After returning from my sunny, warm vacation, I could feel the never-ending winter getting to me. Last week when my daughter asked me if it was EVER going to be warm again, I had that tiny inkling of
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BE the CHANGE you wish to see
Last week I happened to be in a sunny beachy place with my family which was a welcome respite from all of the unrelenting cold of this winter. As I stepped on to the beach our first day, I felt huge gratitude. I was
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Don’t be Perfect, Be Enough
Usually at some point during my week, my inspiration for the next week strikes. I have realized that the more present I am in the moment, the more often it comes. There are weeks where inspiration is hitting me from all
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Look Backwards to Find Gratitude Forwards
Sometimes we need to take a look at what the universe is offering us. Three seemingly unrelated moments that occurred recently, when looked at together, offered me a very clear message. We can live more truly in the
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Turn your Happiness Inside Out
Last week I learned of two different young people, both seeming to have promising futures, who had taken their own lives. I experienced a wave of emotions from sadness to panic and even curiosity at why any young person
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Bank your Karma for a Happy Future
Karma is a topic that I love to talk about. I find so much inspiration from it in my life and on my mat but it has been a challenge for me to write about. Last week the Third Principle of Karma was my inspiration. And
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Find Your Great-Fullness
Gratefulness is a word we use often, but how do we truly cultivate it in our hearts? As I began to think about it, I took apart the word gratefulness and discovered that by playing with the spelling a bit it can be
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Resolve to be your best YOU
As I often am, I was inspired this week by a lesson my daughter had to learn. In teaching her, I was reminded that my resolution is to always strive to be My Best Self both on my mat and off. This goes hand in hand
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FLEXIBILITY & STRENGTH are the perfect pair for YOGA and for HAPPINESS.
Two events occurred recently that made me think about the powerful relationship between Flexibility and Strength both on and off the mat. The first was a large event that affected many people, several much worse than my
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There is nothing INSTANT about GRATIFICATION
The concept of instant gratification has been a reoccurring theme for me over the last couple of weeks. Two weeks ago my 6-year-old son was complaining of a headache. After several complaints, I offered him a Children's
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