notes & news
'notes & news' began in response to requests share writings, poetry, thoughts, philosophy, research, or inspirations woven into what I offer in conversation, classes, and workshops ... enjoy browsing
A Pause
As the year comes to an end at the studio, things wrap up, schools break for the holidays the pace picks up and there is a lot of stress in the air. Taking the time to pause is invaluable. The Kanchukas in yoga philosophy are the cloaks obscuring...
Adaptability & Resilience
I spent the wild weather weekend in Melbourne at a workshop exploring “Movement Situations” to provoke and increase creative movement adaptability and resilience. It was all about inviting and developing tolerance to the unpredictable, inviting...
Leaping with Courage & Trust
As Sarah, my gifted and encouraging website goddess aka @Alined Design prods me to take the leap to launch the Aligned Living site I reflect on the story of hanuman the monkey God from the Indian Epic the Ramayana. He is said to be the son of the...
Devoted to presence
I returned home on Saturday from India. There were many temples in Mysore, not all with the same deity as the focus. The one near us was the Ganesha temple. Ganesh is the elephant headed God. I passed by the temple many times when the priests were...
strength of heart
I write this after having returned from a sudden trip to the United States where we spent last precious time with and witnessed the passing of our Aunt Ellen. Just the previous week I had delivered classes with the theme of strength of heart. Our...
Joy
The Greek word for joy is chairo which was described by the ancient Greeks as a ‘good mood of the soul’. They recognised that joy comes from internal factors, not from external ones. Contrary to what we are led to believe by advertisers, having...
Love
I am so inspired by the 'seeds' our Yoga from the Heart community cultivate and grow (see previous post) that they are informing my class planning this term as we move toward the spring equinox. So many wise teachers from varied traditions have...
Nourishing Winter Solstice Seeds
The Winter solstice is a time of nurturing and nourishing seeds of our intentions, dreams and vision that are coming to light in ourselves and in the world. At the Yoga from the Heart studio, our community added 'seeds' to the tree and I have...
You are light in form
I love the idea yoga offers that we are light in form. Prakasa is the source light and Vimarsha the power by which we know ourselves (and everything else) as a unique expression of that light. I had a teacher liken this idea to the light that...
Bringing effort to grace
In my life with my adult children and my aging mother I am challenged to find a balance between offering my help and guiding, and letting go and trusting their path and that they will find their own unique way, their own solutions, their own...