What is Yoga? (excerpt from my Intro to Yoga Workshop) Why do we do this practice of yoga? Certainly, we improve balance, focus, flexibility, endurance, fitness, wellness, happiness and peace of mind. These are all lovely and practical and amazing benefits, but what IS this yoga? “Yoga is not about touching your toes, its about …
HOLIDAY SURVIVAL GUIDE So, it seems to me there are about 4 things that crush people at the Holidays, leaving them tired, stressed, and disappointed. Food/Drink, Family, Money, Overscheduling. Here’s my condensed take on how to mitigate these issues and have a happier, healthier Holiday Season. There are at least a dozen more suggestions I …
UN-GRATITUDE Tis The season to be Jolly! Right? Fa-la-la-la-la-la…blah-blah blah. Right. But what if I don’t FEEL Jolly?! This is the subject I’ve been exploring personally and in my classes lately. There is a lot of talk at the Holidays and in the yoga world in general about Positivity, Kindness, Joy, Happiness, Love, Light, Grace, …
BIG CHANGE, BIG FEAR, BIG GRATITUDE Change is good, right? That’s what I hear anyway. And while I know it to be true, it doesn’t always serve to squash the fear that often accompanies change. I’ve recently (as some of you know well) given up a full time position as a paramedic to commit …
Be Mindful, Eat Better, Feel Better. I don’t know about you, but summer eating often gets the best of me. BBQs, umbrella drinks, eating on the run from event to event. I don’t always make the best decisions in summer or anytime for that matter. But, I have found some tricks that help me to …
This is the Prescription You Really Need! As most of you know, I’ve worked as a firefighter and paramedic at a few different departments over the last 7 years so I’ve had lots of experience with illness, disease and hundreds of different prescription medications that my patients are taking for these ailments. While I’m not …
IRONMAN Lake Tahoe, 2015 Is Here! If you’re local to the North Shore and Truckee, you’ve seen plenty of athletes on the course these past weeks, traversing the ridiculously long and rocky shore out at KB, busting their butts spinning up the steeps of Brockway, and grooving a nice pace along our not-so-groovy, dry Truckee …
The Power of Stillness. And Clowns. “…Face to face with my carnival of thoughts, dodging frighteningly made up clowns, decaying and toothless carnies, and garish carnival barkers of thoughts, all vying for my precious five minutes of attention…” The word “busy” has come to permeate our culture, our lives, and I’ve been making concerted efforts …
Cut From the Same Cloth, All of Us. As I read through so many proclamations of sadness and shock over the death of Robin Williams last week, and I sit quietly in my own feelings of loss, love and lack of surprise, I am once again (enchanted) by the sheer number of people affected by …
Mile a Day May Join Bodhi Bodywork, Truckee-Tahoe Massage in the pursuit of Wellness through fitness! #mileadaymay @TruckeeMassage With obesity, diabetes, heart disease, anxiety disorders, and depression at an epidemic high, we need a change in a better direction. Regular exercise has been shown to improve ALL of these conditions. It’s energizing, uplifting and …