My oldest daughter has had her first experience with sexual harassment and sexual assault. There was a boy at her school who had numerous complaints raised against him due to grabbing girls in a sexual manner. My daughter had issues with this boy from the first week of starting at her new school. She filed a complaint during her second week but it is only recently that at least 9 other girls have come forward with their experiences with this boy and he has now been removed fr

(Yes, the title of this blog post is in honor of Tom Petty ~ another great artist gone too soon). Bakasana (aka Crow Pose or Crane Pose) has eluded me throughout my 20 years of yoga practice. Arm balances are scary to me. I've never trusted my hands or arms to be able to lift me or hold me. I've always said, "I have no upper body strength." I've learned over the last few months that this fear is due to my lack of feeling safe and protected in life. It is childhood fear and pa

1. I am 43 years old - I've been forgetting how old I am since I hit about 36. I have to do the math to figure it out. 2. I have been a yogi for at least 20 years but I went through breaks where I didn't practice much. I would get into other things like kickboxing or dance or jogging. But I always ended up back to yoga. 3. I was born and raised in Minneapolis and now live in the suburbs east of St. Paul. 4. I have two daughters, Abi and Maija and two stepsons, Tyler and Natha

I graduated from Yoga Teacher Training at the end of September. And while I have been practicing yoga for over 20 years and have been teaching others for a year, I can now officially say I am a RYT-200 yoga teacher. I know for certain that I will always be learning and growing as a yoga practitioner and teacher. The journey thus far has been monumental. As part of our graduation today, we were handed a piece of paper with "A comparison of myself from one year ago to today. Wh