Happy new year, everyone! I can hardly believe another year has flown by and we’re now in 2010! This means it’s time to make another New Year’s resolution and then see how long it’ll take me to break it…

No, actually, this year I’m determined (just like I was last year…and the year before…and the year before that…but I digress, as usual) to follow through on my New Year’s Resolution. (more…)

It’s an incredible time on this planet…in the universe.

Time is moving faster and faster, days go by with the blink of an eye. It’s never been quite like this before. I hear from several mentors that it will just become faster. Individuals will either learn to flow with it or spin out of control. (more…)

This past week, things have come to a bit of a head and I’m suddenly finding myself remembering what it’s like to have five teachers, each of whom believe their class is the most important. That’s right, it’s mid-term season – the worst part of the school year. Some might say finals are the worst, but at least a final exam heralds the end of class and the beginning of break time. After a mid-term, however, you’re right back in class the next day with more assignments to do and no end in sight. So for this last fortnight, I’ve been going slightly batty attempting to keep up to date with the never-ending stream of projects and deadlines. (more…)

This is a question that comes up quite often for me.

Yes, me.

I ask myself that question when I procrastinate over silly things like making a call to sort out a bill that was incorrect, or paying a bill, or writing another blog. LOL. (more…)

So I was telling you in my last blog about how yoga managed to find me, even in the wilderness.

While we were at the cabin by the lake, six people in their early twenties were staying in another cabin next to us. One morning, I walked out onto our deck and saw three lovely girls in bikinis practicing their yoga on their dock. I watched them for a while, impressed by their balancing skills. Then my husband came out to see what I was doing and he proceeded to watch them, commenting on how “fine their yogic form” was (uh-uh…never says that about me – and what would he know about “yogic form” anyway)! Well, of course, that comment brought the other men out – and the next thing they knew, those girls ended up having an audience! (more…)

So, after working all these years focusing on my vision of YogaHub and other sites on health and wellness in my attempt to connect people from all over the world, it’s finally here.

After the first week of our “Gift of Yoga” launch, we had individuals connecting with us from all over the world. What a dream come true for me and my team. (more…)

As I mentioned in a recent blog, a couple of weeks ago I had to take my car in for repairs and, since it was a sunny day, I decided to walk back to the mechanic’s to pick it up.

I do that drive almost every day on my way to and from home. Well, walking instead of driving gave me a totally different perspective of that route. I never realized how much I was missing by keeping my eyes on the road when driving (which is highly recommended, of course).

For one thing, I never realized how lovingly people care for their gardens and front lawns. I could smell the fresh grass as I enjoyed looking at all the variety of flowers that were in full bloom. There were several people out and about and we smiled at one another with a friendly “hi’.” (more…)

They say “no pain, no gain.” Well, I’ve been attempting to practice yoga for a few months now and while there’s been a steady supply of the former, I can’t help but notice a woeful deficit of the latter. Until now.

If you’ve read any past posts, you’ll know that I’ve been experiencing some trouble with flexibility. Basically it’s been non-existent. I couldn’t even approximate some of the bends and twists. But this week, things changed slightly. (more…)

Well, I’m back from my Mediterranean cruise – did you miss me? No, I didn’t think so….

My husband and I had a fabulous time and it was just what we needed to reconnect with each other. The ports of call were amazing and the cruise was over before we knew it. As I suspected, we ate our way through most of it but, that said, I managed to keep my weight down – thanks partly to yoga on board. (more…)

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I’m realizing (further) the depth of my flexibility issue. It’s time for a new approach.

Here’s the problem: My flexibility is so poor that I can’t approximate even the simplest poses closely enough to improve them. The instructor says “Sit on the ground with your legs out.” I can do that. The instructor says “Now lean forward from the hips and grab your calves or toes or the soles of your feet.” I can’t do that. I succeed only in reaching my knees – the tops of my knees, to be exact. And that’s only because my arms cover the distance. I’m still sitting upright. During any yoga routine, I suffer this kind of flexibility problem on several different poses – actually, almost all of them. (more…)