+ LOOK Underfoot +

The lesson that life constantly enforces is ‘look underfoot.’  You are always nearer to the true sources of your power than you think.  The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive.  The great opportunity is where you are.  Don’t despise your own place and hour.  Every place is …

> > > the Goal of LIVING is to GROW

“in time of daffodils(who know the goal of living is to grow) forgetting why,remember how in time of lilacs who proclaim the aim of waking is to dream, remember so(forgetting seem) in time of roses(who amaze our now and here with paradise) forgetting if,remember yes in time of all sweet …

) ) ) ) NOW I Become MYSELF ( ( ( (

Now I become myself. It’s takenTime, many years and places;I have been dissolved and shaken,Worn other people’s faces,Run madly, as if Time were there,Terribly old, crying a warning,“Hurry, you will be dead before–“(What? Before you reach the morning?Or the end of the poem is clear?Or love safe in the walled …

Birthdays & All Things SF + + +

Wow, I just got back from such a great trip to SF.  Only my 2nd time there and I can’t believe that city is real.  I was lucky to spend 5 days w my rockstar friend Holly Munoz (literally and figuratively) camping next to the ocean, soaking in mineral baths, …

^ ^ YOGA Trees ^ ^

Gorgeous space, gorgeous people & pretty poses.  Good company to keep as we move from the elemental earthy boundaries of a long damn winter into the watery, nurturing hands of SPRING.  You can almost smell the lilacs. . . .  www.yogagardenmpls.com ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ …

* * The ART of ASANA * *

Sitting at my desk with high-lighter in hand and stapler near by happily organizing yoga poses into various lists.  I’m getting organized for The Art of Asana portion of LISTEN to GROW this weekend and could not be happier.  The first 2 weekends have gone swimmingly, diving in deep but …

>>>> More & More LIGHT Everyday

You can tell by the chit-chat, there’s more & more light to practice in everyday.  It just makes everything easier and more fun, like hanging out in the studio with a good group of friends.  A lucky lady bird am I to have such a great group to soak it …

MUSEUM DAY!

We are a lucky lot to have so much amazing art in our fine city.  I spent the afternoon at the Walker and MIA w my friend and fellow yogini Rachel Hiltsey.  A great escape on these the coldest of cold days.  Nothing like great art in a beautiful building …

* * * GREEN = GROWTH . . .

Thank god for gardens.  Seriously.  It makes me so happy to get to have an indoor garden full of succulents for the duration of such a cold winter in our beautiful studio.  Green equals growth…a good reminder of what’s beneath the layers of ice and snow.  And only weeks away …