Comparing yourself to the outlier

In a yoga class this morning, the teacher transitioned us from “kneeling crescent moon” to “half splits.” The teacher noticed one student doing the full splits, and said to the class: “You can be like so-and-so and do full splits, and if...

Let go of what no longer serves you

This is a common theme in yoga classes, and in guided meditations. I have one yoga teacher who begins each class with this phrase, around the time she has us in a forward fold. We are bent forward at the waist, and she invites us to imagine there is a trap door on the...

Shrink the size of your plate

My blog post, “Shrink the size of your plate,” is up on the new Project Happiness website! Here is a link to the post. Let me know what you think, you can leave me a comment below. Spoiler alert – it has nothing to do with food. I get a daily Project...

Finding grace in the transitions

I stumbled upon this blog post by Krista Tippett, Confessions of a Yoga Convert, after listening to her interview with Seane Corn, on Krista’s radio show On Being. I like what Krista says: “In flow yoga, every transition is as important as every finished pose;...

HCBA Yoga Club, free yoga class on November 20th

The Hennepin County Bar Association Yoga Club invites you to a free class on November 20th, from 12 noon until 12:45 pm, in the HCBA offices in City Center, in downtown Minneapolis. The class will be lead by yours truly. Click here to see the flyer. All are welcome,...

What’s the next best thing?

In a recent yoga class, the teacher starts class by saying “Maybe you are faced with a daunting task, in your personal life or professional life, and the finish line seems so far away. What is the next thing you can do, to keep moving forward, and how can you do...