It’s amazing how often I find myself holding my breath. I will be going through my day and sometimes stop and notice I’ve completely lost my breath. When this happens, I take a few breaths in through the nose and exhale completely out an open mouth. Then I begin to inhale into the nose and out the nose, and soon feel my nervous system calming and experience a beautiful shift. I take comfort in the fact that this feeling is available to me anytime I need it. I simply have to tap into my breath.
Would You Talk To A Friend Like That?
I often catch myself saying the meanest things internally to myself, usually in regards to my weight. I’m a failure. I’m too big. Why can’t I just lose weight? I was so skinny in 1991. What do people think when I walk into the yoga studio? It goes on and on and ON. I ask…
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A Little Distance Can Make A Big Difference.
I recently had the chance to visit Arcosanti with my family. It’s a beautiful, futuristic “city” in the middle of the desert, literally off the beaten path. I’m one who never can seem to get out of Arizona and I will admit, sometimes I get on the pity-pot and say, “I never get to go…
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Allow
I was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 29 and I will admit, it was a trauma. Even after 23 years of getting mammograms, every time I have to have one, I go into what I call the “Mammogram Blues” about two weeks prior. I feel crabby, short-tempered, anxious, and depressed. It’s hard to…
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