After receiving my yoga teacher training certificate, I couldn’t wait to get started. All I needed was a place to teach. The plan was to convert our basement into a yoga studio so that I could teach from home. It was a most excellent plan, I thought…

Have you ever tried to meditate but your mind just won’t shut up? The harder you try, the worse it gets. And, so, you just give up trying to mediate altogether. I hear this a lot from people and I’m often asked how to get over it. Once people find out that I’ve been meditating for a few years now, I think they must imagine me sitting in Lotus Pose for hours at a time with a calm, peaceful mind; all zen-like. Ommmmmmm.

Which is crazy because I have “monkey mind” the same as everybody else; I just don’t let it stop me…

Ever since I decided to open a yoga studio and teach yoga in my hometown, I’ve been overwhelmed by the positive responses I’ve received. I guess I’m not the only one who thought there was a need for yoga in our community.

Besides excitement and genuine interest, there’s been another common thread…

Okay, so here it is. My big confession. I am an introvert. I love to be alone. I love to read and spend at least an hour or two every morning reading books about yoga and philosophy; nature and its effects on our physical and mental well-being; how to live a more joyful and fulfilling…

Would it be a stretch to say that yoga saved my life? Perhaps. Perhaps not. My story is what it is. Whether you think yoga saved my life or not is up to you to decide. I can’t tell you what to think. But, me? I think yoga saved my life…