For the first time in a year (how can that be?!?) I added a new yoga class to my free podcast channel. Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: 30 Minute Mindful Yoga & Meditation: Your quiet super vault https://anchor.fm/theyogaharbor/episodes/30-Minute-Mindful-Yoga–Meditation-Your-quiet-super-vault-e21m3hp
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The PERMA-V model and the 5 koshas
This is gonna be some pretty nerdy yoga philosophy/self-help stuff. I recently got into Seligman’s PERMA model of wellness (if you haven’t yet, check my newsletter on that here). When I read about this model, it clicked for me on a deep level, but apparently it didn’t click all the way … yet … because […]
Revisiting My Relationship with Discipline
I had a tough weekend. It should have been a great weekend. I took an afternoon all by myself in a tiny cabin, then I had some close friends joining me for a hike and visioning session. During this session, we encountered a lot of conflict. A good bit of it was driven by me. […]
Living beyond our limiting definitions
I never quite know how to answer the question, “What do you do?” I used to say, “I’m a yoga teacher.” Or, eventually, “I own a small business.” These days, I say something like, “I’m a full time mother. I also a post partum doula, meditation teacher, lactation specialist, and I can brew an herbal […]
Life needs a chance to delight us
This weekend, I became the mother of a five year old. We offered to take my daughter to Disneyland on her birthday. She’s never been, so she didn’t know what she was saying ‘no’ to, but she did say no! Instead, she cooked up the idea that she would like to see snow. We booked […]
Living Out of Sync
At age thirty-one, I didn’t know what to do with my days. I remember my husband telling me, “Just relax and enjoy yourself!” And I shot back, venom in my voice, “I’m not retired! I’m not seventy! I want to do something!” At that time, my friends were doing one of two things: building their […]
Recipe: Vata Balancing Root Vegetables
This could be a very ambitious post. I started my day preparing this dish, and in the meantime I’ve tried to find ways to correlate “vata balancing” with Western medical science. In short: there are SO many research-backed articles and comprehensive studies that support this correlation. Here’s a synopsis: Vata balancing means something is calming […]
Nervous System Care Series
4-Week Series, Wednesdays, February 1, 8, 15, 22 11am-12pm held at Allomi Redondo Beach Learn clear, tested strategies for preventing panic, improving sleep, boosting immunity and getting out of burnout. If you’re exercising, you need to be taking time to restore your body. If you’re not exercising, start here first. By directly targeting stress hormones, […]
Yoga Nidra Circle
First Thursdays of the month, 8-9pm starting February 2 held at Allomi Redondo Beach This circle is held for anyone needing deep rest. We come together to connect as a group prior to entering meditation. Yoga Nidra (the “yogic sleep”) is a fully guided, 40-minute, lying down meditation, where you simply relax and listen along. […]
The Gatekeepers (and the gatekeepers)
It’s been 18 months since I closed up shop at our Torrance location. And, well, I’m not working nearly as much as I thought I would be. I’m certainly not working nearly as much as my bank account would like me to be. What matters most, though, is I’m not working as much as I’d […]