How to Make Your Self-Acceptance Practice Tangible Through Yoga

Today I am so excited to share the wise words of Anna Guest-Jelley, founder of Curvy Yoga.  Okay, so it might just be me, but do you ever read something about self-acceptance, or hear about someone else practicing it, and think — how on earth do they make that happen? I used to think that … Read more

You Are The One

I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. {Edwin Osgood Grover} You are only one, but you are an important one. You are the leader of … Read more

Being Too Precious About The Process

There is a frantic energy of preciousness to hovering around your life, picking at yourself as you tell yourself to stand up straight or reprimanding yourself for saying the wrong thing. The buzzing around your own shoulders as you become the helicopter mother to your own life, wiping schmutz off your face with your spit … Read more

My Faith is a Messy Process

Why had no one told me that my body would become a battlefield, a sacrifice, a test? Why did I not know that birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers? {Anita Diamant, The Red Tent} When we plant the seeds of creation, we dig holes deep enough that the tender … Read more

You are Imperfect & Needy (And I love that About You)

I hope you will go out and let stories, that is life, happen to you, and that you will work with these stories… water them with your blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom. {Clarissa Pinkola Estés} In your quietest moments, you might worry… What if I … Read more