by Nancy | Apr 18, 2019 | Benefits of Yoga, Challenges of Yoga, happiness, Yoga Practice, Yoga Sutras
Seeing Things Clearly The official start of spring doesn’t always feel like very much like spring if you live in Southern Maine. At least not very consistently. There are a few things, like daffodils, that loudly announce to even the most stoic Mainers that...
by Nancy | Mar 6, 2019 | Challenges of Yoga, happiness, Retreat, Self Esteem, stress and anxiety, Yoga Practice
I spent the last week in Costa Rica, one of the most amazing places on the planet, with my teacher, Beryl Bender Birch – one of the most amazing and inspiring people I know. On the first morning of the retreat, Beryl set the stage for the week by reminding us...
by Nancy | Dec 6, 2018 | Benefits of Yoga, Community, happiness, stress and anxiety, Yoga Practice
“That shouldn’t happen to you, with all that yoga you do.” Many times over the course of healing from a crippling bout of sciatica, I heard this comment. It exemplifies a misconception I find to be fairly common. People seem to have the idea that...
by Sue Mickey | Nov 9, 2018 | Challenges of Yoga, Community, happiness, PTSD, Yoga Practice, Yoga Sutras
A Yoga Tragedy by Sue Mickey At 5:30 pm, Friday November 2, 2018 a man opened fire at a yoga studio in Tallahassee, Florida. 21-year-old Maura Binkley and 61-year-old Dr. Nancy Van Vessem were killed in the attack. Five others were injured. Maura and Nancy were...
by Lydia | May 22, 2018 | happiness, motherhood, stress and anxiety
“Why does everything always happen to me?” Do you ever think that you are the ONLY person in the whole world who has bad luck? The ONLY one with problems? The ONLY person who doesn’t have it all figured out? Yeah, me too. Especially at moments like:...
by Lydia | May 17, 2018 | happiness, motherhood
Think about the last week: how many times have you described something you are about to do as “I HAVE to do XYZ”? 1? 100? 1000? “Today, I have to go to the store” “I’m sorry, I can’t go to yoga, I have to go to an...
