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“Connection is inevitable, distraction is a choice.” — Alex Soojung-Kim Pang I did it! I was able to “Connect by Daring to Disconnect” this past week while attending my yoga and hiking retreat in Sedona. I didn’t text, send emails, look at Facebook or watch TV for four days. Here’s what I learned about myself from it all: • I …
“Healthy selfishness feels like taking a risk. It does not mean disregarding other people’s feelings and needs. It simply means we do not disregard ourselves to please others or to support others at our own expense. It means we take care of our body and value our needs, desires, feelings and dreams.” – Blake D. Bauer A recent post at …
As I lay in Savasana at the end of yoga class today, the song Sanctuary by Donna De Lory played softly in the background. I heard the word sanctuary quietly repeated in the chorus over and over again and I thought to myself, “This is what I get from yoga: sanctuary. My yoga mat is one place I find sanctuary. …
Often in yoga we’re asked while lying on our backs to bring our knees to our chest, wrap our arms around them, and give ourselves a hug. “Love your body for all it does for you,” the teacher will suggest. That’s never resonated more for me than it has this week. I love my body and all it does for …
Remember my Top 100 List (of ways to pamper myself)? I just added going on a retreat to that list. I recently returned from a women’s retreat in Minnesota where twelve women came together from across the U.S. and Canada to delve more deeply into self compassion, our strengths and our purpose. For four days we challenged ourselves to look …
