Tuning In, In Tuscany... Retreats - yoga, artistic, or spiritual, can serve as wonderful allies in this journey known as life. Part luxury, part necessary... in whatever size or shape they may take, such commas in the traffic of being have been known to wondrously enhance one's physical, creative and inner alignment. The team behind the Artist Immersion Program (AIP) champions such
Either we create good patterns or bad patterns in our bodies. And we can use the breath to find out how we want to feel, hopefully to start creating good patterns. Ashley Matthews with Matt If you haven’t experienced the feeling personally, then you’ve seen it conveyed by the photographs of people in
As it is with most things in life, the first step towards a solution is identifying the problem. By knowing you hold tension in your right shoulder, or wherever it might be, you can begin to observe your daily habits and identify the cause. Jill Miller, Creator of The Roll Model® Method Upon
I’m really lucky to know to take a deep breath and remind myself that we’re all doing the best we can. “We’re in this together,” writes award-winning journalist Lauren Lipton in the introduction to her new book, Yoga Bodies: Real People, Real Stories & The Power of Transformation (Chronicle 2017). She and photographer Jaimie Baird honor
I hope that by sharing my story, I can help others get back on their boogie boards and start finding joy again. Image courtesy of the author It's easy to document physical progress in yoga, but anyone who practices regularly will tell you that conquering advanced poses is not a compelling enough reason to
If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence. Maud Morgan, Gold Coast II, 1971-2, oil on canvas The birds are singing... even in the rain. The front porch pots are brimming with pansies. And, could things get any greener out there? Must be May. The season of graduations
When we play, we come back to harmony with ourselves and life. Photo by Amanda Ambrose Do you recall how much fun it was swinging on the monkey bars as a child? The sense of carefree abandonment and sheer delight? Letting go, letting your brain and thoughts release as your blood rushes to
Every Training Speaks... What Will Yours Say? I'm headed to my son’s hockey game… And, while I love hockey, and of course my son, does it need to be tonight? It’s a Wednesday. It’s 8PM. I’m tired. And, I have other things I need to do. Many other things. I walk in to the rink expecting the
All signs show that health and wellness are fulfilling a long-held promise: you need to meet people where they are if you want to change their behavior. "Everyone wins from your well being," counseled the best-selling author of Awakening Joy (Parallax Press, 2012) James Baraz. With the teaching Mr. Baraz was addressing a gathering at Spirit Rock, the
Did you have a hero growing up? Did you? I mean a real true kid style hero, like Superman or Wonder Woman…. maybe it was Strawberry Shortcake or Harry Potter. When we were kids we had heroes, we dressed up like them, we watched them on television and pretended to be them in our