Last Fall I participated in Seth Godin's altMBA program, where we pushed ourselves and our peers to dive deep and find our "why." We analyzed our actions and our goals, and dreamed about what we could …
How Do You Want to Feel?
It wasn't until this morning when I got to work that I began to feel settled back into my real world. As some of you already know, I went to my first yoga retreat this weekend, with a group of wonderful women from all around the Pittsburgh area. Alyssa, the yogi who led the trip, rented …
Unplugged
Last night I left work and journeyed to my very first yoga retreat. 7 women and our yogi guide, Alyssa, are staying in a cabin in a nearby state park, spending 4 days practicing, meditating, eating well and connecting in new and deeper ways to ourselves and to each other. One of the biggest challenges …
Right-Side-Up or Upside-Down?
Sami is a yogi preparing to become a teacher, and I'm proud to call her my friend, my family. Follow her on instagram here.Whenever we talk about success, it seems the word balance is thrown around a lot. In my practice, balance is an enormous area of focus where I never seem to lose the …
Perspective, Morals and Getting Naked
Last night, while the rain pounded on the roof of the house, I lit candles in my studio, and rolled out my mat. My mind wouldn't quiet, filled with thoughts of the future and planning for things that aren't yet upon us. I practiced for about 40-minutes, hoping to calm the chaos inside, which did …
Goodness, I’m Grateful.
The beginning of a new month has always been a bit of a landmark for me. Those of you who know me, or follow my blog, know I'm big on goal setting and that I'm working hard to figure out monthly budgets and patterns. I used to have a friend who woke up on every …
Goals, goals, goals.
When June began, 29 days ago, I had set 2 goals for myself. I promised myself I would practice yoga and write every day, for one month, to see if I could make those two essential aspects of my life feel more like habits than homework. I went into it knowing that every day is …