Having an open heart is not all sunshine and roses, it means having the courage to feel. As humans, we deal with many dualities: day and night, hot and cold, inhale and exhale. Dualities offer expansion and contraction, an opening and a closing. Feelings like joy and love are expansive, whereas anger and fear feel
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Why fat shaming gets us nowhere, and instead we should be kind to ourselves. Obesity, defined as having a BMI over 30, became an “epidemic” in the 90s. Here’s the problem: BMI is garbage. The BMI was originally created in 1832 by a Belgian mathematician and astronomer who was trying to find a quick and
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Keep your lower back feeling strong, not sore First I want to say how grateful I am for all of you subscribers out there (on Substack), reading what I write. I joined Substack in January of 2024 and I never imagined that this little blog of mine would grow like it has. Thank you so
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And what I do instead Many people use the new year to start over. To eat better, stop smoking or drinking, exercise more, but here’s why it’s one of the worst times to start something new. The energy of the Winter season is hibernation, going inward. Your true nature wants you to snuggle up next
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My Why #4: Acceptance Nobody is meaner to us than we are. Would you ever talk to another person the way you talk to yourself? Of course not. So why is it okay for you to be so mean to you? There are so many messages that we receive as children that carry with us
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Looking back on 2024 and seeing what I learned I started Yoga Living 50 and Beyond in January of 2024. I felt burned out with promoting my business on Social Media and was looking for something else. The daily posts on Instagram and Facebook felt like I was screaming into the void. Despite all my followers, hardly
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My why #3: Meditation Out of all the practices that are part of my life, meditation is the one I practice the least. I came to it last on my yoga journey, but it is an incredibly powerful practice. So why don’t I do it more often? Herein lies the mystery… Once upon a time,
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Finding acceptance is easier said than done, but is exactly what frees you from the stress in your life. The events in your life won’t change, but your relationship to these events can. You can’t control the events, but you can control how you respond. I find there are two kinds of people: people who
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My Why #2: Journaling I started writing in a journal around age 10 after I read the Diary of Anne Frank for the first time. You can read more about that here: The Magic of Journaling to Understand Yourself Although it has evolved over the years, pouring out my thoughts onto the page has been
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Using Meditation for Svadhyaya/Self-Inquiry Just one more game. Just one more page. Just one more cookie. Just one more drink. These are some of the lies we tell ourselves when we numb. When you are numb, you are disconnected, unaware, and don’t have power over yourself. It’s only through awareness that you gain control. Without
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