I teach my students what I learned during my years of Yoga training and self responsibility is one of the Four Basic Principles of our practice. We define responsibility as the ability to respond to any situation without reaction. To remain calm, clear and centered in all situations. I take responsibility for my life, for my health and we ... Read More »

Of late my body has been going through a myriad of testing and my heart the new focus. For the past 3 weeks or so I've had many tests and experienced symptoms of a heart attack, however all the tests were negative and as a precaution for several reasons the doctors decided an Angiogram would be the final deciding factor in ruling out ... Read More »

What I focus on gets stronger. This is a basic teaching of Raja Yoga which, as my teacher put so simply, is mastery of mind and emotions. If there is anything I can offer to anyone in relationship it is the importance of focusing on the positive. The mind is either friend or foe and somewhere in relationship mind will start to search for ... Read More »

As I continue to move through a time of great sorrow I witness how I have grown. Navigating a broken heart I also find peaceful acceptance with what is. The tools my practice continues to give me astound me at times. I let go of the need to fix this, to make him see what I see, to change his mind, to see things my way. Perhaps I am really ... Read More »

There are times when questions arise and students seek answers that I turn to the Masters for the best guidance. The following is a portion of an article written by Swami Rama, founder of the Himalayan Institute and of Yoga International. My own life experience with meditation is from years of training in the Kripalu/Amrit Yoga tradition ... Read More »

On Friday night, September 30th I met a wonderful man whom I fell in love with. This has been by far the easiest relationship either of us ever had. We fit together in so many ways, we used to say it's scary. We fit with our children, how we live, our conversations, our listening, our sharing, our lovemaking, quiet nights at home, man ... Read More »

My daughter called me last night and asked me to pray for Melissa and family for the challenges they are now facing. My first thought is that my daughters prayers and love are as powerful as my own, but I listened to her and allowed her own voice to speak from her heart. I've been reflecting on how my prayers have changed over the cou ... Read More »

I am so grateful for all the years of training and self-study when I totally immersed myself in meditation and writing. I am so grateful for the tools I had to delve within and take a good honest look at myself especially my mind and how mind works and more importantly….why. As I studied myself and became more aware of my thoughts I ... Read More »

Every moment of every day I have the choice of what to think, what to say and what to do. I create my experience of life by the choices and decisions I make at any given moment. In this Light and Truth I ask the question:  What kind of gift am I? In my prior blog I mention my granddaughter and the gift she is to us just by Being. In ... Read More »

As I held my Granddaughter in my arms our eyes met. She is one month old. Our eyes locked for what seemed the longest time and something happened…a stirring deep within that I know she experienced too…perhaps a recognition between two Souls. I observe the profound impact her birth and presence has made in so many lives. Just b ... Read More »