Yoga Etc. (RBG)

my friend Maud once said,
‘there are times when we must speak,
not because you are going to change the other person,
but because if you don’t speak, they have changed you.

silence doesn’t change the world. it changes us.
it takes our stories and feelings away from us and…

Yoga Etc. (Stocking my unconscious)

And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.

- John Steinbeck

My dad loves to tell this story. When I was still a fashion-obsessed pre-teen who had yet to realize the immense privilege of her life, my…

yoga etc. #13 (the process of her becoming)

yoga etc. #13

May every stage of the butterfly’s growth…

Yoga Etc. (World Teachers Day)

It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed

Yoga Etc. (I will take care of me for you)

The greatest gift you can give somebody is your own personal development.
I used to say, “If you will take care of me, I will take care of you.”
now I say, “I will take care of me for you if you will take care of you for me.”

Yoga Etc. (The things keeping things together)

I hope you are blessed with a heart like a wildflower
strong enough to rise again after being trampled upon,
tough enough to weather the worst of the summer storms,
and able to grow and flourish even in the most broken places.

Yoga Etc. (Create new space)

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair

- Khalil Gibran

with each inhale, you create new space
with each exhale, you settle into that space