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I’m in an open relationship
I’m a woman of multiple passions and interests, so it can be hard for me to commit. On any given day, my heart knows what it wants—and it needs space to express itself openly and freely. It’s important for me to live in the moment, opening myself...
But I Can’t Sing: Six Ways to Bring Back the Joy of Singing
I’ve loved singing since childhood, and had always had a secret desire to be a singer. But when I had my first opportunity to sing publicly at a university “open mic” with a friend, I was both thrilled and terrified. Because of fear and...
Loka Samasta Sukino Bhavantu: A Mantra for Feeling Small and Mean
My thoughts are not always kind—towards others or myself. Despite my daily practice, I’m the first to admit how easily I fall into forgetfulness. I have no lack of goodness surrounding me. Every day on the way to work, I drive through a...
5 Meditation Myths and How They’ve Messed Us Up
Does Anyone Even Care What I Do?
Today I’m sending my love to all you moms out there who support, nurture, give and grow this world. Even if you aren’t raising kids, many of you do these very same things for other people in your lives. It’s fun to be recognized on Mother’s Day...
In the mood for a laugh? (video)
Does Tamika seem more wise than wisecracker to you? Not to us. My kids call her a chadult—a sitcom of adult and child. When my girls were younger, they loved to play “spa” with family and friends. It was a sweet deal having these tiny hands giving...
Can You Wreck Yoga for Children? Five Common Mistakes in Sharing Yoga with Children
When Carolyn’s daughter Anabel was eight years old, she came home from a yoga birthday party upset. The yoga teacher told the birthday girl she was practicing downward facing dog wrong. Apparently her heels weren’t touching the ground. Yes, you can...
Dashed Hopes and Letting Go
No one was more shocked than me when my oldest daughter told me she wanted to take a professional level yoga training with me this fall. She wanted to study—with her mother. Asking all kinds of questions about the HeartRise Children’s training, I...
The Mystery-Muscle People Don’t Even Know They Have
Originally Published in OMagine Magazine Deep inside the core of the body, the psoas muscle (also called iliopsoas) is so embedded, the general population doesn’t even know it exists. The psoas (pronounced so-as) is a large and complex part of our...
What if I said you’re not special?
"You are not special, you are unique"—Robert Ohotto I have always felt different in my family and within my group of friends for the choices I have made in my life. But I have not always been able to openly claim my individuality or my feelings of...