Nov 30, 2021 - It's interesting to think about "what are we". Are we the body, are the mind, are we emotions?

I have some friends who say we are all mind. That makes sense to me. The mind is where stuff happens...if we can get on top of the mind, we're golden.

Then there are others who are al...

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, 2021 - This morning, the day for Thanksgiving, I woke up with that "Thanksgiving feeling" a remember. A feeling thinking more about things I care about, than I'm worried or feel pressure about. I feeling of being happy for the day, and comfortable as me.

It reminded me of a book called...

Nov. 23, 2021 - I have been teaching this morning class every weekday for more than a year and a half...since the beginning of the pandemic. It really feels like an "anchor", and just to be sure, I decided to look up the work "anchor". Here is a definition:

-- a person or thing that provides s...

Nov 22, 2021 - WIth this being a Monday, and the beginning of Thanksgiving Week, it's a good time to set an intention for how you want to day/week to be. Maybe taking the time to be in class is all you need, and you just want to be really present. Or maybe you have a work or phrase you want to ...

Nov. 19, 2021 - As I enter into the final weeks of teaching at the University...we are starting a week off for Thanksgiving right now (YAY!), I am reminded of all the different highs and lows of emotion I've had this semester. Every semester is somewhat a roller coaster, but COVID adds a whole o...

Nov 18, 2021 - I am listening to a book right now called "The Extended Mind." Super cool! It's this idea that the activities outside of the mind can help us "extend" the mind. For instance, being in nature, having a comfortable house or office, moving the body and hands. I like that last one....

Nov. 17, 2021 - Today I am really feeling appreciation for the fact that I am here, teaching yoga. It’s somewhat amazing, and weird, and not a place I ever thought I’d end up. I feel very lucky, and, at the same time, this time of year is pretty stressful in the teaching world…as the teachers ou...

Nov. 15 2021 - It being Monday and all, it’s a good day to set your intention for the week. It’s like laying down the tracks for where your train will travel this week, and then, maybe it works out and maybe not…but, it doesn’t hurt to start out with some direction, rather than not.

Nov. 16, 2021 - People tell me sometimes that I must be so calm and happy because I teach yoga and meditation all the time. I tend to agree…I SHOULD be all calm and happy from doing this, right! Actually, in a way, I think I’m the opposite. I find I have a much more diverse palette of emotions ...

Nov. 12, 2021 - I read an article today that said mental states like PTSD, ADHD, depression, anxiety, are for the most part a temporary state created by environmental conditions, rather that some permanent mental experience….and, that these states are really about helping you deal and helping you...

Nov. 11, 2021 - I have a squirrel living in my shed. It's been there for a few months, but I've never actually seen it. Yesterday, after I taught my morning class and before I went to work at UVM, I was doing some dishes, looking out the window at the shed. As a watched, a squirrel worked thei...

Nov. 10, 2021 - I have lots of things on my mind right now, pulling me in many different directions. When I feel that way, my favorite thing is to remember (and practice) a meditation from the Radiance Sutras:

Cast aside the 10,000 things,
And love only one.
Don’t go on to another.

Engage your ...

Nov. 9, 2021 - In the Bhagavad Gita, the warrior (Arjuna) is advised by his chariot driver/God (Krishna) that he should be his True Self and be a warrior. Of course, it’s all an analogy to life. We are Arjuna, and we are trying to figure out life and there is a lot of uncertainty. What the Bh...

Nov 8, 2021 - Today is Monday, and I woke up a bit on the scattered side of things...got do this and that, being drawn in different directions. Then I thought about how nice it would be to set up my week how I wanted it to be, instead of being pulled in all these directions.

The way to set up...

Nov. 2, 2021 - I took a motorcycle ride yesterday. Probably one of the last ones, since it's November. It was super awesome! Riding around Vermont I felt so lucky. It's just so beautiful here. And, it made me think about the feeling of being "home". That great feeling where you don't feel l...

Nov. 1, 2021 - No matter what else is happening in life and in the world, there is always gratitude to remind you that, well, there are lots of things to be grateful for. My list today starts with seeing a beautiful sunrise, being able to drink a nice cup of chai, having a roof over my head...th...