In-Person Retreat Sept. 20-22nd, 2024Trauma affects the best of us, and its effects can linger, limiting your ability to live with joy and abundance. Whether it occurred during a single event or repeated trauma, recently or in childhood, it can … Continue reading
Supporting your GrowthAccording to Hebb’s law, what fires together, wires together. Whatever you repeatedly think, feel, and sense builds new or strengthens existing patterns of neural connections in the brain. The science of neuroplasticity teaches us that our brains are … Continue reading
Already WholeYogic philosophy states that you are already whole and deeply connected to the world around you. To engage in yoga does not make you more complete, rather the practice invites you to see past illusions and remove obstacles that prevent … Continue reading
Applied Polyvagal Theory in YogaOrder NowTherapeutic Yoga for Trauma RecoveryTrauma recovery is as much about healing the body as it is the mind.Yet, so often, the focus of healing involves retelling the story of the past without addressing the physiological … Continue reading
A Backpacking TravelogueAlongside the ongoing weight of the global pandemic, another area of distress that is increasingly coming up for people is climate grief as we face fires, hurricanes with greater intensity or frequency or intensity, as well as rising … Continue reading
Bringing the Exile Home Shame is a wound of not belonging. It leaves you feeling like an exile; a stranger in a strange land. Shame might come as a result of feeling different or not understood in your family. Shame … Continue reading
The Power of Positive Change Do you ever notice how one small positive change can shift your perspective? Recently, I had one of those rough days and was feeling irritable and down. I decided to get out for a walk … Continue reading
Reclaim the Life You Want to Live A common goal in therapy is to learn how to handle painful emotions skillfully. We refer to this as building distress tolerance. It is important to learn how to be with difficult feelings … Continue reading
Reflections in the Natural World The season of Spring represents many opportunities for new growth snd self-discovery. This process requires that we release outgrown parts of ourselves. Such a cycle of death and rebirth is powerful. I am learning to lean … Continue reading
Reflections on Being Human Winnicott once said, “It is a joy to be hidden but a disaster not to be found.” As a sensitive young girl, my outer world felt like too much for me to handle. I learned to hide. … Continue reading