Five Element Series Part 8: Earth Element
The Earth Element
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Five Element Series Part 7: Water Element
The water element is the deep one. Its emotions are not fire's. Fire is hot: rage, excitement, hunger. Water is subdued: depth, mystery, longing. It's the emotion of dreams and the…
A Living, Breathing Practice
A group of friends and I have started to gather at my house monthly to take a deeper dive into Yoga than the kind we get when we go to the yoga studio or even when we do a teacher training.…
Why Do You Hire a Coach?
We’re living in a period in history where we’re paralyzed by the fear of some impending doom. Our 24-hour news cycle will have us believe that there are more wars and violent deaths than…
The Art of Collaborative Conversations: The Design
First ask yourself the following four questions:
Love and Work Transition Checklist by Bill Bridges
The author, teacher and consultant, William Bridges, recently passed away. He transformed the way people thought about life's transitions. His landmark book, Transitions: Making Sense of…
The Mind/Body Connection
In the years following my brother’s death, I investigated anything and everything that might help me snap out of my grief, anger and worry. I read every self-help book I could get my hands…
Creating a Morning Ritual
In The Power of Myth, the great mythologist, Joseph Campbell said, “You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning. You…
A Mindful Approach to Shame
The most challenging thing my clients face is how to deal with their emotions. Emotions can be such an inconvenience, especially the ones we're always trying to fix or overcome; the ones we…
Creating the Space to See What We Do
I've just returned from my first yoga practice back at the yoga studio I co-ran for six years and recently handed over to my partner. It felt great to be back to see my friends and to be…
Ashtanga Mind, Beginner's Mind
Some of the clearest and most open people I come across within the practice of Ashtanga tend to be new students. They're filled with the excitement and possibility that the practice…
Paradox: Discipline v. Freedom
Ramakrishna, the nineteenth-century Indian mystic, taught with a picture I think about often. When you plant a sapling, you put a fence around it so the cattle don't eat it and nobody…