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Leap: A Call for More Meditation in Yoga Classes

Posted in meditation, yoga on April 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“Why set the stage without having the show?” ~ Alan Finger, Founder of ISHTA Yoga, on the importance of meditation This week ISHTA Yoga and my teacher, Alan Finger, were featured in the New York Times. The article shed some light on a recent trend at yoga studios – an increase in the demand for [...]

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Leap: Catch and Release – a Lesson in Breathing and Letting Go

Posted in calm, feelings, free, meditation, yoga on April 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »

“Why do we work so hard on the (yoga) mat? We concentrate and focus so that we can then let go. It’s why we practice the limbs of yoga. It’s the reason for everything we’re doing here.” ~ Mel Brasier, ISHTA Yoga Senior Teacher On Sunday, we studied bhastrika, a pranyama (breathing) technique in our [...]

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Leap: Learn Your Scales – How the Lessons of Music Class Relate to Yoga

Posted in learning, meditation, yoga on April 5, 2012 | 2 Comments »

“Variation is great, but make sure you’re grounded in the basics first.” ~ Wendy Newton, ISHTA Yoga Senior Teacher On Sunday, I went to a session on meditation techniques at ISHTA Yoga as part of my advanced yoga teacher training. Wendy, one of our teachers, fielded questions from us about the basic meditation techniques we’re [...]

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Leap: Making a Big Career Choice Earlier Than I Expected

Posted in career, choices, decision-making, meditation on January 25, 2012 | 10 Comments »

I’ve got some career choices to make in a shorter time frame than I planned. The company I work for is going through some reorganization. Minimal reduction in headcount lots of reshuffling. This comes as no surprise; what surprised me was that I would have options. There are several different places that I could land [...]

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Leap: ISHTA Yoga Will Be My 2012 Yoga Home

Posted in healthcare, meditation, teaching, yoga on January 19, 2012 | 4 Comments »

After months of deliberation, I finally chose to take the next step in my wellness career and pursue my next level of yoga teacher training. It’s been almost 2 years since I finished my 200-hour training at Sonic Yoga. I got an excellent base from Sonic and I treasure my teachers and friends from the [...]

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Leap: My Dog as My Teacher and Healer

Posted in animals, dogs, learning, meditation, teaching, yoga on January 18, 2012 | 4 Comments »

Buddhists believe that when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. Native Americans believe that when a soul comes into our lives it is because it has something to teach us and when we lose someone close to us it is a signal we learned all we could from them. I believe in both [...]

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Beginning: What It Really Means to Invent

Posted in business, medical, medicine, meditation, yoga on November 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Estimates now show that there are 70,000+ yoga teachers in North America. 70,000 people do exactly what I do. We all have roughly the same basic level of training and seek to do the same type of work. On its own, a statistic like that could be enough to scare me into hiding. But here’s [...]

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Beginning: Your Own Enlightenment is Only a Question Away

Posted in meditation, tagged on September 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »

“Everyone can start a meditation practice by pondering this question every day – what was your original face before your parents gave birth to you?” ~Master Jinje Last week I went to the historic Riverside Church to hear Seon (Zen) Master Jinje, the 79th Patriarch in the Korean lineage of the Buddha. My friend, John [...]

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Beginning: When to Quit

Posted in meditation on August 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I’m not telling you to quit your job, though that may be immediately what came to mind when you read this headline. Quitting your job might be the answer to the question, “How can I set myself free?” It might also be a terrible choice. Quitting in its many forms – your job, a relationship, [...]

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Beginning: How to Tell Your Story

Posted in meditation, presentation, speaking, story, yoga, tagged on July 17, 2011 | 6 Comments »

“Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret.” ~ Matthew Arnold via Quotes4Writers On Tuesday, I’m speaking and giving a short presentation at Jericho Project, a nonprofit whose mission is to “catalyze change that enables homeless individuals to discover their strengths and lead remarkable lives.” They are [...]

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