La Pura Vida

A few weeks ago I went on vacation to Puntarenas Costa Rica with my partner, Ian, and my daughter, Bea, as a celebration for Bea’s graduation from high school. Let me put this into perspective that in all my adult life I have not once gone off on a family...

Nature is Medicine

When was the  last time you spent time in nature? Summertime is such an incredible invitation to get outside and play – hiking, biking, walking, canoeing, swimming, meditating, reading, painting, photographing, climbing trees, hugging trees….There is...

Yoga Camp 2017 – Closing Thoughts

Every year for the past 11 years I have worked tirelessly, with complete devotion, and excited anticipation for the next camp season. It is 4 weeks of immersion into living yoga, into cultivating a culture of peace with some truly remarkable young people. This year...
3 Little Things that Make a BIG Difference

3 Little Things that Make a BIG Difference

How can finding peace within your Self seem so complicated? Why do we push ourselves all day, day after day, until we are sick or so disconnected that we don’t recognize ourselves? Life is so simple, we complicate it. Connecting to peace within ourselves is also...
How I Became Nitya

How I Became Nitya

I know in that way of knowing something without actually knowing it that I have always been a deeply spiritual person.  As a child my religion was nature and my church. They both opened my heart and gave me a freedom of soul that I craved without realizing I was...