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How To Make Shi* Happen?

Often we hear: Follow your dreams Let your dreams come alive Dream! Make your dreams come true How about we replace PLAN with DREAM. I am just offering another way to just take a look at the power of...

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Grounded Feet, Grounded Mind

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Beneath Your Feet.” In an article I read in Yoga Journal,  it is argued that the “veneration of the foot reflects its importance as the...

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6 Realizations From Yoga Teacher Training 

Six months ago I embarked on my yoga teacher training journey at One Down Dog. I remember the first Saturday of our weekend when we had to sit on the floor for many hours and I could not imagine...

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Are you ordinary?

So are you? Ordinary, I mean. I definitely am not. During the past year of self realization and relationship building with wonderful souls who’ve crossed my path, lots of learning has taken place. I am...

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Life Changes Fast. Life Changes in the Instant. Was Today a Good Day?

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Today Was a Good Day.” I find this prompt interesting on a day where I had to make a difficult decision. This morning I woke up with no desire...

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Inspiration Generation Getaway: What you missed?

In Santa Monica today, yogis came together to learn and teach together. Many were involved backstage to make this happen, of course, but big shout outs to Briohny + Dice-Iida Klein and Ali Owens who...

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5 Conclusions on Fear and Doubt Over Morning Coffee with Mama

In conversation with my mother this morning regarding my recent decisions, the topic of fear, which in turn causes and cultivates a state of doubt and uncertainty came up. Living in fear is a human...

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That Which Does Not Serve You, Let Go!

Are you one who easily claims that they live baggage and drama free? Do you think you’ve cleared and do not surround yourself with negative energy? Do you have a relationship (human or material) that...

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Regress to Progress

The bittersweet feeling of leaving home and venturing out to the unknown is a feeling that is not completely uncommon to me. I’ve done it multiple times during my adult life. This time it is quite...

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My Mat and I

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Connected.” The  challenge today calls for showing how two (or more) things — people, objects, places — come together. When I am with my mat and...

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Benefits of 9 Sun Salutations

As summer is coming to a close on the Northern Hemisphere, the chances of enjoying the benefits of long days of sun is also. On Summer Solstice this year, which also coincided with International Yoga...

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One Night In Ibiza

Ibiza is not known to be the magical island for no reason. Yes, it has earned it’s reputation as the party capital of the world, but fortunately there is more to that common stereotype. Yesterday, many...

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Anchored on the Mediterranean

The past six days on the magical island of Ibiza and the turquoise Mediterranean Sea around Formentera on a boat was just what the doctor ordered. With all that was going on last year, I hadn’t been...

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Anchored on the Mediterranean

The past six days on the magical island of Ibiza and the turquoise Mediterranean Sea around Formentera on a boat was just what the doctor ordered. It was a such pleasure to sail for part of the day...

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Trusting the Sharp Razor and the Barber Who Held It

My head was tilted at a 45 degree angle towards the rear of the barber’s chair, while the freshly placed razor was all ready to do its deed. The Algerian man slightly brought my head closer to the...

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How to get to Heir Island, Ireland for a Yoga Retreat?

Now there are hundreds of yoga retreats to choose from, but one that is on an isolated island in Ireland led by a seasoned practitioner and teacher of yoga, who is trained in Los Angeles by names such...

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Unique & Unusual: Heir Island Cottage Yoga Retreat and Culinary Experience

Last week I made my way to what I thought would be a purely yogic weekend led by my California based teacher Ducky Punch on a beautiful island in Southern Ireland in the most serene of cottages, the...

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The Only Constant Is Change

Dandelion says… Need not be afraid of change. . . . . .it is all around us Photo Taken:  Island Cottage • Heir Island, Ireland In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Change.”

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Unfearful of Death; Unfearful of Living. 

When we decided to take the hike to beautiful Preikestolen, my friends and I knew that the well placed signage and semi challenging but not impossible trail would get us up to a magical and serene...

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Yogis have coffee too

So, as I took every blissful sip of this deliciously prepared Cerro de Jesus Nicaraguan coffee, I let the frustrations of the morning go and tell myself, this is exactly what needed to happen this...

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