Love Notes
Welcome to the TSY journal. Letters, thoughts and notes on yoga and life in general, yoga philosophy, practice, and even a little ranting here and there. It’s all just grist for the mill, but most of all know that we love you!
There is Always Light
As we head into this season, please remember this one immutable fact; you are of God, The Universe, Love, whatever you want to call it. It is you. If the world is an expression of God, then you are also an expression of God. And you are not a mistake.
On Embracing the Here and Now
The quest for self-discovery still feels endless. My navel-gazing is neck-breaking. My internal interrogations make it impossible to relax. I am working on letting go of my resentments, my impatience, my perfectionism. I am learning to be gentler with myself instead of spiraling into negative self-talk and silent lectures about never doing enough, never being enough.
How Yoga Taught Me to Respect My Body
Unlike that first experience at 27, nowadays, at 41, each time I roll out my mat I focus not on how I’d like my body to change but on how my body is. Sometimes my lower back asks me to skip upward facing dog and I respect that. Sometimes my body craves going upside down and I respect that too. I am constantly humbled by the poses I want to do but cannot. More often, though, I take pride in my newfound ability to overcome the “shoulds” and just let things be.