The BOUNTY Begins
The Bounty Begins! The tom’s were a gift and the flowers are from my garden. How lucky are we to live in a place where we can trade food and flowers?
INTELLIGENT Sequencing
“The Yoga Garden Teacher Training has profoundly impacted my study of yoga and teaching. Laurel is beyond knowledgeable and her methodical teaching style has given me the tools to continue to expand and grow as a yoga practitioner and teacher. Thanks to the YGTT, I now have a much more …
BEAUTY Inspires Us
My design will attract your eyes, but my details will capture your heart. – Efty Kvist — — — — — I am a sucker for design. I got these flowers from my friends Linda Wu and Laura McCabe on my birthday in 2014. We met at a Balinese restaurant …
GROWTH and DESTRUCTION
For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn’t understand growth, it would look like complete destruction. – Cynthia Occelli — — — — — I’m finishing up my very first 200 …
Unassailable SERENITY
I believe I know the only cure, which is to make one’s center of life inside of one’s self, not selfishly or exceedingly, but with a kind of unassailable serenity — to decorate one’s inner house so richly that one is content there, glad to welcome anyone who wants to …
A Little Bit of SUMMER in WINTER
A little bit of Summer in Winter. If you asked me that question about the deserted island my Vitamix would be 1 of my 3 things. I know there’s no electricity but I would figure out a way. (Plus, like I’m really going to get stuck on a deserted island). …
A NEW Story for a NEW Year
START A NEW STORY As we live through each season we move forward through cycles, change and choice. Within us and all around us. On the solstice we move from the time of Ether to Earth. Each of the seasons is symbolized by one of the 5 elements: Winter = …
1 Minute MEDITATION
Lord knows we could all use a little down time during the holiday season. Enjoy the first of many podcasts and recorded meditations and classes to come in 2016!
Our Body’s Potential To Wholeness
Realize Your Body’s Deep Potential to Wholeness Yoga Garden is a space—physical and spiritual—very dear to my heart, where I have realized the deep potential of my body’s relationship to grace, empowerment, community, and wholeness, and my capacity to continually evolve in my practice, through the brilliant guidance of Laurel …
You’re a STAR — and so am I
I am a competitive person I will admit. I LOVE to compete and I hate to lose. But I am most competitive with myself. And for the sake of growth and to learn not just because I hate losing. The part about losing isn’t the loss in not winning the …