Patience

Sometimes I am impatient in my yoga practise. Many times I am impatient in traffic. Frequently I am impatient and find myself wanting to finish peoples sentences. Often I am impatient in learning a new task, working through difficulties in a relationship and wanting...

The Serenity of Yin and the Courage of Yang

Do you live your life in balance of yin and yang energies? Yang thinking and living is the right side of our being, the light and determined side that pushes through each occurrence with abiding energy and passion. Yang behaviors love to control and force situations...

Say YES to life

Each day I wake up in Puerto Vallarta in the winter and Vancouver in the summer and I am  delighted to be living my dream of teaching yoga each day, hiking two times a week and generally smelling and eating up the moments of my splendid existence. One of my favorite...

Fearless Living

The feeling of fear is useful sometimes. It startles us away from danger. It warns us to be wary of moving too quickly in decisions. It beckons us to contemplate all sides of what could be. But many of us let fear rule our world, debilitate our souls to move forward...

Destroyer of Obstacles

Ganesha is a deity who is the destroyer of all obstacles, evil, vanity, pride and selfishness and the promoter of success. He also is the guider of knowledge and wisdom .  Ganesha, being the destroyer of obstacles and the lord of Good fortune is the mentor of...

What Will Matter?

What matters most to you in life? Many of us are so busy doing and producing we forget to remember the essence of why we are on this earth and how the value of our days on earth will be measured. Here is a poem by Michael Josephson that brings clarity to me about my...