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Just a few images from a packed month of connection.

Leaning Into Connection (and Birthdays)

I unabashedly love my birthday month. May has always brought celebrations, transitions, travel, flowers, and of course better weather. This May did not disappoint - as evidenced by how long it’s taken me to recover and get back to writing! A full month’s grace period feels appropriate, especially as we fully dive into summer. We spent May leaning into connection. The month kicked off with Yoga Habit’s 10th Anniversary celebration. It was a packed yoga class…

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Mementos of a life well lived.

Loss and Joy

The last few weeks have been marked by loss. Delayed mourning of my aunt who passed in February which my family was finally able to celebrate. The passing of a kind and wonderful former colleague who was taken from us too soon. Colleagues leaving. I wrote a few weeks ago about our capacity to shift our thoughts. What does shifting our thoughts mean or matter in extreme external conditions? I taught a workshop during Yoga Habit’s…

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Setting the space for learning, connection, and movement.

Taking Care of Ourselves and One Another

An hour before leading my annual “new year” yoga and positive psychology workshop, I saw the news of another killing in Minneapolis. Was what I was about to share even important anymore? It felt strange, tone deaf, trite. What could optimism, hope, relationships, etc. possibility do in these dire times?So much.Our first step is not giving up. What will support us in not giving up? We have to use tools, internally and externally, that support…

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