5 Yoga Poses to Open the Heart

5 Yoga Poses to Open the Heart

This morning I woke up in a funk. After falling asleep to the riots in Ferguson, Missouri I was left reeling. How could human beings treat each other like this? How could a 16-year old, unarmed teenager be gunned down and the killer just be allowed to walk away? What...
5 Styles of Yoga to Try At Least Once

5 Styles of Yoga to Try At Least Once

When I took my first hot yoga class over seven years ago, I was a hopeful couch potato looking for an “easy way to get in shape.” As I sweated it out in downward dog I said to myself, “I can’t do this, I’m not strong enough.” And so...
This Weekend Changed My Life…

This Weekend Changed My Life…

I’m Stuck at an Airport I’m at Tampa International Airport and I’m stuck. My connecting flight was delayed for three hours, then four hours, then five hours, and now I won’t leave here until 7:15 p.m. And yet…it’s such a blessing in...
4 Lessons I Learned From Oprah’s Life You Want Weekend

4 Lessons I Learned From Oprah’s Life You Want Weekend

October was a rough month. I broke electronics, my car got hit in the parking lot, and when my laptop was stolen- my words, words that I had spent countless hours perfecting, a book that I was in the middle of writing, poems that had poured from my heart- were gone in...