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Summer Time On My Mind

May 19, 2011

  Summer afternoon – Summer afternoon… the two most beautiful words in the English language.~ Henry James I love the idea of getting up before most of the world and getting a head start. This morning I was ready to go in the hot room for my 6 am Bikram yoga class. But it didn’t [...]

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Magical May Full Moon

May 17, 2011

On the way to my 6 am Bikram yoga class this morning, the sky was lit up with pink and orange and the largest sun I ever recall seeing. Or was it the moon? Unexpected magic was definitely in the air. I love that. Can’t we all use some? Today, May 17, 2011, the moon [...]

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Transitions, Trust, & Turkey Meatballs

May 11, 2011

  Sometimes transitions can slow us down, confuse us and bring up old fears. Change is a constant in life, so learning how to welcome it in is essential for our overall health and well-being. Self-care is vital during a time of transition, whether the transition is work, a creative project, a relationship, a move, [...]

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When Life Pushes You, Pull Back! (with BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches)

April 14, 2011

Just as we’re forging ahead, we take a few slips and fall backward. It might be an unexpectedly difficult day or a challenging situation, but sometimes life seems to push and pull us just when we have made so many strides forward. “All things are normal and as they should be,” my dearest friend Peggy [...]

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The Power of Surrender & The Perfect Grilled Caesar

April 11, 2011

  A powerful tool that I have learned from stepping into the hot room for Bikram yoga on a regular basis (at least 3 times per week), is the power of surrender. True surrender is learning to accept what is in front of you and embracing it. In Bikram’s hot rooms, you literally stare at [...]

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Old Friends & New Friends

March 26, 2011

This morning,  I returned from vacation to see some old friends in the hot room for my first session of Bikram yoga in over ten days. It was heaven. Hard, but still, it was heaven. I couldn’t help but smile the entire class with the exception of when I had to lie down for the [...]

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How Far is Heaven?

March 25, 2011

For my husband Stephen and I, heaven is about a one hour and forty minute drive from our door to the entrance of The Stephanie Inn in Cannon Beach, Oregon. We have been going there steadily for over six years now and we love the fact that we and everyone else who arrives at the [...]

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Together, We Form One Mind

March 16, 2011

Together, we form one mind. Doesn’t that sound crazy? Do you ever wonder why when a tragedy that happens on the other side of the world it can pull at your heart and hurt you deeply? Or when you are practicing  yoga in the hot room and everyone seems to be having either a really [...]

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The Healing Properties of Water

March 16, 2011

I love the ocean! One of my favorite beaches is Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast. I am so excited to be taking a trip there this weekend with my husband Stephen. There is nothing more healing, more restorative or more inspirational to me than breathing fresh ocean air. Walking on the beach is one [...]

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The Power of Energy: In the World & In Your Body

March 15, 2011

It has been said that a sacred place exists wherever the earth’s energy is gathered into a vortex.  These strongly charged areas of the planet have also been the places where people have chosen to build churches, temples and other centers of spiritual teaching and healing. For example, places like Stonehenge, Machu Picchu (above), the [...]

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