Journal and Reflections
Welcome to my musings and how I process this dynamic thing we call life through the practice of yoga. Mindfulness practices offer us compassionate, effective self-understanding tools to relate to and make sense of our experiences. I share thoughts on how this practice has supported me and the illuminations it has revealed. I hope you find benefit in these stories.
Surrender is Hard
Feeling the totality of our bodies (body, mind, spirit, heart, energy) is how we begin our whole-self integration process.
Practice and Contemplation Through an Āyurvendic Lens # Practice and Contemplation # | I'm endlessly inspired by Mother Nature's intelligence—her seasonal rhythms, regenerative wisdom, and brilliant adaptations. My studies in Āyurveda, the ancient Indian health system that operates from the perspective of our natural wholeness, innate ability for strong inner connection, and capacity to self-heal, continuously reaffirm what I witness in my own practice and in the natural world around us. These illuminations excite me deeply, and I love weaving them into the spaces where I teach and sharing them here for anyone ready to explore how ancient wisdom can guide modern living.
Practice Adaptations Learned from Life’s Challenges # Healing Stories # | I’ve managed, what feels like, more than my fair share of weird or mysterious illness and health conditions. I’ve been shattered with grief, been deeply heartbroken and fallen into black holes of depression. I’ve been bullied and continue to experience random racist attacks to this day. How human is my lived experience. These journal entries dive deeper into my health stories, threading them with wisdom connected through my practice reflections. Yoga receives us as we are, and helps us process and transform what we wish to see change in.
Personal Reflections and Stories # Personal Reflections # | Mindfulness practices and self understanding remind us that we have agency in our story of our own lives. I never used to share details about my life publicly the way I do now; I tried to let my work speak for itself in the past. But, our stories are important so we relate to each other with deeper understanding; they help us recognize that we’re not alone in our experiences. This connection is crucial because healing happens in community, not in a silo. One of the translations of the word yoga is “to yoke” or “to unite”. We’re not only uniting within ourselves, we’re uniting as a community. Everything in this world is connected.