Morning sun pouring in. I did not sleep well last night. I woke up at 2:30 a.m. and struggled to get back to sleep. Sleep evaded me in all ways. I put on my earbuds and listened to a healing meditation...in the hopes I would eventually fall back to sleep. I did not. I had slept for five hours so I gave up trying to fall back to sleep and walked downstairs at 4:30 a.m. and started unloading the dishwasher, filling Rosie's water dish, and setting up the coffee to turn on l

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