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Posted on May 12, 2013 by in Uncategorized

The One Who is at Play Everywhere said,

There is a place in the heart where
everything meets.
Go there if you want to find me.
Mind, senses, soul, eternity,
all are there.
Are you there?

Enter the bowl of vastness
that is the heart.
Give yourself to it with
total abandon.

Quiet ecstasy is there –
and a steady, regal sense of
resting in a perfect spot.

Once you know the way
the nature of attention
will call you
to return, again and again,
and be saturated with knowing,
“I belong here, I am at home here.”

Home for the Holidays

Posted on November 20, 2012 by in Uncategorized

What do you say when you are asked about your teaching? This week many of us will return home for turkey, football (well at least I will), and reconnecting with families. Many new teachers will be expected to report on the fruits of their new training, but, many new teachers are still in their old careers or have not broken into “teaching” just yet. It can be tough – especially for those who do not have support 100%. So how can you talk about your teaching career if you are not actually teaching?

Speak of your plans: It’s okay to have a great plan that is not yet executed. Speaking about it might actually get you more excited for what’s to come. Tell about what you would like to do, where you want to teach, who you plan to contact, when you plan to do it. Show your love of yoga and excitement with each word.

Only teach one class? That’s great!: Whoever said that you need to be teaching 10 classes to be considered a “teacher” was wrong. There, I said it. Now you can believe that teaching 1 class is great (think about all of the special attention you give this class since you only have one to plan for). Speak of how much you love your students and why the class is special: “I teach one early-morning class at the gym and my students are so devoted. They always show up and give me their all.”

Be yoga: There is always a yoga-critic, a misbeliever and even a doubter. Just be who you are and be a yoga teacher in whatever way works for you. Maybe it is in practicing kindness. Maybe it is through being present as you play with the children. Maybe you wake up early to give yourself some “you” time before you spend the day giving to others. Just be you and you will be okay. 

Begin Again

Posted on November 5, 2012 by in Uncategorized

I am a New Yorker by heart and soul and everything in between.

Watching my city and the surrounding areas be destroyed by the hurricane has made me incredibly homesick.

See, I moved to Boston 5 months ago, during a time when I hated New York. It literally had spit me out, because I let it. My life felt hard, and I didn’t have an accepting bone in my body anymore. I knew I needed to get out so I could love New York again.

Watching the rain fall on the news this past Monday, I realized what would had been if I was in New York. The truth is my apartment would have been flooded, and I would of lost memories and probably my cat.

I do believe in karma and I have cursed it when life didn’t go easy – but maybe this time my boyfriend and I were not meant to be in the middle of the storm.

It would of sucked and I am grateful that I didn’t loose everything (even though I don’t feel so grateful, and I really feel homesick).

I only lost my website, somehow. This website. And I have been trying to get everything back up and running but felt an innate resistance. Not the kind that tells me no, but the kind that sees an opportunity: here, I can pause, and create the website I really desire. I can do better than I had done before.

I started to think that this blog could also be better. It could be more honest and more consistent.

Why not.

What have you lost? What are you working on right now? Where do you need to pause and reset?

 

 

Hello world!

Posted on June 27, 2012 by in Uncategorized

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