Last week, Yoga teacher Christie Roe wrote an article about her abuse at the hands of teacher Mark Whitwell, and I was floored. While I have never studied with Mark personally, I became aware of him through workshops and podcasts by a teacher I have met personally: J. Brown. While Christie’s courageous piece is aboutContinue reading “A statement”

When I first became pregnant, I was a little obsessed with “keeping my practice.” I wanted to practice how I always did, because I believed that changing my practice would mean that I would lose muscle tone, and I would never get it back (or I would have to work really hard later for it.)Continue reading “Allow Yourself to Be Moved”

Since telling the internet and everyone else that I’m pregnant, I’m getting asked, “how are you?” a lot more than usual. Sure, here in America “How are you?” is like another way of saying hello. We say it all the time, but we rarely listen for the answer. I’ve tried my best to be honestContinue reading “And How are You?”

Two weeks ago, I was practicing yoga, and as soon as I arched my back into cow pose, I felt an uncomfortable pull on the right side of my abdomen.  Weird. The next week, I was teaching a class and was demoing a forward fold and I felt a huge stab on the right side of myContinue reading “State of Emergency”