I’ve thought a lot about how and what to say about George Floyd’s brutal and unnecessary murder in Minnesota, and the subsequent protests that have…
In July, I was assaulted from behind at around 6:00 a.m. while on a run in my parents’ neighborhood. The usual path I had been…
When I was growing up, I was really self-conscious of my shoulders. I hated how "imbalanced" my body felt with such broad shoulders and such…
One of the biggest things I’ve realized since starting yoga teacher training is how much time and energy it takes to pay attention to yourself.…
For last week's teacher training homework, we had to read a passage in B.K.S. Iyengar's Light on Yoga about considerations for successful practice of yoga asana. Reading…
Continue reading → On Asanas: Building a Sustainable Practice
I have almost always struggled against the edges in my life. As a devastatingly anxious, type-A woman, I have often pushed much further past what…
As challenging as 2018 was for me, it was also one of the most love-filled years I've had in a long time. Amid the upheavals…
Continue reading → 2018 Love Letters: To All the People I Loved Last Year
It took me 24 years to fall in love with my city. Lansing is a place that's easy to take for granted: not as metropolitan…
Continue reading → 2018 Love Letters: One Love, Three Smokestacks
I joined Capital Area District Libraries (CADL) and got my first post-grad library card in 2018! I really fell away from reading in 2017, so…
Continue reading → 2018 Love Letters: Books! Wonderful Books!
My second love letter of 2018 (officially last year!) is to Yoga State of Mind, Body, and Soul. I began my practice at Yoga State partway…
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