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, […]
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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. […]
Add Ritual to the Everyday
I’m on my millionth night home alone with my kids. I want to check the drama there. My oldest is 4. Well, 4 years, 2 months, 10 days. So, I’ve known her in my arms for 1,530 days. I used a calculator. There’s no statistical way, then, that this is my millionth night alone with […]
What is Emotional Labor?
You know when you feel one way on the inside, but you can’t show it on the outside? It’s no secret, because we’ve all felt it; we’ve probably felt it three times today. And it’s only 9:22am. But, we don’t often have the word for it. Let’s say you’re out at a business luncheon and […]
I didn’t overestimate how much help I’d get, I underestimated how much I’d need
I’m the youngest daughter of three to a stay-at-home-mom. Youngest is a relative term, as my eldest sister is only 30 months older than I am. Now, as the mother of two daughters aged 17 months apart, I cannot imagine how my mother managed. I often find myself thinking, “This is so hard with a […]
Running with Hope
On Sunday morning, I was just finishing up mile 5 of my 10k race, when I looked ahead and saw the line of runners snaking up Torrance Boulevard away from the Redondo Beach Pier. This is a nasty hill on a good day, and realizing I’d have to run it toward the end of my […]
1 Essential Tip to Simplify Meal Time
No one prepared me for the fact that 58% of parenting is just feeding people. Another 40% is cleaning up after feeding people. If you’re like me and drowning under the mental pressure of “whats for dinner?” (and breakfast, and morning snack, and lunch, and afternoon snack, and bedtime snack …), use this one tip […]
Lessons from a New Year Half-Mala
I started 2022 in a way I haven’t started a year since 2014: with yoga. I used to practice a half-mala, comprised of 54 Series A Sun Salutes, at the start of every year. This year, vacationing with my family, I had intended to attend a morning yoga class while my husband took the kids […]
Autumn Chia and Stewed Peach Pudding
Chia pudding is just about the perfect food. Chia seeds boast wonderful health benefits from fiber to magnesium to quality protein. In addition, they score highly from a tridoshic / Ayurvedic perspective, especially during Vata season (Autumn). This simple recipe takes chia pudding up a notch to make it the most nourishing, holistic version of […]
My Make-Up with Yoga
Just last month, I wrote, “Perhaps I’ve simply fallen out of love. Perhaps I still love yoga so deeply that a separation is untenable and a reconciliation imminent.” I knew it then. I wanted that blog post to be the bold statement of my retirement. But I knew I’d be takin’ this bitch back. I’m […]