by Nancy | May 16, 2019 | Benefits of Yoga, Meditation, stress and anxiety, Yoga Practice
5 Easy Steps to a More Peaceful Life Step 1 Find a place to sit where distractions will be at a minimum. This is easier for some of us than others. Maybe you will choose to hide in a closet or go to the library. Be creative. It will be easier to meditate...
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 26, 2019 | Benefits of Yoga, Breath, stress and anxiety, Yoga Practice
I spent the weekend of Mother’s Day 2006 at AMC’s Cardigan Lodge in New Hampshire doing volunteer trail work with my daughter, Marie. It turned out to be a good thing we had stopped on the way there to buy some quality rain gear because it rained the...
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...
