Pain Specialist Yoga Instructor Reiki Master Teacher
“At the center of all our elaborate personal security measures and protection schemes lies the most precious treasure of the human experience: the heart. In addition to serving as the life-giving muscle that keeps blood pumping through our body, it’s the universal metaphor for our capacity to love and be loved, and it’s the symbolic […]
Wild Geese You do not have to be good.You do not have to walk on your kneesfor a hundred miles through the desert repenting.You only have to let the soft animal of your bodylove what it loves.Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.Meanwhile the world goes on.Meanwhile the sun and the […]
The irony of gift shopping this year is that the hard-to-find toy was for the 79-year-old, not the 9-year-old. I was reminded of this piece I wrote about juggling sandwich generation practicalities, from September 2017’s Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting. Look for me the first Monday of every month on the Hilltown […]
Gratitude can be a worthy practice. Compulsory gratitude can backfire. Working the gratitude muscle, from last December’s Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting. Look for me the first Monday of every month on the Hilltown Families Blog.
Re-reading, and sharing, the work of Dr. Fadel Zeidan, I went back through my notes about the workshop I attended with him a few years ago. I went seeking ideas for my students with chronic pain. I returned with a little more compassion for myself. Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting. Join […]
The first question of yoga is, “are you paying attention?” The second question of yoga is, “are you paying attention from your heart? Yoga is Awakening. Centering yourself in the Universe. Anything else is a bonus. Without, it’s just exercise. — Arthur Kilmurray
Remembering the activist origins of Mothers Day, from May 2015 Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting.
Gratitude can be a worthy practice. Compulsory gratitude can backfire. Working the gratitude muscle, in this month’s Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting. Look for me the first Monday of every month on the Hilltown Families Blog.
I was not taught the alchemy of turning pressure into power…I am only just beginning to learn to view pressure not as threat, but as power source, a dam with energy behind it. Exploring the power of pressure, in this month’s Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting. Look for me the first […]
“Safety is what we want for those we love. Autonomy is what we want for ourselves.” The possibilities and perils of the darkened yard, in this month’s Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting. Look for me the first Monday of every month on the Hilltown Families Blog.
Resolve to learn tools for painless living. Yoga Solutions 6 week series begins January 17 in South Hadley.
Everyone can learn Reiki! Join me for Reiki I training Feb 8 & 9, 2019 near Amherst, MA.
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