Begin again...green rising from the soil. Spring time is my favorite season of the year where everything comes back to life. Love is made visible. Everywhere I look outside my home...it is training my nervous system to be at peace. Love, gentleness, grounding, perspective and returning to spring green in my heart. After a long, cold winter's rest, the yard's buried treasures begin again to wake up, without fail. I love to watch them slowly and gracefully emerge from the e

I woke up at 5 a.m. and slowly descended the stairs in my dark and quiet home. I walked into the kitchen and mindfully fill the coffee carafe with filtered water from the refrigerator. As the carafe fills, I begin with standing grounded on the wood floor. I imagine I am standing on a wood floor in a yoga studio. As I inhale, I flex my feet and lift up onto the balls of my feet pause for a moment and slowly lower back down onto my heels as I lift my toes on the exhale. A fl

The first time I have ever been able to practice yoga outside, on my deck, in February. I turned 65 on Sunday, February 15. A big birthday. I live in Minnesota and the weather on my birthday is usually cold, snowy, and or icy. Birthday plans throughout the years have oftentimes been canceled or had to be rescheduled because of the weather. Not this year! As you can see from the picture above, my yoga mat is laid out on my deck. The weather is a birthday from the univer