Your body is amazing! Today we delight in our body and connect to how it feels to be embodied.

It's good to find space in your life, particularly when you are feeling that there is a lack of space. So, if you are feeling like you are unable to find space in your day, body, mind...this class may help. Enjoy!

In coming back from Costa Rica, my sense experience is quite different. On the one hand, there are a lot less sounds...on the one hand less bird and monkey sounds, on the other hand less motorcycle and car sounds. Also, the feeling in the skin is so different. My hands were WARM in Costa Rica....

While on a small plane in Costa Rica, we flew into a storm cloud...not my favorite, particularly in a small plane. I decided to do the breathing exercise in this class to help change my focus, and it helped! It was a great reminder that seated meditation is really a great skill to develop, becau...

Karma Yoga is "taking selfless action without the desire for the benefits of the fruits (of the action)". Also, it's taking action within your "occupation"...basically, with what you have at hand. What we have at hand is this yoga practice, so today we will be offering the practice to someone e...

Feb 10, 2022 - It's wonderful how one conscious breath can change your day, and even your life. Today we open up our bodies to full breathing.

Feb. 9, 2022 - The Winter Olympics are on...yay! I love watching the Olympics, and this olympics particularly I have been thinking about the incredible body awareness athletes need...it's really amazing. From the ice skaters knowing exactly where their hand is when doing some expressive movemen...

Feb 7, 2022 - I have a lot going on right now, and my mind is going from thing to thing...so, it's great to find time to be present in the moment. Let's do that together. :-)

Jan 25, 2022 - At the University, one of the classes I teach is Yoga & Mindfulness. I was telling students the other day that the yoga part is all about connection, and the mindfulness part is about internal and external awareness. It kind of covers it all, doesn't it.

We focus on that today i...

Jan 13, 2022 - I feel a storm coming on. COVID is happening, I am returning to teach next week at the University for the Spring, I have a yoga teacher training session tomorrow, and two yoga retreats coming up. All good, but also...a storm. Something I think about in terms of storms is that you...

Jan. 12, 2022 - It used to be that we weren't exposed to the look of ourselves and others that often...before all this technology. Now, we are constantly shown what others look like, and it's hard to get caught up in that. That is bad enough, but by doing that we can loose track of our amazing ...

Jan. 5, 2022 - This morning I was having a nice experience before I started class sitting on my bed with my dog. I was petting him, and I naturally closed my eyes and started really experiencing my breath. It was really great.

Today we will focus on a visualization with the breath I really enj...

Dec. 31, 2021 - With this being the last day of the year, there is a lot of time spent on analyzing the past and thinking about how to make the future better. The problem with that is right now is lost. We have just finished another COVID year spent with a lot of uncertainty...but, we made it t...

Dec. 27, 2021 - We watched a philosophy "Masterclass" last night from Cornel West. A general theme that he was talking about is being humble, and how philosophy, along with other means, can remind you that you aren't that important in the universal sense...so why not leave "a bit of love behind" ...

Dec. 22, 2021 - For many people that struggle a bit with the darkness of winter (like myself), there is enthusiasm after Winter Solstice because everyone says, "The days are getting longer!!" Well, I hate to break it to you, but really, we are in somewhat of a holding pattern at the moment. The...

Dec. 21, 2021 - Today is Winter Solstice for where I live in Vermont. I'm doing my best to improve my relationship with the winter...well, winter doesn't bother me that much, it's the darkness. So, I found a poem about darkness that the class is based on today:

To Know the Dark by Wendell Berr...

Dec. 20, 2021 - Last night my wife and I watched two inspiring documentaries - "Sky Ladder" and "14 Peaks." Sky Ladder is about an artist who has a vision to build a "ladder" to the heavens, and 14 Peaks is about a climber who wants to climb the 14 highest peaks in the world in record time.

Eve...

Dec. 9, 2021 - I continue to learn new lessons from my current book, "The Extended Mind." The most recent thing is how helpful it is for the mind to be moving the body, whether it's just a little are super vigorously. The author mentions the value of all kinds of movement...from running a marat...

Dec 6, 2021 - Over the weekend the yoga training at UVM had the opportunity to see cadavers and learn more about bodies, from the inside out. It was amazing!

And then, after the cadaver experience, a group of us went to Lake Champlain for a dip in December water...just to remind ourselves tha...

Nov 29, 2021 - It's the Monday after Thanksgiving, and instead of being thrown into the week, it feels good to take charge and set the direction you want to go...to lay down your tracks. Thanks what we'll do in the class today.

Nov. 24, 2020 - I read an article about how the mind and body are much more connected than we may have thought. Really cool...in this practice we'll think about opening and stretching the body as a way to open and stretch the mind. And...here's a link to the article -- https://www.nytimes.com/2...

Nov. 11, 2020 - In this class we'll gently release stored stressful energy in the body with gentle, simple physical movements. The class starts with a calming seated meditation.

Jan 4, 2021 - It's amazing with have out bodies that offer so much. Today in class we appreciate what our bodies have to offer, and us the sensations of the body as a meditation. Enjoy being embodied today. :-)

September 16, 2021 - Today our focus is on using our body as a meditation. Enjoying really experiencing being in each posture. Enjoy!