Tag Archive for: Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

mindfulness

We Have to Feel It to Heal It

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How comfortable are you "feeling uncomfortable feelings?" During my 20's and 30's I experienced my parent's divorce, my brother's suicide, and the death of my mother and father.  All of the pain, sadness, betrayal, anger and abandonment…
emotional self-care

Want True Freedom? Do it Differently

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This morning as I prepared to head out to my usual Saturday morning yoga class, I remembered hearing about a modern dance class in a nearby town that sounded interesting. I'm an avid movement fan but I haven't done any type of dance in decades.…
self-care

(Video) How Do You Make Decisions?

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Taped to my laptop is the mantra: From stillness comes discernment. It came to me while I was leading a retreat at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health years ago.  I revisit this reminder daily.  Where do you turn when you have to make a big…
work-life balance

(Video) What is Calling for my Attention?

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Pause. Put down your to-do list. Close your eyes. Take a deep breath. Then ask, "Who or what is calling for my attention right now?" All of us can succumb to the seduction of productivity. Who doesn't love to cross things off a long task list?!…
work-life balance

(Video) What’s the Best Use of My Energy Right Now?

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In my late 30's I learned the difference between managing my energy versus managing my time. This was a game changer. Later in my 40's when I was leading a retreat at the Omega Institute, I received an even more powerful gift: the understanding…
self-care

(Video) How Can I Be My Own Ally?

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I've got a lot going on right now. It's almost dizzying. It seems many of us have gotten off the pandemic-induced "limbo train" and are starting to move forward. Yesterday I found myself being critical of all that I had not accomplished. …
life balance

If it Doesn’t Flow, Can You Let it Go?

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As a communications director, throughout my twenties and thirties, I pushed myself hard. After securing a documentary special for a client on NOVA, I barely stopped to breathe before I was pitching their story to National Geographic. When it…
self-care

Self-Care 101: Three Ways to Begin

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Last week I spoke at a women’s life balance event and afterwards I visited with an attendee who asked, “I know self-care is important, but I have no idea what I need and I’m not even sure where to start!” Can you relate?
mindfulness

9 Ways To Embrace Your Shadow

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While I love celebrating Christmas as a season of light and time of spiritual renewal, sometimes the days before and after this sacred holiday can be a bit dark for me. Between the cold, grey weather, honoring my deceased mother's…
self-care

What brings you home to yourself?

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Last summer the yoga studio where I have been practicing yoga for almost 15 years went bankrupt. They were bought by another Austin studio and rebranded (new owners, teachers, vibe, etc.). This studio was my second home. While practicing yoga…
self-care

5 ways to find the rest you crave

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Last weekend I spent an hour with my December calendar--not penciling things in, but revisiting pending events and making choices that support a more spacious, restorative winter schedule. Does the thought of hanging lights and attending…
mindfulness

Want to feel good? Cultivate an attitude of gratitude

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Growing up, our overachiever family placed a high value on competency. Often that translated into a critical mindset toward self and others, where we frequently saw the bad before the good. This way of being, like all patterns, became habitual…
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