by Marilyn | Sep 24, 2017 | Insights
If we are paying attention to what is happening in the world, we may feel that we are between a rock and hard place, and escape may be on our mind. But there is no escape. As Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space comments, “this...
by Marilyn | Sep 4, 2017 | Benefits of Yoga
Yoga can improve your professional life Through countless emails, meetings, presentations, and hours staring longingly at a computer screen, time is of the essence when it comes to your professional life. Who knew that something as easy as yoga could improve your...
by Marilyn | Sep 4, 2017 | Reflections
It is Labor Day, the last holiday weekend of the summer, another glorious sunny day to enjoy! Yet this morning, I am pulling together some thoughts for the session that begins tomorrow. For those of you that have been regular students will notice a few changes when...
by Marilyn | Jul 25, 2017 | Yoga Practice
With Summer upon us, some may be tempted to put their yoga practice aside. I know I am teaching less classes because people are away and I will be having a holiday soon too in a few weeks. However, yoga can be done anytime and anywhere, if you are open to the...
by Marilyn | Mar 30, 2017 | Insights
This week I participated in an online Neuroscience summit. It is so exciting to see from another perspective how the body and mind tie together. In exploring this line of thought, I pulled out the book by Norman Doidge, MD “The Brain that Changes Itself”. ...
by Marilyn | Mar 28, 2017 | Life Practices
I feel a little hesitant about the title, ‘we are how we move’, because I know, we are more than our bodies. A paradox is often hard for the mind to manage. Yet there seems to be a bounty of evidence also that our bodies do not lie. Body language often...
by Marilyn | Dec 26, 2016 | Life Practices
As I pull together some thoughts for the end of 2016, remembering the classes, the students, the trip to India, the wonderful Solstice party we had last week with singing and the list goes on. I sit in gratitude for all of that. Then thoughts pour in about the state...
by Marilyn | Mar 31, 2015 | Life Practices
I initially wrote this piece in the third person. In reading it over, I realized that it can be a harsh lesson, I need to acknowledge that it applies directly to me too. I have found in my life that this has been perhaps the most helpful lesson. What I see is what I...
by Marilyn | Feb 1, 2015 | Reflections
I felt my first post in this new website would be best if it reflected on Yoganusasanam, Geeta Iyengar’s Intensive during my last trip to India, in December 2014. If I knew nothing else than that his children loved him that would be enough – but there is more....
