I do enjoy going to the gym, but yoga is my preferred way to work out. It's both challenging and relaxing. The following poses are ways to build strength through yoga. They can be practiced as separate exercises, or linked together to create a flow. The best thing about yoga is that you can practice … Continue reading Yoga Poses For Strength
Last March I lost one of the most important people in my life... my Aunt Margaret. I wish it were easier for me to put into words who she was and how she impacted my life but I still can't. The best I can do is to point you towards a piece that I wrote … Continue reading The Value Of Sadness: How My Hardest Loss Became My Greatest Purpose
This week I was struggling to come up with something to write about. Nothing that I was reading sparked a meaningful topic, I had no tasty recipes to post, no lifestyle or beauty tips to share; I simply felt uninspired... which I'm sure is a feeling that anyone who writes on a regular basis can … Continue reading This Is What Happens When I Ramble…
It has been 10 months since my husband and I left the sunny state of California to move back east, and I’ve been reflecting lately on how my brief time living in California impacted my life. I have lived in North Carolina, Vermont, California and now Connecticut and each location has shaped my life in … Continue reading What I Learned Living In California
This week I spent my afternoons reading The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff. For those of you who have never heard of it, it is a wonderful little book that illustrates the ideologies of Taoism by presenting them within the world of A.A. Milne's Winnie The Pooh. The book is a short, quick read, … Continue reading The Tao of Pooh, The Tao of You
It has been somewhat hard to adjust to normal life after returning from my month away at yoga teacher training. Being at training I was immersed in one of my passions. Being back, I have to find a way to balance that passion with work, other hobbies and everything else life brings. This has made … Continue reading Living Authentically
The other day I was having a conversation with a friend; we were discussing our envy of those people that never seem to be at work yet somehow still seem to have all the money to travel, have nice things, go out to eat/drink all of the time, etc. “What a luxurious life,” I said, … Continue reading The Simple Life: Discovering “Want” vs. “Need”
