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 …
3 Yoga Poses to Help You Fall Asleep Do you ever find yourself lying awake in bed, staring at a dark ceiling, wishing you could just fall asleep? I used to have wicked insomnia, often not falling asleep until 4 or 5am only to have to wake up at 6 or 7, exhausted. It …
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 …
Yoga for Triathletes Competition season is in full swing for runners, cyclists, swimmers and of course, triathletes. Just passed the infamous Donner Lake Tri and Sprint, we’ve got the Ironman Lake Tahoe, numero tres, just around the corner on September 20th. I know I’ve got my fingers crossed, and so do thousands of others, …
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 …
Having just enjoyed a beautiful, bountiful Thanksgiving feast and with the festivities of the Holidays upon us, Ive been pondering food and drink more than usual lately. Ive been infusing bourbon with various peppers, researching ways to prepare every cut of beef from the quarter of organic, pastured cow we recently purchased, and finding …
SUGAR: IF IT TASTES SO GOOD, WHY’S IT SO BAD? (click HERE to skip to the full article) I scream for ice scream! No, seriously. I LOVE the stuff. Maybe I can blame it on my mom for always having Baskin Robbins Jamoca Almond …