The person you gave your heart to just cheated on you, your boss has dumped on you (yet again), the driver in front just cut you up or worse... You’re fuming and justifiably so, right?

Well yes, maybe!

It’s human to feel anger, but to hold onto it can literally eat us up.

Do you ever get the feeling that something is holding you back in life?

Have you ever heard yourself say that ‘some day’ you will change your career, travel overseas, make more money, be in that amazing love relationship, connect more deeply with your spiritual path or purse a creative dream…

I began my yoga journey in my 40th year and am very appreciative of its benefits.

I now encourage my clients to explore yoga as a viable option to help alleviate emotional/psychological discomforts and improve overall feelings of well being.

Many years ago, I’d been living what I’d thought was the ‘right life’. I was in a corporate dream job and living with the man I’d thought of as my dream man. Then I realized I was living in someone else’s dream.

After many sleepless nights, I ended my relationship, moved out, quit my job, and did a lot of soul searching. At first I didn’t know what I was experiencing was positive change. I thought I was a victim of drama. Lots and lots of drama! 

Is Stress Giving You The Blues? Are you feeling stressed? Are you always tired, overwhelmed, or feeling depressed? Do you wake up still tired, unable to think straight in the morning without caffeine, need high-carb snacks, more caffeine, or a nap to get through the afternoon? Do you feel desperate for the energy you once had?

If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, you could be suffering from adrenal fatigue.

I grew up in a home that was far from ordinary. My friends jokingly referred to it as Willy Wonka’s factory on crack. My mailbox was shaped like a big pink heart; there was purple trim around the outside of the house; every post on the walkway to my front door and every cabinet in the kitchen was a different pastel color.

This morning I taught a vinyasa class and one of my favorite students asked me to teach an intense arm balance. Immediately the room became uncomfortable- some sighing in annoyance, and others saying “Oh Crap” under their breath.

It’s interesting how people have ingrained feelings toward things they think they can’t achieve- yet how facing the reality of what their body is actually capable of on the mat is a huge gateway for them to challenge themselves outside the studio.

When you think of 'getting fit', 'losing weight' or exercise what comes to your mind?

Do you think you have to join the rows of people sweating it out on treadmills in the gym?  Do you think you have to wear tight, sweaty and unflattering gym clothes?  Do you think you have to start pounding the pavement in an effort to get fit?  Do you think of having to get yourself in an uncomfortable, breathless state? 

Virabhadra was a fierce warrior born from a hair off Shiva’s head. Shiva the compassionate Lord, who is both creator and destroyer, destroys obstacles and crushes ignorance. He used his divine powers to create Virabhadra to achieve specific desires and defeat enemies. Hence why Virabhadrasana or Warrior postures are great opportunities to go deeper within and to reflect on what it really means to be a “Warrior” in our everyday lives.

I recently had a bit of an epiphany. I suddenly realized that although we live in a male dominated, patriarchal society, men are not to blame…neither are women. What dawned on me was that this imbalance is much deeper than gender… it’s energy.

We can see clearly the opposing forces in the Universe; light and darkness, yin and yang, sun and moon, male and female. No longer do we need to point fingers or find someone or worse, an entire group to blame on why the world is so messed up.

Have you been going to class for a while, maybe even bought a Yoga dvd or two but somehow don’t
find the time to get round to them? Or are you new to Yoga, love how you feel after class and would
like to do more, but don’t know where to start?

Regular (even short bursts of) Yoga can have profound benefits for body, mind and spirit.

Read on to find out how...

Alec Baldwin on Life: Living with his Yoga Instructor!

From the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, the Hollywood Reporter's Rebecca Leffler meets up with Alec Baldwin and his fiancé Hilaria Thomas for a Cannes detox and yoga session.

When we are feeling stuck or unmotivated in our lives, there is always reason(s) for this. When this happens it's a great time to notice what's going on and move energy both in our body and lives. This is when we may (un)consciously reach for our "crutch" or support - oftentimes this can be anything that suppresses feelings and common habits are indulging in excess food, coffee, work, alcohol or drugs.

Love, I think, is a sustained openness to another person.

Alva Noë Thich Nhat Hanh teaches about love like this: Love is Understanding. If we don’t understand someone then we cannot truly love them.

I find this very challenging. Understanding would be easier if it were a one-time, static thing, but it’s not. It’s a practice that we do every moment. Just because my partner likes to walk one day, it doesn’t mean that he won’t want to take a taxi next time.

How does the issue of trust show up in your life?

Do you trust the Universe?

Do you trust others? Do others trust you?

In this article we are going to look at how trust plays out in your life, and how becoming aware of the powerful affects that trust has in our lives......

So I've spent the last month challenging my students to rid themselves of their past stories.  A conversation one would normally hear, during an episode on Oprah's Life Class or a Tony Robins Breakthrough capture, but now appropriately placed front and center on the mat.

The mat being the very place us Yogi's go to reconnect with self, putting our bodies through a series of motions, meditations and breath.  As layers of ego peel themselves naturally from skin to core unveiling a light so pure and shiny, one would have to sport Ray-Bans (am I aging myself!?) while leaving the mat.

Yoga holds the power to transform.

This is a beautiful story of a war veteren who lost 140 pounds and regained his will to live again all through the power of Yoga. 

Make sure you grab yourself a box of tissues as it is guaranteed to bring a tear to the eye of any Yoga Girl.

Have you ever looked at someone else and just wished that you had their body, their health or their life?

Whenever you find yourself comparing yourself to someone else, it is time to stop and reflect on what it is you really want to manifest and create in your own life.

Here are 4 steps that you can use to help your create your dreams...

The first few breaths ( years) are bliss, then all of a sudden your holding your breath (and biting your tongue)

Yoga means “union, to bring together.” Within your physical practice you negotiate the UNION of the mind with body, body with breath, and breath with movement. A union of some sort takes place in any relationship whether it’s student /teacher, parent/child, or in marriage, which is thought to be the most sacred union- although I wouldn’t ask Katy Perry or Kim Kardashian for advice on that.

In the midst of a painting project over the weekend, I found myself in a rather sticky situation requiring the use of my left hand to finish the job.

A thought drifted across my head.. “A right-handed girl with a right-sided brain.” Sounds un-balanced I know and ironic that I would be scripting a post dedicated to such, as I stare at the familiar word “Balance” taped to the very top of my computer screen...